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  2         An act relating to local government

  3         comprehensive planning; amending s. 163.3187,

  4         F.S.; providing that certain plan amendments

  5         that involve construction of affordable housing

  6         in certain areas of critical state concern are

  7         eligible as small scale development amendments

  8         that are exempt from the limits on the

  9         frequency of amendments to a local

10         comprehensive plan; providing an effective

11         date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section

16  163.3187, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

17         163.3187  Amendment of adopted comprehensive plan.--

18         (1)  Amendments to comprehensive plans adopted pursuant

19  to this part may be made not more than two times during any

20  calendar year, except:

21         (c)  Any local government comprehensive plan amendments

22  directly related to proposed small scale development

23  activities may be approved without regard to statutory limits

24  on the frequency of consideration of amendments to the local

25  comprehensive plan.  A small scale development amendment may

26  be adopted only under the following conditions:

27         1.  The proposed amendment involves a use of 10 acres

28  or fewer and:

29         a.  The cumulative annual effect of the acreage for all

30  small scale development amendments adopted by the local

31  government shall not exceed:


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  1         (I)  A maximum of 120 acres in a local government that

  2  contains areas specifically designated in the local

  3  comprehensive plan for urban infill, urban redevelopment, or

  4  downtown revitalization as defined in s. 163.3164, urban

  5  infill and redevelopment areas designated under s. 163.2517,

  6  transportation concurrency exception areas approved pursuant

  7  to s. 163.3180(5), or regional activity centers and urban

  8  central business districts approved pursuant to s.

  9  380.06(2)(e); however, amendments under this paragraph may be

10  applied to no more than 60 acres annually of property outside

11  the designated areas listed in this sub-sub-subparagraph.

12         (II)  A maximum of 80 acres in a local government that

13  does not contain any of the designated areas set forth in

14  sub-sub-subparagraph (I).

15         (III)  A maximum of 120 acres in a county established

16  pursuant to s. 9, Art. VIII of the State Constitution.

17         b.  The proposed amendment does not involve the same

18  property granted a change within the prior 12 months.

19         c.  The proposed amendment does not involve the same

20  owner's property within 200 feet of property granted a change

21  within the prior 12 months.

22         d.  The proposed amendment does not involve a text

23  change to the goals, policies, and objectives of the local

24  government's comprehensive plan, but only proposes a land use

25  change to the future land use map for a site-specific small

26  scale development activity.

27         e.  The property that is the subject of the proposed

28  amendment is not located within an area of critical state

29  concern, unless the project subject to the proposed amendment

30  involves the construction of affordable housing units meeting

31  the criteria of s. 420.0004(3), and is located within an area


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  1  of critical state concern designated by s. 380.0552 or by the

  2  Administration Commission pursuant to s. 380.05(1).  Such

  3  amendment is not subject to the density limitations of s.

  4  163.3187(1)(c)1.f., and shall be reviewed by the state land

  5  planning agency for consistency with the principles for

  6  guiding development applicable to the area of critical state

  7  concern where the amendment is located and shall not become

  8  effective until a final order is issued under s. 380.05(6).

  9         f.  If the proposed amendment involves a residential

10  land use, the residential land use has a density of 10 units

11  or less per acre, except that this limitation does not apply

12  to small scale amendments described in sub-sub-subparagraph

13  a.(I) that are designated in the local comprehensive plan for

14  urban infill, urban redevelopment, or downtown revitalization

15  as defined in s. 163.3164, urban infill and redevelopment

16  areas designated under s. 163.2517, transportation concurrency

17  exception areas approved pursuant to s. 163.3180(5), or

18  regional activity centers and urban central business districts

19  approved pursuant to s. 380.06(2)(e).

20         2.a.  A local government that proposes to consider a

21  plan amendment pursuant to this paragraph is not required to

22  comply with the procedures and public notice requirements of

23  s. 163.3184(15)(c) for such plan amendments if the local

24  government complies with the provisions in s. 125.66(4)(a) for

25  a county or in s. 166.041(3)(c) for a municipality. If a

26  request for a plan amendment under this paragraph is initiated

27  by other than the local government, public notice is required.

28         b.  The local government shall send copies of the

29  notice and amendment to the state land planning agency, the

30  regional planning council, and any other person or entity

31  requesting a copy.  This information shall also include a


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  1  statement identifying any property subject to the amendment

  2  that is located within a coastal high hazard area as

  3  identified in the local comprehensive plan.

  4         3.  Small scale development amendments adopted pursuant

  5  to this paragraph require only one public hearing before the

  6  governing board, which shall be an adoption hearing as

  7  described in s. 163.3184(7), and are not subject to the

  8  requirements of s. 163.3184(3)-(6) unless the local government

  9  elects to have them subject to those requirements.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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