3 months ago Share A hotel is an appropriate use for the parcel, the commission decided. The particulars of the project will be reviewed at a later meeting.
A proposed new resort in downtown Flagler Beach just west of Veterans Park earned initial approval from the Flagler Beach City Commission on Thursday, Dec. 10. I think it’s going to benefit all of us business owners in the downtown area, and I think, hopefully, it will be the kickstart to other redevelopment in the downtown of Flagler Beach.
DENNIS BAYER
The commission unanimously approved a special exception application that will allow the placement of a hotel on a 1.38-acre parcel off Moody Boulevard, bordered by North Central Avenue and South Daytona Avenue and currently used for the Flagler Beach farmers market. The site is separated from A1A by Veterans Park.
The Flagler Beach Hotel around 1950. (Florida Memory)
The Flagler Beach City Commission tonight approved a special exception for the siting of a hotel in the heart of town, at South 2nd Street and Old Moody Boulevard, on the acreage previously used as a hotel but for a 48-year interregnum, and its use as a farmer’s market for many years since.
As at the planning board earlier this month, The vote was unanimous. The discussion–what there was of it–took all of eight minutes. There was no discussion among commissioners, no controversy, and aside from one public voice opposed, no dissent, clearing yet another hurdle for the planned hotel.