Dune buggy? … Santa Rosa County Imposes New Fines for Walking on Dunes

Santa Rosa County has passed a new ordinance making it illegal to walk on the dunes on Navarre Beach, or to access the beach via private lots rather than by using the designated walkover points.

The fine is $15 for the first offense, and $100 for the second offense.

Here is a link to the article in the Pensacola News Journal.

The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce is complaining the fines are too low. Quite a few posters to the PNJ attacked the county for taking on this subject at all.

I’m more than a bit surprised that people posting on the PNJ forums found the ordiance to be petty and worthless. We need to do all we can to protect the dunes, and to protect the beauty of Navarre Beach. I think the ordinance is fair. You have a lot of people who simply won’t know the first time around, and $100 for a second offense is nothing to sneeze at.