§ 74-1. Administration.

(a)

Purpose . The purpose of this section is to set out the various administrative procedures of this Land Development Code. Other purposes include providing for the establishment of the development review committee, and illustrating the duties/responsibilities of both the development review committee and the City of Deltona Planning and Development Services Department regarding land development review.

(b)

Development review committee .

(1)

Established . There is hereby established a development review committee (DRC).

(2)

Membership . Membership of the DRC shall include the following, or their designated representative:

a.

Planning and development services director;

b.

City engineer or public works director;

c.

City fire marshal or fire safety manager; or

d.

Other members as may be designated by the city manager.

Other city, county, local, state or federal agencies may be consulted by the DRC for advice or recommendations on any matter or application being considered by the DRC. The city manager may add or delete additional members of the DRC as he/she may deem necessary to promote the implementation of this Land Development Code. The city manager shall appoint a chairman of the DRC from among the members of the DRC to preside at the meetings.

(3)

Duties and responsibilities . The duties and responsibilities of the DRC shall include:

a.

Reviewing all applications under this Land Development Code to:

1.

Delineate areas of non-compliance with city development requirements; and

2.

Define steps necessary to bring applications into compliance with city development requirements.

b.

Approve applications for development orders upon a determination that the development applications meet the city's provisions of the Land Development Code.

c.

When, in the judgment of the DRC, strict application of the applicable requirements of this Land Development Code will be inequitable, unreasonable, stifle innovative design, or create an undue hardship when applied to a specific project or development, the DRC may modify such requirements to the extent necessary to achieve equity or reasonableness or relieve the undue hardship. However, no such modification shall be contrary to the requirements of law or the general policies of this Land Development Code. Furthermore, any modification applied to one development shall not establish precedent with regard to any other development subject to review.

d.

Performing additional duties as the city manager may, from time to time, assign.

(4)

Meetings . The DRC shall meet, as required, at a place determined by the DRC. An agenda and report shall be prepared and distributed to each member and to the applicant at least five working days prior to each meeting. All applicants having requests to be reviewed by the DRC shall be invited to attend and participate in the meeting. The records of the proceedings of the DRC meetings as required by law, shall be kept.

(c)

Planning and development services department .

(1)

Duties and responsibilities . The duties and responsibilities of the planning and development services department shall include:

a.

Being a central intake point for applications;

b.

Reviewing applications for completeness;

c.

Acting as a liaison between applicants and the DRC;

d.

Preparing and distributing agendas and reports for meetings of the DRC, P&Z, and the city commission;

e.

Taking and preparing the minutes of all DRC meetings;

f.

Comparing and ensuring final engineering construction plans and final plats with an approved development order to ensure consistency;

g.

Coordinating application review procedures;

h.

Issuing concurrency certificates of capacity;

i.

Issuing development orders and development permits, as applicable, in compliance with the requirements and procedures of requisite city ordinances;

j.

Obtaining validation from the applicant regarding the recordation of final subdivision plats with the Volusia County Clerk of the Circuit Court; and

k.

Performing other functions, as may be assigned by the director of planning and development services.

(Ord. No. 96-25, § 1(101), 3-4-1996; Ord. No. 96-59, § 3, 1-6-1997; Ord. No. 19-2011, § 1(Exh. A), 11-7-2011; Ord. No. 18-2013, § 1(Exh. A), 2-3-2014; Ord. No. 04-2016, § 1(Exh. A), 4-4-2016)

Cross reference

Administration, ch. 2.