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Council pauses recently adopted Ybor parking rules after state law (SB 180) raises preemption questions
Summary
City attorneys told council that provisions of state Senate Bill 180, effective retroactively to Aug. 1, 2024, make certain land-development amendments adopted after that date potentially void; council directed staff to prepare remedial ordinances and to bring forward specific code language for separate consideration rather than risk litigation.
City attorneys and staff told Tampa City Council on Wednesday that Senate Bill 180, a state law with retroactive language, has complicated enforcement of land-development-code amendments the council adopted after Aug. 1, 2024 — specifically a September 2024 set of amendments governing Ybor City principal-use parking lots.
Susan Johnson Velez, deputy city attorney, told council the statute’s Section 28 applies to municipalities listed in a federal disaster declaration (Hillsborough County was listed) and bars municipalities from proposing or adopting amendments to comprehensive plans or land-development regulations that are “more restrictive or burdensome” than state law allows. The law includes a retroactive effective date (Aug. 1, 2024) and a private-rights mechanism: a private party may notify the city and…
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