Florida Senate - 2024 SB 386



By Senator Osgood





32-00313B-24 2024386__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to affordable housing parking
3 requirements; amending ss. 125.01055 and 166.04151,
4 F.S.; requiring counties and municipalities,
5 respectively, to reduce parking requirements for
6 certain developments if they are located within a
7 specified distance of a major transportation hub;
8 defining the term “major transportation hub”;
9 providing an effective date.
10
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Present paragraphs (e) through (i) of subsection
14 (7) of section 125.01055, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
15 paragraphs (f) through (j), respectively, and a new paragraph
16 (e) is added to that subsection, to read:
17 125.01055 Affordable housing.—
18 (7)
19 (e) A county must reduce parking requirements for a
20 proposed development authorized under this subsection if at
21 least 75 percent of the residential units in the proposed
22 development are, for a period of at least 30 years, affordable
23 as defined in s. 420.0004; the development is located within
24 one-half mile of a major transportation hub; and the major
25 transportation hub is accessible from the development. For
26 purposes of this paragraph, the term “major transportation hub”
27 means any bus, train, or light rail station that contains mixed
28 use development and multimodal transportation fully integrated
29 within such station.
30 Section 2. Present paragraphs (e) through (i) of subsection
31 (7) of section 166.04151, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
32 paragraphs (f) through (j), respectively, and a new paragraph
33 (e) is added to that subsection, to read:
34 166.04151 Affordable housing.—
35 (7)
36 (e) A municipality must reduce parking requirements for a
37 proposed development authorized under this subsection if at
38 least 75 percent of the residential units in the proposed
39 development are, for a period of at least 30 years, affordable
40 as defined in s. 420.0004; the development is located within
41 one-half mile of a major transportation hub; and the major
42 transportation hub is accessible from the development. For
43 purposes of this paragraph, the term “major transportation hub”
44 means any bus, train, or light rail station that contains mixed
45 use development and multimodal transportation fully integrated
46 within such station.
47 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.