Ormond Beach, Volusia County at odds over Outlaw MC's clubhouse

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Some residents in Ormond Beach are fighting to get rid of a local biker club that they said is causing problems. 

One city commissioner blames Volusia County for allowing a leather shop on U.S 1 to become a clubhouse for the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
   
On the outskirts of Ormond Beach, a small black and white building is marked with the symbols of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, a group that the FBI calls a criminal organization. 

Although the clubhouse is outside of the city limits, the city of Ormond Beach wants the group gone.

City attorney Randy Hayes said he has notified the county that the club is violating zoning codes and operating under the guise of a leather shop.

Ormond Beach Deputy Mayor Bill Partington said he is fed up.

"Our city attorney and their staff have pointed out to the county what the evidence is, what the zoning regulations are and at this point it has just fallen on deaf ears," said Partington.

County officials said they are pursuing the complaints but they said they want more proof to support the city's concerns. City officials said the proof is there.

Outside of the shop Channel 9's Blaine Tolison found skull and pistons, symbols of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.  Officials from Ormond Beach said the building is a motorcycle clubhouse, not a leather shop, which the city attorney says is a violation.

"This is the gateway corridor on U.S. 1 into Ormond Beach, and to allow what the FBI has deemed a criminally violent gang to establish there is not only wrong, but it's illegal," said Partington.

When Tolison visited the building on U.S. 1, he found permits from the county, but no one wanted to comment on the story.

The Outlaws are one of four major motorcycle gangs operating in the United States, according to the FBI.

The Ormond Beach city attorney told the county the FBI would be willing to assist in the matter.

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