Board of County Commissioners · Thursday, April 24, 2025 · 9:00 AM
County Commission
This meeting was held on Apr 24, 2025. Its minutes aren't posted yet, so the summary below was written from the agenda before the meeting: it says what was planned, not what was decided. Decisions and votes will appear once the minutes are.
Summary
The Walton County Board of Commissioners held a land use meeting on April 24, 2025, to consider zoning changes, approvals, and development amendments. Key agenda items included a request to continue short-term vacation rental code text amendments to May, a application for commercial use on US Highway 331, final plat approvals for two Deerwood Drive lots, a major amendment to convert planned townhomes to a 60-unit living facility at Veterans Road, approval of a light industrial office and warehouse project on County Highway 393, and a final plat for a mixed-use near Highway 98 West.
Why it matters
These development decisions will shape future growth and land use patterns across Walton County, affecting residential neighborhoods, commercial corridors, and industrial areas. Residents should monitor how the short-term rental code amendments and zoning changes impact their communities and property values.
On the agenda
Development & zoning7 items
STVR Text Amendments
Request to continue to May 22, 2025 meeting. Staff is proposing amendments to Chapters One, Two, Four, and Five related to Short-Term Vacation Rental Code Compliance, including changes to certification requirements, fines, penalties, and acceptable property uses.
Robinson with
requested for and application to change from Rural Residential and General Agriculture to Commercial, and zoning from Rural Village and General Agriculture to Neighborhood Commercial on 2.65 acres.
Where: 5338 North US Highway 331; 36-4N-20-29000-021-0000; 36-4N-20-29000-021-0010
Deerwood Drive Phase 4 Lot 1240 Replat
Final approval requested for replat of lot 1240 in Deerwood Drive on 0.13 acres in Coastal Center district.
Where: 1240 Deerwood Drive; 25-2S-21-42500-000-1240
Deerwood Drive Phase 1 Lot 1241 Replat
Final approval requested for replat of lot 1241 in Deerwood Drive on 0.12 acres in Coastal Center district.
Where: 1241 Deerwood Drive; 25-2S-21-42500-000-1241
Commerce Park Amendment #3
Second and final reading to adopt amending to modify development from townhomes to a 60-unit individual living facility and associated infrastructure on 14.82 acres with Mixed Use and Residential .
Where: 153 Veterans Road; 26-2S-20-33200-000-0460; 26-2S-20-33200-000-0470; 26-2S-20-33200-000-0480; 26-2S-20-33200-000-0485
Nesius Light Industrial
Final order approval requested for major development of 120,000 square feet of office and warehouse space on 9.75 acres in Light Industrial zoning district.
Where: 435 South County Highway 393; 35-2S-20-33280-000-0580
Casa Magnolia
Final approval requested for 34 single family residential lots, commercial outparcel lot, public recreation area, and associated infrastructure on 10.69 acres in Coastal Center district.
Where: 10181 U.S. Highway 98 West; 34-2S-21-42000-048-0000; 34-2S-21-42000-048-0010; 34-2S-21-42000-048-0020
Coming up
- STVR Text Amendments continued to BCC meeting · May 22, 2025
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