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Safety Harbor adopts Live Local Act procedures after contentious 3‑2 vote
Summary
The City Commission approved administrative procedures required by Florida’s Live Local Act to process eligible affordable‑housing applications. Commissioners and residents debated loss of local hearings and how the city will notify the public before the city manager can administratively approve projects.
The Safety Harbor City Commission adopted administrative procedures to implement the Live Local Act on Monday after a 3–2 vote that highlighted tensions over state preemption and the limits of local control.
Carol Strickland, the city’s community development director, told the commission the procedures establish how the city will process applications that qualify under the…
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