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2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part II - Growth Policy; County and Municipal Planning; Land Development Regulation (Ss. 163.2511-163.3253) › 163.3237 - Amendment or cancellation of a development agreement.

163.3237 Amendment or cancellation of a development agreement.—A development agreement may be amended or canceled by mutual consent of the parties to the agreement or by their successors in interest. A party or its designated successor in interest to a development agreement and a local government may amend or cancel a development agreement without securing the consent of other parcel owners whose property was originally subject to the development agreement, unless the amendment or cancellation directly modifies the allowable uses or entitlements of such owners’ property.
History.—s. 28, ch. 86-191; s. 3, ch. 2021-195.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part II - Growth Policy; County and Municipal Planning; Land Development Regulation (Ss. 163.2511-163.3253) › 163.3239 - Recording and effectiveness of a development agreement.

163.3239 Recording and effectiveness of a development agreement.—Within 14 days after a local government enters into a development agreement, the local government shall record the agreement with the clerk of the circuit court in the county where the local government is located. A development agreement is not effective until it is properly recorded in the public records of the county. The burdens of the development agreement shall be binding upon, and the benefits of the agreement shall inure to, all successors in interest to the parties to the agreement.
History.—s. 29, ch. 86-191; s. 13, ch. 92-129; s. 26, ch. 2011-139.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part II - Growth Policy; County and Municipal Planning; Land Development Regulation (Ss. 163.2511-163.3253) › 163.3241 - Modification or revocation of a development agreement to comply with subsequently enacted state and federal law.

163.3241 Modification or revocation of a development agreement to comply with subsequently enacted state and federal law.—If state or federal laws are enacted after the execution of a development agreement which are applicable to and preclude the parties’ compliance with the terms of a development agreement, such agreement shall be modified or revoked as is necessary to comply with the relevant state or federal laws.
History.—s. 30, ch. 86-191.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part II - Growth Policy; County and Municipal Planning; Land Development Regulation (Ss. 163.2511-163.3253) › 163.3243 - Enforcement.

163.3243 Enforcement.—Any party or aggrieved or adversely affected person as defined in s. 163.3215(2) may file an action for injunctive relief in the circuit court where the local government is located to enforce the terms of a development agreement or to challenge compliance of the agreement with ss. 163.3220-163.3243.
History.—s. 31, ch. 86-191; s. 27, ch. 2011-139.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part II - Growth Policy; County and Municipal Planning; Land Development Regulation (Ss. 163.2511-163.3253) › 163.32466 - Readoption by ordinance of plan amendments adopted pursuant to former s. 163.32465, subject to local referendum.

163.32466 Readoption by ordinance of plan amendments adopted pursuant to former s. 163.32465, subject to local referendum.—A comprehensive plan amendment adopted pursuant to former s. 163.32465 subject to voter referendum by local charter, and found in compliance before June 2, 2011, may be readopted by ordinance, shall become effective upon approval by the local government, and is not subject to review or challenge pursuant to the provisions of former s. 163.32465 or s. 163.3184.
History.—ss. 76, 80, ch. 2011-139; s. 11, ch. 2015-2.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part II - Growth Policy; County and Municipal Planning; Land Development Regulation (Ss. 163.2511-163.3253) › 163.325 - Short title.

163.325 Short title.—This section and sections 163.3251-163.3253 may be cited as the “Manufacturing Competitiveness Act.”
History.—s. 1, ch. 2013-224.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part II - Growth Policy; County and Municipal Planning; Land Development Regulation (Ss. 163.2511-163.3253) › 163.3251 - Definitions.

