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Titusville P&Z recommends ordinance to allow building permits before final plat under state law
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval of an ordinance to implement Florida's 2024 expedited residential permitting law, allowing building permits in subdivisions after preliminary-plat and site-plan approvals while keeping certificates of occupancy tied to final plat recordation.
Titusville Planning and Zoning Commission members on May 7 recommended that the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 15-2025, creating an expedited permitting path that lets developers obtain residential building permits before the final plat is recorded, consistent with changes to state law.
The ordinance implements a 2024 Florida law that allows local governments to issue residential permits after administrative approval of a preliminary plat, site plan and a master building plan, while preserving the rule that certificates of occupancy (COs) cannot be issued until the final plat has been approved and recorded.
Commission staff summarized the change as a response to the Florida Legislature’s 2024 enactment requiring local governments to establish programs allowing permits…
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