Port Orange City Council Regular Meeting — October 7, 2025

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Zach Wulff, owner/operator of The Turn, Inc., requests approval for a Special Event to be held during Biketoberfest 2025 at 5164, 5204, 5218, and 5236 South Ridgewood Avenue (see Location Map below). The proposed event is planned for Thursday, October 16, to Sunday, October 19. The proposed hours for the event are 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., with outdoor music playing until 10:00 p.m. Normal indoor hours of operation (11:00 a.m. until 2:00 a.m.) of The Turn will continue during the event. The dates of Biketoberfest as recognized by the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce, are Thursday, October 16, through Sunday, October 19, the same as the proposed special event dates. This will be the second Special Event at this location in 2025. During Bike Week 2025, no noise complaints were made to the Police Department. Activities for this event are intended to attract those visiting the area for Biketoberfest 2025. No vendors have been requested. The event will provide 4-6 port-o-let facilities, as well as the restrooms inside the business. Setup of the event will occur 72 hours prior to the event, and takedown of the event will occur within 72 hours after the event. The southbound outside lane of Ridgewood Avenue will not be closed as part of this Special Event. All noise from music and vendors during hours of the Special Event and normal operation, whether indoor or outdoor, shall not exceed the sound level limits established in the Code of Ordinances. Chapter 42, Article IV. Noise Regulations, Section 42-80. General Restrictions of the City of Port Orange Code of Ordinances describes the acceptable sound level limit dBA. It shall be the responsibility of the permit holder to monitor for noise violations. The Turn shall take care of the placement of speakers for amplified music by adjusting them away from residential areas. A warning may be issued, and if not corrected or the violation recurs, the special event may be terminated. All previous noise violations will be considered before permitting future events. Staff from Police, Fire, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, Code Enforcement, and Community Development have reviewed the proposed event. According to Code Enforcement, there are no current code violations on the site at this time. The applicant is not requesting assistance from the Police Department or Public Works Department. Location map of The Turn Inc. at 5164, 5204, 5218, and 5236 South Ridgewood Avenue | attachments=1 | reports=1

Dean Marshlack, owner/operator of The Doghouse Bar and Grill, requests approval of a Special Event to be held during Biketoberfest 2025 at 3400 S. Nova Road (see Location Map below). The proposed event is planned for Thursday, October 16, through Sunday, October 19. The proposed hours for the event are 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily, with outdoor music playing until 10:00 p.m. Normal indoor hours of operation (11:00 a.m. until 2:00 a.m.) of The Doghouse Bar and Grill will continue during the event. The dates of Biketoberfest 2025 as recognized by the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce are Thursday, October 16 to Sunday, October 19, the same as the proposed special event dates. This will be the second Special Event at this location in 2025. During Bike Week 2025, two noise complaints were made to the Police Department. According to the Police Department, the applicant for the event worked with the police to resolve the noise issue. Activities for this event are intended to attract those visiting the area for Biketoberfest 2025. There will be 11 vendors at this event. Setup of the event will occur 72 hours prior to the event and take down of the event within 72 hours after the event. There will be six (6) port-o-let facilities for the event, as well as the restrooms inside the business. All noise from music and vendors during hours of the Special Event and normal operation, whether indoor or outdoor, shall not exceed the sound level limits established in the Code of Ordinances. Chapter 42, Article IV. Noise Regulations, Section 42-80. General Restrictions of the City of Port Orange Code of Ordinances describe the acceptable sound level limit dBA. It shall be the responsibility of the permit holder to monitor for noise violations. The Doghouse Bar and Grill shall take care of the placement of speakers for amplified music by adjusting them away from residential areas. A warning may be issued, and if not corrected or the violation recurs, the special event may be terminated. All previous noise violations will be considered before permitting future events. Staff from Police, Fire, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, Code Enforcement, and Community Development have reviewed the proposed event. According to Code Enforcement, there are no current code violations on the site at this time. The applicant for this event is not requesting assistance from the Police Department or Public Works Department. Location map for The Doghouse Bar and Grill at 3400 S. Nova Road | attachments=1 | reports=1

