Johns Pass business owners worried over future zoning changes in case of natural disaster [Video]

JOHN’S PASS, Fla. (WFLA) — Business owners and residents will be the first to tell you that John’s Pass floods, and floods often.

“All I want is to keep what’s ours,” said Michael Berry.

If Woody’s Watersports is wiped off John’s Pass by a natural disaster, owner Michael Berry isn’t sure he would rebuild.

“My prices would have to go up,” explained Berry. “I’d have to reduce my workforce. There’s all kinds of numbers you have to juggle to see whether or not you could make the kind of revenue that you make.”

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Because of the worries of hurricanes and flooding, Pinellas County and Madeira Beach officials are working on new regulations for the future of John’s Pass if it is destroyed.

“If we weren’t able to recreate that after some natural disaster,” said Dylan Hubbard. “It would just be, to me, a detriment to the area, to the region …