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Published by Order of the City Council

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CURRENT OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF

FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA

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Dick Rynearson

Mayor

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Nick Allegretto

Gloria DeBerry

Bryce Jeter

John Mead

David Schmidt

Travis Smith

Payne Walker

City Council

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Jeff Peters

City Manager

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Kimberly Romano Kopp

City Attorney

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Kim Barnes

City Clerk

OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF

FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA

AT THE TIME OF THIS REPUBLICATION

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Mike Anderson

Mayor

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Scott Smith

Diane Keller

John Mead

Mike Holmes

Amy Jamieson

MG Moran

Dick Rynearson

City Council

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Michael Beedie

City Manager

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Hayward Dykes

City Attorney

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Kim Barnes

City Clerk

PREFACE

This Code constitutes a publication of the Land Development Code of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Source materials used in the preparation of the Land Development Code were furnished electronically by the City of Fort Walton Beach. The source of each section is included in the Table of Historical Notes and References following each chapter. The absence of a section in the table indicates that the section remains unchanged from the original codification. The text and tables of this Land Development Code were furnished electronically by the City of Fort Walton Beach.

Chapter and Section Numbering System

The Land Development Code is organized by subject matter under an expandable three-factor decimal numbering system which is designed to facilitate supplementation without disturbing the numbering of existing provisions. Each section number designates, in sequence, the numbers of the chapter, section, and subsection. Thus, section 6.04.050 is subsection .050, located in section 6.04 of chapter 6. In most instances, sections are numbered by tens (.010, .020, .030, etc.), leaving nine vacant positions between original sections to accommodate future provisions. Similarly, chapters and sections are numbered to provide for internal expansion.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this publication is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing of the publication. With this system, the publication will be kept up-to-date. Subsequent amendatory legislation will be properly edited, and the affected page or pages will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the publication, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages.

Keeping this publication up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the publication. As revised pages are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publisher that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

Acknowledgments

This publication was under the direct supervision of Kayla Jewell, Editor, and Aline True, Quality Control Supervisor, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publisher is most grateful to Ms. Kim Barnes, City Clerk, for her cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this republication. It is hoped that their efforts and those of the publisher have resulted in a Land Development Code which will make the active law of the City readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the City's affairs.

Copyright

All editorial enhancements of this Land Development Code are copyrighted by Municipal Code Corporation and the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Editorial enhancements include, but are not limited to: organization; table of contents; section catchlines; prechapter section analyses; editor's notes; cross references; state law references; numbering system; code comparative table; state law reference table; and indexes. Such material may not be used or reproduced for commercial purposes without the express written consent of Municipal Code Corporation and the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida.