Fla. Stat. 163.3197
Legal status of prior comprehensive plan

Where, prior to the adoption of a revised plan pursuant to s. 163.3167(2), a local government had adopted a comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, such adopted plan, or element or portion thereof, shall have such force and effect as it had at the date of adoption until a new comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, is adopted by or for such local government pursuant to the provisions of this act. The prior adopted plan, or element or portion thereof, may be the basis for meeting the requirement of comprehensive plan adoption set out in this act, provided all requirements of this act are met.

Source: Section 163.3197 — Legal status of prior comprehensive plan, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0163.­3197 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

163.325
Short title 163.2511
Urban infill and redevelopment 163.2514
Growth Policy Act 163.2517
Designation of urban infill and redevelopment area 163.2520
Economic incentives 163.3161
Short title 163.3162
Agricultural lands and practices 163.3163
Applications for development permits 163.3164
Community Planning Act 163.3167
Scope of act 163.3168
Planning innovations and technical assistance 163.3171
Areas of authority under this act 163.3174
Local planning agency 163.3175
Legislative findings on compatibility of development with military installations 163.3177
Required and optional elements of comprehensive plan 163.3178
Coastal management 163.3179
Family homestead 163.3180
Concurrency 163.3181
Public participation in the comprehensive planning process 163.3182
Transportation deficiencies 163.3184
Process for adoption of comprehensive plan or plan amendment 163.3187
Process for adoption of small scale comprehensive plan amendment 163.3191
Evaluation and appraisal of comprehensive plan 163.3194
Legal status of comprehensive plan 163.3197
Legal status of prior comprehensive plan 163.3201
Relationship of comprehensive plan to exercise of land development regulatory authority 163.3202
Land development regulations 163.3204
Cooperation by state and regional agencies 163.3205
Solar facility approval process 163.3206
Fuel terminals 163.3208
Substation approval process 163.3209
Electric transmission and distribution line right-of-way maintenance 163.3210
Natural gas resiliency and reliability infrastructure 163.3211
Conflict with other statutes 163.3213
Administrative review of land development regulations 163.3215
Standing to enforce local comprehensive plans through development orders 163.3217
Municipal overlay for municipal incorporation 163.3220
Short title 163.3221
Florida Local Government Development Agreement Act 163.3223
Applicability 163.3225
Public hearings 163.3227
Requirements of a development agreement 163.3229
Duration of a development agreement and relationship to local comprehensive plan 163.3231
Consistency with the comprehensive plan and land development regulations 163.3233
Local laws and policies governing a development agreement 163.3235
Periodic review of a development agreement 163.3237
Amendment or cancellation of a development agreement 163.3239
Recording and effectiveness of a development agreement 163.3241
Modification or revocation of a development agreement to comply with subsequently enacted state and federal law 163.3243
Enforcement 163.3245
Sector plans 163.3246
Local government comprehensive planning certification program 163.3248
Rural land stewardship areas 163.3251
Definitions 163.3252
Local manufacturing development program 163.3253
Coordinated manufacturing development approval process 163.31771
Accessory dwelling units 163.31777
Public schools interlocal agreement 163.31801
Impact fees 163.31802
Prohibited standards for security devices 163.32051
Floating solar facilities 163.32466
Readoption by ordinance of plan amendments adopted pursuant to former s

Current through Fall 2025

§ 163.3197. Legal status of prior comprehensive plan's source at flsenate​.gov