Residents planning lawsuit to challenge county's decisionDecember 14, 2007
Michael Stewart
Escambia County commissioners on Thursday voted unanimously to lift the building cap on Perdido Key.
Residents have vowed to appeal that decision to the state Department of Administrative Hearings.
Several Perdido Key residents contend lifting the cap will lead to uncontrolled development.
"What lifting the building cap will do is put millions of dollars in the pockets of developers," Perdido Key Association Vice President Kelly Robertson said.
However, Larry Newsom, manager of traffic, engineering and operations for Escambia County, said 70 percent of the island is comprised of park lands.
"You're not going to have an Orange Beach (Ala.) out there," he said.
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