Walton County directs staff to pursue planning fixes, asks outside help and sets reporting schedule
After months of complaints about conflicting rules and slow permitting, Walton County commissioners directed staff Oct. 28 to develop a targeted program to clean up the land‑development code and planning procedures and to negotiate consultant support for any code revisions that cannot be handled in‑house.
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Commissioners spent an extended portion of the Oct. 28 meeting on planning operations, permitting delays and land‑development code inconsistencies. The discussion followed public complaints about long permit processing times, citations, and long‑standing conflicts between the comprehensive plan and the land‑development code. Several commissioners and residents described repeated, unresolved issues that cause friction for property owners and generate frequent complaints to commissioners.
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