163.3251 Definitions.—As used in this section and ss. 163.3252 and 163.3253, the term:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Economic Opportunity.
(2) “Local government development approval” means a local land development permit, order, or other approval issued by a local government, or a modification of such permit, order, or approval, which is required for a manufacturer to physically locate or expand and includes, but is not limited to, the review and approval of a master development plan required under s. 163.3252(2)(c).
(3) “Local manufacturing development program” means a program enacted by a local government for approval of master development plans under s. 163.3252.
(4) “Manufacturer” means a business that is classified in Sectors 31-33 of the National American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and is located, or intends to locate, within the geographic boundaries of an area designated by a local government as provided under s. 163.3252.
(5) “Participating agency” means:
(a) The Department of Environmental Protection.
(b) The Department of Transportation.
(c) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, when acting pursuant to statutory authority granted by the Legislature.
(d) Water management districts.
(6) “State development approval” means a state or regional permit or other approval issued by a participating agency, or a modification of such permit or approval, which must be obtained before the development or expansion of a manufacturer’s site, and includes, but is not limited to, those specified in s. 163.3253(1).
History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-224.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.330 - Short title.

163.330 Short title.—This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Community Redevelopment Act of 1969.”
History.—s. 1, ch. 69-305.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.345 - Encouragement of private enterprise.

163.345 Encouragement of private enterprise.—
(1) Any county or municipality, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this part, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the county or municipality as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the community redevelopment area by private enterprise. Any county or municipality shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its powers under this part, including the formulation of a workable program; the approval of community redevelopment plans, communitywide plans or programs for community redevelopment, and general neighborhood redevelopment plans (consistent with the general plan of the county or municipality); the development and implementation of community policing innovations; the exercise of its zoning powers; the enforcement of other laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements; the development of affordable housing; the disposition of any property acquired, subject to the limitations of s. 73.013; and the provision of necessary public improvements.
(2) In giving consideration to the objectives outlined in subsection (1), the county or municipality shall consider making available the incentives provided under the Florida Enterprise Zone Act and chapter 420.
History.—s. 4, ch. 69-305; s. 4, ch. 83-231; s. 2, ch. 94-236; s. 2, ch. 98-314; s. 26, ch. 2001-60; s. 12, ch. 2005-287; s. 8, ch. 2006-11.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.346 - Notice to taxing authorities.

163.346 Notice to taxing authorities.—Before the governing body adopts any resolution or enacts any ordinance required under s. 163.355, s. 163.356, s. 163.357, or s. 163.387; creates a community redevelopment agency; approves, adopts, or amends a community redevelopment plan; or issues redevelopment revenue bonds under s. 163.385, the governing body must provide public notice of such proposed action pursuant to s. 125.66(2) or s. 166.041(3)(a) and, at least 15 days before such proposed action, mail by registered mail a notice to each taxing authority which levies ad valorem taxes on taxable real property contained within the geographic boundaries of the redevelopment area.
History.—s. 8, ch. 84-356; s. 2, ch. 93-286; s. 13, ch. 95-310.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.350 - Workable program.

163.350 Workable program.—Any county or municipality for the purposes of this part may formulate for the county or municipality a workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slums and urban blight, to encourage needed community rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of slum and blighted areas, to provide housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, or to undertake such of the aforesaid activities or other feasible county or municipal activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program. Such workable program may include provision for the prevention of the spread of blight into areas of the county or municipality which are free from blight through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning, and occupancy controls and standards; the rehabilitation or conservation of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof by replanning, removing congestion, providing parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements, encouraging voluntary rehabilitation, and compelling the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or deteriorating structures; the development of affordable housing; the implementation of community policing innovations; and the clearance and redevelopment of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof.
History.—s. 5, ch. 69-305; s. 3, ch. 84-356; s. 3, ch. 94-236; s. 3, ch. 98-314.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.353 - Power of taxing authority to tax or appropriate funds to a redevelopment trust fund in order to preserve and enhance the tax base of the authority.

163.353 Power of taxing authority to tax or appropriate funds to a redevelopment trust fund in order to preserve and enhance the tax base of the authority.—Notwithstanding any other provision of general or special law, the purposes for which a taxing authority may levy taxes or appropriate funds to a redevelopment trust fund include the preservation and enhancement of the tax base of such taxing authority and the furthering of the purposes of such taxing authority as provided by law.
History.—s. 21, ch. 84-356.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.355 - Finding of necessity by county or municipality.

