Florida Statute 380.031 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXVIII
NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION, RECLAMATION, AND USE

Chapter 380
LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT

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F.S. 380.031

380.031 Definitions.—As used in this chapter:

(1) “Administration commission” or “commission” means the Governor and the Cabinet; and for purposes of this chapter the commission shall act on a simple majority.

(2) “Developer” means any person, including a governmental agency, undertaking any development as defined in this chapter.

(3) “Development order” means any order granting, denying, or granting with conditions an application for a development permit.

(4) “Development permit” includes any building permit, zoning permit, plat approval, or rezoning, certification, variance, or other action having the effect of permitting development as defined in this chapter.

(5) “Downtown development authority” means a local governmental agency established under part III of chapter 163 or created with similar powers and responsibilities by special act for the purpose of planning, coordinating, and assisting in the implementation, revitalization, and redevelopment of a specific downtown area of a city.

(6) “Governmental agency” means:

(a) The United States or any department, commission, agency, or other instrumentality thereof;

(b) This state or any department, commission, agency, or other instrumentality thereof;

(c) Any local government, as defined in this chapter, or any department, commission, agency, or other instrumentality thereof;

(d) Any school board or other special district, authority, or other governmental entity.

(7) “Land” means the earth, water, and air above, below, or on the surface, and includes any improvements or structures customarily regarded as land.

(8) “Land development regulations” include local zoning, subdivision, building, and other regulations controlling the development of land.

(9) “Land use” means the development that has occurred on land.

(10) “Local comprehensive plan” means any or all local comprehensive plans or elements or portions thereof prepared, adopted, or amended pursuant to the Community Planning Act, as amended.

(11) “Local government” means any county or municipality and, where relevant, any joint airport zoning board.

(12) “Major public facility” means any publicly owned facility of more than local significance.

(13) “Parcel of land” means any quantity of land capable of being described with such definiteness that its location and boundaries may be established, which is designated by its owner or developer as land to be used or developed as a unit or which has been used or developed as a unit.

(14) “Person” means an individual, corporation, governmental agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal entity.

(15) “Regional planning agency” means the agency designated by the state land planning agency to exercise responsibilities under this chapter in a particular region of the state.

(16) “Rule” means a rule adopted under chapter 120.

(17) “State land development plan” means a comprehensive statewide plan or any portion thereof setting forth state land development policies. Such plan shall not have any legal effect until enacted by general law or the Legislature confers express rulemaking authority on the state land planning agency to adopt such plan by rule for specific application.

(18) “State land planning agency” means the Department of Commerce and may be referred to in this part as the “department.”

(19) “Structure” means anything constructed, installed, or portable, the use of which requires a location on a parcel of land. It includes a movable structure while it is located on land which can be used for housing, business, commercial, agricultural, or office purposes either temporarily or permanently. “Structure” also includes fences, billboards, swimming pools, poles, pipelines, transmission lines, tracks, and advertising signs.

(20) “Resource planning and management committee” or “committee” means a committee appointed pursuant to s. 380.045.

History.—s. 3, ch. 72-317; s. 1, ch. 79-73; s. 1, ch. 80-313; s. 1, ch. 83-308; s. 41, ch. 85-55; s. 32, ch. 98-176; s. 53, ch. 2011-139; s. 257, ch. 2011-142; s. 120, ch. 2024-6.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 380.031

Total Results: 20

Keith Howard, The Howard Company etc. v. Roger Murray and K&H Development etc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-11-08

Citation: 184 So. 3d 1155

Snippet: any development as defined in this chapter.” § 380,031(2), Fla. Stat. (2015). "The terrn ‘development’

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2011-06-16

Snippet: for purposes of unemployment compensation); s. 380.031(6), Fla. Stat. ("Governmental agency" for purposes

Keene v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-10-30

Citation: 22 So. 3d 665, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 16130, 2009 WL 3485968

Snippet: pertaining to "Land and Water Management.” Section 380.031 defines a "Development Order” to be "any order

