A stretch of Hull Road and Hull Trail in Ormond Beach is once again at the center of a land-use fight, this time over a proposal from Halifax Paving to build a concrete mixing plant on its property. Halifax Paving is seeking a Light Industrial/Utilities land-use designation for its property, setting up a decision that has already drawn pushback from neighbors who live just down the road.
The proposals are scheduled to go before Ormond Beach’s Planning Board on Thursday, according to ClickOrlando. The outlet reports that Halifax Paving is seeking to build the concrete mixing plant on its own property, part of a broader push to rezone the surrounding parcels for industrial use. The proposed site is in Ormond Beach.
Ormond Lakes Homes Near the Proposed Plant
Ormond Lakes has roughly 620 houses.
Thursday's Planning Board meeting is the next step in the proposal's review.
Echoes of the Belvedere Fuel Terminal Fight
The current proposal has revived memories of the 2023 controversy over Belvedere Terminals' proposed fuel facility at 874 Hull Road, as detailed by Observer Local News. Ormond Beach commissioners unanimously voted against providing utilities for that project and stated the city's opposition to annexation, the outlet reported.
A November 9, 2023, Planning Board agenda proposed deleting the Ormond Beach I-2 Heavy Industrial zoning district. The designation proposed for the Halifax Paving site is Heavy Industrial, the station's report notes.
Neighbors' Concerns About the Proposal
Smith and his neighbors have raised concerns about trucks near Ormond Lakes.
Neighbors have cited dust and truck traffic as concerns about the proposal. Those issues are likely to shape how both city officials and residents frame the debate as the proposal moves through the approval process.
