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Florida Statute 163.358 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 163.358 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 163.358 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
163.358 Exercise of powers in carrying out community redevelopment and related activities.Each county and municipality has all powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part, including those powers granted under s. 163.370. A county or municipality may delegate such powers to a community redevelopment agency created under s. 163.356, except the following, which continue to vest in the governing body of the county or municipality:
(1) The power to determine an area to be a slum or blighted area, or combination thereof; to designate such area as appropriate for community redevelopment; and to hold any public hearings required with respect thereto.
(2) The power to grant final approval to community redevelopment plans and modifications thereof.
(3) The power to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds as set forth in s. 163.385.
(4) The power to approve the acquisition, demolition, removal, or disposal of property as provided in s. 163.370(4) and the power to assume the responsibility to bear loss as provided in s. 163.370(4).
(5) The power to approve the development of community policing innovations.
(6) The power of eminent domain.
History.s. 2, ch. 77-391; s. 70, ch. 81-259; s. 7, ch. 84-356; s. 34, ch. 91-45; s. 5, ch. 98-314; s. 9, ch. 2006-11.

Cases Citing F.S. 163.358

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·79 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 330, 74 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 45,728, 75 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 45,728 Shari L. Lyes v. City of Riviera Beach, Florida, Cinthia Becton, 166 F.3d 1332 (11th Cir. 1999).

Cited 98 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...(West 1990 & Supp.1999). With the exception of certain enumerated powers, they are granted "all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of [the community redevelopment agency legislation]...." Fla. Stat. Ann. § 163.358 (West 1990 & Supp.1999)....
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Declined to follow(citing case) (2006)
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Cited as authorityKane (2025)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2024)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·State v. Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency, 392 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 1980).

Cited 46 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...ent project, and hold public hearings on these matters; (2) finally approve redevelopment plans; (3) authorize the issuance of bonds; and (4) approve the acquisition, demolition, removal, or disposal of property and assume responsibility for losses. § 163.358....
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Cited "but see"Ago (2007)
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Cited "but see"Cooke (1996)
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Cited "but see"Cooke (1996)
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·75 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 758, 11 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 686 Shari L. Lyes v. City of Riviera Beach, Florida, Cinthia Becton, Marge Confrey, Bruce Guyton, Bertha Orange, Barbara Rodriguez, Individually & in Their Off. Capacities as Members of the Riviera Beach City Council, City of Riviera Beach, Florida, Neil Crilly, Individually & in His Off. Capacity as Exec. Dir. of the City of Riviera Beach Cmty. Redevelopment Agency, City of Riviera Beach Cmty. Redevelopment Agency, 126 F.3d 1380 (11th Cir. 1997).

Cited 24 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...First, the entities share control over redevelopment matters; the redevelopment agency is granted the "powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions" of Florida's Community Redevelopment Act, subject to certain enumerated powers of the governing body. Id. §§ 163.358, 163.370....
...Lyes by Smith on a City form, listing the CRA as a department of the City. Further, Lyes directs us to the Florida statutes that divide redevelopment responsibilities between municipal governments and redevelopment authorities. See Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 163.358 , 163.370....
...Accordingly, the CRA receives two-thirds of its budget from City taxes. Lyes also points out that the City made an interest-free loan to the CRA, and we take notice of the Florida statutes permitting the City to provide further funds to the CRA. See Fla. Stat. Ann. § 163.358 (3) (governing body may authorize issuance of revenue bonds for redevelopment activities); id....
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Distinguished(citing case) (1999)
phrase: "distinguishing"
DistinguishedLyes (1999)
phrase: "distinguishing"
DistinguishedLyes (1997)
phrase: "distinguishing"
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·Key West Harbour Dev. Corp. v. City Of Key West, 987 F.2d 723 (11th Cir. 1993).

Cited 31 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 6751

...The redevelopment agency then has the "powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions" of the Act; however, the county or municipality retains the power of final approval of the community redevelopment plan and modifications thereof. § 163.358....
...Striton Properties, 533 So.2d at 1178 . Moreover, the court found that neither the agreement nor the parties' interactions leading up to the agreement could divest the City of its exclusive power to grant final approval of the community redevelopment plan pursuant to section 163.358....
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Cited as authorityBradsheer (2009)
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Cited as authority(citing case) (1993)
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Cited as authority(citing case) (1993)
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·Lyes v. City of Riviera Beach, 166 F.3d 1332 (11th Cir. 1999).