163.355 Finding of necessity by county or municipality.—No county or municipality shall exercise the community redevelopment authority conferred by this part until after the governing body has adopted a resolution, supported by data and analysis, which makes a legislative finding that the conditions in the area meet the criteria described in s. 163.340(7) or (8). The resolution must state that:
(1) One or more slum or blighted areas, or one or more areas in which there is a shortage of housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, exist in such county or municipality; and
(2) The rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of such area or areas, including, if appropriate, the development of housing which residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, can afford, is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of such county or municipality.
History.—s. 6, ch. 69-305; s. 4, ch. 84-356; s. 4, ch. 94-236; s. 3, ch. 2002-294.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.358 - Exercise of powers in carrying out community redevelopment and related activities.

163.358 Exercise of powers in carrying out community redevelopment and related activities.—Each county and municipality has all powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part, including those powers granted under s. 163.370. A county or municipality may delegate such powers to a community redevelopment agency created under s. 163.356, except the following, which continue to vest in the governing body of the county or municipality:
(1) The power to determine an area to be a slum or blighted area, or combination thereof; to designate such area as appropriate for community redevelopment; and to hold any public hearings required with respect thereto.
(2) The power to grant final approval to community redevelopment plans and modifications thereof.
(3) The power to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds as set forth in s. 163.385.
(4) The power to approve the acquisition, demolition, removal, or disposal of property as provided in s. 163.370(4) and the power to assume the responsibility to bear loss as provided in s. 163.370(4).
(5) The power to approve the development of community policing innovations.
(6) The power of eminent domain.
History.—s. 2, ch. 77-391; s. 70, ch. 81-259; s. 7, ch. 84-356; s. 34, ch. 91-45; s. 5, ch. 98-314; s. 9, ch. 2006-11.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.365 - Neighborhood and communitywide plans.

163.365 Neighborhood and communitywide plans.—
(1) Any municipality or county or any public body authorized to perform planning work may prepare a general neighborhood redevelopment plan for a community redevelopment area or areas, together with any adjoining areas having specially related problems, which may be of such scope that redevelopment activities may have to be carried out in stages. Such plans may include, but not be limited to, a preliminary plan which:
(a) Outlines the community redevelopment activities proposed for the area involved;
(b) Provides a framework for the preparation of community redevelopment plans; and
(c) Indicates generally the land uses, population density, building coverage, prospective requirements for rehabilitation and improvement of property and portions of the area contemplated for clearance and redevelopment.
A general neighborhood redevelopment plan shall, in the determination of the governing body, conform to the general plan of the locality as a whole and the workable program of the county or municipality.
(2) Any county or municipality or any public body authorized to perform planning work may prepare or complete a communitywide plan or program for community redevelopment which shall conform to the general plan for the development of the county or municipality as a whole and may include, but not be limited to, identification of slum or blighted areas, measurement of blight, determination of resources needed and available to renew such areas, identification of potential project areas and types of action contemplated, including the development of affordable housing if needed and appropriate for the area, and scheduling of community redevelopment activities.
(3) Authority is hereby vested in every county and municipality to prepare, adopt, and revise from time to time a general plan for the physical development of the county or municipality as a whole (giving due regard to the environs and metropolitan surroundings), to establish and maintain a planning commission for such purpose and related county or municipal planning activities, and to make available and to appropriate necessary funds therefor.
History.—s. 8, ch. 69-305; s. 7, ch. 94-236.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.367 - Public officials, commissioners, and employees subject to code of ethics.

163.367 Public officials, commissioners, and employees subject to code of ethics.—
(1) The officers, commissioners, and employees of a community redevelopment agency created by, or designated pursuant to, s. 163.356 or s. 163.357 are subject to part III of chapter 112, and commissioners also must comply with the ethics training requirements as imposed in s. 112.3142.
(2) If any such official, commissioner, or employee presently owns or controls, or owned or controlled within the preceding 2 years, any interest, direct or indirect, in any property which he or she knows is included or planned to be included in a community redevelopment area, he or she shall immediately disclose this fact in the manner provided in part III of chapter 112. Any disclosure required to be made by this section shall be made prior to taking any official action pursuant to this section.
(3) No commissioner or other officer of any community redevelopment agency, board, or commission exercising powers pursuant to this part shall hold any other public office under the county or municipality other than his or her commissionership or office with respect to such community redevelopment agency, board, or commission.
History.—s. 6, ch. 77-391; s. 76, ch. 79-400; s. 8, ch. 83-231; s. 905, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 2019-163.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.371 - Reporting requirements.

