§ 5.4. Navarre Beach Master Plan

5.4.1 Navarre Beach Planning Area

As described in the Future Land Use Element's supporting documentation, the Navarre Beach Planning Area is the portion of Santa Rosa Island that is leased by Santa Rosa County from Escambia County lying in between the Gulf Islands National Seashore parks. The island is accessible via the Navarre Beach Causeway and the Bob Sikes Bridge. This land area is subject to the Navarre Beach Master Plan and individual property leases. Navarre Beach is serviced by the only County owned water system and waste water treatment system. Septic tanks are not installed on Navarre Beach nor are they permitted.

5.4.2 Navarre Beach Master Plan

The Navarre Beach Master Plan has been implemented within the County's Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code. This implementation required the creation of specialized Navarre Beach Future Land Use Map categories and implementing zoning districts. The Navarre Beach Master Plan, originally created in 1995 and updated in 2001, contains the background information for the creation of the Navarre Beach Planning and Zoning Overlay Zone. This Overlay effectively creates a special zone placed over all of Navarre Beach where specialized zoning districts and Future Land Use map categories are applicable. The original plan took hurricane preparedness, available infrastructure, and the physical, environmental, and political (existing leases) characteristics of Navarre Beach into consideration. Development on Navarre Beach is limited by existing lease agreements (both parcels specific and Santa Rosa Island specific) since this land is owned by Escambia County and leased to Santa Rosa County. Table 1-10 in the Future Land Use Element Supporting Documentation provides the current future land use acreages within the Navarre Beach Master Plan Area which is the same land area as the Navarre Beach Planning Area and those acreages are repeated below. As can be seen on Map 5-6 , a majority of the beach area is either in Conservation/Recreation or Low to Medium Density Residential categories. In addition, the beach area is predominantly built out.

Navarre Beach Future Land Use Map Acreages

Navarre Beach Conservation/Recreation: 262 acres

Navarre Beach Commercial: 31 acres

Navarre Beach Low Density Residential: 99 acres

Navarre Beach Medium Density Residential: 145 acres

Navarre Beach Medium High Density Residential: 11 acres

Navarre Beach High Density Residential: 39 acres

Navarre Beach Mixed Residential Commercial: 47 acres

Navarre Beach Utilities: 19 acres

Map 5-6 Navarre Beach Future Land Use
Santa Rosa County, Florida