Cottage food stand rules
Rules for residents selling cottage food products from stands at their homes are back before council for a public hearing and second reading.
If passed, the ordinance would allow on-site sales, with limits on the size and location of the stands. Stands could be no larger than 20 square feet, no taller than 8 feet and no closer than 10 feet from the property line.
Sales could only take place between sunrise and sunset, and stands would need to be put away overnight. Stand owners would also need room for customer parking, including at least one space on asphalt or concrete.
Garden Street intersection improvements
A project that connects Industrial Drive to the intersection of Garden Street and State Road 85 could move forward Monday night.
Council will consider a construction bid of more than $1 million from Gulf Coast Utility Contractors to add a fourth leg to the intersection. The company was the lowest of three bidders.
The city had to seek bids again after FDOT rejected the earlier bids. The project includes $300,000 in state funding that will be reimbursed to the city.
Affordable housing on smaller lots
City staff say that some smaller lots within the city of Crestview are difficult to build on because they do not meet zoning requirements.
Council will consider an ordinance that would give qualifying affordable housing projects more room to work with those limits.
Current rules allow staff to reduce certain setback or lot size requirements by up to 10%. The proposed ordinance would raise that limit to 25% for qualifying affordable housing projects.
The ordinance will have a public hearing and a second reading.
