September 3, 2026 Local Planning Agency Board Meeting Minutes

Local Planning Agency · 2026-09-03 · minutes

The document is the minutes of a Local Planning Agency meeting held on September 3, 2026, in Destin, Florida. The meeting was a continued review of a proposed rewrite of Article 4 of the Land Development Code (Proposed Ordinance 26-01-LC). The document does not describe a specific development project, site, or action. It reviews proposed changes to permitted and conditional uses in various zoning districts, including Calhoun Mixed Use (CMU), Calhoun Mixed Use Village (CMUV), Crystal Beach Resort (CBR), Gulf Resort Mixed Use, Holiday Isle Mixed Use, North Harbor Mixed Use, Residential Office and Institutional Village Residential (ROI-VR), South Harbor Mixed Use, Town Center Mixed Use, Airport, Institutional, Conservation, and Recreation. The document does not state a specific street address, parcel number, acreage, or applicant for a project. The only decision made was a motion to designate skating rinks and tennis, handball, and racquetball facilities as conditional uses within the Institutional Zoning District, which passed 5-0. Another motion was made to change amusements and theme parks, amusement arcades, and bowling centers from permitted to conditional uses within the Recreation Zoning District, and to change museums and historical sites from conditional to permitted, which passed 5-0. A motion was also made for Mr. Butler to research options for streamlining the rezoning process and reducing fees for qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations, veterans organizations, and similar institutional uses, which passed 5-0. No public comments were made. The next meeting is scheduled for September 17, 2026.