Bill Text: FL H0577 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Community Residential Homes

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Health Care Services Policy (HFPC) [H0577 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0577-Introduced.html

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HB 577

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to community residential homes; amending
3	s. 419.001, F.S.; requiring a sponsoring agency to notify
4	the local government when a request to locate a home with
5	six or fewer residents which otherwise meets the
6	definition of a community residential home has been
7	submitted; requiring the agency to provide additional
8	information in the notification; providing an effective
9	date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 419.001, Florida
14	Statutes, is amended to read:
15	419.001 Site selection of community residential homes.-
16	(2) Homes of six or fewer residents which otherwise meet
17	the definition of a community residential home shall be deemed a
18	single-family unit and a noncommercial, residential use for the
19	purpose of local laws and ordinances. Homes of six or fewer
20	residents which otherwise meet the definition of a community
21	residential home shall be allowed in single-family or
22	multifamily zoning without approval by the local government,
23	provided that such homes shall not be located within a radius of
24	1,000 feet of another existing such home with six or fewer
25	residents. At the time of application, the sponsoring agency
26	must notify the local government that there is a request to
27	locate a home with six or fewer residents which otherwise meets
28	the definition of a community residential home within the
29	jurisdictional limits of the local government. The notification
30	must include the proposed home's address and Such homes with six
31	or fewer residents shall not be required to comply with the
32	notification provisions of this section; provided that, prior to
33	licensure, the sponsoring agency provides the local government
34	with the most recently published data compiled from the
35	licensing entities that identifies all community residential
36	homes within the jurisdictional limits of the local government
37	in which the proposed site is to be located in order to show
38	that no other community residential home is within a radius of
39	1,000 feet of the proposed home with six or fewer residents. At
40	the time of home occupancy, the sponsoring agency must notify
41	the local government that the home is licensed by the licensing
42	entity.
43	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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