Realtor & Rental Billboards on Scenic 30A

[John G]

Code Enforcement

 

[coondog]

Code Enforcement has apparently opened a case file on at least some of these signs. Unclear if it is necessary to lodge complaints on specific signs, or if the general issue is being investigated.

 

[John G]

Code Enforcement has apparently opened a case file on at least some of these signs. Unclear if it is necessary to lodge complaints on specific signs, or if the general issue is being investigated.

Their excuse is that they are "complaint driven" and cannot do anything without a formal complaint. Perhaps the public shaming on this site has lit a fire under their bums...

It can't be a very hard investigation, the names and telephone numbers are right there on the signs...oh wait, this is Walton County Code Enforcement, that's right...

 

[FactorFiction]

Their excuse is that they are "complaint driven" and cannot do anything without a formal complaint. Perhaps the public shaming on this site has lit a fire under their bums...

It can't be a very hard investigation, the names and telephone numbers are right there on the signs...oh wait, this is Walton County Code Enforcement, that's right...

To be fair, they simply do not have enough people to catch and enforce all the violations that exist without the public's help. It does seem like the really blatant ones that are on the daily "beaten path" would not require a specific complaint, but that is their process. I have only lodged a complaint once, along with several other people who lodged the same complaint, but it was handled quite expeditiously once they had the requisite number of complaints.

 

[bob bob]

Saw a Linda Miller billboard in the middle of old seagrove yesterday but didn't stop to take a pic. Residents there don't even want paved roads - how do they feel about billboards on their shady lanes?

 

[coondog]

After a month of attempting to communicate with Code Enforcement regarding the Scenic Corridor Sign Ordinance, the best I have been able to accomplish is to get them to confirm that my reading of Chapter 13 of the Land Development Code as it pertains to the Scenic Corridor, is correct, which provides:

3. Sign standards. a. Ground Signs. i. Shall be limited to: 1. Single family residence: 2 square feet. 2. Condo/Commercial up to 4 stories: 32 square feet. 3. Condo/Commercial greater than 4 stories: 64 square feet.

A follow up email inquiring if Code Enforcement anticipates actually enforcing the above remains unanswered to date. Contact at Code Enforcement is:

W. S. Williams
wilbill@co.walton.fl.us
Code Enforcement Manager
Planning & Development Services
850-892-8115 Ext. 1524

Astonishingly enough, Code Enforcement has also requested pictures of any signs that are thought to be in violation of Code. Not sure I understand why they are not driving up and down 30a themselves as the violations are pretty obvious.

Perhaps if the community floods them with emails and photographs, something might actually happen......

 

[Dawn]

After a month of attempting to communicate with Code Enforcement regarding the Scenic Corridor Sign Ordinance, the best I have been able to accomplish is to get them to confirm that my reading of Chapter 13 of the Land Development Code as it pertains to the Scenic Corridor, is correct, which provides:

3. Sign standards. a. Ground Signs. i. Shall be limited to: 1. Single family residence: 2 square feet. 2. Condo/Commercial up to 4 stories: 32 square feet. 3. Condo/Commercial greater than 4 stories: 64 square feet.

A follow up email inquiring if Code Enforcement anticipates actually enforcing the above remains unanswered to date. Contact at Code Enforcement is:

W. S. Williams
wilbill@co.walton.fl.us
Code Enforcement Manager
Planning & Development Services
850-892-8115 Ext. 1524

Astonishingly enough, Code Enforcement has also requested pictures of any signs that are thought to be in violation of Code. Not sure I understand why they are not driving up and down 30a themselves as the violations are pretty obvious.

Perhaps if the community floods them with emails and photographs, something might actually happen......

Thanks! Seems like all the photos posted in my first post are in violation. Sending the link to Williams.

 

[Charles Evans]

The shame is that there is a special code section that addresses the size of realtor signs on the scenic 30a corridor; however, the realtors ignore the law for their own benefit and the County refuses to enforce same.

 

[James Bentwood]

Just updating that the inevitable is ocurring and the number of realtor "billboards" has grown rapidly and now there is a veritable sign war going on. I would suggest posting the signs here in an attempt to shame them but they'd probably see it as promotion. Shameless!

 

[SUP Boarder]

Just updating that the inevitable is occurring and the number of realtor "billboards" has grown rapidly and now there is a veritable sign war going on. I would suggest posting the signs here in an attempt to shame them but they'd probably see it as promotion. Shameless!

"Sign pollution" seems to becoming more of an unsightly issue (realtor signs, no parking signs etc) in general. I know that many community CC&Rs have guidelines re: realtor signs. Seems like something similar could be adopted county-wide (?). Also with No Parking signs. I understand the need, but planted grasses and shrubs could also be an effective parking deterrent instead of a line of signs.