| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to community residential homes; amending |
| 3 | s. 419.001, F.S.; requiring a sponsoring agency to notify |
| 4 | the local government when a request to locate a home with |
| 5 | six or fewer residents which otherwise meets the |
| 6 | definition of a community residential home has been |
| 7 | submitted; requiring the agency to provide additional |
| 8 | information in the notification; providing an effective |
| 9 | date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 419.001, Florida |
| 14 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 15 | 419.001 Site selection of community residential homes.- |
| 16 | (2) Homes of six or fewer residents which otherwise meet |
| 17 | the definition of a community residential home shall be deemed a |
| 18 | single-family unit and a noncommercial, residential use for the |
| 19 | purpose of local laws and ordinances. Homes of six or fewer |
| 20 | residents which otherwise meet the definition of a community |
| 21 | residential home shall be allowed in single-family or |
| 22 | multifamily zoning without approval by the local government, |
| 23 | provided that such homes shall not be located within a radius of |
| 24 | 1,000 feet of another existing such home with six or fewer |
| 25 | residents. At the time of application, the sponsoring agency |
| 26 | must notify the local government that there is a request to |
| 27 | locate a home with six or fewer residents which otherwise meets |
| 28 | the definition of a community residential home within the |
| 29 | jurisdictional limits of the local government. The notification |
| 30 | must include the proposed home's address and Such homes with six |
| 31 | or fewer residents shall not be required to comply with the |
| 32 | notification provisions of this section; provided that, prior to |
| 33 | licensure, the sponsoring agency provides the local government |
| 34 | with the most recently published data compiled from the |
| 35 | licensing entities that identifies all community residential |
| 36 | homes within the jurisdictional limits of the local government |
| 37 | in which the proposed site is to be located in order to show |
| 38 | that no other community residential home is within a radius of |
| 39 | 1,000 feet of the proposed home with six or fewer residents. At |
| 40 | the time of home occupancy, the sponsoring agency must notify |
| 41 | the local government that the home is licensed by the licensing |
| 42 | entity. |
| 43 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |