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.
Volusia County chair to meet with beachside hotel about controversial polesÂ
Poles preventing beach driving behind Hard Rock Hotel
Beach driving is a staple along Volusia County s coast, but some recently erected poles are posing some new obstacles behind the Hard Rock Hotel in Daytona Beach.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Poles blocking off a stretch of Daytona Beach are once again causing controversy.
They are lined up behind the Hard Rock Hotel off of State Road A1A, installed after the county passed an ordinance that allowed resorts to block off stretches of beach as long as certain criteria were met.
Daytona Beach drivers blocked by poles at Hard Rock Hotel
The Associated Press
Daytona Beach, Fla. – Driving on the seaside sand, a long-lived tradition in Daytona Beach, is now threatened along one short stretch where poles are blocking any vehicles.
The Hard Rock Hotel erected the poles along a 410-foot (124-meter) section of beach to prevent driving there. The chair of the Volusia County Council, Jeff Brower, has made beach driving a priority since his election in November.
Driving is permitted on about a third of Volusia County’s 47-mile (75-kilometer) coastline. It’s been a part of the region since the early days of the automobile, when a car nicknamed the “Bullet” zipped down the hard-packed sand in 1903 at a then-astounding 69 miles (111 kilometers) an hour.
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Beach poles behind Florida hotel block driving in Daytona
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Jan 31, 2021 at 1:14 pm EDT
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Driving on the seaside sand, a long-lived tradition in Daytona Beach, is now threatened along one short stretch where poles are blocking any vehicles.
The Hard Rock Hotel erected the poles along a 410-foot (124-meter) section of beach to prevent driving there. The chair of the Volusia County Council, Jeff Brower, has made beach driving a priority since his election in November.
Driving is permitted on about a third of Volusia County’s 47-mile (75-kilometre) coastline. It’s been a part of the region since the early days of the automobile, when a car nicknamed the “Bullet” zipped down the hard-packed sand in 1903 at a then-astounding 69 miles (111 kilometres) an hour.