SB 1730 - NYU Furman Center

State Land Use Enacted Legislation

Bill #	State	Year	Party	Topic
SB 1730	FL	2025	R	Affordable housing incentives and financing, By-right zoning, Commercial land, Density Increases, Enforcement, Faith-based organizations, Minimum parking requirements, Workforce Housing

Provided by Furman

Summary

Authorizes the board of county commissioners and the governing board of a municipality, respectively, to approve the development of housing that is affordable, including mixed-use residential, on any parcel owned by religious institutions.
Requires counties and municipalities to authorize multifamily and mixed-use residential as allowable uses in portions of flexibly zoned areas under certain circumstances.
Prohibits counties and municipalities from requiring that more than a specified percentage of a mixed-use residential project be used for certain purposes.
Revises the density, floor area ratio, or height below which counties and municipalities may not restrict certain developments.
Defines the term “highest currently allowed, or allowed on July 1, 2023.”
Revises the definition of the term “floor area ratio.”
Authorizes counties and municipalities to restrict the height of proposed developments on certain parcels with structures or buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Requires the administrative approval of certain proposed developments without further action by a quasi-judicial or administrative board or reviewing body under certain circumstances.
Defines the term “allowable density.”
Provides that it is the policy of the state to support housing for certain employees and to allow developers in receipt of certain tax credits and funds to create a specified preference for housing certain employees, etc.