Which we know the East Milton area needs. "This is a good location for more affordable multi-family development. On the other project involving both a strip mall and apartment, the board approved a portion of the request involving rezoning to a commercial property, but took issue with the component involving apartments and ultimately denied that aspect of the project.īeckie Cato, who presented the rezoning request to the board, said the area needed both housing and amenities. "There will be noise … at all times over this property." ![]() We'll fly over this property, near this property, and adjacent this property," said Randy Roy, the community planning liaison at NAS Whiting Field. "We will fly at the airfield 300 times a year. Using the current site plan, a small part of the project sits within an airfield accident potential zone because of its proximity to the Santa Rosa Navy Outlying Field, but the Zoning Board recommended the plans move just outside of that space as part of its approval. "Right now, we're having to drive 10-15 miles minimum to get to anything even remotely like what this is offering."Ĭounty staff have predicted the proposed zoning will cause an increase of car usage on the roads peripheral to the project. A grocery store would be fabulous," said East Milton resident Greg Luther. "We desperately need some stores in that area. Regarding the grocery store project, Kruse Group Properties LLC is requested to rezone a vacant parcel at the northeast corner of State Road 87 and Nichols Lake Road from rural residential to a highway commercial property, which the board recommended approving Thursday evening. The Zoning Board's Thursday recommendations are not final and will go before the Board of County Commissioners for a final verdict in two weeks. The newest of the county's industrial parks, the Milton Interchange Park is designated for transportation and distribution, taking up about 190 acres at the intersection of State Road 87 and Interstate 10. The area is primed for growth as the county plans for significant industrial growth to the north. What housing options exist in the county: Apartments are rare in Santa Rosa County, but the economy is making them much more popular ![]() Industrial growth in Santa Rosa: 'Project Unstoppable' is out, but Santa Rosa commits $2.8 million for industrial park ![]() Only the commercial rezoning portion of the proposal was given the OK, while the Zoning Board denied the component involving building the apartments. The zoning request was originally filed by Santa Rosa County Commissioner Sam Parker. 90, across the street from Piggly Wiggly. The other project features a plan to turn roughly 6 acres into a strip mall and an apartment building at the corner of State Road 87 and U.S. This project sits on a vacant parcel at the northeast corner of State Road 87 and Nichols Lake Road, just down the street from Southern Raceway. The Zoning Board unanimously approved recommending it.
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