| 1 | The Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs recommends |
| 2 | the following: |
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| 4 | Committee Substitute |
| 5 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to Meadow Pointe and Meadow Pointe II |
| 8 | Community Development Districts, Pasco County; requiring |
| 9 | owners to submit building plans to the district board |
| 10 | under certain circumstances; permitting architectural |
| 11 | review by each district board; providing for the |
| 12 | enforcement of deed restrictions within each district; |
| 13 | providing penalties; excluding certain villages from the |
| 14 | provisions of this act; providing an effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the |
| 19 | owner of a residential property within the Meadow Pointe |
| 20 | Community Development District established by Pasco County |
| 21 | Ordinance 91-15 and Meadow Pointe II Community Development |
| 22 | District established by Pasco County Ordinance 94-13, when |
| 23 | erecting any new building or making alterations or additions to |
| 24 | any existing building on a residential parcel, must submit the |
| 25 | plans as they relate to the appearance, color, texture of |
| 26 | materials, and architectural design of the exterior to the |
| 27 | appropriate district governing board, and the respective board |
| 28 | shall approve the plans or recommend modifications to the plan |
| 29 | within 30 calendar days after receipt thereof, said approval and |
| 30 | recommendations to be based upon judicially reviewable standards |
| 31 | which each board is authorized to adopt by rule. If |
| 32 | modifications are recommended, the owner must then resubmit the |
| 33 | amended plan to the district governing board for approval and, |
| 34 | if agreement cannot be reached, may apply to the court of |
| 35 | appropriate jurisdiction for relief. |
| 36 | Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, |
| 37 | each district governing board may enforce deed restrictions |
| 38 | within its respective district and actions at law or in equity, |
| 39 | or both, may be used to redress alleged failure or refusal to |
| 40 | comply with said restrictions and may levy fines and suspend the |
| 41 | use of rights in accordance with the provisions of section |
| 42 | 720.305(2), Florida Statutes, as may be amended from time to |
| 43 | time, when its rules so provide. |
| 44 | Section 3. The Villages of Longleaf, Lettingwell, |
| 45 | Vermillion, Covina Key, and Sedgewick which are within the |
| 46 | Meadow Pointe II Community Development District and which have |
| 47 | mandatory homeowners' associations are excluded from the |
| 48 | provisions of this act. |
| 49 | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |