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Planning board backs city-initiated Live Local Act code amendments to align local process with new state law
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval of city-initiated amendments to the Land Development Code to implement the Live Local Act (Senate Bill 1730), clarifying administrative review, definitions, and affordable-housing land use restriction agreements; the ordinance goes to the City Commission for readings on Oct. 6 and Oct. 20.
The Planning and Zoning Board on Sept. 10 recommended the City Commission approve a city-initiated text amendment to the Land Development Code to align local procedures with the Live Local Act (Senate Bill 1730), which took effect July 1, 2025.
Gerald Strickland, community development director, told the board the city previously adopted an ordinance implementing the Live Local Act and must now modify local code language after the legislature amended the statute. "This item was before you last year," Strickland said, noting that the ordinance will return to the commission for first reading Oct. 6 and second reading Oct. 20.
Strickland summarized the main changes: the Live…
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