163.371 Reporting requirements.—
(1) By January 1, 2020, each community redevelopment agency shall publish on its website digital maps that depict the geographic boundaries and total acreage of the community redevelopment agency. If any change is made to the boundaries or total acreage, the agency shall post updated map files on its website within 60 days after the date such change takes effect.
(2) Beginning March 31, 2020, and not later than March 31 of each year thereafter, a community redevelopment agency shall file an annual report with the county or municipality that created the agency and publish the report on the agency’s website. The report must include the following information:
(a) The most recent complete audit report of the redevelopment trust fund as required in s. 163.387(8). If the audit report for the previous year is not available by March 31, a community redevelopment agency shall publish the audit report on its website within 45 days after completion.
(b) The performance data for each plan authorized, administered, or overseen by the community redevelopment agency as of December 31 of the reporting year, including the:
1. Total number of projects started and completed and the estimated cost for each project.
2. Total expenditures from the redevelopment trust fund.
3. Original assessed real property values within the community redevelopment agency’s area of authority as of the day the agency was created.
4. Total assessed real property values of property within the boundaries of the community redevelopment agency as of January 1 of the reporting year.
5. Total amount expended for affordable housing for low-income and middle-income residents.
(c) A summary indicating to what extent, if any, the community redevelopment agency has achieved the goals set out in its community redevelopment plan.
History.—s. 5, ch. 2019-163.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.3755 - Termination of community redevelopment agencies.

163.3755 Termination of community redevelopment agencies.—
(1) A community redevelopment agency in existence on October 1, 2019, shall terminate on the expiration date provided in the agency’s charter on October 1, 2019, or on September 30, 2039, whichever is earlier, unless the governing body of the county or municipality that created the community redevelopment agency approves its continued existence by a majority vote of the members of the governing body.
(2)(a) If the governing body of the county or municipality that created the community redevelopment agency does not approve its continued existence by a majority vote of the governing body members, a community redevelopment agency with outstanding bonds as of October 1, 2019, that do not mature until after the termination date of the agency or September 30, 2039, whichever is earlier, remains in existence until the date the bonds mature.
(b) A community redevelopment agency operating under this subsection on or after September 30, 2039, may not extend the maturity date of any outstanding bonds.
(c) The county or municipality that created the community redevelopment agency must issue a new finding of necessity limited to timely meeting the remaining bond obligations of the community redevelopment agency.
History.—s. 6, ch. 2019-163.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.3756 - Inactive community redevelopment agencies.

163.3756 Inactive community redevelopment agencies.—
(1) The Legislature finds that a number of community redevelopment agencies continue to exist, but do not report any revenues, expenditures, or debt in the annual reports they file with the Department of Financial Services pursuant to s. 218.32.
(2)(a) A community redevelopment agency that has reported no revenue, no expenditures, and no debt under s. 189.016(9) or s. 218.32 for 6 consecutive fiscal years beginning no earlier than October 1, 2016, must be declared inactive by the Department of Economic Opportunity, which shall notify the agency of the declaration. If the agency does not have board members or an agent, the notice of the declaration of inactive status must be delivered to the county or municipal governing board or commission that created the agency.
(b) The governing board of a community redevelopment agency that is declared inactive under this section may seek to invalidate the declaration by initiating proceedings under s. 189.062(5) within 30 days after the date of the receipt of the notice from the Department of Economic Opportunity.
(3) A community redevelopment agency that is declared inactive under this section may expend funds from the redevelopment trust fund only as necessary to service outstanding bond debt. The agency may not expend other funds in the absence of an ordinance of the local governing body that created the agency which consents to the expenditure of such funds.
(4) The provisions of s. 189.062(2) and (4) do not apply to a community redevelopment agency that has been declared inactive under this section.
(5) The provisions of this section are cumulative to the provisions of s. 189.062. To the extent the provisions of this section conflict with the provisions of s. 189.062, this section prevails.
(6) The Department of Economic Opportunity shall maintain on its website a separate list of community redevelopment agencies declared inactive under this section.
History.—s. 7, ch. 2019-163.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.390 - Bonds as legal investments.

