TO: Indian River County Board of County Commissioners
THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator
THROUGH: Jennifer W. Shuler, County Attorney
FROM: Susan J. Prado, Deputy County Attorney
DATE: July 2, 2025
SUBJECT: Resolution Designating Planning Services as Administrative Authority overseeing plating process and Designating County Administrator as Administrative Official for Approval of Plats.
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BACKGROUND
Florida Statutes Chapter 177 provides rules for subdivision of land and plat creation for all local government bodies in the State of Florida. Under these rules all plats had to be approved by the local governing bodies where the land to be subdivided is located. During this last legislative session the Legislature proposed Senate Bill 784 which made some large amendments to the plating process in chapter 177. (A copy of SB 784 is attached hereto for reference.) On June 20, 2025, Governor Desantis signed Senate Bill 784 into law with an effective date of July 1, 2025. There are a few larger key factors that affect local governments, which the County will need to address via changes to its code of ordinances as well as via adoption of resolutions.
The first significant change is the time frame in which final plats/replats are to be reviewed. The time period was shrunk to seven (7) business days for final plats and replats. This change will require a future code amendment to bring our code consistent with the amended law as well as policy changes on how the plating process will need to be handled by the County moving forward.
The next significant change is removing the approval of final plats and replats from local governing bodies and making the approval process purely administrative. This requires the local governing body to designate either via ordinance or resolution an administrative officer to approve, approve with conditions, or deny a final plat or rep...
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