Board grants indefinite continuance for proposed South Atlantic parking lot after applicant says a formal site plan is forthcoming

The Daytona Beach Zoning Board of Adjustment on March 19 granted an indefinite continuance to the applicant seeking to combine vacant parcels at 404–406 South Atlantic Avenue into a parking lot, after the applicant told the board engineers were revising driveway and circulation plans and staff advised filing a formal site plan.

The board’s Chair said staff will review the site-plan materials and that the item will return to the board only if staff determines variances remain necessary. The continuance was approved by roll call: Mister Betts, Mister Connors, Mister McCray and Mister Johnson all voted yes.

The applicant’s representative, identified in the record as the project presenter, described revised configurations for the driveway and parking layout and said the team scheduled a formal site-plan meeting with city staff next week. “We started reworking the plan as a result of the input we got from our neighbor and from you guys…so if you can give us some time to go work that out, we may not have to come back to you at all,” the presenter said.

During public comment, Tony Walsh, who said he lives at 629 Vermont Avenue across from the site, raised multiple concerns about code compliance and pedestrian safety. Walsh cited the redevelopment-zone rules and federal ADA requirements and said, “No parking lot with more than 10 spaces can be located within 50 feet of any street right away.” He also told the board he contacted FDOT project staff about a mid-block crossing on A1A at Vermont Avenue and was told the crossing had been removed from the current repaving project.

Board members and staff told Walsh his comments would be entered into the minutes and encouraged him to submit them in writing to the development review technician for staff review. The chair directed the applicant to keep neighbors informed; if the applicant sets a hearing date, new notices will be mailed.

The continuance preserves the city’s review path: staff review of a formal site plan followed by return to the board only if variances are needed. The board made no substantive determinations about code interpretations at the meeting.