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Does Florida's Live Local Act apply to my property?

Potentially, if your property is zoned for commercial, industrial, or mixed use. Florida's Live Local Act (Sec. 166.04151, F.S., as amended) is a state law that lets a qualifying affordable/workforce housing development on commercial, industrial, or mixed-use zoned land proceed administratively at the highest density and height allowed anywhere in the jurisdiction (subject to a distance-based height cap near lower-density residential parcels), without a rezoning or comprehensive plan amendment, as long as the project meets the Act's affordability set-aside and other conditions. This session did not find a Port St. Lucie zoning code amendment implementing Live Local Act administrative review procedures within Chapter 158's text as fetched; the Act is self-executing state law and applies regardless of whether the local code has been separately amended to reference it, but a City may adopt implementing procedures, restrictions on the Act's use in certain areas, or a parking/site-plan administrative process. Confirm the City's current administrative process, any adopted restrictions, and how a specific commercial or industrial parcel's zoning interacts with the Act directly with the Planning and Zoning Department at 772-871-5212 before relying on Live Local Act eligibility.

Sources

Full text: Port St. Lucie ordinance on Municode. Applies to districts: CG, CS.

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