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All Departments Administration Corrections Development Services Facilities Management Human Resources Information Technology Library Services Management and Budget Services Natural Resources Management Neighborhood and Human Services Parks and Recreation Public Safety Public Works Veterans Services Waste ServicesEscambia County is working to notify gulf-frontal property owners of two new policies on Perdido Key regarding public access and beach signage. Escambia County has provided mailers to applicable properties. Click here to view the mailer.
On May 4, 2023, the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners amended the Perdido Key Habitat Conservation Ordinance Sec. 30-300 to allow beach signage marking gulf-frontal private property across Perdido Key. As amended, the ordinance allows for one sign per shore-perpendicular boundary line placed within ten (10) feet of the seaward edge of the dune vegetation line. Sign dimensions shall not exceed 24”x24” with a maximum height of six (6) feet. The ordinance took effect upon filing with the State of Florida on May 8, 2023.
Property owners within the Gulf Beach Subdivision have also been notified of the new public easement on 64 gulf lots between Perdido Skye and Perdido Key State Park. The Gulf Beach Subdivision was deeded from the United States government to individual owners in 1957 with language providing a perpetual public easement along the southerly 75 feet of the gulf-frontal lots for access to and enjoyment of the Gulf of Mexico. Parcels remained privately owned, and access must be through legally established access points.
Property owners or members of the public with questions regarding the new policies can contact Samantha Bolduc with the Natural Resources Management Department at 850-595-3460 or smbolduc@myescambia.com.
Map displaying the Perdido Key public easement
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