Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: June 9, 2026
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Tanya Wilson, AICP, Director, Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
CONTACT: Nicolas Thalmueller, AICP, Planning Administrator, DRC Office
PHONE: (407) 836-5523
DIVISION: DRC Office
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Resolution of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners regarding amendment to previously adopted Standard Operating Procedures to implement the requirements of the Live Local Act. All Districts. (DRC Office)
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PROJECT: Update to the Orange County Live Local Development Processes Required by Florida House Bill 1389
PURPOSE: House Bill 1389, which serves as an update to legislation known as the Live Local Act ("Act"), takes effect on July 1, 2026. The original Act required local governments to authorize multi-family 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 multi-family development that satisfies the Act's criteria is not required to obtain a zoning or land use change, special exception, conditional use approval, variance, transfer of density or development units, amendment to a development of regional impact, or comprehensive plan amendment for the building height, zoning, and densities, and such projects must be administratively approved. On September 10, 2024, the Board approved a Resolution adopting an update to previously approved standard operating procedures and zoning guidelines to implement the requirements of the Act.
The new legislation makes several changes to the Live Local Act, some of which add and remove certain properties as eligible under the Act. The following is an overview of the major revised c...
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