Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H399: Land Use and Development Regulations
Status: Chaptered, March 30, 2026
Requires amount of application fees associated with development permits or orders to reasonably relate to certain costs; requires public schools interlocal agreements to address reasonable access to certain public easements & public rights-of-way; requires local governments to administratively approve applications for minor special exceptions or variances submitted by large destination resorts that meet certain requirements ; requires local government comprehensive plans & land development regulations to include factors for assessing compatibility of certain residential uses; requires land development regulations to incorporate measures for mitigating or minimizing potential incompatibility; prohibits residential manufactured buildings from being denied a building permit for placement on certain lots; requires housing units located on a mobile home lot to be taxed in a specified manner and be subject to payments to a specified fund; requires off-site constructed residential dwellings to be permitted as of right in certain zoning districts; requires local government regulations to be reasonable and uniformly enforced.
What the bill says
An act relating to land use and development regulations; amending ss. 125.022 and 166.033, F.S.; requiring the amount of application fees associated with development permits or orders to reasonably relate to certain costs; requiring such fees to be published on the county's or municipality's fee schedule, respectively; prohibiting such fees from being based on certain costs or valuations; amending s. 163.31777, F.S.; requiring public schools interlocal agreements to address reasonable access to certain public easements and public rights-of-way; creating s. 163.31803, F.S.…
From the engrossed text, March 16, 2026:
An act relating to land use and development regulations; amending ss. 125.022 and 166.033, F.S.; requiring the amount of application fees associated with development permits or orders to reasonably relate to certain costs; requiring such fees to be published on the county's or municipality's fee schedule, respectively; prohibiting such fees from being based on certain costs or valuations; amending s. 163.31777, F.S.; requiring public schools interlocal agreements to address reasonable access to certain public easements and public rights-of-way; creating s. 163.31803, F.S.; providing legislative intent; defining the term "large destination resort"; requiring local governments to administratively approve applications for minor special exceptions or variances submitted by large destination resorts that meet certain requirements; defining the term "minor special exception or variance"; providing for the expiration of specified provisions; creating s. 163.31804, F.S.; prohibiting the conditioning of a local government permit or other approval for a facility that processes compost on a specified requirement; authorizing a local government to require certain landowners to supply certain turnouts; CS/CS/CS/HB 399, Engrossed 2 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb399 -05-e2 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES prohibiting a local government from requiring the purchase of additional property for a specified purpose; prohibiting local governments from revoking existing permits for such facilities under certain circumstances; amending s. 163.3194, F.S.; requiring local government …