720.404
Eligible communities; requirements for revival of declaration.
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720.404 Eligible communities; requirements for revival of declaration.—Parcel owners in a community are eligible to seek approval from the Department of Commerce to revive a declaration of covenants under this act if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) All parcels to be governed by the revived declaration must have been once governed by a previous declaration that has ceased to govern some or all of the parcels in the community;
(2) The revived declaration must be approved in the manner provided in s. 720.405(6); and
(3) The revived declaration may not contain covenants that are more restrictive on the parcel owners than the covenants contained in the previous declaration, except that the declaration may:
(a) Have an effective term of longer duration than the term of the previous declaration;
(b) Omit restrictions contained in the previous declaration;
(c) Govern fewer than all of the parcels governed by the previous declaration;
(d) Provide for amendments to the declaration and other governing documents; and
(e) Contain provisions required by this chapter for new declarations that were not contained in the previous declaration.
History.—s. 12, ch. 2004-345; s. 8, ch. 2004-353; s. 438, ch. 2011-142; s. 13, ch. 2018-55; s. 235, ch. 2024-6.
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Cited in 1
case, 2019–2019 · leading case: EASTWOOD SHORES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
EASTWOOD SHORES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (2019)
“Section 720.404 provides that "[p]arcel owners in a community are eligible to seek approval from the [Department] to revive a declaration of covenants" if the statutory requirements are met.”
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