Zoning Panel Clears Conflict On Hotel Rule
Patricia Gould reports Okaloosa County zoning commission clears conflict by removing hotels from residential apartment zones. The amendment to ordinance 74-4 allows only apartments in residential urban duplex areas within RIA districts, amid objections from builders. Additional amendments mandate surveys of drainage easements, notary signing of permits, and early plan submissions, with parking lot approval deferred pending wording to exclude single family driveways.
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Patricia Gould
Thekaloosa County
Okaloosa County
Houston
Okaloosa- Walton Homebuilders Association
Commission
Housing loan program outlines options and limits
The program returns housing applications to the main pool for equal chances. Applicants who apply early or late in the week have the same odds. It offers 30 year fixed rate loans with at least five percent down. Buyers can select new or existing homes and, with limits, condos townhouses or manufactured housing. Applicants must not apply at multiple lenders. DCA Secretary notes ongoing efforts to expand affordable housing for low and middle income earners in Florida.
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Kline
Florida
DCA
Bond sale aims to widen Florida home loans reach
Dr John DeGrove announced bond proceeds will fund low interest loans as the Florida Housing Finance Agency sells its fourth single family issue in two years totaling 499.8 million dollars. The agency hopes to make at least 2500 home loans with this issue and directs readers to pre-application information at First National Bank of Destin via contacts Carla Sanger Sterl Rainer or Kline at 837 2191.
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John DeGrove
Mark Hendrickson
First National Bank of Destin
Kline
Carla Sanger
Sterl Rainer
Isle Group Backs DWU Pipe On Holiday Isle
Holiday Isle Improvement Association voted to assist Destin Water Users in laying a water supply pipe under Old Pass Lagoon to residents west of Holiday Isle due to low water pressure and fire protection needs. The meeting re-elected three incumbents and elected two new directors, and called DWU to consider Gulf Shore Drive right of way for spray irrigation.
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Holiday Isle
State Department of Environmental Regulations
Association
Gary Alden
Jetty East
Oscar O'Steen
West End
Gene Westerfeld
Robbie Cosper
Dolphin Point
Raymond Richardson
Holday Isle
Gulf Shore Drive
DWU
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Destin
Adrienne Lebree
Paul Gardner
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Village Art Gallery
Senor
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Tacos, Inc
Dan Dunn
Cynthia
Melvin Street Destin
Jeffrey W. Watson
Commerce Row
Main Street
Oneida
Chateau Village Plaza
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