Escambia County commissioners are taking a closer look at how the public can use parts of Perdido Key beaches under something called “customary use.”
It’s the idea that if the public has been using dry sand areas of a private beach for a long time, and it’s been mostly peaceful, that use might be allowed, explained County attorney Christi Hankins.
“Anything below the mean high tide is protected by state law,” Hankins said. “So we’re really just talking about the dry sand above that line.”…