Question For The Floridians (move, community, buildings)

[mhoward48]

Hi,
You have a beautiful state! I have heard from many here how proud you guys are, and love it there. I lived in Florida as a very young girl,( I am In my mid 50's now).

I want to move back soon, and was wondering about how Florida determines if they should allow a new development or not? Do you as voters have a say so at any time?

Has the voters ever been able to prevent something like a new golf course from being put in? I was just curious, as I know a lot of you would like to put a stop to too much over development. I wondered if maybe you guys already had stopped some over-delvelopment as voters?

Thanks
Max

[daniellefort]

I don't think we get to vote on developments. What usually seems to happen is someone wants to buy up the land to build some kind of development whether is be buildings or a golf course and what i see happens is the community surrounding that area just comes together and petitions it until they finally win or not win. It would be so much easier to just have a vote yes or no from the surrounding areas but that doesn't happen. Usually it ends up being a long drawn our court battle with petitioners rallying during the county/city meetings regarding the possible development. I'm sure this has helped to stop some developers from their plans though.

[mhoward48]

Thank you Daniel,

I was curious as to how that got done.

Appreciate it
Max

[Dave_n_Tenn]

Originally Posted by daniellefort

I don't think we get to vote on developments. What usually seems to happen is someone wants to buy up the land to build some kind of development whether is be buildings or a golf course and what i see happens is the community surrounding that area just comes together and petitions it until they finally win or not win. It would be so much easier to just have a vote yes or no from the surrounding areas but that doesn't happen. Usually it ends up being a long drawn our court battle with petitioners rallying during the county/city meetings regarding the possible development. I'm sure this has helped to stop some developers from their plans though.

Each county has a "Comprehensive Development Plan". If the development meets the criteria... then the development must be allowed by law. People can still object and take it to court. Not every possible circumstance is addressed in the "plan" so there is always some area's of contention... but generally speaking ... there is a plan... the developers must follow the plan... and there is public meetings for input from the citizens.