Amendment
Bill No. 1375
Amendment No. 297793
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative M. Davis offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Remove lines 1182-1255 and insert:
5or plan provisions, including recommendations to amend the local
6government comprehensive plan and corresponding regulations,
7ordinances, and other policies. At a minimum, each advisory
8committee shall submit a report to the local governing body that
9includes make recommendations on, and every 2 years thereafter
10evaluates the implementation of, affordable housing incentives
11in the following areas:
12     (a)  The processing of approvals of development orders or
13permits, as defined in s. 163.3164(7) and (8), for affordable
14housing projects is expedited to a greater degree than other
15projects.
16     (b)  The modification of impact-fee requirements, including
17reduction or waiver of fees and alternative methods of fee
18payment for affordable housing.
19     (c)  The allowance of flexibility in densities increased
20density levels for affordable housing.
21     (d)  The reservation of infrastructure capacity for housing
22for very-low-income persons, and low-income persons, and
23moderate income persons.
24     (e)  The allowance of affordable accessory residential
25units in residential zoning districts.
26     (f)  The reduction of parking and setback requirements for
27affordable housing.
28     (g)  The allowance of flexible lot configurations,
29including zero-lot-line configurations for affordable housing.
30     (h)  The modification of street requirements for affordable
31housing.
32     (i)  The establishment of a process by which a local
33government considers, before adoption, policies, procedures,
34ordinances, regulations, or plan provisions that increase the
35cost of housing.
36     (j)  The preparation of a printed inventory of locally
37owned public lands suitable for affordable housing.
38     (k)  The support of development near transportation hubs
39and major employment centers and mixed-use developments.
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41The advisory committee recommendations may must also include
42other affordable housing incentives identified by the advisory
43committee. Local governments that receive the minimum allocation
44under the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program shall
45perform the initial review, but may elect to not perform the
46biennial review.
47     (5)  The advisory committee shall be cooperatively staffed
48by the local government planning and housing departments to
49ensure that an integrated approach is brought to the committee's
50work.
51     (6)(5)  The approval by the advisory committee of its local
52housing incentive strategies recommendations and its review of
53local government implementation of previously recommended
54strategies must be made by affirmative vote of a majority of the
55membership of the advisory committee taken at a public hearing.
56Notice of the time, date, and place of the public hearing of the
57advisory committee to adopt final local housing incentive
58strategies recommendations must be published in a newspaper of
59general paid circulation in the county. Such notice must contain
60a short and concise summary of the local housing incentives
61strategies recommendations to be considered by the advisory
62committee. The notice must state the public place where a copy
63of the tentative advisory committee recommendations can be
64obtained by interested persons.
65     (7)(6)  Within 90 days after the date of receipt of the
66local housing incentive strategies recommendations from the
67advisory committee, the governing body of the appointing local
68government shall adopt an amendment to its local housing
69assistance plan to incorporate the local housing incentive
70strategies it will implement within its jurisdiction. The
71amendment must include, at a minimum, the local housing
72incentive strategies required in s. 420.9071(16). The local
73government must consider the strategies specified in paragraphs
74(4)(a)-(k) as recommended by the advisory committee (4)(a)-(j).
75     (8)  The advisory committee may perform other
76responsibilities at the request of the local government,
77including:
78     (a)  The provision of mentoring services to affordable
79housing partners, including developers, banking institutions,
80employers, and others to identify available incentives, assist
81with applications for funding requests, and develop partnerships
82between various parties.
83     (b)  The creation of best practices for development of
84affordable housing in the community.
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87     Remove lines 1122 and 1123 and insert:
88     Section 18.  Present subsections (5) through (7) of section
89420.9076, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subjections (6)
90through (8), respectively, present subsections (2), (4), (5),
91and (6) are amended, and subsections (5) and (8) are
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94     Remove line 93 and insert:
95providing duties of the advisory committee; providing that the
96advisory committee shall be cooperatively staffed by the local
97government planning and housing departments; amending s.


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