Doodle Harris wants to change zoning; Increase densities in Old Seagrove

[TooFarTampa]

I don't know where the property falls related to the coastal construction line, but I am familiar with the location of those properties and a zoning change there is just irresponsible. I can't even believe the DEP would allow such a thing. Part of the "blame" for all the dune misery of the past two hurricane seasons has fallen to the very old zoning that set up the subdivisions in Seagrove and BMB initially, combined with the fact that since Opal, a good chunk of protective dune systems has been lost. The old zoned lots are much closer to the Gulf than they were when the plats were drawn decades ago.

But to rezone those old lots now for higher density along the Gulf? You have got to be kidding me. Have we learned nothing from the past two years?

I hope at least the county commisioners will see clearly that this is a BAD idea. The last thing we need is more armoring and more seawalls, and that has to be where this would lead if higher density were allowed.

 

[aquaticbiology]

I don't know where the property falls related to the coastal construction line, but I am familiar with the location of those properties and a zoning change there is just irresponsible.

i suspect the ccl hasn't been redrawn either and is now somewhere out in the gulf, and that fits with the old zoning that was set when the beach was a quarter mile that-a-way

 

[Beach Runner]

If you know the parcel number for a particular piece of property, how do you find out the zoning ordinances for parcel? In particular, how do you find out how it is zoned in terms of density? And how do you find out about height restrictions for the parcel?

 

[Smiling JOe]

If you know the parcel number for a particular piece of property, how do you find out the zoning ordinances for parcel? In particular, how do you find out how it is zoned in terms of density? And how do you find out about height restrictions for the parcel?

Height restrictions are the same for all of SoWal, and they are considering making it universal for all of Walton Co. Zoning can be determined ut by submitting a zoning identification request to the Planning Dept for WalCo. There is an easier way, but it is way too complicated to teach you how to do it on your own.

 

[Beach Runner]

Height restrictions are the same for all of SoWal, and they are considering making it universal for all of Walton Co. Zoning can be determined ut by submitting a zoning identification request to the Planning Dept for WalCo. There is an easier way, but it is way too complicated to teach you how to do it on your own.

I was hoping there was a way to do it at http://clerkofcourts.co.walton.fl.us or http://www.co.walton.fl.us or http://www.qpublic.net/walton/.

 

[ktmeadows]

Height restrictions are the same for all of SoWal, and they are considering making it universal for all of Walton Co. Zoning can be determined ut by submitting a zoning identification request to the Planning Dept for WalCo. There is an easier way, but it is way too complicated to teach you how to do it on your own.

This may be a dumb question and I may have missed it on another thread, but how did One Seagrove get by the height restriction? Was there maybe no restriction at the time it was built?

 

[Beach Runner]

This may be a dumb question and I may have missed it on another thread, but how did One Seagrove get by the height restriction? Was there maybe no restriction at the time it was built?

That's what I've always assumed. I'm sure SJ knows.

 

[Smiling JOe]

This may be a dumb question and I may have missed it on another thread, but how did One Seagrove get by the height restriction? Was there maybe no restriction at the time it was built?

you are correct.

 

[TooFarTampa]

I was hoping there was a way to do it at http://clerkofcourts.co.walton.fl.us or http://www.co.walton.fl.us or http://www.qpublic.net/walton/.

I was curious so I checked out the property card for our vacant lot at the Walton Co. property appraiser website. It does have a section for "Land Use." According to the website our lot is zoned "SFR Resort," which I assume stands for single family residential resort. However, I went to the county's Land Development Code, also available online, and tried to find the classification for SFR Resort but was unsuccessful.

I did see that the standard code calls for no more than two units per acre in residential, but of course that seems to have no relation to anything in SoWal. I'm sure the "resort" designation means something different, but I couldn't find out what. It is not part of Old Seagrove but it is nearby -- probably it was platted in the 60s or 70s and has not changed.

The problem with figuring all this out is that so many of the developments in SoWal are PUDs, or Planned Urban Developments. The way it has been explained to me is that each Planned Urban Development has its own set of standards like setbacks and density on file with the county. The PUDs are approved individually.

Seacrest Beach, where our house is located, is a PUD. It was, incidentally, developed in part by Doodle Harris. The original PUD allowed for essentially zero lotlines for the large parcel directly behind our house, which has led to a 21-unit condo being built so close to our property that the distance from our back fence to the edge of the balconies is only 7 feet. We called code enforcement and the county planners as soon as we saw what was happening, but they provided documentation saying they approved the project because the original PUD from 1997 pretty much gives the developers of the condo the right to put the building where they did. They county may not have liked the idea of it being there but they told me they had no choice.

This is why zoning meetings are so important. The time to have your voice heard is NOW.

 

[Beach Runner]

I wonder what it means in terms of zoning if the Land Use is OCN FT (obviously oceanfront) or HWY 30-A? Just clicking parcel by parcel on the parcel map in large area where there are only single-family houses, some houses/parcels near us adjacent to 30-A are designated with a Land Use of "HWY 30-A" and others are SFR.