ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — Ormond Beach City Commissioners have denied a 31-home subdivision because of flooding concerns.
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The homes, a church and a community center were set to be built on a 50 acre plot of land, right next to the Hunter’s Ridge community.
After a couple years of bad hurricanes that brought significant flooding to the county, Eyewitness News has started to notice some cities in Volusia County be a little more cautious about what is being approved. We told you about the city of Edgewater implementing a development moratorium.
In Ormond Beach, Commissioners were concerned this project could have too much of an impact on neighboring homes that already deal with flooding.
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“This property already is full of standing water. It’s a higher risk flood zone as is and if you fill the property, the water has to go somewhere and the neighboring property already has flooding issues,” said Commissioner Kristin Deaton.
Art Loguidice has dealt with some of those flooding issues and was thankful commissioners voted no.
“It will actually flood from the entry way, all the way back a quarter of a mile. Our house is back there. We will get up to 8 feet of water,” said Loguidice.
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Deaton said she’s not anti-development and hopes the city and developer can come to an agreement but adds at this point, it doesn’t seem like the company is interested.
“I asked the developer directly from the dais Tuesday night if he would be willing to proceed with the project if we were to deny and he said no,” said Deaton.
Another commissioner asked the developer if he would consider removing one row of homes from the plan and he also said no to that.
We reached out to the attorney who represents the developer and haven’t heard back. This story will be updated if we do.
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