Florida Statute 166.0497 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

166.0497 Alteration, amendment, or expansion of established downtown development district; procedures.—

(1) Whenever the governing body of a municipality that has created a downtown development district pursuant to chapter 65-1090, Laws of Florida, determines that it is necessary to alter, amend, or expand the boundaries of the established district by the inclusion of additional territory or the exclusion of lands from the limits of the established district, in order to revitalize and preserve property values or to prevent deterioration in the original district or its surrounding areas, it shall, by resolution, declare its intention to do so.

(2) In the resolution of intent, the governing body shall set a date for a public hearing on adoption of an ordinance altering, amending, or expanding the district and describing the new proposed district. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the governing body shall cause a notice of the public hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the municipality, which notice shall be published one time not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date of the hearing. The notice shall set forth the date, time, and place of the hearing and shall describe the new proposed boundaries of the district. Any citizen, taxpayer, or property owner shall have the right to be heard in opposition to the proposed amendment or expansion of the district. After the public hearing, if the governing body intends to proceed with the amendment or expansion of the district, it shall, in the manner authorized by law, adopt an ordinance defining the new district. The governing body shall not incorporate land into the district not included in the description contained in the resolution and the notice of public hearing, but it may eliminate any lands from that description when it adopts the ordinance containing the final determination of the boundaries.

History.—s. 36, ch. 99-208.

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·Milan Inv. Grp., Inc. v. City of Miami, 50 So. 3d 662 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010).
Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 18004, 2010 WL 4740293
...ted business areas, halt further deterioration, and revitalize the central business districts of the larger cities where those conditions exist....” 2 Subsequent legislation in 1971 and 1999 renewed the authorization for such districts and enacted section 166.0497, Florida Statutes (2008) (establishing procedures for altering, amending, or expanding an existing district’s boundaries)....
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Milan Inv. Grp., Inc. v. City of Miami, 172 So. 3d 458 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015).
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 7997
...effective date of this act, subject to modification or repeal as are other ordinances.” 4 Legislature amended two statutes to update the underlying authority for the DDA. In 1999, the Legislature amended section 166.0497 of the Florida Statutes to allow the DDA’s governing body to “alter, amend or expand the boundaries” of the DDA....
...municipality. Existing legislation, passed subsequent to chapter 71-29, also supports the conclusion that the Florida Legislature did not intend to repeal the authority granted to the City to levy the one-half mill tax for DDA property. See § 166.0497, Fla....

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Cases Citing F.S. 166.0497

·Milan Inv. Grp., Inc. v. City of Miami, 50 So. 3d 662 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010).

Milan Inv. Grp., Inc. v. City of Miami, 172 So. 3d 458 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015).