The Walton County Planning Commission on May 1 voted to approve a set of proposed ordinance amendments and will forward the package to the Board of Commissioners for final action.

Staff described five amendments: change the expiration of business licenses so they expire one year from issuance rather than all expiring in December; remove fee amounts from multiple code sections and refer fees to the fee schedule adopted by the Board of Commissioners; add personal-care services (for example, nail salons, barbershops, beauty salons and similar NAICS-listed activities) to the land-development ordinance use list; remove specific fee amounts for private airstrips/helipads and reference the county fee schedule; and require subdivision developments in the WP2 watershed overlay to comply with OSC guidelines as required by the ordinance.

County staff noted a typographical correction in the packet (Article reference should read Article 3, not Article 2) and staff said they would correct it before the item advances. No public opposition spoke on the amendments. The Planning Commission approved the package as submitted and moved it to the Board of Commissioners.

The amendments change administrative and code references and delegate fee-setting to the Board’s fee schedule; they are subject to final adoption by the Board.