Bill > H7019

This bill mandates that counties and municipalities must include specific disclaimers and conditions when issuing development permits, and it prohibits the use of initiative or referendum processes for amendments to local comprehensive plans or zoning maps, with a narrow exception for certain charter provisions in effect before June 1, 2011, that affect more than five parcels of land. It also establishes a permitting process for communication facilities within high-speed rail systems, managed by the Florida Rail Enterprise, which will issue permits to railroad companies for the construction, operation, and maintenance of these facilities, and these permits will supersede local government land use and zoning regulations; owners of these communication facilities are restricted from offering services to anyone not involved in the high-speed rail system's operation. Additionally, the bill allows counties to include commercial development ancillary to professional sports facilities in leases of those facilities under specific conditions, and it makes other technical amendments related to permit extensions and onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems in Monroe County.