Board provides guidance on temporary All In Credit Union facility in scenic corridor

The Walton County Design Review Board heard a pre-application request from Northstar Engineering and All In Credit Union for feedback on a temporary banking facility to operate while the permanent All In Credit Union building is under construction.

Derek McCarty of Northstar Engineering said the temporary structure would operate for roughly eight to nine months and stressed it is a banking facility, not a construction or sales trailer. "It is a temporary banking only facility," McCarty said.

Tim Brown advised that, even though the structure is temporary, it must meet scenic corridor requirements where applicable and that the board lacks full information in the current submission to determine compliance. Brown encouraged the applicant to follow the scenic corridor checklist and to present deviations explicitly. "Even though it's temporary, it still has to meet all the scenic corridor requirements," Brown said.

Board members recommended practical measures the applicant could use to make a temporary structure conform visually to final standards, including skirting to hide the lack of a permanent foundation, temporary potted foundation plantings, clear site layouts showing ADA parking and construction staging limits, and coordination with the building department on temporary certificate-of-occupancy or operational permissions.

McCarty said landscaping for the corridor is already in process and that the applicant anticipates having the temporary facility in place by March while vertical construction proceeds for the permanent building. The board did not take formal action on this pre-application feedback item; staff advised the applicant to return with a more detailed site layout and specific deviations requested for formal review.