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Senate Bill 180 restricts local rule‑making after certain hurricanes, voids some recent comp‑plan changes, city attorney says
Summary
City attorney summarized provisions in SB 180 that limit municipalities’ ability to propose or adopt more restrictive land‑development rules for counties listed in certain federal disaster declarations through Oct. 1, 2027; staff said the state review voided several recently adopted comp‑plan amendments and county planners will 'toll' those items until the restriction lifts.
City attorney briefed the board on Senate Bill 180, a wide‑ranging emergency‑management law that includes permanent and temporary provisions affecting local planning, post‑storm permitting and training requirements.
He said one three‑year provision bars counties and municipalities listed in certain federal disaster declarations from proposing or adopting more restrictive rules for properties covered by the declaration, retroactive to Oct. 1, 2024 and lasting through Oct. 1, 2027 in affected places. "So not only going forward can we not do anything more burdensome or restrictive, it's gonna be until 10/01/2027," City attorney said, summarizing the effect on local rulemaking timelines.
Staff reported the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity sent a letter (Aug. 11) finding several recently adopted city comp‑plan amendments more restrictive; those provisions are effectively void pending further action. The county and planning council have advised the city they will 'toll' requirements that the state found more burdensome until the SB 180 restriction expires, after which the city is likely expected to re‑adopt or reinstate provisions that pass county/state review.
Board members asked whether the statute’s geographic trigger (counties listed in a federal disaster declaration and any municipality within 100 miles of the storm track) could repeatedly limit city‑initiated changes following large storms; staff said the definition could apply broadly and merits continued monitoring.
