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Planning commission denies 30A Surf Club master‑plan amendment after resident safety, compatibility concerns
Summary
The Walton County Planning Commission voted 5–2 to deny a proposed amendment to the Inn at the Gulf master plan that would have replaced a planned restaurant with a two‑story retail building called 30A Surf Club.
The Planning Commission voted 5–2 to deny a proposed major development order to convert a planned restaurant outparcel at the Inn at the Gulf master plan into a two‑story retail building called the 30A Surf Club.
Tim Brown of Walton County Planning and Development described the request as a change from restaurant use to retail and said planning staff treated it as a major development because the owners were amending the master plan. The applicant, Robert Carroll of McNeil Carroll Engineering, and architect Joe Doherty described a building of roughly 9,824 square feet (5,272 sq. ft. ground floor) on a 0.75‑acre parcel, with required parking already installed on…
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