Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 284
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/16/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Perry) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Present subsection (5) of section 163.3202,
    6  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (6), and a new
    7  subsection (5) is added to that section, to read:
    8         163.3202 Land development regulations.—
    9         (5)(a) Land development regulations relating to building
   10  design elements may not be applied to a single-family or two
   11  family dwelling unless:
   12         1. The dwelling is listed in the National Register of
   13  Historic Places, as defined in s. 267.021(5); is located in a
   14  National Register Historic District; or is designated as a
   15  historic property or located in a historic district, under the
   16  terms of a local preservation ordinance;
   17         2. The regulations are adopted in order to implement the
   18  National Flood Insurance Program;
   19         3. The regulations are adopted pursuant to and in
   20  compliance with chapter 553;
   21         4. The dwelling is located in a community redevelopment
   22  area, as defined in s. 163.340(10); or
   23         5. The dwelling is located in a planned unit development or
   24  master planned community created pursuant to a local ordinance
   25  enacted on or before July 1, 2021.
   26         (b) For purposes of this subsection, the term:
   27         1. “Building design elements” means the external building
   28  color; the type or style of exterior cladding material; the
   29  style or material of roof structures or porches; the exterior
   30  nonstructural architectural ornamentation; the location or
   31  architectural styling of windows or doors; the location or
   32  orientation of the garage; the number and type of rooms; and the
   33  interior layout of rooms. The term does not include the height,
   34  bulk, orientation, or location of a dwelling on a zoning lot; or
   35  the use of buffering or screening to minimize potential adverse
   36  physical or visual impacts or to protect the privacy of
   37  neighbors.
   38         2. “Planned unit development” or “master planned community”
   39  means an area of land that is planned and developed as a single
   40  entity or in approved stages with uses and structures
   41  substantially related to the character of the entire
   42  development, or a self-contained development in which the
   43  subdivision and zoning controls are applied to the project as a
   44  whole rather than to individual lots.
   45         (c) This subsection does not affect the validity or
   46  enforceability of private covenants or other contractual
   47  agreements relating to building design elements.
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
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   50  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   51  And the title is amended as follows:
   52         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   53  and insert:
   54                        A bill to be entitled                      
   55         An act relating to building design; amending s.
   56         163.3202, F.S.; prohibiting certain regulations
   57         relating to building design elements from being
   58         applied to certain dwellings; providing exceptions;
   59         defining terms; providing construction; providing an
   60         effective date.