HB 0827 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Meadow Pointe and Meadow Pointe II
3	Community Development Districts, Pasco County; requiring
4	owners to submit building plans to the district board
5	under certain circumstances; permitting architectural
6	review by each district board; providing for the
7	enforcement of deed restrictions within each district;
8	providing penalties; excluding certain villages from the
9	provisions of this act; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
14	owner of a residential property within the Meadow Pointe
15	Community Development District established by Pasco County
16	Ordinance 91-15 and Meadow Pointe II Community Development
17	District established by Pasco County Ordinance 94-13, when
18	applying for a permit for the erection of any new building or
19	for alterations or additions to any existing building on a
20	residential parcel, must submit the plans as they relate to the
21	appearance, color, texture of materials, and architectural
22	design of the exterior to the appropriate district governing
23	board, and the respective board shall approve the plans or
24	recommend modifications to the plan within 30 calendar days
25	after receipt thereof, said approval and recommendations to be
26	based upon judicially reviewable standards which each board is
27	authorized to adopt by rule. If modifications are recommended,
28	the owner must then resubmit the amended plan to the district
29	governing board for approval and, if agreement cannot be
30	reached, may apply to the court of appropriate jurisdiction for
31	relief.
32	Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
33	each district governing board may enforce deed restrictions
34	within its respective district and actions at law or in equity,
35	or both, may be used to redress alleged failure or refusal to
36	comply with said restrictions and may levy fines and suspend the
37	use of rights in accordance with the provisions of section
38	720.305(2), Florida Statutes, as may be amended from time to
39	time, when its rules so provide.
40	Section 3. The Villages of Longleaf, Lettingwell,
41	Vermillion, Covina Key, and Sedgewick which are within the
42	Meadow Pointe II Community Development District and which have
43	mandatory homeowners' associations are excluded from the
44	provisions of this act.
45	Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.