Cited 9 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 2333, 74 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45, 728, 79 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 330

...(West 1990 & Supp.1999). With the exception of certain enumerated powers, they are granted “all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of [the community redevelopment agency legislation]_” Fla. Stat. Ann. § 163.358 (West 1990 & Supp....
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Limited(citing case) (2009)
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Cited as authorityWiggins (2025)
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Cited as authorityTHOMAS (2025)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·City of Parker v. State, 992 So. 2d 171 (Fla. 2008).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2008 WL 4240235

..."When the statute is clear and unambiguous, courts will not look behind the statute's plain language for legislative intent or resort to rules of statutory construction to ascertain intent." Daniels v. Fla. Dep't of Health, 898 So.2d 61, 64 (Fla.2005). Here, the statute is clear and unambiguous. Section 163.358, Florida Statutes (2006), of the Community Redevelopment Act provides that " [e]ach county and municipality has all powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part." (Emphasis added.) One of the "provisions of this part" is section 163.387, Florida Statutes (2006), authorizing the use of tax increment financing to fund community redevelopment. Section 163.358 does not limit the exercise of power to carry out this provision of the Community Redevelopment Act only to those counties and municipalities that levy ad valorem taxes. In addition to the general statement in section 163.358, the Community Redevelopment Act lists the discrete steps a county or municipality must undertake to employ tax increment financing under the Act, and no step requires that Parker levy ad valorem taxes....
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2022)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2022)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2022)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Striton Props., Inc. v. City of Jacksonville Beach, 533 So. 2d 1174 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1988 WL 92998

...the purposes and provisions" of the Act; however, certain powers are specifically reserved to the governing body of the county or municipality, including the "power to grant final approval to community redevelopment plans and modifications thereof." § 163.358, Fla....
...nvenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions" of the Act, "[t]he power to grant final approval to community redevelopment plans and modifications thereof" is expressly reserved to the governing body of the county or municipality. § 163.358, Fla....
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2022)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2018)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (1996)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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Circa Ltd. v. City Of Miami, 79 F.3d 1057 (11th Cir. 1996).

Cited 9 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 6954

...the local government itself. Fla.Stat. §§ 163.356, 163.357. The agency has the power to carry out the purposes of the CRA, but the local government itself retains the ultimate authority for approving and modifying the redevelopment plan. Fla.Stat. § 163.358(2)....
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·Circa Ltd. v. City of Miami, 79 F.3d 1057 (11th Cir. 1996).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1996 WL 132003

...e local government itself. Fla. Stat. §§ 163.356 , 163.357. The agency has the power to carry out the purposes of the CRA, but the local government itself retains the ultimate authority for approving and modifying the redevelopment plan. Fla.Stat. § 163.358(2)....
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2021)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityRiebsame (2003)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2002)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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Key West Harbour Dev. Corp. v. City of Key West, 738 F. Supp. 1390 (S.D. Fla. 1990).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7232, 1990 WL 78108

...Defendant Sawyer was, at all relevant times, the Mayor of the City of Key West; defendants Halloran, Lewis and Weekley were members of the City Commission. Defendants claim that they had legislative power, as the City Commission, to rescind the redevelopment plan, see Fla. Stat. § 163.358 (1989); the relevant statutory section provides: the municipality's governing body shall continue to have "[t]he power to determine an area ......
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·Key West Harbour Dev. Corp. v. City of Key West, 987 F.2d 723 (11th Cir. 1993).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...The redevelopment agency then has the “powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions” of the Act; however, the county or municipality retains the power of final approval of the community redevelopment plan and modifications thereof. § 163.358....
...Striton Properties, 533 So.2d at 1178 . Moreover, the court found that neither the agreement nor the parties’ interactions leading up to the agreement could divest the City of its exclusive power to grant final approval of the community redevelopment plan pursuant to section 163.358....
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Cited as authority(citing case) (1997)
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Cited as authorityReaves (1996)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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Lyes v. City of Riviera Beach, FL (11th Cir. 1997).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...1999). With the exception of certain enumerated powers, they are granted “all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of [the community redevelopment agency legislation] . . . .” Fla. Stat. Ann. § 163.358 (West 1990 & Supp....
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Lyes v. City of Riviera Beach, FL (11th Cir. 1997).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...(West 1990 & Supp.1999). With the exception of certain enumerated powers, they are granted "all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of [the community redevelopment agency legislation]...." Fla. Stat. Ann. § 163.358 (West 1990 & Supp.1999)....
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Lyes v. City of Riviera Beach, FL, 126 F.3d 1380 (11th Cir. 1997).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 75 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 758, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 30370

...§ entities share control over redevelopment matters; the redevelopment agency is granted the "powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions" of Florida's Community Redevelopment Act, subject to certain enumerated powers of the governing body. Id. §§ 163.358, 163.370....
...s by Smith on a City form, listing the CRA as a department of the City. Further, Lyes directs us to the Florida statutes that divide redevelopment responsibilities between municipal governments and redevelopment authorities. See Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 163.358, 163.370....
...Accordingly, the CRA receives two-thirds of its budget from City taxes. Lyes also points out that the City made an interest-free loan to the CRA, and we take notice of the Florida statutes permitting the City to provide further funds to the CRA. See Fla. Stat. Ann. § 163.358(3) (governing body may authorize issuance of revenue bonds for redevelopment activities); id....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1986).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

real property as provided by the statute. Section 163.358, F.S., provides that the community redevelopment
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1995).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

1 Section 163.356(1), Fla. Stat. (1993). 2 Section 163.358, Fla. Stat. (1993). See also, s. 163.370(3)

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