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Introduced
11/12/2025
11/12/2025
In Committee
03/03/2026
03/03/2026
Crossed Over
03/03/2026
03/03/2026
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to land use and development regulations; amending ss. 125.022 and 166.033, F.S.; requiring the amount of application fees associated with development permits or orders to reasonably relate to certain costs; requiring such fees to be published on the county's or municipality's fee schedule, respectively; prohibiting such fees from being based on certain costs or valuations; amending s. 163.31777, F.S.; requiring public schools interlocal agreements to address reasonable access to certain public easements and public rights-of-way; creating s. 163.31803, F.S.; providing legislative intent; defining the term "large destination resort"; requiring local governments to administratively approve applications for minor special exceptions or variances submitted by large destination resorts that meet certain requirements; defining the term "minor special exception or variance"; amending s. 163.3184, F.S.; requiring the transmittal and adoption of an amendment to the future land use element of a comprehensive plan to be by a majority vote of the members of the governing body; amending s. 163.3194, F.S.; requiring local government comprehensive plans and land development regulations to include factors hb399 -04-e1 CS/for assessing the compatibility of certain residential uses; requiring land development regulations to incorporate measures for mitigating or minimizing potential incompatibility; requiring local government staff to meet certain requirements before recommending denial of certain applications on compatibility grounds; prohibiting a local government from denying certain applications on compatibility grounds if the applicant has proposed certain measures; providing an exception; requiring the denial of an application to specify with particularity certain information; authorizing a local government's approval of an application to include certain requirements or conditions; providing applicability; providing construction; amending s. 553.382, F.S.; prohibiting residential manufactured buildings from being denied a building permit for placement on certain lots; requiring housing units located on a mobile home lot to be taxed in a specified manner and be subject to payments to a specified fund; creating s. 553.385, F.S.; defining the terms "local government" and "off- site constructed residential dwelling"; requiring off- site constructed residential dwellings to be permitted as of right in certain zoning districts; prohibiting local governments from adopting or enforcing hb399 -04-e1 CS/regulations that treat off-site constructed residential dwellings in a specified manner; providing construction; providing requirements for compatibility and design standards; prohibiting a local government from regulating or restricting off-site constructed residential dwellings based on certain information; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing certain ordinances, regulations, and policies; requiring local government regulations to be reasonable and uniformly enforced; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct a specified study; providing study requirements; requiring the office to submit the results of the study to the Legislature by a specified date; providing effective dates.
AI Summary
This bill makes several changes to Florida's land use and development regulations. It requires that application fees for development permits and orders must reasonably reflect the costs of reviewing and processing them, and these fees must be publicly listed, prohibiting them from being based on construction costs or project value. The bill also mandates that agreements between local governments and public schools must ensure reasonable access to public easements and rights-of-way for school facilities. It introduces provisions for "large destination resorts" (defined as large, established hotels with high occupancy) to receive administrative approval for minor modifications to existing structures or sites, provided these changes are consistent with current land use. Furthermore, amendments are made to require a majority vote of the governing body for adopting changes to a comprehensive plan's future land use element, and local governments must establish criteria for assessing the compatibility of residential uses, including measures to mitigate or minimize incompatibility, with specific requirements for staff recommendations and denials based on compatibility. The bill also addresses the placement of residential manufactured buildings, preventing denial of permits for their placement on certain lots and clarifying their taxation and fund payments, and it requires that "off-site constructed residential dwellings" (defined as manufactured buildings or homes built off-site and treated as real property) be permitted as of right in areas zoned for single-family detached homes, prohibiting local governments from treating them more restrictively than site-built homes and ensuring that any design or compatibility standards are reasonable, uniformly applied, and do not exclude these types of dwellings. Finally, the bill directs the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to study the effects of removing urban development boundaries (UDBs) in certain counties and report its findings to the Legislature.
Committee Categories
Government Affairs, Housing and Urban Affairs
Sponsors (1)
Other Sponsors (3)
Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee (House), Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (House), State Affairs Committee (House)
Last Action
Received (on 03/03/2026)
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