SB 410 is a bill that will further weaken Florida’s
already crippled growth management laws that attempt to provide for the
intelligent use of the state’s lands. SB 410 passed both the Florida House and
Senate and will go to Gov. DeSantis to become law UNLESS he vetoes
it.
Please call Governor DeSantis at (850) 488-7146 and
ask him to veto Senate Bill 410!
This bad bill will:
· Turn growth management upside down.
· Steer funding to M-CORES for planning.
· Require new “property rights” element to be included in all
comprehensive plans.
· Require automatic approval of utility application to use right-of-way if
14-day deadline is not met (regardless of impact on community)
SB 410 continues last session’s corruption of the
underlying principle that a comprehensive plan is the law and everything else –
permits, zoning, development orders – is subservient to the plan. This benefits
developers and robs citizens and communities of the ability to choose what kind
of place they want to live in.
The bill also eliminates the applicability of
county-wide land use regulations to cities in the county, if the city has
adopted its own comp plan. This would affect sixty of the state’s sixty-seven
counties and would mean regulations like Alachua County’s Low Impact
Development regulation would no longer apply in that county’s cities unless
they adopt their own.
And the bill provides that Development of Regional
Impact (DRI) agreements can be amended by the same process used to amend
development orders. DRIs are projects that impact residents of more than one
governmental jurisdiction and have been made weaker and weaker over time. SB
410 just about eliminates them altogether.
Over the past 10 years the Legislature has
dismantled Florida’s once praised growth management laws, and this bill
continues that destruction. To fully appreciate how problematic this bill is
requires some context; check out some examples here.
Please call Governor DeSantis at (850) 488-7146 and
ask him to veto Senate Bill 410!