In accordance with Chapter 15 of the City’s Land Development Code (LDC), Lamar Outdoor Advertising is requesting approval of a Relocation and Reconstruction Agreement to allow for the reconstruction of existing billboard structures along I-95 and Ridgewood Avenue. The request proposes replacing traditional billboard sign faces with digital sign faces in exchange for the permanent removal of other existing billboard sign faces throughout Port Orange. The purpose of this agreement is to reduce the overall number of billboard sign faces within the city. If approved, the Relocation and Reconstruction Agreement would authorize the following changes: At 5889 S. Williamson Boulevard, the existing structure, which currently contains one static sign face, will be removed and replaced with a new structure containing one digital sign face. In exchange, two existing sign faces will be permanently removed, one from the same parcel (5889 S. Williamson Boulevard) and another from 4901 S. Williamson Boulevard. At 5865 Ridgewood Avenue, the existing structure, which currently contains four static sign faces, will be removed. In exchange, the existing structure will be replaced with a new billboard containing two digital sign faces, along with landscaping around the base of the structure. The installation, ongoing maintenance, and any necessary replacement of the landscaping will be the responsibility of Lamar Outdoor Advertising. Lamar Outdoor Advertising will be required to obtain the necessary building permits for the removal of the designated billboard sign faces and support structures, as well as for the reconstruction of the new digital billboards. All reconstructed structures and digital sign components must comply with the Land Development Code (LDC) and the Florida Building Code (FBC). | attachments=3 | reports=1

Publix has requested a Temporary License Agreement from the City to perform necessary repairs to their parking lot located adjacent to the Sleepy Hollow neighborhood. The site located at 3821 S. Nova Road experienced damage due to excessive rainfall associated with Hurricanes Ian and Milton, which caused stormwater overflow from the parking lot into the City-maintained drainage ditch separating the Publix Plaza from Sleepy Hollow. This overflow resulted in erosion and structural damage to both the parking lot and the ditch. The proposed work includes restoration of the affected areas and installation of a concrete flume within the City’s ditch to improve stormwater conveyance and reduce the risk of future flooding and infrastructure damage. Approval of the Temporary License Agreement will allow Real Sub, LLC d/b/a Publix to proceed with the planned repairs and improvements, ensuring both site stabilization and improved stormwater management. Location map of the Publix Plaza with the ditch outlined in red | attachments=1 | reports=1

Updated Summary: This item was tabled at the September 16 City Council meeting. Since then, staff has worked with the property owner/applicant to revise the original request. The original request involved removing two tree conservation areas totaling 0.25 acres at 4629 Clyde Morris Boulevard (Frozen Gold Ice Cream). The revised request now proposes relocating 0.25 acres of tree conservation area to other parts of the property. This ensures there is no net loss of tree conservation acreage on the site while providing the applicant with greater flexibility for future site redevelopment. The subject property is approximately 1.97 acres and currently contains three tree conservation areas totaling 0.33 acres. Within the three current areas, there are a total of two specimen trees and one historic tree. Under the revised proposal, 0.25 acres of the 0.33-acre conservation area would be relocated on-site, maintaining the total conservation area acreage on the site at 0.33 acres. The new 0.33 acres of conservation areas will now include 12 specimen trees and one historic tree. Approval of this Partial Release of Tree Conservation Easement is subject to the property owner's provision of a new Tree Conservation Easement to add approximately 10 specimen trees and maintain the 0.33 acres of conservation area within the subject property. The Tree Conservation Easement for this site was established in 2001 as part of the site plan for the former Ritter’s development. The easement created three conservation areas to protect specific specimen trees present at the time, although portions of the easement also covered areas without specimen trees. The graphic below illustrates the proposed changes: Areas shaded in pink represent the existing conservation areas proposed for relocation. Areas shaded in yellow indicate the proposed new locations for conservation areas. Areas shaded in green represent an existing conservation area that will remain unchanged. According to Saljinin, LLC, the property owner who operates the Frozen Gold business on the site, the request is to relocate approximately 0.25 acres of conservation areas from the 1.97-acre property to facilitate future expansion of the existing business. According to the tree survey submitted with the application, the 1.97-acre site contains 25 specimen trees, exceeding the Land Development Code (LDC) requirement of 8 specimen trees. Of the two conservation areas requested to be relocated, one area contains no specimen trees, and the other area contains two specimen trees. The new conservation areas on the site will be the same size as the areas being relocated and will contain 12 specimen trees. Approval of the amendment of the Tree Conservation Easement does not authorize the removal of any trees on the property. Prior to removing any trees on the property, the property owner must obtain a tree removal permit and comply with all requirements in the Land Development Code, which is administratively approved by City staff. In the early 1990s, the city applied tree conservation easements over general areas that contained trees that staff determined needed to be protected. Over the past 20 years, however, the tree protection requirements in the Land Development Code shifted toward obtaining tree conservation easements around the specimen trees required to be saved. Using individual easements for the specimen trees required by the LDC on the site provides greater flexibility in site design and redevelopment compared to the previous method of placing much broader areas under easement, which did not always include specimen trees. The application, including sketches and legal descriptions for the two areas proposed for release and sketches and legal descriptions for the two areas to be established, has been reviewed for completeness and accuracy. All relevant City Departments have reviewed the request and the supporting documents and do not have any comments regarding the request. | attachments=2 | reports=1

PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommended Approval Lamar Outdoor Advertising, represented by Rob Merrell from Cobb Cole, is requesting an amendment to the Land Development Code (LDC) to allow the replacement of static billboard sign faces with digital sign faces on existing structures. If approved, the amendment would give City Council the authority to enter into agreements with billboard owners to reconstruct existing billboards along I-95 or Ridgewood Avenue with digital sign faces, in exchange for the permanent removal of other existing billboard sign faces within the City. According to the applicant, the proposed amendment intends to reduce the overall number of billboard sign faces in Port Orange. Specifically, it would require the removal of at least two (2) existing static sign faces for each digital sign face conversion of an existing billboard along I-95 or Ridgewood Avenue. Figure 1 - Rendering of billboard with LED sign face on US1. Figure 2 - Existing billboard on US1 Under the City's current sign regulations, a billboard is a prohibited sign. Furthermore, structural repairs or reconstruction of existing non-conforming signs is not permitted, requiring them to be removed as they become structurally unsound. The applicant requests this amendment to allow some existing billboards to be reconstructed with a digital sign face in exchange for removing static billboard sign faces within the City. There are 13 billboards within Port Orange, with the majority of the signs located along I-95. Lamar Outdoor Advertising owns five billboards with static sign faces (8 sign faces total) and one billboard with LED sign faces. If approved on the first reading, a reconstruction agreement between Lamar Outdoor Advertising and the City of Port Orange will be scheduled for Council review with the second reading of this ordinance on October 7, 2025. If the proposed Land Development Code (LDC) text amendment is approved, the applicant intends to request a reconstruction agreement that would allow one (1) billboard along I-95 and one (1) billboard along Ridgewood Avenue (north of Nova Road) to be rebuilt with a digital sign face. In exchange, the applicant would remove four (4) existing billboard sign faces located north of the Ridgewood Avenue and Nova Road intersection. Figure 3. General Location of Existing Billboards within Port Orange The proposed amendment also includes clean-up items to Chapter 15, Section 14, to remove duplicate code requirements that were inadvertently added multiple times when the sign code was updated in 2021 and make the existing digital sign-face requirements in Section 14 consistent with the digital sign-face requirements proposed with this amendment. The Staff Report is attached for more information. | attachments=4 | reports=1