HB 0773

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the City of Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie
3	County; vacating and abandoning the development-of-
4	regional-impact development orders for the Town Centre
5	Development of Regional Impact and the Midport Development
6	of Regional Impact; providing for governance of future
7	development of such areas; providing for survival of
8	certain development rights; providing an effective date.
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10	WHEREAS, the Town Centre Development of Regional Impact
11	development order expired on December 31, 1997, and
12	WHEREAS, the Midport Development of Regional Impact
13	development order expired on December 31, 2004, and
14	WHEREAS, section 380.06(15)(g), Florida Statutes, states
15	that a local government shall not issue permits for development
16	within a development of regional impact subsequent to the
17	termination or expiration date of that development order,
18	subject to certain exceptions, and
19	WHEREAS, the Town Centre Development of Regional Impact and
20	the Midport Development of Regional Impact do not qualify for
21	the exceptions contained in section 380.06(15)(g), Florida
22	Statutes, and
23	WHEREAS, the City of Port St. Lucie has in place, and in
24	full force and effect, a comprehensive land use plan and
25	regulations with appropriate zoning and development review
26	regulations for the areas included in the Town Centre
27	Development of Regional Impact and the Midport Development of
28	Regional Impact, and
29	WHEREAS, a community redevelopment area has been adopted
30	that includes the Town Centre Development of Regional Impact and
31	the Midport Development of Regional Impact, and the
32	redevelopment plan has been adopted and approved therefor, and
33	WHEREAS, the property owners within the Town Centre
34	Development of Regional Impact and the Midport Development of
35	Regional Impact are denied their ability to develop their
36	property due to the expired status of the development-of-
37	regional-impact development orders, and
38	WHEREAS, the community redevelopment agency will be unable
39	to carry out its redevelopment plan as a result of the expired
40	status of the Town Centre Development of Regional Impact and
41	Midport Development of Regional Impact development orders, and
42	WHEREAS, the expired development orders for the Town Centre
43	Development of Regional Impact and the Midport Development of
44	Regional Impact prohibit further development of the undeveloped
45	properties within the affected areas and further obstruct the
46	redevelopment of areas within the community redevelopment area,
47	and
48	WHEREAS, it is the intent of this special act to protect
49	property rights within the areas, NOW, THEREFORE,
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51	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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53	Section 1.  The development orders for the Town Centre
54	Development of Regional Impact and the Midport Development of
55	Regional Impact are hereby abandoned and vacated. Future
56	development of the areas encompassed within the Town Centre
57	Development of Regional Impact and the Midport Development of
58	Regional Impact shall be governed by the Port St. Lucie
59	comprehensive land use plan and zoning code and other
60	regulations of the City of Port St. Lucie without regard to the
61	requirements of the development orders issued for the Town
62	Centre Development of Regional Impact and the Midport
63	Development of Regional Impact.
64	Section 2.  Any development rights previously vested by the
65	approval of the Town Centre Development of Regional Impact and
66	Midport Development of Regional Impact development orders shall
67	survive the abandonment and vacation of those development orders
68	hereby provided.
69	Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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