Florida SB 1434: K-12 Education Enhancements

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1434 
Infill Redevelopment 
2026-03-18T09:10:36Z 
Creating the “Infill Redevelopment Act”; requiring that a local government permit qualifying parcels to be developed with residential uses; prohibiting a local government from using the subdivision process to restrict development in a certain manner; requiring developers of such parcels to pay double the parks and recreation facilities impact fees for a certain purpose and provide certain written notice to property owners; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing certain local laws, ordinances, or regulations, etc. 
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 2 An act relating to infill redevelopment; creating s. 
 3 163.2525, F.S.; providing a short title; providing 
 4 legislative findings; defining terms; providing 
 5 applicability; requiring that a local government 
 6 permit qualifying parcels to be developed with 
 7 residential uses; limiting the density of certain 
 8 development for a specified purpose; requiring that 
 9 the intensity of certain development comply with 
 10 certain standards; requiring a local government to 
 11 administratively approve an application for the 
 12 subdivision of a qualifying parcel under certain 
 13 circumstances; prohibiting a local government from 
 14 using the subdivision process to restrict development 
 15 in a certain manner; requiring developers of 
 16 qualifying parcels to maintain a specified buffer 
 17 between new developments and single-family homes and 
 18 townhouses under certain circumstances; providing 
 19 requirements for such buffer areas; providing 
 20 construction; requiring developers of qualifying 
 21 parcels to establish that certain recreational 
 22 facilities and areas reserved for recreational use 
 23 have not been in operation or use for a certain 
 24 timeframe; requiring developers of such parcels to pay 
 25 double the parks and recreation facilities impact fees 
 26 for a certain purpose and provide certain written 
 27 notice to property owners; providing requirements for 
 28 the written notice; requiring property owners who 
 29 receive such written notice and wish to exercise an 
 30 option to purchase certain parcels or portions thereof 
 31 to meet specified requirements within a specified 
 32 timeframe or forfeit the option; limiting the price at 
 33 which such parcels or portions of parcels may be 
 34 offered to the property owners for purchase; requiring 
 35 the administrative approval of certain proposed 
 36 developments; authorizing a local government to 
 37 administratively require compliance with architectural 
 38 design regulations under certain circumstances; 
 39 requiring a developer to establish consistency with 
 40 applicable concurrency requirements; requiring each 
 41 local government to maintain a certain policy on its 
 42 website; providing applicability; prohibiting a local 
 43 government from adopting or enforcing certain local 
 44 laws, ordinances, or regulations; requiring liberal 
 45 construction of certain provisions; providing a 
 46 directive to the Division of Law Revision; providing 
 47 an effective date. 
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 49 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 51 Section 1. Section 163.2525, Florida Statutes, is created 
 52 to read: 
 53 163.2525 Infill Redevelopment Act.— 
 54 (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Infill 
 55 Redevelopment Act.” 
 56 (2) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.—The Legislature finds that this 
 57 state’s urban areas lack sufficient land for the development of 
 58 additional residential uses, which has led to a shortage of 
 59 supply; that parcels of land within or near urban areas are 
 60 difficult to develop or redevelop because of environmental 
 61 issues and local regulations; and that facilitating the 
 62 expedited permitting of such parcels, particularly in areas in 
 63 which multiple local governments have jurisdiction, serves 
 64 important public interests in remediating environmentally 
 65 challenged land and increasing the supply of housing. 
 66 (3) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 
 67 (a) “Adjacent to” means located next to another parcel of 
 68 land or portion thereof, including where the parcels are 
 69 separated only by a roadway, railroad, or other public or 
 70 private right-of-way or easement. 
 71 (b) “Density” has the same meaning as in s. 163.3164. 
 72 (c) “Designated agricultural land” means a parcel of land 
 73 within a zoning district that allows for agricultural uses such 
 74 as farming, raising livestock, or aquaculture as the main 
 75 permitted uses and which land is classified as agricultural land 
 76 under s. 193.461. 
 77 (d) “Environmentally impacted land” means a parcel of land: 
 78 1. Upon any portion of which a contaminant or pollutant has 
 79 been detected above the applicable local, state, or federal 
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