Florida SB 948: Tera Ross Memorial Interchange

Bill Text

948 
Local Government Land Development Regulations and Orders 
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Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to follow certain application procedures for applications for certain development permits and development orders; creating the “Florida Starter Homes Act” for a specified purpose; prohibiting local governments from imposing regulations governing residential lots unless such regulations meet specified requirements; prohibiting local governments from imposing certain regulations if a residential lot is connected to a public water system and a sewerage system; requiring the permitting as of right of an off-site constructed residential dwelling in certain zoning districts, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 948 

 By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senators McClain, 
 Rodriguez, DiCeglie, Smith, and Rouson 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to local government land development 
 3 regulations and orders; amending ss. 125.022 and 
 4 166.033, F.S.; providing applicability; requiring 
 5 counties and municipalities, respectively, to follow 
 6 certain application procedures for applications for 
 7 certain development permits and development orders; 
 8 creating s. 163.3254, F.S.; creating the “Florida 
 9 Starter Homes Act” for a specified purpose; providing 
 10 a short title; providing legislative findings; 
 11 defining terms; prohibiting local governments from 
 12 imposing regulations governing residential lots unless 
 13 such regulations meet specified requirements; 
 14 providing applicability; providing construction; 
 15 prohibiting local governments from imposing certain 
 16 regulations if a residential lot is connected to a 
 17 public water system and a sewerage system; requiring 
 18 that regulations imposed by a local government allow 
 19 residential lots to front or abut a shared space 
 20 instead of a public right-of-way; prohibiting a local 
 21 government from imposing regulations that require more 
 22 than a certain minimum number of parking spaces for 
 23 specified residential lots; prohibiting a local 
 24 government from imposing certain regulations on 
 25 residential lots that contain historic property; 
 26 providing exceptions; requiring that local government 
 27 regulations include a certain process; requiring the 
 28 approval of a lot split under certain circumstances; 
 29 limiting the criteria that may be required by local 
 30 governments for applications for and approvals of lot 
 31 splits; establishing an application process for 
 32 development applications for residential lots; 
 33 requiring a local government to process such 
 34 applications in a certain manner within certain 
 35 timeframes; requiring the approval of such development 
 36 applications by right under certain circumstances; 
 37 authorizing an applicant to request, and requiring the 
 38 local government to grant, certain extensions; 
 39 prohibiting a local government from imposing, or from 
 40 requiring an applicant to request, such an extension; 
 41 providing that certain applications are deemed 
 42 approved by right under certain circumstances; 
 43 requiring a local government to issue to an applicant 
 44 a refund of the application fee under certain 
 45 circumstances; providing construction; authorizing 
 46 certain property owners and housing organizations to 
 47 maintain a cause of action under certain 
 48 circumstances; defining the term “housing 
 49 organization”; specifying the procedure for such 
 50 actions; authorizing the award of specified relief; 
 51 providing that a prevailing plaintiff is entitled to 
 52 attorney fees and costs; providing a waiver of 
 53 sovereign immunity; providing construction; providing 
 54 retroactive application; providing for liberal 
 55 construction; providing that certain local government 
 56 regulations are void and unenforceable to a specified 
 57 extent; amending s. 163.514, F.S.; authorizing the 
 58 board of a neighborhood improvement district to plan, 
 59 finance, or complete structural safety or building 
 60 compliance improvements if approved by a majority vote 
 61 of the district’s residents or by a certain advisory 
 62 council; amending s. 177.071, F.S.; providing 
 63 applicability; requiring an administrative authority 
 64 to follow certain application procedures for 
 65 applications for certain plats and replats; amending 
 66 s. 553.382, F.S.; authorizing the placement of a 
 67 residential manufactured building on any lot in a 
 68 recreational vehicle park; conforming provisions to 
 69 changes made by the act; creating s. 553.385, F.S.; 
 70 defining the terms “local government” and “off-site 
 71 constructed residential dwelling”; requiring the 
 72 permitting as of right of an off-site constructed 
 73 residential dwelling in certain zoning districts; 
 74