- April 29, 2024
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Over 400 homes will soon be constructed at Plantation Oaks in Ormond Beach.
The Ormond Beach Planning Board unanimously recommended approval for a final plat for Phase 1B of Fountain View, 137-lot single-family subdivision within Plantation Oaks, at its meeting on Thursday, April 11. The board also recommended approval for three preliminary plats for Phases 1D, 1E and 1F of the subdivision, to be composed of 103, 110 and 97 single-family lots, respectively, for a total of 447 homes.
A preliminary plat for Phase 1C — composed of an additional 141 homes — was recently approved by the commission.
Plantation Oaks, according to a city staff report, is entitled to build a total of 2,115 residential units, based on the National Gardens Development of Regional Impact.
Planning Board member Barry du Moulin expressed concerns about flooding.
Plantation Oaks developer and engineer Parker Mynchenberg said the property is not on a floodplain. Additionally, the property originally contained a golf course proposal, and when that was removed, more stormwater management was added.
“So this project, unlike most of them that I designed that are right on the edge, we have probably three to four times the required stormwater treatment,” Mynchenberg said. “So this one, out of all the subdivisions that I do — and I do a lot of them — is the least flood prone.”
Regarding response times, City Planning Director Steven Spraker said the city’s past fire chiefs have been involved in the site plan review committee. The subdivision, Spraker said, has been in the works since the mid-1980s.
Plantation Oaks is completely designed now, Mynchenberg said. In addition to Fountain View, the subdivisions part of the development include Archer’s Mill and Bradford Lakes.
Mynchenberg expects to complete each phase of Fountain View in 10-month increments. He is aiming to complete Phase 1B, to be constructed by DR Horton, in August.
“So in about four years, it will be developed totally — this part of it,” Mynchenberg said.
The Ormond Beach Historical Society is asking the public for donations of Hotel Ormond memorabilia.
According to the society’s newsletter, its team is working to update the exhibits at the Hotel Ormond Cupola, the last remaining structure of the historic building, which was demolished in 1992. The Historical Society would like to add or replace some items.
Specifically, the OBHS is seeking:
Two cabinets or dressers (maximum dimensions of 3-feet wide, 3-feet high and 18-inches deep)
One lectern or podium
One chair
Decorative items no larger than 8-inches by 12-inches
Have an item that you’d like to donate? The OBHS is asking you email a photo and its dimensions to [email protected].
The OBHS asks that no items be delivered to the office, as space is limited.
“If your donation is accepted and placed in the Cupola, it will be identified,” OBHS stated. “Thanks for your generosity in helping us to preserve and share this wonderful piece of Ormond’s history.”
The Ormond Beach Planning Board unanimously recommended approval for a land development code amendment to update the legal name of the MacDonald House to the Stout-MacDonald house.
This is to be done to honor Margaret Stout, who commissioned the construction of the home in 1903. The house, located at 38 E. Granada Blvd., serves as the office of the Ormond Beach Historical Society.
The item is tentatively scheduled to be reviewed by the City Commission at its June 4 meeting.
The North U.S. 1 Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement between the city and Volusia County, first adopted in 2014, is on track to be renewed for another 10 years.
But despite a resolution from the County Council to add the property at 874 Hull Road — where Belvedere Terminals plans to build a fuel farm — city staff is not looking to expand the boundary, based on direction from the City Commission not to annex the property. Annexing the property, according to the city, would give it a right to utilities, which the city has also stated it doesn’t want to provide.
“That property is not going to be incorporated into the ISBA,” City Attorney Randy Hayes said. “The ISBA conditions are not going to change.”
The Planning Board unanimously recommended approval for the renewal.
