June 24, 2009 10:22:00 AM By KIMBERLY WHITE / Florida Freedom Newspapers SANTA ROSA BEACH — None of the nearly 450 active development orders in Walton County will be affected if a countywide height ordinance goes into effect as expected later this summer, according to Gerry Demers, the county's director of development services.

The only project that would have been affected — a proposed 12-story condominium off Jolly Bay Road in Freeport — already has been turned down by county commissioners, who said the building's height would be incompatible with the surrounding area.

With some exceptions, the proposed ordinance would limit buildings in South Walton to 50 feet. Structures north of Choctawhatchee Bay would be capped at 50 feet in residential areas, 75 feet in commercial areas, and 100 feet in industrial zones.