(1)(a) After a comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, has been adopted in conformity with this act, all development undertaken by, and all actions taken in regard to development orders by, governmental agencies in regard to land covered by such plan or element shall be consistent with such plan or element as adopted.
(b) All land development regulations enacted or amended shall be consistent with the adopted comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, and any land development regulations existing at the time of adoption which are not consistent with the adopted comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, shall be amended so as to be consistent. If a local government allows an existing land development regulation which is inconsistent with the most recently adopted comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, to remain in effect, the local government shall adopt a schedule for bringing the land development regulation into conformity with the provisions of the most recently adopted comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof. During the interim period when the provisions of the most recently adopted comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, and the land development regulations are inconsistent, the provisions of the most recently adopted comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, shall govern any action taken in regard to an application for a development order.
(2) After a comprehensive plan for the area, or element or portion thereof, is adopted by the governing body, no land development regulation, land development code, or amendment thereto shall be adopted by the governing body until such regulation, code, or amendment has been referred either to the local planning agency or to a separate land development regulation commission created pursuant to local ordinance, or to both, for review and recommendation as to the relationship of such proposal to the adopted comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof. Said recommendation shall be made within a reasonable time, but no later than within 2 months after the time of reference. If a recommendation is not made within the time provided, then the governing body may act on the adoption.
(3)(a) A development order or land development regulation shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan if the land uses, densities or intensities, and other aspects of development permitted by such order or regulation are compatible with and further the objectives, policies, land uses, and densities or intensities in the comprehensive plan and if it meets all other criteria enumerated by the local government.
(b) A development approved or undertaken by a local government shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan if the land uses, densities or intensities, capacity or size, timing, and other aspects of the development are compatible with and further the objectives, policies, land uses, and densities or intensities in the comprehensive plan and if it meets all other criteria enumerated by the local government.
(4)(a) A court, in reviewing local governmental action or development regulations under this act, may consider, among other things, the reasonableness of the comprehensive plan, or element or elements thereof, relating to the issue justiciably raised or the appropriateness and completeness of the comprehensive plan, or element or elements thereof, in relation to the governmental action or development regulation under consideration. The court may consider the relationship of the comprehensive plan, or element or elements thereof, to the governmental action taken or the development regulation involved in litigation, but private property shall not be taken without due process of law and the payment of just compensation.
(b) It is the intent of this act that the comprehensive plan set general guidelines and principles concerning its purposes and contents and that this act shall be construed broadly to accomplish its stated purposes and objectives.
(5) The tax-exempt status of lands classified as agricultural under s. 193.461 shall not be affected by any comprehensive plan adopted under this act as long as the land meets the criteria set forth in s. 193.461.
(6) If a proposed solid waste management facility is permitted by the Department of Environmental Protection to receive materials from the construction or demolition of a road or other transportation facility, a local government may not deny an application for a development approval for a requested land use that would accommodate such a facility, provided the local government previously approved a land use classification change to a local comprehensive plan or approved a rezoning to a category allowing such land use on the parcel, and the requested land use was disclosed during the previous comprehensive plan or rezoning hearing as being an express purpose of the land use changes.
History.—s. 12, ch. 75-257; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 2, ch. 77-223; s. 12, ch. 80-358; s. 69, ch. 81-259; s. 11, ch. 85-55; s. 33, ch. 2002-296.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations
Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs
163.2511 - Urban infill and redevelopment.
163.2514 - Growth Policy Act; definitions.
163.2517 - Designation of urban infill and redevelopment area.
163.2520 - Economic incentives.
163.3161 - Short title; intent and purpose.
163.3162 - Agricultural Lands and Practices.
163.3164 - Community Planning Act; definitions.
163.3168 - Planning innovations and technical assistance.
163.3171 - Areas of authority under this act.
163.3174 - Local planning agency.
163.3177 - Required and optional elements of comprehensive plan; studies and surveys.
163.31771 - Accessory dwelling units.
163.31777 - Public schools interlocal agreement.
163.3178 - Coastal management.
163.31801 - Impact fees; short title; intent; minimum requirements; audits; challenges.
163.31802 - Prohibited standards for security devices.
163.3182 - Transportation deficiencies.
163.3184 - Process for adoption of comprehensive plan or plan amendment.
163.3187 - Process for adoption of small scale comprehensive plan amendment.
163.3191 - Evaluation and appraisal of comprehensive plan.
163.3194 - Legal status of comprehensive plan.
163.3197 - Legal status of prior comprehensive plan.
163.3201 - Relationship of comprehensive plan to exercise of land development regulatory authority.
163.3202 - Land development regulations.
163.3204 - Cooperation by state and regional agencies.
163.3205 - Solar facility approval process.
163.32051 - Floating solar facilities.
163.3208 - Substation approval process.
163.3209 - Electric transmission and distribution line right-of-way maintenance.
163.3211 - Conflict with other statutes.
163.3213 - Administrative review of land development regulations.
163.3215 - Standing to enforce local comprehensive plans through development orders.
163.3217 - Municipal overlay for municipal incorporation.
163.3220 - Short title; legislative intent.
163.3221 - Florida Local Government Development Agreement Act; definitions.
163.3227 - Requirements of a development agreement.
163.3229 - Duration of a development agreement and relationship to local comprehensive plan.
163.3231 - Consistency with the comprehensive plan and land development regulations.
163.3233 - Local laws and policies governing a development agreement.
163.3235 - Periodic review of a development agreement.
163.3237 - Amendment or cancellation of a development agreement.
163.3239 - Recording and effectiveness of a development agreement.
163.3246 - Local government comprehensive planning certification program.
163.3248 - Rural land stewardship areas.
163.3252 - Local manufacturing development program; master development approval for manufacturers.
163.3253 - Coordinated manufacturing development approval process.