Walton County panel backs performance zoning plan
Walton County planning committee on Friday recommended performance zoning to the county commission after reviewing draft ordinances. consultant firm Barr, Dunlop and Associates favored performance zoning for undeveloped land, noting it buffers incompatible uses yet allows clear development standards. Some members feared the impact on property values and favored traditional zoning as the public preferred option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam Mee
Walton County
Barr, Dunlop and Associates of
Tallahassee
Barr
Dunlop
Rick Hall
Hall
Jim Howell
Howell
Roy Cassidy
South Walton
Frank LeBleau
South Walton to get four more deputies next weeks
Walton County Sheriff Lt. Bill Chapman told the South Walton Santa Rosa Beach Kiwanis Club that four additional full time deputies will be added in two to four weeks. The south county total on patrol would then be two at all times to deter rising crime tied to construction and population growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Humphries
South Walton
Walton Sheriff Department
Bill Chapman
South Walton-Santa Rosa Beach
South
Walton
Santa Rosa
Chapman
Tom Pagels
Topsail Hill Added to State Recreation Land List
Rose Flagg Gow reports that Bob Graham and the Cabinet voted unanimously to place Topsail Hill in Walton County on Florida's Recreation and Parks Land Acquisition List. The 1,500 acre beachfront tract near Sandestin, owned by St Joe Paper Co, is described as highly desirable and largely unspoiled, with no fixed purchase timetable or price yet discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Flagg Gow
Bob Graham
Topsail Hill
Recreation and Parks
South Walton County
Florida
Eustis Whitfield
Charles Hardee
Bureau of Land Acquisitions
State Department of Natural Resources
Whitfield
Walton County
Sandestin
David Roddenberry
DNR
Division of Recreation and Parks
Roddenberry
St. Joe Paper Co
Hardee
Paper Company
St. Joe
Beachings Speak At Garden Club Climb Your Family Tree
Kathy Marler will present Climb Your Family Tree at the Seagrove Beach Garden Club meeting at 10 30 a m February 13 at Santa Rosa Beach Garden Club. A luncheon follows the meeting. For reservations call Mrs. Cashatt at 231 4627. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Marler
Seagrove Beach
Developers May Pay For Rights Of Way
Walton County planning committee will recommend an ordinance requiring $25 permits and 10 cent foot inspection fees plus a $5,000 minimum bond and $1,000 per 1 000 feet over 5 000 for any utility work in county rights of way. Bonds hold until final inspection to protect residents. concerns raised about unqualified contractors and county liability. The panel postponed a Tom Thumb store decision and approved conceptual density for Paradise Point and other developments while noting grandfathering rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton County Planning Committee
Jim Howell
Howell
Gordon Richmond
Walton
Eastern Lake
Richmond
Paradise Point
Paxton
New Tests Reveal High Copper Levels in Oysters
State tests show copper levels in Horseshoe Bayou oysters exceed safe ranges. DEA closed the inlet Jan 25 after a blue green oyster coloration. later tests found no contamination but kept Sandestin Bay area closed pending further checks. Copper may come from unknown sources. officials caution against consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam Mee
Horseshoe Bayou
State Department of Environmental Regulation
DEA
Choctawhatchee Bay Inlet
Sandestin Beach
Ernie Barnett
Hogtown Bayou
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Destin
Setion
LeBleau
Jim Cotton
Charlie Spence
DeFuniak Springs
Jimmy Jones
Bay Grove
Pagels
Sheriff's Department
Garden Club
Walton County Board of Commissioners
Fire Board
Marsh, Carr & Company
Tom Patton
Lee Insurance of
Pensacola
By Pam Mee
Santa Rosa Golf and Beach Club
Jean Allen
Tom Thumb
Barnett
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