Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2490
                        Barcode 864862
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11  The Committee on Community Affairs (Clary) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
19  163.3187, Florida Statutes, is amended and a new paragraph (o)
20  is added to that subsection to read:
21         163.3187  Amendment of adopted comprehensive plan.--
22         (1)  Amendments to comprehensive plans adopted pursuant
23  to this part may be made not more than two times during any
24  calendar year, except:
25         (c)  Any local government comprehensive plan amendments
26  directly related to proposed small scale development
27  activities may be approved without regard to statutory limits
28  on the frequency of consideration of amendments to the local
29  comprehensive plan. A small scale development amendment may be
30  adopted only under the following conditions:
31         1.  The proposed amendment involves a use of 10 acres
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2490 Barcode 864862 1 or fewer and: 2 a. The cumulative annual effect of the acreage for all 3 small scale development amendments adopted by the local 4 government shall not exceed: 5 (I) A maximum of 120 acres in a local government that 6 contains areas specifically designated in the local 7 comprehensive plan for urban infill, urban redevelopment, or 8 downtown revitalization as defined in s. 163.3164, urban 9 infill and redevelopment areas designated under s. 163.2517, 10 areas designated by the Governor as a rural area of critical 11 economic concern under s. 288.0656(7), transportation 12 concurrency exception areas approved pursuant to s. 13 163.3180(5), or regional activity centers and urban central 14 business districts approved pursuant to s. 380.06(2)(e); 15 however, amendments under this paragraph may be applied to no 16 more than 60 acres annually of property outside the designated 17 areas listed in this sub-sub-subparagraph. Amendments adopted 18 pursuant to paragraph (k) shall not be counted toward the 19 acreage limitations for small scale amendments under this 20 paragraph. 21 (II) A maximum of 80 acres in a local government that 22 does not contain any of the designated areas set forth in 23 sub-sub-subparagraph (I). 24 (III) A maximum of 120 acres in a county established 25 pursuant to s. 9, Art. VIII of the State Constitution. 26 b. The proposed amendment does not involve the same 27 property granted a change within the prior 12 months. 28 c. The proposed amendment does not involve the same 29 owner's property within 200 feet of property granted a change 30 within the prior 12 months. 31 d. The proposed amendment does not involve a text 2 8:16 AM 04/04/05 s2490d-ca04-t01
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2490 Barcode 864862 1 change to the goals, policies, and objectives of the local 2 government's comprehensive plan, but only proposes a land use 3 change to the future land use map for a site-specific small 4 scale development activity. 5 e. The property that is the subject of the proposed 6 amendment is not located within an area of critical state 7 concern, unless the project subject to the proposed amendment 8 involves the construction of affordable housing units meeting 9 the criteria of s. 420.0004(3), and is located within an area 10 of critical state concern designated by s. 380.0552 or by the 11 Administration Commission pursuant to s. 380.05(1). Such 12 amendment is not subject to the density limitations of 13 sub-subparagraph f., and shall be reviewed by the state land 14 planning agency for consistency with the principles for 15 guiding development applicable to the area of critical state 16 concern where the amendment is located and shall not become 17 effective until a final order is issued under s. 380.05(6). 18 f. If the proposed amendment involves a residential 19 land use, the residential land use has a density of 10 units 20 or less per acre, except that this limitation does not apply 21 to small scale amendments described in sub-sub-subparagraph 22 a.(I) that are designated in the local comprehensive plan for 23 urban infill, urban redevelopment, or downtown revitalization 24 as defined in s. 163.3164, urban infill and redevelopment 25 areas designated under s. 163.2517, transportation concurrency 26 exception areas approved pursuant to s. 163.3180(5), or 27 regional activity centers and urban central business districts 28 approved pursuant to s. 380.06(2)(e). 29 2.a. A local government that proposes to consider a 30 plan amendment pursuant to this paragraph is not required to 31 comply with the procedures and public notice requirements of 3 8:16 AM 04/04/05 s2490d-ca04-t01
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2490 Barcode 864862 1 s. 163.3184(15)(c) for such plan amendments if the local 2 government complies with the provisions in s. 125.66(4)(a) for 3 a county or in s. 166.041(3)(c) for a municipality. If a 4 request for a plan amendment under this paragraph is initiated 5 by other than the local government, public notice is required. 6 b. The local government shall send copies of the 7 notice and amendment to the state land planning agency, the 8 regional planning council, and any other person or entity 9 requesting a copy. This information shall also include a 10 statement identifying any property subject to the amendment 11 that is located within a coastal high hazard area as 12 identified in the local comprehensive plan. 13 3. Small scale development amendments adopted pursuant 14 to this paragraph require only one public hearing before the 15 governing board, which shall be an adoption hearing as 16 described in s. 163.3184(7), and are not subject to the 17 requirements of s. 163.3184(3)-(6) unless the local government 18 elects to have them subject to those requirements. 19 4. If the small scale plan amendment involves a site 20 within an area that is designated by the Governor as a rural 21 area of critical concern under s. 288.0656(7), for the 22 duration of the designation, sub-subparagraph 1.c. does not 23 apply and the 10-acre limit in subparagraph 1. shall be 24 increased by 150 percent to 25 acres. 25 (o) A comprehensive plan amendment that is submitted 26 by an area designated by the Governor as a rural area of 27 critical economic concern under s. 288.0656(7) and that meets 28 economic development objectives may be approved without regard 29 to the statutory limits on the frequency of adoption of 30 amendments to the comprehensive plan. 31 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. 4 8:16 AM 04/04/05 s2490d-ca04-t01
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2490 Barcode 864862 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 Delete everything before the enacting clause 4 5 and insert: 6 A bill to be entitled 7 An act relating to small scale comprehensive 8 plan amendments in an area designated as a 9 rural area of critical economic concern; 10 amending s. 163.3187, F.S.; including an area 11 that is designated as a rural area of critical 12 economic concern in an exemption for certain 13 small scale amendments from a limit on the 14 frequency of amendments to the comprehensive 15 plan of a county or a municipality; increasing 16 various acreage limitations governing 17 eligibility for such exemption for a small 18 scale amendment within such an area; 19 authorizing a small scale amendment for 20 property within such an area which involves a 21 site that is near to, and owned by the same 22 person as, property that was the subject of a 23 recent comprehensive plan amendment; providing 24 an effective date. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 5 8:16 AM 04/04/05 s2490d-ca04-t01