You can do both here - guess where?
Camping on the Gulf in Sandestin, but I have to have an RV to camp there, and I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Should driving on the beach be restricted to permanent residents?
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Camping on the Gulf in Sandestin, but I have to have an RV to camp there, and I don't see that happening anytime soon.
So if we limited it to one per household, apparently we could reduce the number of vehicles quite a bit. Guess I don't really see the need for 2 vehicles on the beach from the same house when crowding is an issue.
I find it hilarious that you think I DON'T call out the people w/ pooping dogs. Frequently though the issue is that the owner is nowhere to be seen. :roll:
Sounds like, once again, the people that think the rules don't apply to them ruin a good thing for those of us that do follow the rules. How is it that no enforcement of the permit law is followed? IJS.
i say limit the permits to 1 car per household and see how that goes. but i think discriminating between a full time and part time homeowner will be challanged legally..i have every right as a homeowner to be able to drive to the beach . if that doesn't work then bar all cars from the beach.
After thinking it over, I think I have to agree with ray. I don't see a lot of difference between discriminating against full time vs part time residents and discriminating against renters vs property owners. Either one could produce a situation that seems unfair to me. Ray would be ineligible and so would a young charter boat captain who is a full time resident, business owner, has been here for generations, but doesn't own property in his name. Of course there are ways to circumvent both restrictions - claim full time residency, put the permitted vehicle in the name of a property owner, etc. But why write an ordinance that is a set up for rule-breaking? If the idea is to reduce the number of vehicles on the beach, maybe it should be gone about in another way.
Better might be for the SO to enforce the permit rule, and maybe a change to the ordinance allowing a limit of the number of vehicles on the beach at any one time, and/or a time limit on parking on the beach?
Really I lean toward Shelly's view that vehicles don't belong on the beach, but I am okay with restricting it to Grayton where it is a long-standing tradition. I would oppose any expansion of the area or reopening of the former driving areas. So that takes us back to somehow limiting the use.
Better might be for the SO to enforce the permit rule, and maybe a change to the ordinance allowing a limit of the number of vehicles on the beach at any one time, and/or a time limit on parking on the beach?
Really I lean toward Shelly's view that vehicles don't belong on the beach, but I am okay with restricting it to Grayton where it is a long-standing tradition. I would oppose any expansion of the area or reopening of the former driving areas. So that takes us back to somehow limiting the use.
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DRAFT ON BEACH DRIVING-OCT 13th
If you feel strongly one way or the other on the new Driving on the Beach Draft that the County Commissioners will be reading and possibly will take a vote on ...please attend the Meeting at 4 PM, Tuesday October 13th over at the Courthouse Annex on 331 and let them know your views.
If you can't make the meeting, please call Mr. Demers at 267-1955 and express your views, or you can contact him at : demgerry@co.walton.fl.us.
I think our Commissioners and Mr. Demers need to hear all of our views so that perhaps they might table the (issue/vote) and take another look at the issue so that it will treat all taxpayers and property owners in Walton County fairly. The next date for applying for Beach Permits is June 1, 2010. So they do have time to do more study on this issue.
If you feel strongly one way or the other on the new Driving on the Beach Draft that the County Commissioners will be reading and possibly will take a vote on ...please attend the Meeting at 4 PM, Tuesday October 13th over at the Courthouse Annex on 331 and let them know your views.
If you can't make the meeting, please call Mr. Demers at 267-1955 and express your views, or you can contact him at : demgerry@co.walton.fl.us.
I think our Commissioners and Mr. Demers need to hear all of our views so that perhaps they might table the (issue/vote) and take another look at the issue so that it will treat all taxpayers and property owners in Walton County fairly. The next date for applying for Beach Permits is June 1, 2010. So they do have time to do more study on this issue.
I have friends who stay out there every year for over a month to wind surf. they used to park right on the beach, but have since moved landward to the campground, more for being connected to the ammenities than anything else.
So what about those owners of fractional units? Each can sell their deed separately from the remaining owners. They are not held in a collective LLC as owning all portions of the total unit. Each portion is separate.