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Florida Live Local Act — 2024 Amendments (SB 328) (FL)

Tracked preemption from the Florida overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
2024-07-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:FL
Other Florida preemptions
Florida Live Local Act — SB 102 (2023)Florida HB 1339 — Preemption for SAIL/SHIP-Funded Affordable HousingFlorida Coastal High Hazard Area (CHHA) — Ch. 163.3178Florida Short-Term Rental Preemption — Ch. 509.032Florida Building Code Preemption — §553.73Florida Bert J. Harris, Jr. Private Property Rights Protection Act — §70.001Florida Comprehensive Plan Consistency — Ch. 163.3180Florida Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) — Ch. 161
Primary-source summary
Live Local Act — 2024 Amendments (SB 328)

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

AND
  • parcel.base_zone_category ∈ {com, industrial, mu}
  • project.affordable_pct_at_or_below_120_ami ≥ 40

Preempted fields

6 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[category=com].parking_ratiocap_at0.8 × baseSB 328 requires ≥20% parking reduction for qualifying projects; stronger reductions apply near major transit stops (transit-conditional).
base_districts[category=industrial].parking_ratiocap_at0.8 × base
base_districts[category=mu].parking_ratiocap_at0.8 × base
base_districts[category=com].allowed_usesaddhotel_to_affordable_residential_conversion2024 amendments add an adaptive-reuse pathway permitting conversion of existing hotels/motels to affordable housing under Live Local provisions.
base_districts[category=mu].allowed_usesaddmixed_use_commercial_plus_affordable_residentialCommercial component permitted alongside affordable residential on qualifying sites.
base_districts[category=com].max_height_ftoverridecap_to_150_pct_of_tallest_allowed_residential_within_1_mile2024 amendments added adjacency-tempering: where a parcel abuts single-family residential, the Live Local height entitlement is capped at 150% of the tallest allowed residential zoning height within 1 mile (replacing the raw floor).

Citation

Authority source
Florida SB 328 (2024) — amendments to Fla. Stat. §166.04151(7) and §125.01055(7)
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/328

Research notes

SB 328 refines SB 102 with mandatory parking reduction, hotel-conversion pathway, mixed-use clarification, ad valorem tax exemptions for qualifying units, and adjacency-tempering for single-family abutters. Parking reductions are parcel-conditional on transit proximity.