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Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 163
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS

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F.S. 163.04

163.04 Energy devices based on renewable resources.—

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or other provision of general or special law, the adoption of an ordinance by a governing body, as those terms are defined in this chapter, which prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources is expressly prohibited.

(2) A deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or similar binding agreement may not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources from being installed on buildings erected on the lots or parcels covered by the deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or binding agreement. A property owner may not be denied permission to install solar collectors or other energy devices by any entity granted the power or right in any deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or similar binding agreement to approve, forbid, control, or direct alteration of property with respect to residential dwellings and within the boundaries of a condominium unit. Such entity may determine the specific location where solar collectors may be installed on the roof within an orientation to the south or within 45° east or west of due south if such determination does not impair the effective operation of the solar collectors.

(3) In any litigation arising under the provisions of this section, the prevailing party shall be entitled to costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.

(4) The legislative intent in enacting these provisions is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by encouraging the development and use of renewable resources in order to conserve and protect the value of land, buildings, and resources by preventing the adoption of measures which will have the ultimate effect, however unintended, of driving the costs of owning and operating commercial or residential property beyond the capacity of private owners to maintain. This section shall not apply to patio railings in condominiums, cooperatives, or apartments.

History.—s. 8, ch. 80-163; s. 1, ch. 92-89; s. 14, ch. 93-249; s. 1, ch. 2008-191; s. 3, ch. 2008-227.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 163.04

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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 163.04.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 163.04

Total Results: 16

TKH COASTAL PROPERTY INVESTMENTS, LLC vs TALCOR GROUP, INC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-08-25T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: boundaries of Florida’s district courts. See Ch. 2022-163, § 4, Laws of Fla. The basis of this appeal involves

In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.235

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2023-01-22T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(d). 163, § 4, Laws of Fla. As of January 1, 2023, the Sixth

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-08.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-05-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 244 So. 3d 157

Snippet: separate verdict for each defendant. *163 4. Verdict form for multiple counts, multiple defendants

ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL Re RIGHTS OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS REGARDING SOLAR ENERGY CHOICE. Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re Rights of Electricity Consumers Regarding Solar Energy Choice (FIS)

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-03-31T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 188 So. 3d 822

Snippet: generate electricity for their own use.” See, e.g., § 163.04, Fla. Stat. (2015) (limiting the power of local

Sorrentino v. River Run Condominium Ass'n

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-03-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 925 So. 2d 1060

Snippet: pursuant to section 163.04. The court concluded that pursuant to section 163.04, an Association could…constitutionality of section 163.04; the applicability of section 163.04 to the skylights; the proper …make an award pursuant to sections 718.303, and 163.04(3), as well as provision 18.2 of the Declaration…were solar collectors and that pursuant to section 163.04 they did not need the Board's approval to …enclosed a copy of the statute. It provides in part: 163.04. Energy devices based on renewable resources. (

Florida Senate v. Fl. Public Emp. Council 79

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2001-04-18T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 784 So. 2d 404

Snippet: 216.163(4) addressed the Governor's duties in collective bargaining impasses. See § 216.163(4), Fla… of Florida and all parties pursuant to ss. 216.163(4) and 447.403, F.S." Although section 447.403… the collective bargaining process, section 216.163(4), Florida Statutes (2000), does not; it addresses

Taylor v. Ridge at the Bluffs Homeowner's Ass'n

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-05-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 579 So. 2d 895

Snippet: approval requirements. Section 163.04, Florida Statutes (1987), provides: 163.04 Energy devices based on renewable…the trial court's determination that section 163.04, Florida Statutes (1987), was inapplicable to a…partial summary judgment on the ground that section 163.-04, Florida Statutes (1987), was inapplicable to appellee…judgment upon that single issue, saying: 1. Section 163.04, Florida Statutes (1987), does not prohibit the

State v. Glenn

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1990-02-14T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 558 So. 2d 4

Snippet: prior decisions are grounded." 515 So.2d at 163.[4] We stated further that "we believe, that

Green v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-12-27T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 539 So. 2d 484

Snippet: DCA 1987). In Franklin v. State, 526 So.2d 159, 163-4 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988) the court held that a defendant

City of Ormond Beach v. State Ex Rel. Del Marco

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-01-18T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 426 So. 2d 1029

Snippet: trial court concluded that: *1031 (a) Section 163.04, Florida Statutes (1981),[3] was applicable and…touch upon. The City first contends that section 163.04, Florida Statutes, cannot operate against a board…legislative intent is clearly expressed in section 163.04, when it says: "... The legislative intent…statute. We agree with the trial court that section 163.04 applies here. We also agree with the trial court…was to attempt to save electricity." Section 163.04 eliminates the need to prove a hardship as a basis

Dependable Ins. Co., Inc. v. Landers

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-09-29T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 421 So. 2d 175

Snippet: one hundred sixty-three dollars four cents ($4,163.04) on the contract. I Dependable's Right to

Welborn v. American Liberty Insurance Company

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1972-03-27T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 260 So. 2d 229

Snippet: Corporation, Inc. v. Gregory (Fla. 1970), 237 So.2d 163. [4] National Indemnity Company v. Donald (Fla.App

Kaplan v. Phoenix of Hartford Insurance Company

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1968-11-25T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 215 So. 2d 893

Snippet: Insurance § 4331, pp. 211-12; Note, 32 Mo.L.Rev. 159, 163-4 (1967); Note, 40 N.C.L.Rev. 138 (1961). *895 At

Southern Realty & Util. Corp. v. Belmont Mtg. Corp.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1966-04-19T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 186 So. 2d 24

Snippet: Mitchell v. Mason, 1918, 75 Fla. 679, 79 So. 163. [4] 1905, 50 Fla. 570, 39 So. 995. [5] Macfarlane

Liquor Store v. Continental Distilling Corp.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1949-04-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 40 So. 2d 371, 1949 Fla. LEXIS 1373

Snippet: P.2d 177; Ely Lilly Co. v. Saunders, 216 N.C. 163, 4 S.E.2d 528, 125 A.L.R. 1308, and Annotations on

State ex rel. Boyd v. Deal

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1888-06-14T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 24 Fla. 293

Snippet: adopted by the two houses referred to.. Cooley C. L., 163-4. The question presented for decision is whether