Florida Senate - 2014 SB 372
By Senator Galvano
26-00410A-14 2014372__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to developments of regional impact;
3 amending s. 380.06, F.S.; deleting certain exemptions
4 for dense urban land areas; revising the exemption for
5 any proposed development within a county that has a
6 population of at least 300,000 and an average
7 population of at least 400 people per square mile;
8 providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (29) of section
13 380.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
14 380.06 Developments of regional impact.—
15 (29) EXEMPTIONS FOR DENSE URBAN LAND AREAS.—
16 (a) The following are exempt from this section:
17 1. Any proposed development in a municipality that has an
18 average of at least 1,000 people per square mile of land area
19 and a minimum total population of at least 5,000; or
20 2. Any proposed development within a county, including the
21 municipalities located in the county, that has an average of at
22 least 1,000 people per square mile of land area and is located
23 within an urban service area as defined in s. 163.3164 which has
24 been adopted into the comprehensive plan;
25 3. Any proposed development within a county, including the
26 municipalities located therein, which has a population of at
27 least 900,000, that has an average of at least 1,000 people per
28 square mile of land area, but which does not have an urban
29 service area designated in the comprehensive plan; or
30 2.4. Any proposed development within a county, including
31 the municipalities located therein, which has an average
32 population of at least 400 people per square mile and a
33 population of at least 300,000 1 million and is located within
34 an urban service area as defined in s. 163.3164 which has been
35 adopted into the comprehensive plan.
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37 The Office of Economic and Demographic Research within the
38 Legislature shall annually calculate the population and density
39 criteria needed to determine which jurisdictions meet the
40 density criteria in subparagraphs 1. and 2. 1.-4. by using the
41 most recent land area data from the decennial census conducted
42 by the United States Census Bureau of the Census of the United
43 States Department of Commerce and the latest available
44 population estimates determined pursuant to s. 186.901. If any
45 local government has had an annexation, contraction, or new
46 incorporation, the office of Economic and Demographic Research
47 shall determine the population density using the new
48 jurisdictional boundaries as recorded in accordance with s.
49 171.091. The office of Economic and Demographic Research shall
50 annually submit to the state land planning agency by July 1 a
51 list of jurisdictions that meet the total population and density
52 criteria. The state land planning agency shall publish the list
53 of jurisdictions on its Internet website within 7 days after the
54 list is received. The designation of jurisdictions that meet the
55 criteria of subparagraphs 1. and 2. 1.-4. is effective upon
56 publication on the state land planning agency’s Internet
57 website. If a municipality that has previously met the criteria
58 no longer meets the criteria, the state land planning agency
59 shall maintain the municipality on the list and indicate the
60 year the jurisdiction last met the criteria. However, any
61 proposed development of regional impact not within the
62 established boundaries of a municipality at the time the
63 municipality last met the criteria must meet the requirements of
64 this section until such time as the municipality as a whole
65 meets the criteria. Any county that meets the criteria shall
66 remain on the list in accordance with the provisions of this
67 paragraph. Any jurisdiction that was placed on the dense urban
68 land area list before June 2, 2011, shall remain on the list in
69 accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
70 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.