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Navy Point residents press county to codify 1944 park covenant and bar structures
Summary
Residents of the Navy Point neighborhood urged the Escambia County commission to pass an ordinance protecting Navy Point Linear Park from development, citing a 1944 covenant that dedicates the land as park and bans permanent structures. County leaders said they will consult legal staff and consider options but made no ordinance vote on Oct. 2.
Residents of Navy Point told the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 2 they want the county to legally cement a 1944 covenant that dedicates Navy Point Linear Park to public use and forbids structures.
Ted Hawthorne, who identified himself as president of the Navy Point Neighborhood Watch, told the board the revised 1944 plat dedicates the peninsula as park and "No structure of any kind, nature, or character shall be placed or created on any of said park area." He asked the board to "pass an ordinance that permanently…
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