Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 372
       
       
        
       By Senator Galvano
       
       
       
       
       
       26-00410A-14                                           2014372__
    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         providing an effective date.
    9  
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (29) of section
   13  380.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         380.06 Developments of regional impact.—
   15         (29) EXEMPTIONS FOR DENSE URBAN LAND AREAS.—
   16         (a) The following are exempt from this section:
   17         1. Any proposed development in a municipality that has an
   18  average of at least 1,000 people per square mile of land area
   19  and a minimum total population of at least 5,000; or
   20         2. Any proposed development within a county, including the
   21  municipalities located in the county, that has an average of at
   22  least 1,000 people per square mile of land area and is located
   23  within an urban service area as defined in s. 163.3164 which has
   24  been adopted into the comprehensive plan;
   25         3. Any proposed development within a county, including the
   26  municipalities located therein, which has a population of at
   27  least 900,000, that has an average of at least 1,000 people per
   28  square mile of land area, but which does not have an urban
   29  service area designated in the comprehensive plan; or
   30         2.4. Any proposed development within a county, including
   31  the municipalities located therein, which has an average
   32  population of at least 400 people per square mile and a
   33  population of at least 300,000 1 million and is located within
   34  an urban service area as defined in s. 163.3164 which has been
   35  adopted into the comprehensive plan.
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   37  The Office of Economic and Demographic Research within the
   38  Legislature shall annually calculate the population and density
   39  criteria needed to determine which jurisdictions meet the
   40  density criteria in subparagraphs 1. and 2. 1.-4. by using the
   41  most recent land area data from the decennial census conducted
   42  by the United States Census Bureau of the Census of the United
   43  States Department of Commerce and the latest available
   44  population estimates determined pursuant to s. 186.901. If any
   45  local government has had an annexation, contraction, or new
   46  incorporation, the office of Economic and Demographic Research
   47  shall determine the population density using the new
   48  jurisdictional boundaries as recorded in accordance with s.
   49  171.091. The office of Economic and Demographic Research shall
   50  annually submit to the state land planning agency by July 1 a
   51  list of jurisdictions that meet the total population and density
   52  criteria. The state land planning agency shall publish the list
   53  of jurisdictions on its Internet website within 7 days after the
   54  list is received. The designation of jurisdictions that meet the
   55  criteria of subparagraphs 1. and 2. 1.-4. is effective upon
   56  publication on the state land planning agency’s Internet
   57  website. If a municipality that has previously met the criteria
   58  no longer meets the criteria, the state land planning agency
   59  shall maintain the municipality on the list and indicate the
   60  year the jurisdiction last met the criteria. However, any
   61  proposed development of regional impact not within the
   62  established boundaries of a municipality at the time the
   63  municipality last met the criteria must meet the requirements of
   64  this section until such time as the municipality as a whole
   65  meets the criteria. Any county that meets the criteria shall
   66  remain on the list in accordance with the provisions of this
   67  paragraph. Any jurisdiction that was placed on the dense urban
   68  land area list before June 2, 2011, shall remain on the list in
   69  accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
   70         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.