Pits with the Pit 1 designation do not have to be lined and are more for natural land debris, like twigs and sticks. Instead of just one zoning district identified for pits, the districts will be divided up into two parts: Pit 1 and Pit 2. The rewritten land development code, which is just in its draft stage and hasn’t been formally adopted yet, seeks three major changes to the existing borrow pit ordinances:ġ. Rezonings require two public hearings per state statue which includes the Zoning Board and Board of County Commissioners.” “Rezoning applications require advertisement within the local paper, public notification sign placed onsite to alert those passing by and finally mailed letters of notification to property owners with 1,500 feet. “Any proposed new or expansion of a pit including natural resource extraction and reclamation of fill requires a rezoning application and ability to meet LDC requirements to change the permitted land use of the property,” said Shawn Ward, the county’s planning and zoning director. The borrow pit rezoning had been requested by prominent developer Harrell Downey, who is building the Buffalo Ridge subdivision north of Pace.Īnd in October, a pair of Gulf Breeze property owners made local and national headlines when they learned the property they had purchased to build their dream home turned out to be the site of several old borrow pits turned into dumping grounds. Just last year, a highly contested borrow pit off of Ten Mile Road was approved by the county, but then rescinded after residents complained that the county hadn’t followed its own rules regarding proper notification of nearby residents. The Santa Rosa County land development code rewrite is taking a new approach to borrow pits, changing several ordinances that will have an effect on home building and development throughout the county.īorrow pits, which are large holes in the ground so construction crews can “borrow” dirt to add to home sites, have been a controversial topic in Santa Rosa County before.
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