Bill Text: FL S1174 | 2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Residential Facilities
Spectrum:
Status: (Passed) 2016-03-23 - Chapter No. 2016-74 [S1174 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S1174-Enrolled.html
ENROLLED 2016 Legislature CS for SB 1174 20161174er 1 2 An act relating to residential facilities; amending s. 3 419.001, F.S.; specifying applicability of siting 4 requirements for community residential homes; 5 providing applicability with respect to local land use 6 and zoning; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 419.001, Florida 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 12 419.001 Site selection of community residential homes.— 13 (2) Homes of six or fewer residents which otherwise meet 14 the definition of a community residential home shall be deemed a 15 single-family unit and a noncommercial, residential use for the 16 purpose of local laws and ordinances. Homes of six or fewer 17 residents which otherwise meet the definition of a community 18 residential home shall be allowed in single-family or 19 multifamily zoning without approval by the local government, 20 provided that such homes areshallnotbelocated within a 21 radius of 1,000 feet of another existing such home with six or 22 fewer residents or within a radius of 1,200 feet of another 23 existing community residential home. Such homes with six or 24 fewer residents areshallnotberequired to comply with the 25 notification provisions of this section; provided that, before 26prior tolicensure, the sponsoring agency provides the local 27 government with the most recently published data compiled from 28 the licensing entities that identifies all community residential 29 homes within the jurisdictional limits of the local government 30 in which the proposed site is to be located in order to show 31 that there is not a home of six or fewer residents which 32 otherwise meets the definition of ano othercommunity 33 residential homeiswithin a radius of 1,000 feet and not a 34 community residential home within a radius of 1,200 feet of the 35 proposed homewith six or fewer residents. At the time of home 36 occupancy, the sponsoring agency must notify the local 37 government that the home is licensed by the licensing entity. 38 For purposes of local land use and zoning determinations, this 39 subsection does not affect the legal nonconforming use status of 40 any community residential home lawfully permitted and operating 41 as of July 1, 2016. 42 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.