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Planning commission recommends 84‑acre R‑1 OSC rezoning after applicants add buffers and open space

5842805 · August 8, 2025
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Reliant Homes’ proposal to rezone 84.16 acres to R‑1 OSC for a 70‑lot subdivision was recommended by the Planning Commission after the developer agreed to a mandatory homeowners association, preserve a wooded 100‑foot nonbuildable buffer along New Jersey Road, and add roughly 23 acres of open space and a detention pond outside transition buffers.

The Walton County Planning Commission on Aug. 7 recommended approval of a rezoning application to convert 84.16 acres to R‑1 OSC for a single‑family residential subdivision proposed by Reliant Homes (MFT Land Investment and related parcels). The commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to the Walton County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 2.

Ned Butler, representing Reliant Homes, said the plan calls for approximately 70 lots developed under the R‑1 OSC standards with homes in the 2,000 to 2,900 square‑foot range and…

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