Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 362
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/14/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Dockery) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 478 and 479
    4  insert:
    5         Section 6. Subsection (24) of section 380.06, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         380.06 Developments of regional impact.—
    8         (24) STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS.—
    9         (a) Any proposed hospital is exempt from the provisions of
   10  this section.
   11         (b) Any proposed electrical transmission line or electrical
   12  power plant is exempt from the provisions of this section.
   13         (c) Any proposed addition to an existing sports facility
   14  complex is exempt from the provisions of this section if the
   15  addition meets the following characteristics:
   16         1. It would not operate concurrently with the scheduled
   17  hours of operation of the existing facility.
   18         2. Its seating capacity would be no more than 75 percent of
   19  the capacity of the existing facility.
   20         3. The sports facility complex property is owned by a
   21  public body prior to July 1, 1983.
   22  
   23  This exemption does not apply to any pari-mutuel facility.
   24         (d) Any proposed addition or cumulative additions
   25  subsequent to July 1, 1988, to an existing sports facility
   26  complex owned by a state university is exempt if the increased
   27  seating capacity of the complex is no more than 30 percent of
   28  the capacity of the existing facility.
   29         (e) Any addition of permanent seats or parking spaces for
   30  an existing sports facility located on property owned by a
   31  public body prior to July 1, 1973, is exempt from the provisions
   32  of this section if future additions do not expand existing
   33  permanent seating or parking capacity more than 15 percent
   34  annually in excess of the prior year’s capacity.
   35         (f) Any increase in the seating capacity of an existing
   36  sports facility having a permanent seating capacity of at least
   37  50,000 spectators is exempt from the provisions of this section,
   38  provided that such an increase does not increase permanent
   39  seating capacity by more than 5 percent per year and not to
   40  exceed a total of 10 percent in any 5-year period, and provided
   41  that the sports facility notifies the appropriate local
   42  government within which the facility is located of the increase
   43  at least 6 months prior to the initial use of the increased
   44  seating, in order to permit the appropriate local government to
   45  develop a traffic management plan for the traffic generated by
   46  the increase. Any traffic management plan shall be consistent
   47  with the local comprehensive plan, the regional policy plan, and
   48  the state comprehensive plan.
   49         (g) Any expansion in the permanent seating capacity or
   50  additional improved parking facilities of an existing sports
   51  facility is exempt from the provisions of this section, if the
   52  following conditions exist:
   53         1.a. The sports facility had a permanent seating capacity
   54  on January 1, 1991, of at least 41,000 spectator seats;
   55         b. The sum of such expansions in permanent seating capacity
   56  does not exceed a total of 10 percent in any 5-year period and
   57  does not exceed a cumulative total of 20 percent for any such
   58  expansions; or
   59         c. The increase in additional improved parking facilities
   60  is a one-time addition and does not exceed 3,500 parking spaces
   61  serving the sports facility; and
   62         2. The local government having jurisdiction of the sports
   63  facility includes in the development order or development permit
   64  approving such expansion under this paragraph a finding of fact
   65  that the proposed expansion is consistent with the
   66  transportation, water, sewer and stormwater drainage provisions
   67  of the approved local comprehensive plan and local land
   68  development regulations relating to those provisions.
   69  
   70  Any owner or developer who intends to rely on this statutory
   71  exemption shall provide to the department a copy of the local
   72  government application for a development permit. Within 45 days
   73  of receipt of the application, the department shall render to
   74  the local government an advisory and nonbinding opinion, in
   75  writing, stating whether, in the department’s opinion, the
   76  prescribed conditions exist for an exemption under this
   77  paragraph. The local government shall render the development
   78  order approving each such expansion to the department. The
   79  owner, developer, or department may appeal the local government
   80  development order pursuant to s. 380.07, within 45 days after
   81  the order is rendered. The scope of review shall be limited to
   82  the determination of whether the conditions prescribed in this
   83  paragraph exist. If any sports facility expansion undergoes
   84  development-of-regional-impact review, all previous expansions
   85  which were exempt under this paragraph shall be included in the
   86  development-of-regional-impact review.