163.390 Bonds as legal investments.—All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a county or municipality pursuant to this part or by any community redevelopment agency vested with community redevelopment powers. Such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize all persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
History.—s. 13, ch. 69-305; s. 12, ch. 77-391; s. 16, ch. 84-356.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.395 - Property exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution.

163.395 Property exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution.—
(1) All property of any county, municipality, or community redevelopment agency, including funds, owned or held by it for the purposes of this part are exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution; and no execution or other judicial process may issue against the same, nor shall judgment against the county, municipality, or community redevelopment agency be a charge or lien upon such property. However, the provisions of this section do not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to this part by the county or municipality on its rents, fees, grants, or revenues from community redevelopment.
(2) The property of the county, municipality, or community redevelopment agency acquired or held for the purposes of this part is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes, and such property is exempt from all taxes of the municipality, the county, or the state or any political subdivision thereof. However, such tax exemption will terminate when the county, municipality, or community redevelopment agency sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of such property in a community redevelopment area to a purchaser or lessee which is not a public body entitled to tax exemption with respect to such property.
History.—s. 14, ch. 69-305; s. 13, ch. 77-391; s. 17, ch. 84-356.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.405 - Title of purchaser.

163.405 Title of purchaser.—Any instrument executed by any county, municipality, or community redevelopment agency and purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property under this part shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this part insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or transferees of such property is concerned.
History.—s. 16, ch. 69-305; s. 15, ch. 77-391.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.410 - Exercise of powers in counties with home rule charters.

163.410 Exercise of powers in counties with home rule charters.—In any county which has adopted a home rule charter, the powers conferred by this part shall be exercised exclusively by the governing body of such county. However, the governing body of any such county which has adopted a home rule charter may, in its discretion, by resolution delegate the exercise of the powers conferred upon the county by this part within the boundaries of a municipality to the governing body of such a municipality. Such a delegation to a municipality shall confer only such powers upon a municipality as shall be specifically enumerated in the delegating resolution. Any power not specifically delegated shall be reserved exclusively to the governing body of the county. This section does not affect any community redevelopment agency created by a municipality prior to the adoption of a county home rule charter. Unless otherwise provided by an existing ordinance, resolution, or interlocal agreement between any such county and a municipality, the governing body of the county that has adopted a home rule charter shall grant in whole or in part or deny any request from a municipality for a delegation of powers or a change in an existing delegation of powers within 120 days after the receipt of all required documentation, or such request shall be deemed granted unless this period is extended by mutual consent in writing by the municipality and county. Within 30 days after receipt of the request, the county shall notify the municipality by registered mail whether the request is complete or if additional information is required. Any request by the county for additional documentation shall specify the deficiencies in the submitted documentation, if any. The county shall notify the municipality by registered mail within 30 days after receiving the additional information whether such additional documentation is complete. If the meeting of the county commission at which the request for a delegation of powers or a change in an existing delegation of powers is unable to be held due to events beyond the control of the county, the request shall be acted upon at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the county commission without regard to the 120-day limitation. If the county does not act upon the request at the next regularly scheduled meeting, the request shall be deemed granted.
History.—s. 17, ch. 69-305; s. 1, ch. 83-29; s. 9, ch. 2002-294; s. 8, ch. 2006-307.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.415 - Exercise of powers in counties without home rule charters.

