Florida Senate - 2022                              CS for SB 962
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       596-02308-22                                           2022962c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to residential development projects
    3         for affordable housing; amending ss. 125.01055 and
    4         166.04151, F.S.; authorizing counties and
    5         municipalities, respectively, to approve any
    6         residential development project on parcels zoned for
    7         commercial or industrial use if certain conditions are
    8         met; providing construction; providing an effective
    9         date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 125.01055, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         125.01055 Affordable housing.—
   16         (6) Notwithstanding any other law or local ordinance or
   17  regulation to the contrary, the board of county commissioners
   18  may approve the development of housing that is affordable, as
   19  defined in s. 420.0004, on any parcel zoned for residential,
   20  commercial, or industrial use. Provided the parcel is zoned for
   21  commercial or industrial use, an approval may include any
   22  residential development project, including a mixed-use
   23  residential development project, if a portion of the project is
   24  for housing that is affordable and the sponsor of the project
   25  agrees not to apply for or receive funding under s. 420.5087.
   26  The provisions of this subsection are self-executing and do not
   27  require the board of county commissioners to adopt an ordinance
   28  or a regulation before using the approval process in this
   29  subsection.
   30         Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 166.04151, Florida
   31  Statutes, is amended to read:
   32         166.04151 Affordable housing.—
   33         (6) Notwithstanding any other law or local ordinance or
   34  regulation to the contrary, the governing body of a municipality
   35  may approve the development of housing that is affordable, as
   36  defined in s. 420.0004, on any parcel zoned for residential,
   37  commercial, or industrial use. Provided the parcel is zoned for
   38  commercial or industrial use, an approval may include any
   39  residential development project, including a mixed-use
   40  residential development project, if a portion of the project is
   41  for housing that is affordable and the sponsor of the project
   42  agrees not to apply for or receive funding under s. 420.5087.
   43  The provisions of this subsection are self-executing and do not
   44  require the governing body to adopt an ordinance or a regulation
   45  before using the approval process in this subsection.
   46         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.