Residents and commissioners debate ‘conservation community’ provision in Santa Rosa County land-development update
Public commenters urged the county not to adopt a proposed “conservation community” provision to the land-development code, citing concerns about density, loss of private property, wetlands counting as green space and fiscal impacts; commissioners expressed differing views but made no formal change.
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Public commenters on Aug. 14 urged the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners not to add a proposed “conservation community” provision to the county’s land-development code, saying it would increase density, transfer significant amounts of land to public ownership and could shrink the property tax base.
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