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Public outcry leads to withdrawal of two New Smyrna Beach development ordinances
Summary
After more than a dozen residents voiced opposition and Save our NSB presented a petition of over 800 signatures, City Manager Resheidat reported requests to withdraw Ordinance Nos. 46-24 and 47-24; both items were removed from the Aug. 13 agenda.
At the Aug. 13 New Smyrna Beach City Commission meeting City Manager Resheidat reported requests to withdraw Ordinance Nos. 46-24 and 47-24, and both items were removed from the agenda.
The withdrawal followed extended public comment in which multiple residents urged the Commission to preserve the city’s scale, raise concerns about parking, drainage and crime, and question recent actions by the Planning and Zoning Board. Sharon Glenn, speaking on behalf of the Save our NSB Task Force, said the group had collected more than 800 signatures opposing the project and asked the Commission to honor its oath to protect residents. Several other neighbors cited floor-area‑ratio changes, potential traffic impacts and the visual character of neighborhoods as reasons to oppose the measures.
Residents raised a range of specific concerns. Pasqual Brignola suggested the property at issue might be appropriate for purchase by Volusia Forever to avoid development and noted an application deadline of Sept. 13 if that path were pursued. Others asked the city to require posted notices if an applicant returned with a revised request.
City records list Ordinance No. 46-24 as an amendment to the Land Development Regulations to add a definition of commercial Floor Area Ratio and Ordinance No. 47-24 as a rezoning request to convert about 1.01 acres at 1300 S. Atlantic Avenue from B-2 Neighborhood Business District to Planned Unit Development; the record of the Aug. 13 meeting notes both items as withdrawn with no action taken.
Because the Commission did not hear or vote on these items at the meeting, no formal approvals or denials were recorded. If either matter is resubmitted to the city, it must return to the public agenda for future hearings and action.
