Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 934
                        Barcode 364174
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11  The Committee on Community Affairs (Bennett) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 4, line 5, through page 5, line 8, delete those
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19         (6)  A local government is encouraged to permit and
20  approve the rezoning of property for development of new mobile
21  home parks for the purpose of providing new homes, affordable
22  housing, or for the relocation of mobile home owners who are
23  displaced by a change in the use of land.
24         (7)  Any local government or community redevelopment
25  agency having jurisdiction over a mobile home park providing
26  affordable housing may enter into a development agreement or
27  other similar binding agreement with the owner of the mobile
28  home park to ensure the continued use of the mobile home park
29  for affordable housing for a specified time period through the
30  use of incentives, including, but not limited to:
31         (a)  Awarding transferrable development credits to the
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 934 Barcode 364174 1 property owner. The Department of Community Affairs shall 2 provide technical assistance to local governments in order to 3 promote the transfer of development rights for mobile home 4 park owners who provide affordable housing. 5 (b) Providing fee waivers, such as waiving impact and 6 permit fees, for providing affordable housing. 7 (c) Providing housing assistance to the mobile home 8 park owner for the difference between the lot rental amount 9 paid by the home owners and lot rental amount charged in 10 comparable mobile home parks that have similar facilities, 11 services, amenities, and management, or for the difference 12 between the rental value of the property being dedicated to 13 affordable housing and its fair market value. The Department 14 of Community Affairs shall provide technical assistance to 15 local governments in order to promote housing assistance to 16 mobile home park owners who provide affordable housing. 17 18 Any such development agreement or other similar binding 19 agreement shall have a term that does not exceed 10 years. 20 21 22 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 23 And the title is amended as follows: 24 On page 1, line 9, delete the word "requiring" 25 26 and insert: 27 encouraging 28 29 30 31 2 8:06 AM 01/23/06 s0934.ca21.00c