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Florida Statute 718.507 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 718.507 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 718.507 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
718.507 Zoning and building laws, ordinances, and regulations.All laws, ordinances, and regulations concerning buildings or zoning shall be construed and applied with reference to the nature and use of such property, without regard to the form of ownership. No law, ordinance, or regulation shall establish any requirement concerning the use, location, placement, or construction of buildings or other improvements which are, or may thereafter be, subjected to the condominium form of ownership, unless such requirement shall be equally applicable to all buildings and improvements of the same kind not then, or thereafter to be, subjected to the condominium form of ownership. This section does not apply if the owner in fee of any land enters into and records a covenant that existing improvements or improvements to be constructed shall not be converted to the condominium form of residential ownership prior to 5 years after the later of the date of the covenant or completion date of the improvements. Such covenant shall be entered into with the governing body of the municipality in which the land is located or, if the land is not located in a municipality, with the governing body of the county in which the land is located.
History.s. 1, ch. 76-222; s. 6, ch. 80-3.

Cases Citing F.S. 718.507

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·City of Miami Beach v. Rocio Corp., 404 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).

Cited 103 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...Every condominium created and existing in this state shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. § 718.102(1), (2), Fla. Stat. (1979). Nowhere, either in its statements of purpose or other provisions, does chapter 718 expressly preempt [5] the subject to the state. [6] Appellees argue that section 718.507, which prohibits laws concerning use, location, placement and construction of buildings, subject to the condominium form of ownership, preempts the subject....
...Do the ordinances in question conflict with state law? The final judgment permanently enjoining the enforcement of the subject ordinances specified that conflict existed between the ordinances and sections 718.105, 718.107, 718.402, 718.501, 718.502, 718.503, 718.504, and 718.507 of the Condominium Act....
...80-2197, § 3 (as disclosure requirements prior amended) prohibits sale or to sale. conversion for 90 days. G. Section 718.504 regulates the Ordinance No. 80-2197, § 3 (as prospectus or offering circular. amended) prohibits sale or conversion for 90 days. H. Section 718.507 prohibits any Ordinance No....
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·Bennett M. Lifter v. METRO. DADE CTY., 482 So. 2d 479 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...rector is erroneous. Further, § 718.502(4), Fla. Stat., does not provide that developers need not meet other requirements, only that they need not file the same documents twice with the state. "Plaintiffs contend that Ordinance 84-46 conflicts with § 718.507, Fla....
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Orange West, Ltd. v. City of Winter Garden, 528 So. 2d 84 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1609, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 2910, 1988 WL 68505

...estiture of title is improper. The City responds by asserting that the local subdivision ordinances were applicable to condominiums, that equitable estoppel is inappropriate, and that the relief granted by the court was proper. Orange West relies on section 718.507, Florida Statutes (1985) in support of its argument that the state has preempted the condominium regulation field from the municipalities and therefore, only compliance with the condominium statute plat requirements is required. Section 718.507 provides: 718.507 Zoning and building laws, ordinances, and regulations....
...ng body of the county in which the land is located. The language contained in section 718.-507 cannot be interpreted to mean that municipal regulations do not apply to condominiums. The Third District rejected a similar preemption argument, based on section 718.507, noting that: the language of that section when read as a whole ......

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