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Local leaders tell delegation SB 180’s post-storm provisions threaten municipal planning
Summary
Mayors and League representatives told the Palm Beach County legislative delegation that sections 18 and 28 of SB 180 go beyond post-storm relief and limit local land-use authority, create vague standards and raise litigation risk; the Senate office requested specific line-by-line edits.
Local leaders told the Palm Beach County legislative delegation on Dec. 15 that while many provisions of SB 180 assist post-storm recovery, two parts of the law—identified as sections 18 and 28—create significant problems for municipal planning and resilience work.
Alan Kolbach, mayor of Atlantis and a League board member, said SB 180 "was introduced as a post storm emergency-management measure to ease recovery…
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