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 Daytona Beach
 Land Development Code
 Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  § 1.3. General purpose and intent.  

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  • The general purpose of this Code is to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and to implement the goals, objectives, and policies of the Daytona Beach Comprehensive Plan. More specifically, this Code is intended to do the following, consistent with the goals, objectives, and policies of the comprehensive plan:

    A.

    Establish comprehensive, consistent, effective, efficient, and equitable standards and procedures for the review and approval of land development that recognize and respect the rights of landowners and consider the interests of the City's citizens.

    B.

    Provide a sufficient supply of land to meet growth demands;

    C.

    Ensure that land uses are located in a rational and efficient manner;

    D.

    Provide a wide and diverse range of housing opportunities to enhance the availability of sound and affordable housing for all current and future residents of the City;

    E.

    Encourage compatible new development, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and infill development in the City's community redevelopment areas;

    F.

    Encourage the revitalization of the International Speedway Boulevard corridor as a lively mixed-use gateway to the City;

    G.

    Promote a diverse economy by encouraging tourism and the growth of existing and new industries and businesses, particularly targeted industries;

    H.

    Promote safe and efficient traffic circulation and minimize travel time;

    I.

    Promote mass transit services as part of a coordinated multi-modal transportation system;

    J.

    Maintain compatibility with aircraft operations at Daytona Beach International Airport;

    K.

    Maintain hurricane evacuation clearance times and minimize danger to life and property from hurricanes and storms;

    L.

    Achieve a high quality urban environment through improved appearance;

    M.

    Facilitate the adequate and efficient provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, recreational facilities, housing, and other requirements and services;

    N.

    Conserve, protect, and restore coastal resources (e.g., estuaries, beach and dune systems, marine and wildlife habitats, environmental system corridors), and protect and enhance working waterfronts;

    O.

    Conserve and protect natural resources (e.g., wetlands, surface waters, floodplains, aquifers, wildlife habitat, vegetative cover, topography, soils);

    P.

    Preserve and protect historic resources;

    Q.

    Preserve and protect cultural resources and encourage development to accommodate the arts and related uses;

    R.

    Promote the beautification of principal arterial streets and entranceways through landscaping and other aesthetic treatments;

    S.

    Maintain and protect the character and stability of the community and its established neighborhoods;

    T.

    Provide adequate recreational facilities and open space areas for new residential development; and

    U.

    Promote green and sustainable development through carbon footprint reduction, water conservation and reuse, energy conservation, renewable energy use, recycling and waste reduction, vegetation, urban agriculture, and hazard-resilient development.