Walton County, FL Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Density Bonus Law (2026)

5, CR 2/1), Urban Residential, General Commercial, Traditional Neighborhood Development, Coastal Center, Coastal Center Mixed Use, Coastal Village and Town Center One zoning districts, and only for planned unit developments of 100 acres or larger. The bonus tiers scale with environmental benefit: enhancing one acre of existing wetlands earns two additional units per acre; restoring one acre of native vegetation also earns two units per acre, while restoring one acre of wetlands earns four; and creating one acre of native vegetation earns four units per acre, while creating one acre of new wetlands earns eight, the program's top tier.

The density bonus applies only to development of non-environmentally sensitive uplands outside flood-hazard areas, and any acreage used to obtain the bonus must be preserved under a recorded conservation easement that precludes future alteration. Enhancement, restoration and creation work must follow county-approved specification sheets with plan views, quantities and grade profiles, and must be reviewed and field-checked by County staff before it counts toward the bonus. Adopted by Ord. No. 2018-29 and amended by Ord. No. 04, so a large project may pursue more than one bonus category subject to each section's own limits.