   87         (h) Expansion to port harbors, spoil disposal sites,
   88  navigation channels, turning basins, harbor berths, and other
   89  related inwater harbor facilities of ports listed in s.
   90  403.021(9)(b), port transportation facilities and projects
   91  listed in s. 311.07(3)(b), and intermodal transportation
   92  facilities identified pursuant to s. 311.09(3) are exempt from
   93  the provisions of this section when such expansions, projects,
   94  or facilities are consistent with comprehensive master plans
   95  that are in compliance with the provisions of s. 163.3178.
   96         (i) Any proposed facility for the storage of any petroleum
   97  product or any expansion of an existing facility is exempt from
   98  the provisions of this section.
   99         (j) Any renovation or redevelopment within the same land
  100  parcel which does not change land use or increase density or
  101  intensity of use.
  102         (k) Waterport and marina development, including dry storage
  103  facilities, are exempt from the provisions of this section.
  104         (l) Any proposed development within an urban service
  105  boundary established under s. 163.3177(14) is exempt from the
  106  provisions of this section if the local government having
  107  jurisdiction over the area where the development is proposed has
  108  adopted the urban service boundary, has entered into a binding
  109  agreement with jurisdictions that would be impacted and with the
  110  Department of Transportation regarding the mitigation of impacts
  111  on state and regional transportation facilities, and has adopted
  112  a proportionate share methodology pursuant to s. 163.3180(16).
  113         (m) Any proposed development within a rural land
  114  stewardship area created under s. 163.3177(11)(d) is exempt from
  115  the provisions of this section if the local government that has
  116  adopted the rural land stewardship area has entered into a
  117  binding agreement with jurisdictions that would be impacted and
  118  the Department of Transportation regarding the mitigation of
  119  impacts on state and regional transportation facilities, and has
  120  adopted a proportionate share methodology pursuant to s.
  121  163.3180(16).
  122         (n) Any proposed development or redevelopment within an
  123  area designated as an urban infill and redevelopment area under
  124  s. 163.2517 is exempt from this section if the local government
  125  has entered into a binding agreement with jurisdictions that
  126  would be impacted and the Department of Transportation regarding
  127  the mitigation of impacts on state and regional transportation
  128  facilities, and has adopted a proportionate share methodology
  129  pursuant to s. 163.3180(16).
  130         (o) The establishment, relocation, or expansion of any
  131  military installation as defined in s. 163.3175, is exempt from
  132  this section.
  133         (p) Any self-storage warehousing that does not allow retail
  134  or other services is exempt from this section.
  135         (q) Any proposed nursing home or assisted living facility
  136  is exempt from this section.
  137         (r) Any development identified in an airport master plan
  138  and adopted into the comprehensive plan pursuant to s.
  139  163.3177(6)(k) is exempt from this section.
  140         (s) Any development identified in a campus master plan and
  141  adopted pursuant to s. 1013.30 is exempt from this section.
  142         (t) Any development in a specific area plan which is
  143  prepared pursuant to s. 163.3245 and adopted into the
  144  comprehensive plan is exempt from this section.
  145         (u) Any development within a county with a research and
  146  education authority created by special act and that is also
  147  within a research and development park that is operated or
  148  managed by a research and development authority pursuant to part
  149  V of chapter 159 is exempt from this section.
  150  
  151  If a use is exempt from review as a development of regional
  152  impact under paragraphs (a)-(t), but will be part of a larger
  153  project that is subject to review as a development of regional
  154  impact, the impact of the exempt use must be included in the
  155  review of the larger project, unless such exempt use involves a
  156  development of regional impact for which the landowner, tenant,
  157  or user has entered into a funding agreement with the Office of
  158  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development under the Innovation
  159  Incentive Program and the agreement contemplates a state award
  160  of at least $50 million.
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  163         And the title is amended as follows:
  164         Delete line 55
  165  and insert:
  166         and Demographic Research; amending s. 380.06, F.S.;
  167         providing that certain exempt uses that are part of a
  168         larger project that is subject to development-of
  169         regional-impact review are exempt from such review
  170         under certain circumstances; providing legislative