Hate to burst your bubble ..but I have seen 30A go from nothing over 3 stories to what it is today. Did the residents oppose this? Were they vocal about it? An emphatic YES to both. Did it matter? Not much. Apparently the wording in the codes are like Baby Swiss, and the big $$ will find and exploit every possible loophole. Out of town developers will come in with their expensive lawyers and "good-ol-boy" Walton Co. will bow at their feet when they see those $$ and cant figure out the "mitigation" language, but think they are getting a heck of a deal.
Pat Blackshear, Planning and Development Services Director 31 Coastal Center Blvd, Ste 130 Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 Telephone: (850) 267-1955 Fax: (850) 622-9133 blapat@co.walton.fl.us
District 1: Scott Brannon 19367 U.S. Hwy 331 S Freeport, FL 32439 Tel: (850) 835-4860 Fax: (850) 835-4836 E-mail: brascott@co.walton.fl.us
District 2: Kenneth Pridgen 17400 State Highway 83 North DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433 Phone: (850) 834-6328 Fax: (850) 834-6385 Email: prikenneth@co.walton.fl.us
District 3: Larry Jones 1483 County Highway 1087 DeFuniak Springs, FL. 32435 Phone: (850) 892-8474 Fax: (850)892-8475 e-mail: jonlarry@co.walton.fl.us
District 4: Sara Comander (850) 835-4834. 417 Highway 20 East Freeport Email: comsara@co.walton.fl.us
District 5: Cindy Meadows 90 Spires Lane, Unit 7-A Santa Rosa Beach, FL. 32459 Phone: (850) 622-3059 Fax: (850) 622-3067 e-mail: meacindy@co.walton.fl.us
I can't believe they would let him get away with the height thing. Considering how H.O's and Developers all try to claim some sliver of the gulf and call it a gulf view.
He could probably get away with it by having 16' ceilings on every floor plus a tower/cupola, plus any other "not-livable" (but still usable) space not to mention parking underneath (still "not-livable" but still adds another 16' to the height off the building) because they definitely dont have room for parking anywhere else on .88 of an acre. Having worked in the construction industry I have seen alot of "creative ways" that developers,architects etc. use the code for their benefit. I mean think about it.... 20' for under-parking area, 20' ceilings on each floor,15' tower/cupola and dont forget to add the extra 3-5' between each floor for trusses etc and you have something that will tower 45' over any existing "3 story" home.
technically 1.27 if you count the beach -- LOL -- as if that were buildable
But is this lot part of the platted subdivision? I have seen people go back to ANCIENT maps and claim they are not part of that subdivision etc, just to get away with this kind of thing.
