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Ormond Beach Planning Board to review rezoning request for former Tomoka Oaks golf course

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The Tomoka Oaks golf course property. File photo by Jarleene Almenas
The Tomoka Oaks golf course property. File photo by Jarleene Almenas
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The developers of the former Tomoka Oaks golf course are returning to the Ormond Beach Planning Board. But this time around, they’re seeking a rezoning, not a development order.

The developers — Carl Velie, Ray Barshay, Sheldon Rubin and Emily Rubin — are pursuing zoning map amendment from Planned Residential Development to R-2 “Single-family low density” for the 147.94-acre parcel within the Tomoka Oaks neighborhood. A public hearing for the proposed zoning change will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at Tomoka Christian Church, located at 1450 Hand Ave. in Ormond Beach.

The decision to pursue a rezoning comes after the City Commission directed the developers on Nov. 7 to go back to the Planning Board with a revised plan for their development. The commissioners, like the Planning Board members at previous public hearings, felt the developers’ 272-home proposal for Tomoka Reserve was too dense, would generate too much traffic and was incompatible with the existing Tomoka Oaks neighborhood.

 

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