Walton County Courthouse Annex Walton County Courthouse
31 Coastal Centre Boulevard, Suite 100 47 North 6th Street
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459
DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32433
Phone 850-267-1955 - Facsimile 850-622-9133
Phone 850-892-8157 - Facsimile 850-892-8162

Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009
To: DeFuniak Herald Breeze (Fax No. 892-2270)
From: Carrie Thiemann
RE: Legal ad to be placed in the Thursdays, January 29, 2009 and February 5, 2009 paper.
Please confirm receipt of ads with Carrie Thiemann @ 267-1955. Please send proof of publication to Carrie Thiemann and Finance.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Walton County Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, February 12, 2009, at the South Walton County Courthouse Annex located at 31 Coastal Centre Boulevard, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459, beginning at 3:00 p.m., for a continued workshop on EAR-based amendments, followed by their regularly scheduled meeting at 5:00 p.m., to hear the following items:

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS:

1.Blue Mountain Beachfront (bmb-1) neighborhood plan (np.bmb-1) – an ordinance amending section 2.03.02 of the Walton county land development code to adopt the blue mountain beachfront (bmb-1) neighborhood plan as an overlay district; establishing a defined boundary; establishing that the intent of the plan is to preserve the blue mountain beachfront title and character, past development patterns and land uses, and the single family dwelling designation that it now has as a residential preservation area (RPA) in the Walton county future land use map (flum) series; establishing that the intent of the plan is to preserve the blue mountain beaches for use by the property owners in blue mountain beach subdivision no. 1, establishing that the use is a permissive one and vested property rights shall not be abused; establishing provisions for vested title and property rights; establishing provisions regulating neighborhood beach accesses; establishing provisions for minimum and maximum lot sizes, setbacks, build-to-lines, lot coverage, building height, allowable densities and accessory structures; establishing provisions for use mix for commercial and workplace by size and location; establishing provisions for street width, parking requirements, vegetation, architecture and landscaping; establishing provisions for amendment; establishing a provision prohibiting this plan from being subject to any part of, or to any other plan for blue mountain beach subdivision no. 1; providing for the incorporation of the blue mountain beachfront (bmb-1) neighborhood plan as appendix np-2 to the Walton county land development code; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.

2. RECREATION FEES ORDINANCE – An ordinance amending the Walton County Land Development Code section 11.03.03 to establish a procedure for valuing platted land for the purpose of calculating recreation impact fees for subdivisions, providing for severability, and providing an effective date.

3. PRESERVATION FEES ORDINANCE – An ordinance amending the Walton County Land Development Code section 4.06.02 to establish a procedure for valuing land area for the purpose of calculating preservation buy out fees for subdivisions, providing for severability, and providing an effective date.

QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS:

4. SEABREEZE VILLAS - Project number 08-001-00019. This is a major development order application submitted by Connelly & Wicker, Inc., consisting of 4 townhome buildings with a total of 14 units, and a pool on 1.64 acres with a future land use of NPA/RP. The site is located at the northwest corner of Seabreeze Trail and Seabreeze Boulevard, just north of C.R. 30A (parcel number 28-3S-18-16141-00A-0580).

5. JUSTICE BUILDING – Project number 08-001-00067. This is a major development order application submitted by Barnhill, Barnhill, and Barnhill, requesting approval for three (3) two-story metal buildings totaling 20,000 square feet on approximately 2.56 acres with a future land use of commercial. The site is at the intersection of U.S. 331 South and Jolly Bay Road (parcel number 04-2S-19-24000-001-0120).

The Planning Commission will make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners regarding these items either to approve, approve with conditions or to deny. Any agenda item that is tabled will be scheduled for a future Planning Commission meeting and will not go forward to the Board of County Commissioners until the Planning Commission makes a recommendation.

In accordance with Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, whenever any board or commissioner of any state agency or authority, or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision, which has scheduled a meeting at which official acts are to be taken receives, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting, a written request by a physically handicapped person to attend the meeting, directed to the chairperson or director of such board, commission, agency, or authority, such chairperson or director shall provide a manner by which such person may attend the meeting at its scheduled site or reschedule the meeting to a site which would be accessible to such person.

In accordance with Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, all persons are advised that, if a person decides to appeal any decision made by the board, agency, or commission with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, he or she will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based

Please be advised accordingly.