Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 163.3227 (2025)
Requirements of a development agreement.
✓ 2025 Florida Statutes — current through the 2025 Regular Session
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
FL-LEGleg.state.fl.us
JustiaFla. Statutes
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
163.3227 Requirements of a development agreement.—
(1) A development agreement shall include the following:
(a) A legal description of the land subject to the agreement, and the names of its legal and equitable owners;
(b) The duration of the agreement;
(c) The development uses permitted on the land, including population densities, and building intensities and height;
(d) A description of public facilities that will service the development, including who shall provide such facilities; the date any new facilities, if needed, will be constructed; and a schedule to assure public facilities are available concurrent with the impacts of the development;
(e) A description of any reservation or dedication of land for public purposes;
(f) A description of all local development permits approved or needed to be approved for the development of the land;
(g) A finding that the development permitted or proposed is consistent with the local government’s comprehensive plan and land development regulations;
(h) A description of any conditions, terms, restrictions, or other requirements determined to be necessary by the local government for the public health, safety, or welfare of its citizens; and
(i) A statement indicating that the failure of the agreement to address a particular permit, condition, term, or restriction shall not relieve the developer of the necessity of complying with the law governing said permitting requirements, conditions, term, or restriction.
(2) A development agreement may provide that the entire development or any phase thereof be commenced or completed within a specific period of time.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2002–2006 · leading case: Morgran Co. Inc. v. Orange Cnty., 818 So. 2d 640 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).
Morgran Co. Inc. v. Orange Cnty., 818 So. 2d 640 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002). “§ 163.3227(1)(h), Fla. Stat. (1999). The problem in this case lies with Orange County's obligation to "support" Morgran's request for rezoning, as part of that development agreement.”
Matthews v. City of Maitland, 923 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). “Petitioners also claimed that the order departs from the essential requirements of law because it violates existing requirements regarding streetscaping and parking, as well as the statutory requirements for approval of development orders under section 163.3227, Florida Statutes…”
— 163.3227(1)(h) — 1 case
Morgran Co. Inc. v. Orange Cnty., 818 So. 2d 640 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002). “§ 163.3227(1)(h), Fla. Stat. (1999). The problem in this case lies with Orange County's obligation to "support" Morgran's request for rezoning, as part of that development agreement.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.