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County attorney warns new Florida law limits land‑use changes after storms; office reviewing local code and charter effects
Summary
Seminole County’s attorney told commissioners that Senate Bill 180, now law, restricts counties from adopting more restrictive land development rules for one year after a storm within 100 miles and includes a retroactive provision to Aug. 1, 2024; the county is reviewing code amendments and its charter changes for potential conflict.
County Attorney Kate LaTorre briefed the Seminole County Board of County Commissioners on July 22 about Senate Bill 180, a recently enacted state law that imposes new procedural and substantive limits on local land‑use regulation in the aftermath of certain storm events.
LaTorre said the bill contains two principal components. The emergency‑management strand requires counties to post specified recovery permitting information and implement other processes intended to simplify post‑storm permitting; LaTorre’s office will deliver a checklist for…
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