Okaloosa County Rezones Joe's Bayou Lots to Residential Use
County commissioners vote four to one to reclassify six Joe's Bayou parcels from Business Tourism to Residential, citing spot zoning history and the landowners' trusteeship. Destin committee and planners favored residential use, while owners weigh acceptable classifications and possible compromises. Continued on Page 9A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Kreis
Joe's Bayou
Okaloosa
Larry Anders
Kelly Trust
Trust
Doug Houston
Coleman L. Kelly
Destin
Sam Smith
Horton
Shirley Ransom
Bernarr Kelly
Joe’s Bayou
Margaret Watson
Barrett,Daffin
Carlan
Okaloosa County
Graham Set To Select Coast Panel
A 36 member committee to address coastal growth in Okaloosa and Walton counties should be announced soon. Gov. Graham is expected to appoint the panel to study growth, with a second phase to cover Bay Santa Rosa and Escambia counties. The process aims to avoid an Area of Critical State Concern designation and to craft growth management instruments within about 11 months to a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Kreis
Okaloosa
Walton
Nancy Linnan
State Department of Community Affairs
Bob Graham
Northwest Florida
Bay
Santa Rosa
Escambia
Linnan
Graham
DCA
Panhandle
Destin-South Walton
John DeGrove
Griffith
Bureau of Land and Water Management
Destin
Walton County
Heirs await judge decision on Kelly Trust lands
Okaloosa County Circuit Court will rule within 60 days on how to distribute about 16 million dollars in Coleman L. Kelly Trust assets. Judge Erwin Fleet considers recommendations from twelve attorneys amid concerns that rapid land sales on the Destin South Walton peninsula could depress market values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Chitwood
Destin- South
Walton Peninsula
Okaloosa County
Coleman L. Kelly
Erwin Fleet
Kelly
Fleet
Highrise Condo Inspections Stir Okaloosa Walton Counties
County officials in Okaloosa and Walton weigh a new state rule to hire full-time structural inspectors on high rise projects. Law, effective Oct 1, aims to daily inspect components like columns and beams to prevent collapses, but local staff say dedicated inspectors for each site are impractical and costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Kreis
Okaloosa
Walton
Dewey Wilson
Walton County
Wilson
Okaloosa County
Cocoa Beach
Harbour Cay
John Dowd
Collier Houston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe’s Bayou Land
Chuiet Wood
Hgt
Uniis
Hgt A
Dudley Cottrell
Trust Properties
Cottrell
Kelly Docks
Old Pass Lagoon
East Pass
Destin Bridge
Barrier Island
Highrise
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