🚗 New Standards: Destin has adopted its design rules for low-speed vehicle parking on city property.
🅿️ Clear Guidelines: Spaces must be 6×12 feet, grouped separately, and marked “LSV Parking Only.”
🌴 Crystal Beach Project: The ordinance was developed alongside plans for the Shores at Crystal Beach public access site.
DESTIN — The Destin City Council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance creating the city’s first design standards for low-speed vehicle (LSV) parking on city-owned property.
The measure, Ordinance 25-14-LC, passed on second reading without opposition after a brief public hearing in which no residents spoke.
Councilmember Teresa Hebert made the motion to adopt the ordinance, which was quickly seconded. With no further discussion, the council voted 5–0 in favor, with Councilmembers Dewey Destin and Rodney Braden absent from the vote.
The new law defines low-speed vehicles consistently with state statute as any registered and licensed four-wheeled vehicle with a top speed greater than 20 mph but not more than 25 mph, including neighborhood electric vehicles.
Key provisions of the ordinance include:
The ordinance was developed as part of ongoing plans for the Shores at Crystal Beach public access site on Scenic Highway 98. That project includes two parking lots, one for standard vehicles and another designed exclusively for low-speed vehicles.
“The Shores at Crystal Beach access consists of two separate parking lots, with the westerly parking area designed for standard vehicle parking spaces only, while the easterly parking area is designed to accommodate parking for only Low-Speed Vehicles,” city staff wrote in an agenda report.
The ordinance ensures the city has codified standards for minimum parking stall widths, depths, and aisle widths for LSVs. City staff emphasized that the regulations apply only to city-owned property and will not impact private development.
The ordinance takes effect immediately upon adoption and the mayor’s signature.
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