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Walton County planning staff present broad LDC cleanup; legal limits of SB180 flagged
Summary
Planning staff proposed a package of Land Development Code cleanup amendments intended to codify long‑standing practices on inspections, surveys, notice and procedural clarity; staff warned several provisions likely raise SB180 legal concerns and may be deferred pending legal review.
Walton County planning staff on [date not specified] presented a wide‑ranging Land Development Code (LDC) revision at a special planning commission workshop intended mainly to codify existing practice, tighten notice and sign rules, and clarify procedures for conditional uses and development orders.
The package covered dozens of edits, from Section 1080 language that would allow “county personnel, including but not limited to department heads, development order inspectors, engineers, project managers, and code compliance officers may enter onto properties” where development approvals exist, to codifying the county’s pre‑construction meeting and a requirement for a signed, sealed boundary/topographic survey within one year for development applications,…
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