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Escambia County schedules more study after heated public forum on customary beach use
Summary
Dozens of residents urged Escambia County commissioners to enforce customary public use of Perdido Key beaches; commissioners agreed to staff and attorney work and scheduled committee discussion and a public hearing in February, noting possible legal challenges and parcel-level complexity.
Dozens of residents pressed the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners to adopt an ordinance enforcing customary public use of Perdido Key beaches, and commissioners agreed to further study and public meetings in February.
At a packed public forum, speakers described repeated incidents of visitors being told they could not walk or place chairs on dry sand and urged the county to protect long-standing public access to gulf-front beaches. Laurie Newman, who identified herself as a founding member of the Save Pensacola Beach group, told the board, “The only missing step is for Escambia County to pass its own…
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