Ormond Beach moves forward with Plantation Oaks zoning
Ormond Beach s City Commission unanimously agreed Tuesday night to approve a second reading for rezoning the Plantation Oaks subdivision, as well as lifting its 55-and-over age restriction.
They also approved a letter of support for Volusia County to purchase 76 lots in the subdivision for conservation.
After months of contention, the two items regarding the subdivision passed with only around 30 people in attendance at the meeting, and no comments regarding the agenda items themselves.
Plantation Oaks, the source of consistent debate over the past six months in Ormond Beach, has been in the works since 2002 and is separated into three phases. Phase one, which will have 699 lots, is the phase the commission has been discussing.
Feb 3, 2021 11:48 AM Ormond Beach, FL - Ormond Beach City Commissioners (OBCC) voted unanimously at last night s (February 2) regular meeting to send a letter of support to the Volusia County Council (VCC). The support is for the County making the decision to move forward with the purchase of 76 lots that are part of the Plantation Oaks subdivision along the Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail. In a memorandum from the Ormond Beach City Manager: The City of Ormond Beach strongly supports efforts to protect this special resource.Much like a state park, increasing the natural vegetative buffer along Old Dixie Highwayand preserving this unique gem of Central Florida will be something that is enjoyed andutilized by residents all throughout Volusia County and beyond. In a draft letter to the OBCC: at a meeting on January 19th, the OBCC sent a formal request to the VCC asking that the buffer along the Loop be expanded through the purchase of those 76 lots in Plantation Oaks. The letter
A deal presented to the County Council Tuesday would have the county paying Holly Hill-based developer Parker Mynchenberg more than $1.3 million for a 36-acre parcel near the edge of his planned 1,577-home Plantation Oaks development. Private citizens approached Mynchenberg just as he was moving close to breaking ground on the project, with the developer planning to sign a contract with his builder today. Understandably, he wanted a purchase contract to be negotiated ASAP.
Unfortunately, county government can’t turn on a dime, let alone 136 million of them. Council members don’t have a source for this money; the most likely pot, the Volusia Forever fund recently re-approved by voters, doesn’t have its ground rules in place yet. Trying to raid those funds before they’re even authorized would fly directly in the face of promises made during the campaign to reauthorize Volusia Forever and its sister program, ECHO. Voters were told this money would be spent cautiously, with tran
The Volusia County Council will discuss Tuesday whether to spend more than $1.3 million to conserve a section of forest along the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail from being cleared to build homes.
Parker Mynchenberg, who owns the 1,055-acre Plantation Oaks subdivision, said he is willing to sell the county the 36 acres for $1,368,000.
But there s a catch: The deal will need to be approved by the end of this week, agenda materials indicate.
The deal, as offered, will also seemingly allow Mynchenberg to make more money on the development than he would if the county turns down his offer. He still plans to build more than 1,500 homes in the development, including the 76 single-family homes that would have been built on the acreage he is offering to sell to the county.
Ormond Beach, FL - Discussion of concerns about development near the Scenic Loop, specifically Plantation Oaks, is on the agenda for the Ormond Beach City Commission tomorrow (January 19) meeting at 7 p.m. Development on the Scenic Loop has been a poin.