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Rezoning for 72-home Woodbine subdivision denied 3–2 after intense debate over traffic
Summary
The Santa Rosa County rezoning board denied the Darby family’s request to rezone a Woodbine Road parcel for a 72-home subdivision after residents and one commissioner raised traffic and timing concerns, despite the applicant’s planner citing updated Transportation Planning Organization counts showing available capacity.
The Santa Rosa County rezoning board voted 3–2 to deny the Darby family’s rezoning application to turn silviculture land on Woodbine Road into a 72-home subdivision. The vote followed more than an hour of testimony from the applicant’s planner, the developer and a string of residents who said the roadway cannot safely absorb additional peak-hour trips.
The application returned to the board after earlier denial; Becky Cato, representing the Darby family, told commissioners the project is infill between established residential subdivisions and that county and Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) data show capacity on Woodbine Road. "The most current available information shows that there is capacity on Woodbine Road to handle this project and others that have…
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