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Punta Gorda council votes 3-2 to repeal 2023 land‑development ordinance amid state law concerns
Summary
City council approved a second-reading ordinance declaring the 2023 land‑development ordinance null and void ab initio under Senate Bill 250 and related 2023 statutes, after a long public hearing and divided legal opinions about whether surgical edits or full repeal best limit litigation risk.
Punta Gorda City Council voted 3-2 on July 2 to repeal the 2023 ordinance that adopted new land development regulations (LDRs), declaring the ordinance null and void ab initio pursuant to Senate Bill 250 and related 2023 legislation.
Council members and outside counsel urged caution about litigation risk from conflicting interpretations of the state laws; other council members argued repeal was the clearest path to restore regulatory certainty for property owners and developers.
The repeal ordinance reads that the city—ouncil eclares ordinance 2012-2023 repealed as null and void ab initio pursuant to Senate Bill 250, Florida laws, specifically chapters 2023-304, section 14 and chapter 2023-349, section 15. The council took public comment at the second reading; more than a dozen residents and property…
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