Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 962
       
       
        
       By Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       5-00986A-22                                            2022962__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to mixed-use residential development
    3         projects for affordable housing; amending ss.
    4         125.01055 and 166.04151, F.S.; authorizing counties
    5         and municipalities, respectively, to approve certain
    6         mixed-use residential development projects subject to
    7         certain conditions; providing that approval for an
    8         affordable housing development or a mixed-use
    9         residential development project is self-executing;
   10         providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   13  
   14         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 125.01055, Florida
   15  Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         125.01055 Affordable housing.—
   17         (6) Notwithstanding any other law or local ordinance or
   18  regulation to the contrary, the board of county commissioners
   19  may approve the development of housing that is affordable, as
   20  defined in s. 420.0004, on any parcel zoned for residential,
   21  commercial, or industrial use. An approval may include a mixed
   22  use residential development project if a portion of the project
   23  is for housing that is affordable and the sponsor of the project
   24  agrees not to apply for or receive funding under s. 420.5087.
   25  The provisions of this subsection are self-executing and do not
   26  require the board of county commissioners to adopt an ordinance
   27  or a regulation before using the approval process in this
   28  subsection.
   29         Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 166.04151, Florida
   30  Statutes, is amended to read:
   31         166.04151 Affordable housing.—
   32         (6) Notwithstanding any other law or local ordinance or
   33  regulation to the contrary, the governing body of a municipality
   34  may approve the development of housing that is affordable, as
   35  defined in s. 420.0004, on any parcel zoned for residential,
   36  commercial, or industrial use. An approval may include a mixed
   37  use residential development project if a portion of the project
   38  is for housing that is affordable and the sponsor of the project
   39  agrees not to apply for or receive funding under s. 420.5087.
   40  The provisions of this subsection are self-executing and do not
   41  require the governing body to adopt an ordinance or a regulation
   42  before using the approval process in this subsection.
   43         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.