163.415 Exercise of powers in counties without home rule charters.—The powers conferred by this part upon counties not having adopted a home rule charter shall not be exercised within the boundaries of a municipality within said county unless the governing body of the municipality expresses its consent by resolution. Such a resolution consenting to the exercise of the powers conferred upon counties by this part shall specifically enumerate the powers to be exercised by the county within the boundaries of the municipality. Any power not specifically enumerated in such a resolution of consent shall be exercised exclusively by the municipality within its boundaries.
History.—s. 18, ch. 69-305.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.430 - Powers supplemental to existing community redevelopment powers.

163.430 Powers supplemental to existing community redevelopment powers.—The powers conferred upon counties or municipalities by this part shall be supplemental to any community redevelopment powers now being exercised by any county or municipality in accordance with the provisions of any population act, special act, or under the provisions of the home rule charter for Miami-Dade County, or under the provision of the charter of the consolidated City of Jacksonville.
History.—s. 21, ch. 69-305; s. 29, ch. 2008-4.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.445 - Assistance to community redevelopment by state agencies.

163.445 Assistance to community redevelopment by state agencies.—State agencies may provide technical and advisory assistance, upon request, to municipalities, counties, and community redevelopment agencies for community redevelopment as defined in this part. Such assistance may include, but need not be limited to, preparation of workable programs, relocation planning, special statistical and other studies and compilations, technical evaluations and information, training activities, professional services, surveys, reports, documents, and any other similar service functions. If sufficient funds and personnel are available, these services shall be provided without charge.
History.—s. 25, ch. 69-305; s. 16, ch. 77-391; s. 19, ch. 84-356.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.450 - Municipal and county participation in neighborhood development programs under Pub. L. No. 90-448.

163.450 Municipal and county participation in neighborhood development programs under Pub. L. No. 90-448.—Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent a county or municipality which is engaging in community redevelopment activities hereunder from participating in the neighborhood development program under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (Pub. L. No. 90-448) or in any amendments subsequent thereto.
History.—s. 26, ch. 69-305; s. 19, ch. 85-80.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463) › 163.463 - Applicability of ch. 2002-294.

163.463 Applicability of ch. 2002-294.—
(1) Amendments to this part, as provided by this act, do not apply to any ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of any bond, note, or other form of indebtedness to which are pledged increment revenues pursuant to a community development plan, or amendment or modification thereto, as approved or adopted before July 1, 2002.
(2) Amendments to this part, as provided by this act, shall not apply to any ordinance, resolution, interlocal agreement, or written agreement effective before July 1, 2002, that provides for the delegation of community redevelopment powers.
(3) The amendments to ss. 163.340, 163.355, 163.361, and 163.362 by this act do not apply to or affect, directly or indirectly, any community development agency created before July 1, 2002, unless the community redevelopment area is expanded on or after July 1, 2002, in which case only the amendments to ss. 163.340 and 163.355 by this act shall apply only to such expanded area.
(4) The amendments to ss. 163.340, 163.355, 163.361, and 163.362 by this act do not apply to or affect, directly or indirectly, any municipality that has authorized a finding of necessity study by May 1, 2002, or has adopted its finding of necessity on or before August 1, 2002, and has adopted its community redevelopment plan on or before December 31, 2002.
(5) The amendments to ss. 163.340, 163.355, 163.361, and 163.362 by this act do not apply to or affect, directly or indirectly, any municipality that has submitted before August 1, 2002, its finding of necessity, or application for approval of a community redevelopment plan, or an application to amend an existing community redevelopment plan to a county that has adopted a home rule charter.
(6) The amendments to ss. 163.355, 163.362, 163.385, and 163.387 by this act do not apply to or affect, directly or indirectly, any county as defined in s. 125.011(1) or any municipality located therein.
History.—s. 10, ch. 2002-294.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part IV - Neighborhood Improvement Districts (Ss. 163.501-163.526) › 163.501 - Short title.

163.501 Short title.—This part may be cited as the “Safe Neighborhoods Act.”
History.—s. 55, ch. 87-243; s. 1, ch. 91-86.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part IV - Neighborhood Improvement Districts (Ss. 163.501-163.526) › 163.502 - Legislative findings and purpose.

