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Board approves Holiday Travel Park rezoning to PUD, sets compliance path and fee credits
Summary
After hours of testimony from residents and park representatives, the county approved rezoning Holiday Travel Park to a Planned Unit Development with a three‑year compliance timeline, life‑safety spacing, and a limited building‑permit credit program to help owners obtain required permits.
Flagler County commissioners voted unanimously on July 13 to rezone Holiday Travel Park from its existing commercial/agricultural zoning to a Planned Unit Development (PUD) intended to resolve decades of code violations and create a path to permanent compliance.
Growth‑management staff outlined a history of citations dating to the 1980s and described a negotiated PUD that focuses on life‑safety measures: minimum spacing between recreational units, updated travel‑way widths, mandatory off‑site parking spaces, and limits on permanent attachments to RVs. Staff proposed a two‑year compliance period with an administrative one‑year extension (three years total) before code enforcement actions resume.
Park representatives and the co‑op urged the board to approve the PUD and asked for a one‑time incentive: a $150 credit toward building permits for each shareholder, capped at an amount estimated in staff materials. The county explained it cannot waive building permit fees per statute but can apply credits from the general fund or waive county review fees; staff proposed an upfront fund not to exceed the figure shown in the staff report.
Residents asked how homestead exemptions, long‑term occupancy and an inability to get permits would be handled. Phyllis Haines, a 27‑year resident, voiced anxiety about enduring citations: “We have lived in a park model for 27 years. Why all of a sudden is it not home?” County staff and legal counsel answered that a PUD will create a legal path for permits and that many small repairs and accessory structures will become permitable under the new rules.
The board adopted the rezoning with the planning board’s recommended approach allowing shares to be sold with notice to the buyer that the space must conform, and with direction that non‑building review fees be waived and building fee credits be available within a one‑year issuance window. Commissioners emphasized outreach and technical assistance for residents to obtain engineering and permitting help during the compliance period.
The motion passed on roll call 5‑0. Staff will return to implement the development agreement, set up any escrow or credit mechanism, and oversee the compliance schedule.
