Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: August 18, 2024
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Tanya Wilson, AICP, Director, Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
CONTACT: Alan Marshall, Assistant to Director, Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
PHONE: (407) 836-5884
DIVISION: Zoning Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Resolution of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners regarding adoption of Standard Operating Procedures to implement the requirements of the Live Local Act; and Approval and execution of Resolution of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners regarding Adoption of a Form Land Use Restriction Agreement for Affordable Multi-Family Development to be used when the County approves applications filed pursuant to Section 125.01055(7)(The "Live Local Act"). All Districts (Zoning Division)
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PROJECT: Update to Orange County Live Local Development Processes Required by Senate Bill 328
PURPOSE: On May 16, 2024, Governor DeSantis signed Senate Bill 328, which served as an update to legislation known as the Live Local Act ("Act"), effective July 1, 2023. The original Act required local governments to authorize multifamily and mixed-use residential as allowable uses in any area zoned for commercial, industrial, or mixed use, if at least 40 percent of the residential units in a proposed multi-family rental development are, for a period of at least 30 years, affordable as defined in Section 420.0004, Florida Statutes. A proposed multifamily development that satisfies the Act's criteria is not required to obtain a zoning or land use change, special exception, conditional use approval, variance, or comprehensive plan amendment for the building height, zoning, and densities, and such projects must be administratively approved. On August 8, 2023, the Board approved a Resolution adopting standard operating procedures and zoning guidelines to imp...
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