163.502 Legislative findings and purpose.—
(1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that among the many causes of deterioration in the business and residential neighborhoods of the state are the following: proliferation of crime, automobile traffic flow strangled by outmoded street patterns, unsuitable topography, faulty lot layouts, fragmentation of land uses and parking areas necessitating frequent automobile movement, lack of separation of pedestrian areas from automobile traffic, lack of separation of vehicle traffic lanes and railroad traffic, and excessive noise levels from automobile traffic.
(2) The Legislature further finds and declares that safe neighborhoods are the product of planning and implementation of appropriate environmental design concepts, comprehensive crime prevention programs, land use recommendations, and beautification techniques.
(3) The Legislature further finds and declares that the provisions of this part and the powers granted to local governments, property owners’ associations, special dependent districts, and community redevelopment neighborhood improvement districts are desirable to guide and accomplish the coordinated, balanced, and harmonious development of safe neighborhoods; to promote the health, safety, and general welfare of these areas and their inhabitants, visitors, property owners, and workers; to establish, maintain, and preserve property values and preserve and foster the development of attractive neighborhood and business environments; to prevent overcrowding and congestion; to improve or redirect automobile traffic and provide pedestrian safety; to reduce crime rates and the opportunities for the commission of crime; and to provide improvements in neighborhoods so they are defensible against crime.
(4) It is the intent of the Legislature to assist local governments in implementing plans that employ crime prevention through community policing innovations, environmental design, environmental security, and defensible space techniques to establish safe neighborhoods. The Legislature, therefore, declares that the development, redevelopment, preservation, and revitalization of neighborhoods in this state, and all the purposes of this part, are public purposes for which public money may be borrowed, expended, loaned, and granted.
History.—s. 56, ch. 87-243; s. 2, ch. 91-86; s. 11, ch. 98-314.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part IV - Neighborhood Improvement Districts (Ss. 163.501-163.526) › 163.503 - Definitions.

163.503 Definitions.—
(1) “Safe neighborhood improvement district,” “district,” or “neighborhood improvement district” means a district located in an area in which more than 75 percent of the land is used for residential purposes, or in an area in which more than 75 percent of the land is used for commercial, office, business, or industrial purposes, excluding the land area used for public facilities, and where there is a plan to reduce crime through the implementation of crime prevention through environmental design, environmental security, or defensible space techniques, or through community policing innovations. Nothing in this section shall preclude the inclusion of public land in a neighborhood improvement district although the amount of land used for public facilities is excluded from the land use acreage calculations.
(2) “Association” means a property owners’ association which is incorporated for the purpose of creating and operating a neighborhood improvement district.
(3) “Department” means the Department of Economic Opportunity.
(4) “Board” means the board of directors of a neighborhood improvement district, which may be the governing body of a municipality or county or the officers of a property owners’ association or the board of directors of a special neighborhood improvement district or community redevelopment neighborhood improvement district.
(5) “Environmental security” means an urban planning and design process which integrates crime prevention with neighborhood design and community development.
(6) “Crime prevention through environmental design” means the planned use of environmental design concepts such as natural access control, natural surveillance, and territorial reinforcement in a neighborhood or community setting which is designed to reduce criminal opportunity and foster positive social interaction among the legitimate users of that setting.
(7) “Defensible space” means an architectural perspective on crime prevention through physical design of the environment to create the ability to monitor and control the environment along individual perceived zones of territorial influence that result in a proprietary interest and a felt responsibility.
(8) “Enterprise zone” means an area designated pursuant to s. 290.0065.
(9) “Community policing innovation” means techniques or strategies as defined by s. 163.340.
History.—s. 57, ch. 87-243; s. 24, ch. 88-381; s. 3, ch. 91-86; s. 61, ch. 94-136; s. 12, ch. 98-314; s. 3, ch. 2021-131.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part IV - Neighborhood Improvement Districts (Ss. 163.501-163.526) › 163.5035 - Safe neighborhood improvement districts; compliance with special district provisions.

