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Farm Credit wins variance for driveway spacing on Chemukla Highway
Summary
Farm Credit received a variance to allow a separate driveway on Chemukla Highway for a proposed office, with the applicant saying independent access is important for client safety; the board approved the request after discussing access management and future connectivity.
The zoning board approved a variance allowing Farm Credit of Northwest Florida to add an independent driveway on Chemukla Highway for a planned office site.
Angie Jones, representing Farm Credit, told the board the cooperative bought the parcel to construct an office and prefers its own driveway rather than sharing access with neighboring parcels. Jones emphasized safety, security and accommodating larger farm vehicles as reasons for an independent access. “We want a driveway that we can control the safety and the security on because it's on our property,” Jones said.
Staff noted the parcel was previously part of a larger tract and that access-management spacing standards constrain driveways on arterial roads. Board members raised concerns that multiple nearby variances could create closely spaced driveways over time; staff said required interconnections and DOT processes would influence final frontage design. The motion to approve was recorded in the transcript as passing by a 7–1 margin, with Ed Carson recorded ambiguously as opposed or abstaining in the roll-call language.
