Fla. Stat. § 163.3201

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163.3201 Relationship of comprehensive plan to exercise of land development regulatory authority.

Official statutory text

It is the intent of this act that adopted comprehensive plans or elements thereof shall be implemented, in part, by the adoption and enforcement of appropriate local regulations on the development of lands and waters within an area. It is the intent of this act that the adoption and enforcement by a governing body of regulations for the development of land or the adoption and enforcement by a governing body of a land development code for an area shall be based on, be related to, and be a means of implementation for an adopted comprehensive plan as required by this act.

History: s. 14, ch. 75-257; s. 13, ch. 85-55.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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