Public hearings for land use change in Santa Rosa County scheduled for April 23, 2026.

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF LAND USE
AND INTENT TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE
The Santa Rosa County Zoning Board and Board of County Commissioners will conduct public
hearings to consider a change of land use and/or rezoning of land areas depicted on the maps
within this advertisement. The hearings are scheduled as follows:
Board of County Commissioners (to consider adoption of the ordinance):
Thursday, April 23, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
The Board of County Commissioners meeting will be held at the Santa Rosa County Administrative
Center in the Board Meeting Room, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida. At the public hearing,
the Board of County Commissioners shall consider the ordinances entitled:
Ordinance 1:
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA; AMENDING
ORDINANCE 25-25 AS AMENDED; AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICTS
AS DEPICTED IN THE ATTACHED MAPS; APPROVING THE AMENDMENTS
TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AS
DEPICTED IN THE ATTACHED MAPS; AMENDING ORDINANCE 2016-25;
AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE SANTA ROSA COUNTY
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; CHANGING THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS AS
DEPICTED IN THE ATTACHED MAPS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Zoning District Amended: from R1 (Single Family Residential) & PUD (Planned Unit
Development) to P1 (Passive Park) - total approximately 487.00 (+/-) acres
Future Land Use
Amended: from
SFR (Single Family
Residential) & MRC
(Mixed Residential/
Commercial)
to CON/REC
(Conservation/
Recreation) - total
approximately
487.00 (+/-) acres
The proposed ordinance and map may be inspected by the public prior to the above scheduled
meetings at the Santa Rosa County Planning Department, 6051 Old Bagdad Highway, Milton,
Florida. The agenda and backup documentation will be available via the Meetings & Agendas Page
of the County’s website at www.santarosa.fl.gov approximately 1 week prior to each scheduled
meeting. Interested parties may appear at the meetings and be heard with respect to this proposed
ordinance. All interested parties should take notice that if they decide to appeal any decision made
by the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners with respect to any matter coming before
said Board at said meeting, it is their individual responsibility to insure that a record of proceedings
they are appealing exists and for such purpose they will need to insure that a verbatim record of the
proceedings is made, which record shall include the testimony and the evidence upon which their
appeal is to be based.
Santa Rosa County adheres to the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable
modifications for access to this meeting upon request. Please call Santa Rosa County Planning,
Zoning and Development Division at (850) 981-7075 to make a request. For the Hearing-
Impaired, 1-800-955-8770 (Voice). Requests must be received at least 48 hours in advance of the
meeting in order to provide the requested service.
Legal 46533 Gulf Breeze News 04/09/26