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Planning board backs LDC changes to make plat approvals administrative under new Florida law
Summary
On Sept. 25 the board recommended approval of Land Development Code amendments to implement Senate Bill 784 (effective July 1, 2025), shifting preliminary and final plat approval from the planning board and city commission to city staff and updating submittal and procedural requirements.
The Daytona Beach Planning Board on Sept. 25 voted to recommend amendments to Articles 2, 3 and 7 and Appendix A of the City’s Land Development Code to bring local plat procedures into compliance with Senate Bill 784 (SB 784), which requires administrative approval of plats. Dennis Merzick, planning director, presented the proposed text changes and staff recommendation.
Merzick told the board SB 784, effective July 1, 2025, requires cities to allow administrative (staff) approval of plats; the…
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