Planning board slated to tackle parking terms

By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM
Staff Writer/Daytona News Journal
May 31, 2006


NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Plans for a new commercial building on Third Avenue and changes to parking requirements in the Canal Street downtown area will be up for a planning board decision Monday. Stuart Mitchell of Maitland wants site plan approval for Coronado Beach Place, a 5,520-square-foot two-story retail/office building on half an acre on the northeast corner of Horton Street and Third Avenue. There will be space for six tenants with about 18 parking spots required on business-zoned site.

In another case, local architect J. Pendergast is asking for the Canal Street special parking district to be applied on a case-by-case basis to other areas being redeveloped in the surrounding mixed-use neighborhood. In the special district, the number of parking spaces required is cut in half. Currently, Canal Street's special are suggesting two more rules - enough on-street or public parking nearby and on-street parking is sufficiently marked.

In other business, attorney George Beazley, representing three property owners, is asking for 1.8 acres - made up of three parcels - on the North Causeway to be rezoned multi-family from single-family residental. City planners said no redevelopment plans or a timeline for new construction have been provided yet, but the new zoning would allow up to 32 units on the property. Planning staff is recommending the rezoning approval because it would provide a transition between Diamond Head Condominium to the east and Venetian and Waterway condos to the west.

The three parcels of land are located on the north side of The East Circle between the North Causeway and Canal Bradano, and are owned by Causeway Development, LLC, Robert W. Wiley and Betty Jane Dessin Lloyd. Currently, one lot is vacant, while the others have single-family homes with docks.

Sugar Mill Gardens, a 105-lot single-family subdivision, wants planning board approval of two items - a one-year extension of its preliminary plat and final plat approval. The 48-acre property, owned by Progressive Builders, LLC, is on the northwest corner of Sugar Mill Drive and Pioneer Trail. Carl Hammond, of KB Homes Gold Coast LLC, is asking for the preliminary plat extension. City planners said 90 percent of the required site improvements, including streets, sidewalks and utilities, are done. Dale Williams, representing Progressive Builders, wants final plat approval of the subdivision, which includes four commercial lots for future development. City planners recommend approval, provided sidewalk and tree installation is guaranteed and variances are obtained for four undersized lots.

The planning board also will consider:
· A request to annex and rezone less than an acre on the north side of West Canal Street, east of Wallace Road. Eric Peronnard and Carol Nordstrom want to build a 6,500-square-foot commercial building for a bicycle and motorcycle sales business, according to city planners.
· A request by Bouchelle Development LLC to change its approved site plan to add nine new units to its original agreement to build three four-story 16-unit multi-family residential buildings. A planning report said the new total number of residences would be 642 units on 55.8 acres.

The planning board meets at 7 p.m. Monday on the third floor of the Utilities Commission, 200 Canal St.