Shands v. City of Marathon

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-12-31

Citation: 999 So. 2d 718, 2008 WL 5412069

Snippet: regulations controlling the development of land. § 380.031(8), Fla. Stat. (2003). [12] Penn Central Transp

Bush v. Schiavo

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-09-23

Citation: 885 So. 2d 321, 2004 WL 2109983

Snippet: `major public facility' which is defined in Section 380.031(10), or any `major public investment,' which is

Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway v. AGWS

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-06-23

Citation: 640 So. 2d 54

Snippet: recording; and no development permits, as defined in s. 380.031(4), shall be granted by any governmental entity

Department of Transp. v. Weisenfeld

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-03-26

Citation: 617 So. 2d 1071, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 3309, 1993 WL 87246

Snippet: recording; and no development permits, as defined in s. 380.031(4), shall be granted by any governmental entity

Tampa-Hillsborough County v. AGWS

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-09-23

Citation: 608 So. 2d 52, 1992 WL 235303

Snippet: recording; and no development permits, as defined in s. 380.031(4), shall be granted by any governmental entity

State v. Leavins

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-05-11

Citation: 599 So. 2d 1326

Snippet: petroleum products, in a specified area; creating ss. 380.31, 380.32, and 380.33, F.S.; establishing the Coastal

Ridgewood Properties, Inc. v. Department of Community Affairs

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-03-27

Citation: 595 So. 2d 1101, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 3313, 1992 WL 57149

Snippet: COWART and DIAMANTIS, JJ., concur. . Section 380.031(4), Florida Statutes (1989) defines the term "development

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1991-07-11

Snippet: is the Department of Community Affairs. See, s. 380.031(18), F.S. 25 Cf., s. 380.06(7)(b), F.S. (1990 Supp

Joint Ventures, Inc. v. Dept. of Transp.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-04-26

Citation: 563 So. 2d 622, 15 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 246, 1990 Fla. LEXIS 588, 1990 WL 55937

Snippet: recording; and no development permits, as defined in s. 380.031(4),[[3]] shall be granted by any governmental entity

Almon v. Enterprise Leasing Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-01-13

Citation: 537 So. 2d 1046, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 189, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 188, 1989 WL 2058

Snippet: Carter v. Baby Dy-Dee Service, Inc., 159 Fla. 380, 31 So.2d 400 (1947). This court addressed these principles

Joint Ventures, Inc. v. Dept. of Transp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-01-29

Citation: 519 So. 2d 1069, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 289, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 402, 1988 WL 6398

Snippet: granting development permits, as defined in Section 380.031(4), Florida Statutes,[1] in areas where roads are

Cabrera v. Department of Community Affairs

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-03-05

Citation: 465 So. 2d 547, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 556, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 12608

Snippet: administrative hearing on the appeal. Section 380.031, Florida Statutes (1981), provides in pertinent

Windley Key v. State, Dept. of Com. Affairs

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-06-26

Citation: 456 So. 2d 489

Snippet: intent. NOTES [1] "Person" is defined in Section 380.031(14), Florida Statutes (1983) as "an individual

Caloosa Prop. Owners Ass'n v. Palm Beach County Bd.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-03-31

Citation: 429 So. 2d 1260

Snippet: transportation, water, sewer and solid waste disposal. §§ 380.031(13), 380.06(11)(a) 1.-6., Florida Statutes. [3]

Seminole County v. Mertz

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-05-26

Citation: 415 So. 2d 1286

Snippet: that the evidence was properly excluded. Section 380.031(4), Florida Statutes (1981), defines "developer"

Manatee County v. Estech Gen. Chem. Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-08-05

Citation: 402 So. 2d 1251

Snippet: relevant portions of that chapter are as follows: 380.031 Definitions. As used in this chapter: ... . (2)

Estuary Properties, Inc. v. Askew

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-12-17

Citation: 381 So. 2d 1126

Snippet: agency" to which those provisions apply. (F.S. 380.031(5))[4] The requirement that the Adjudicatory Commission