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Florida Statute 163.3197 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 163.3197 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 163.3197 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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.
History.s. 13, ch. 75-257; s. 12, ch. 85-55.

Cases Citing F.S. 163.3197

Fla. Stat. § 163.3197 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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·Franklin Cnty. v. Leisure Props., Ltd., 430 So. 2d 475 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).

Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...The summary judgment on Count III invalidated the moratoria as unauthorized by statute, lacking in procedural compliance with the applicable statutes, and unreasonable. We disagree with the trial court that the moratoria were unauthorized by statute, because section 163.3197, Florida Statutes, in our view does not prevent a local government from enacting a moratorium *481 while it is adopting a new comprehensive plan pursuant to the Local Government Comprehensive Planning Act....
...A local government may be confronted with the need to amend its current plan prior to the adoption of a new plan in order to prevent the establishment of undesirable construction which would be inconsistent with the goals of the new plan. Nothing in section 163.3197 prohibits such an amendment....
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2022)
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Cited as authorityCoffield (2009)
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Cited as authorityLyon (2000)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Gardens Country Club, Inc. v. Palm Beach Cnty., 712 So. 2d 398 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 113568

...lication for rezoning and special exception was in compliance with existing regulations." (Emphasis added). Id. at 489-90. The trial court entered judgment in favor of the County, but this court reversed, holding that ordinance 89-10 conflicted with section 163.3197, Florida Statutes (1989), which provides that an existing comprehensive plan shall continue to have the same force and effect that it had on the date of its adoption until the local government adopts a new revised comprehensive plan, pursuant to the Local Government Comprehensive Planning Act....
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2017)
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Cited as authorityBennett (2015)
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Cited as authorityEisenberg (2014)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Gardens Country Club, Inc. v. PALM BEACH CTY., 590 So. 2d 488 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1991 WL 254555

...portion thereof, and the land development regulations are inconsistent, the provisions of the most recently adopted comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, shall govern any action taken in regard to an application for a development order. Section 163.3197, Florida Statutes (1989), also expressly provides that where, prior to the adoption of a revised plan, a local government has adopted a comprehensive plan, that plan shall have such force and effect as it had at the date of its adopt...
...1983): A local government may be confronted with the need to amend its current plan prior to the adoption of a new plan in order to prevent the establishment of undesirable construction which would be inconsistent with the goals of the new plan. Nothing in section 163.3197 prohibits such an amendment....
...lution of April 6, 1989, directing staff to defer any application not consistent with the contemplated 1989 Comprehensive Plan. Furthermore, ordinance 89-10 was ineffective as a zoning ordinance to the extent that it conflicts with the provisions of section 163.3197, a state statute....
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Cited as authorityLake (2021)
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2012)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2012)
phrase: "rule_authority"

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