House Bill 360, which is now called the Community Renewal Act, was distilled by the Orlando Business Journal:
Community Renewal Act
• Defines dense urban land areas as municipalities with populations of more than 5,000 and densities of at least 1,000 people per square mile.
• Removes the 37-year-old regional planning process for major projects known as developments of regional impact (DRI) for areas that meet certain population standards and already have necessary services, such as water and sewer.
• Removes requirement that developers pay to upgrade roads — known as traffic concurrencies — in designated areas and establishes a “mobility fee” to replace it.
• Extends the shelf life of a building permit for two years.
Let's hope that State Amendment 4 can short-circuit this and that Weston's Lawsuit to find it unconstitutional will be filed. Weston is looking for other municipalities in Florida to join in against the toxic Community Renewal Act. Weston has 7 so far. Isn't it ironic that far West (in the historic Everglades) Weston -- a poster child for what is wrong with planning in Florida -- would be the leader in this effort?
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Just makes me want to barf
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