Largo adopts performance zoning echoing Walton County choice
Largo and Walton County face the same zoning decision this month. Largo adopted a comprehensive development code in 1983, winning a American Planning Association award the same year. Doug Hart touts performance zoning as a proactive framework with category based standards.
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Pam Mee
Largo
Pinellas
Walton County
Doug Hart
Hart
American Planning Association
Walton
DeFuniak Springs
Group Seeks Hall Ouster From Board Over Beach Access
A South Walton group seeks to recall Commissioner Raymond Hall after his vote on County Road 30 A beach access. State law does not permit recalls of county commissioners. removal requires suspension by the governor and Senate. Hall, from Freeport, says he supports opening all beach accesses and asked for surveys.
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Pam Mee
South Walton
Raymond Hall
Hall
Seagrove Beach
Dorothy Glisson
Freeport
Raymond Hall County
Beaches
Walton County dispute may trigger federal charges against Environmental Waste
A dispute between Walton County garbage franchise holders centers on Environmental Waste Systems Inc. which won a site C 6 Rockhill contract at Eglin Air Force Base. The Bowles claim the company violated franchise terms and SBA probes whether Environmental Waste is a small business affiliate of Waste Management. Walton County voters blocked Environmental Waste from dumping into county landfills until the matter is resolved.
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Pam Mee
Walton County
Environmental Waste Systems Inc
U.S. Small Business Administration
A&e Garbage Service of
Freeport
SBA
Eglin Air Force Base
C-6
Rockhill
A&b
William
Barbara Bowles
Walton County Commission
Bowles
Environmental Waste
South Walton
Eglin
John Latimer
Atlanta
John Myers
Myers
Ner
Latimer
W. F. (Rabbit) Miles
Area Woman Faces Charge In Panama City Beach Gas Explosion
Allene Robbins owner of the Sea and Ski Motel was charged with two counts of culpable negligence after a December 19 gas explosion left one man dead and another seriously injured. She faces up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
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South Walton
Panama City Beach
Allene Robbins
Robbins
Wyrough
Incorporation
DER Endorses Joint Use Of Incinerator In Walton Bay Counties
The Florida DER backs inter county cooperation to share a Bay County incinerator with Walton County. Walton closed its Blue Mountain Beach landfill in 1983, now wastes go to DeFuniak Springs. Moody notes curbside pickups continue and residents may bear hauling costs if Bay County incinerator use proceeds. The Bay County facility could be operating within two years. Walton may use it if approved.
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Pam Mee
State Department of Environmental Regulation
Walton County
Bay County
DEA
Tom Moody
DER
Walton County Commission
South Walton
Blue Mountain Beach
DeFuniak Springs
South
Walton
Moody
Dea’s
DeFuniak
Bay
John Hutt, Jr
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Bill Wyrough
Jim Wessells
al Downs
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Santa Rosa Community Center
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Swes Auctions
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LeBleau
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