Relevant Bill Text SB 180: Emergencies
s.252.363 - Tolling and extension of permits and other authorizations.— (1)(a) The declaration of a state of emergency issued by the Governor for a natural emergency tolls the period remaining to exercise the rights under a permit or other authorization for the duration of the emergency declaration. Further, the emergency declaration extends the period remaining to exercise the rights under a permit or other authorization for 24 months in addition to the tolled period. The extended period to exercise the rights under a permit or other authorization may not exceed 48 months in total in the event of multiple natural emergencies for which the Governor declares a state of emergency. The tolling and extension of permits and other authorizations under this paragraph shall apply retroactively to September 28, 2022, except in the case of the formal determination of the delineation of the extent of wetlands under s. 373.421, in which case tolling and extension of determinations under this paragraph shall apply retroactively to January 1, 2023. Section 18 “[I]mpacted local government” means a county listed in a federal disaster declaration located entirely or partially within 100 miles of the track of a storm declared to be a hurricane by the National Hurricane Center while the storm was categorized as a hurricane or a municipality located within such a county. (2) For 1 year after a hurricane makes landfall, an impacted local government may not propose or adopt: (a) A moratorium on construction, reconstruction, or redevelopment of any property. (b) A more restrictive or burdensome amendment to its comprehensive plan or land development regulations. (c) A more restrictive or burdensome procedure concerning review, approval, or issuance of a site plan, development permit, or development order, to the extent that those terms are defined in s.163.3164. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a comprehensive plan amendment, land development regulation amendment, site plan, development permit, or development order approved or adopted by an impacted local government before or after the effective date of this act may be enforced if: (a) The associated application is initiated by a private party other than the impacted local government and the property that is the subject of the application is owned by the initiating private party; (b) The proposed comprehensive plan amendment was submitted to reviewing agencies pursuant to s.163.3184 before landfall; or (c) The proposed comprehensive plan amendment or land development regulation is approved by the state land planning agency pursuant to s.380.05. Section 28: (1) Each county listed in the Federal Disaster Declaration for Hurricane Debby (DR-4806), Hurricane Helene (DR 1323 4828), or Hurricane Milton (DR-4834), and each municipality within one of those counties, may not propose or adopt any moratorium on construction, reconstruction, or redevelopment of any property damaged by such hurricanes; propose or adopt more restrictive or burdensome amendments to its comprehensive plan or land development regulations; or propose or adopt more restrictive or burdensome procedures concerning review, approval, or issuance of a site plan, development permit, or development order, to the extent that those terms are defined by s.163.3164, Florida Statutes, before October 1, 2027, and any such moratorium or restrictive or burdensome comprehensive plan amendment, land development regulation, or procedure shall be null and void ab initio. This subsection applies retroactively to August 1, 2024.
SB 1730: Affordable Housing
YIGBY and Flexible Zoning: Notwithstanding any other law or local ordinance or regulation to the contrary, the [county/municipality] may approve the development of housing that is affordable, as defined in s.