Florida Senate - 2014 CS for SB 372
By the Committee on Appropriations; and Senator Galvano
576-03299-14 2014372c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to developments of regional impact;
3 amending s. 380.06, F.S.; deleting certain exemptions
4 for dense urban land areas; revising the exemption for
5 any proposed development within a county that has a
6 population of at least 300,000 and an average
7 population of at least 400 people per square mile;
8 exempting certain developments from certain statewide
9 standards and guidelines; providing an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (29) of section
14 380.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
15 380.06 Developments of regional impact.—
16 (29) EXEMPTIONS FOR DENSE URBAN LAND AREAS.—
17 (a) The following are exempt from this section:
18 1. Any proposed development in a municipality that has an
19 average of at least 1,000 people per square mile of land area
20 and a minimum total population of at least 5,000; or
21 2. Any proposed development within a county, including the
22 municipalities located in the county, that has an average of at
23 least 1,000 people per square mile of land area and is located
24 within an urban service area as defined in s. 163.3164 which has
25 been adopted into the comprehensive plan;
26 3. Any proposed development within a county, including the
27 municipalities located therein, which has a population of at
28 least 900,000, that has an average of at least 1,000 people per
29 square mile of land area, but which does not have an urban
30 service area designated in the comprehensive plan; or
31 2.4. Any proposed development within a county, including
32 the municipalities located therein, which has an average
33 population of at least 400 people per square mile and a
34 population of at least 300,000, provided, however, that in a
35 county with a population of at least 1 million which has
36 approved, by countywide election, a charter provision requiring
37 an affirmative vote of more than a simple majority to extend the
38 urban service area, the exemption shall only apply and is
39 located within an urban service area as defined in s. 163.3164
40 which has been adopted into the comprehensive plan.
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42 The Office of Economic and Demographic Research within the
43 Legislature shall annually calculate the population and density
44 criteria needed to determine which jurisdictions meet the
45 density criteria in subparagraphs 1. and 2. 1.-4. by using the
46 most recent land area data from the decennial census conducted
47 by the United States Census Bureau of the Census of the United
48 States Department of Commerce and the latest available
49 population estimates determined pursuant to s. 186.901. If any
50 local government has had an annexation, contraction, or new
51 incorporation, the office of Economic and Demographic Research
52 shall determine the population density using the new
53 jurisdictional boundaries as recorded in accordance with s.
54 171.091. The office of Economic and Demographic Research shall
55 annually submit to the state land planning agency by July 1 a
56 list of jurisdictions that meet the total population and density
57 criteria. The state land planning agency shall publish the list
58 of jurisdictions on its Internet website within 7 days after the
59 list is received. The designation of jurisdictions that meet the
60 criteria of subparagraphs 1. and 2. 1.-4. is effective upon
61 publication on the state land planning agency’s Internet
62 website. If a municipality that has previously met the criteria
63 no longer meets the criteria, the state land planning agency
64 shall maintain the municipality on the list and indicate the
65 year the jurisdiction last met the criteria. However, any
66 proposed development of regional impact not within the
67 established boundaries of a municipality at the time the
68 municipality last met the criteria must meet the requirements of
69 this section until such time as the municipality as a whole
70 meets the criteria. Any county that meets the criteria shall
71 remain on the list in accordance with the provisions of this
72 paragraph. Any jurisdiction that was placed on the dense urban
73 land area list before June 2, 2011, shall remain on the list in
74 accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
75 3. A development that qualifies for an exemption under this
76 paragraph is not subject to s. 380.0651(4).
77 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.