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Starting in February 2006, the elected officials for the City of Deltona and Volusia County initiated what is termed the Osteen Joint Planning Area (JPA) process. The Osteen JPA process is a joint effort by the elected officials to proactively plan for growth anticipated within the Osteen area. From February 2006 until August 2007, the elected officials conducted joint meetings that led to consensus on a land use plan for the Osteen JPA. The Staff of the City and County were then directed by the elected officials to finalize the land use plan and create a table of associated land use descriptions, intensities/densities/height limits, and conceptual design criteria.
At separate meetings in February 2008, the County Council and Deltona City Commission reviewed and approved a revised Osteen JPA land use map and land use table. Both local governments directed staff to draft a joint planning agreement that would incorporate the map and table and require a joint comprehensive plan amendment and rezoning of the properties within the Osteen JPA.
The joint planning agreement was approved by Deltona’s City Commission on November 17, 2008 and the County Council at its meeting on December 4, 2008. Pursuant to the joint planning agreement, the respective Comprehensive Plan amendments were transmitted to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and Volusia Growth Management Commission (VGMC) at a joint transmittal hearing on April 21, 2009. The land development regulations are to be adopted within 12 months of the Comprehensive Plan amendments being found in compliance by DCA. The joint planning agreement also addresses future annexations and amendments to the local plan after it is adopted.
For more information please contact John G. Thomson, AICP, Planner III, Volusia County Comprehensive Planning, at (386) 736-5959, extension 5520.
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