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To: Mayor Henry and 6 Daytona Beach Commissioners
Preserve Volusia County Resource Corridor Zoning of properties in Daytona Beach
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I am concerned about the possible "rezoning" of the unzoned properties 4136-00-00-0270, 4231-00-00-0010, 5205-00-00-0010, 5205-00-00-0030, 5209-00-00-0040, 5208-00-00-0010. The original Volusia County zoning for the majority portion of these properties was "RC" (Resource Corridor, requiring 25 acres per lot), with a minor portion being A-2 (requiring 5 acres per lot). According to Volusia County, the Resource Corridor "classification is to provide protected, natural corridors consisting of environmentally-sensitive and ecologically significant lands that connect to other protected areas such as parks and water bodies. The corridor shall provide a contiguous hydro-ecological pathway, where the wetlands and uplands are integrated and conducive to the maintenance and perpetuation of the system. Single-family standard or manufactured modular dwellings are permitted. Minimum 25 acres per lot; minimum 750 sq. ft. livable floor area."
Based on this standard set by Volusia county, I am very concerned that zoning to allow for building projects such as the Cloar* retirement community, which are at a density significantly greater than 25 acres per structure, would incur permanent damage to this area in multiple ways including harming the water recharge value of the land by cutting off its natural flow, and by cutting off wildlife corridors exacerbating the free movement of wildlife in the area. Animals sighted in the vicinity include owls, alligators, deer, and bear. I am asking you to disallow zoning to enable the building of a retirement community. Instead, please vote to apply an RC equivalent zoning standard for all annexed RC properties. Similarly, I ask that any Volusia County properties originally zoned Conservation and annexed by the City of Daytona, be coded to retain an equivalent zoning classification.
Based on this standard set by Volusia county, I am very concerned that zoning to allow for building projects such as the Cloar* retirement community, which are at a density significantly greater than 25 acres per structure, would incur permanent damage to this area in multiple ways including harming the water recharge value of the land by cutting off its natural flow, and by cutting off wildlife corridors exacerbating the free movement of wildlife in the area. Animals sighted in the vicinity include owls, alligators, deer, and bear. I am asking you to disallow zoning to enable the building of a retirement community. Instead, please vote to apply an RC equivalent zoning standard for all annexed RC properties. Similarly, I ask that any Volusia County properties originally zoned Conservation and annexed by the City of Daytona, be coded to retain an equivalent zoning classification.
Why is this important?
"The influence of humans has increased the average species extinction rate by a factor of 1,000, mostly from loss and subdivision of habitat. This is also a human existential threat and can only be solved by preventing unnecessary new development while recycling arable land to nature."
William Bliss, Volusia Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor
William Bliss, Volusia Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor