No. CS/SB 948
Filed under Development & Land Use.
Local Government Land Development Regulations and Orders; Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to follow certain application procedures for applications for certain development permits and development orders; creating the “Florida Starter Homes Act” for a specified purpose; prohibiting local governments from imposing regulations governing residential lots unless such regulations meet specified requirements; prohibiting local governments from imposing certain regulations if a residential lot is connected to a public water system and a sewerage system; requiring the permitting as of right of an off-site constructed residential dwelling in certain zoning districts, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDLocal governments must approve residential lot splits and starter home development as of right within strict deadlines, or the application is automatically approved.
Counties and municipalities are barred from enforcing minimum lot sizes, setbacks, or density limits that exceed specific state caps on lots connected to public water and sewer.
Off-site constructed residential dwellings must be permitted as of right in any zoning district where single-family detached homes are allowed, with equal treatment to site-built homes.
Local governments lose sovereign immunity and face a private right of action with a presumption of invalidity for regulations that violate the new housing requirements.
AILocal governments are barred from adopting or enforcing nearly all rules governing residential lots unless those rules meet a strict legal standard.
AILocal governments are prohibited from enforcing specific minimums for lot size, setbacks, and density, or maximums for height and floor area ratio, on lots connected to public water and sewer.
AILocal governments must approve lot splits and development applications by right within specific deadlines, and applications are automatically approved if the government misses those deadlines.
AILocal governments must permit off-site constructed residential dwellings as of right in any zoning district where single-family detached dwellings are allowed, and may not treat them more restrictively.
AIProperty owners and housing organizations may sue local governments for damages if a regulation violates the act, and the local government bears the burden of proving the regulation is valid.
AIAny local government regulation that conflicts with the act is void and unenforceable, and the act applies retroactively to existing regulations.