163.5035 Safe neighborhood improvement districts; compliance with special district provisions.—Any special district created pursuant to this part shall comply with all applicable provisions contained in chapter 189. In cases where a provision contained in this part conflicts with a provision in chapter 189, the provision in chapter 189 shall prevail.
History.—s. 4, ch. 91-86.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part IV - Neighborhood Improvement Districts (Ss. 163.501-163.526) › 163.504 - Safe neighborhood improvement districts; formation authorized by ordinance; jurisdictional boundaries.

163.504 Safe neighborhood improvement districts; formation authorized by ordinance; jurisdictional boundaries.—The governing body of any municipality or county may authorize the formation of safe neighborhood improvement districts through the adoption of a planning ordinance which specifies that such districts may be created by one or more of the methods established in ss. 163.506, 163.508, 163.511, and 163.512. No district may overlap the jurisdictional boundaries of a municipality and the unincorporated area of a county, except by interlocal agreement.
History.—s. 58, ch. 87-243; s. 25, ch. 88-381; s. 5, ch. 91-86; s. 10, ch. 93-120; s. 4, ch. 2021-131.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part IV - Neighborhood Improvement Districts (Ss. 163.501-163.526) › 163.5055 - Registration of district establishment; notice of dissolution.

163.5055 Registration of district establishment; notice of dissolution.—
(1)(a) Each neighborhood improvement district authorized and established under this part shall within 30 days thereof register with the Department of Economic Opportunity by providing the department with the district’s name, location, size, and type, and such other information as the department may require.
(b) Each local governing body that authorizes the dissolution of a district shall notify the Department of Economic Opportunity within 30 days after the dissolution of the district.
(2) This section shall apply to all neighborhood improvement districts established on or after July 1, 1987.
History.—s. 6, ch. 91-86; s. 18, ch. 2012-96; s. 5, ch. 2021-131.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs › Part IV - Neighborhood Improvement Districts (Ss. 163.501-163.526) › 163.5151 - Fiscal management; budget preparation.

163.5151 Fiscal management; budget preparation.—
(1) Subject to agreement with the local governing body, all funds of the districts created pursuant to this part shall be received, held, and secured in the same manner as other public funds by the appropriate fiscal officers of the municipality in which the district is located, or the county if the district is located in the unincorporated portion of the county. The funds of the district shall be maintained under a separate account, shall be used for purposes authorized by this part, and shall be disbursed only by direction of or with approval of the district pursuant to requisitions signed by the manager or other designated chief fiscal officer of the district and countersigned by at least one other member of the board.
(2) The district bylaws shall provide for maintenance of minutes and other official records of its proceedings and actions; for preparation and adoption of an annual budget for each ensuing fiscal year; for internal supervision and control of its accounts, which function the appropriate city or county fiscal officers may perform for the district at its request; and for an external audit at least annually by an independent certified public accountant who has no personal interest, direct or indirect, in the fiscal affairs of the district. A copy of the external audit shall be filed with the city clerk or the clerk of the court, whichever is appropriate, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year. The bylaws shall specify the means by which each of these functions is to be performed and, as to those functions assigned to district personnel, the manner and schedule of performance.
(3) Each special neighborhood improvement district shall establish its budget pursuant to the provisions of chapter 200. Prior to adoption of the final budget and setting of the millage rate to be levied by the board, the board shall submit a tentative budget and proposed millage rate of the district to the governing body of the municipality in which the district is located, or to the county if the district is located in the unincorporated portion of the county, for approval or disapproval. Such governing body shall have the power to modify the budget or millage submitted by the board. Subsequent to approval, the board shall adopt its final budget and millage rate in accordance with the requirements of chapter 200.
(4) At the option of the county property appraiser for the county within which the neighborhood improvement district is located, the assessments levied by the district shall be collected in the same manner as all ad valorem taxes if so requested by the local governing body pursuant to s. 197.363.
History.—s. 64, ch. 87-243; s. 30, ch. 88-381; s. 13, ch. 91-86.