Resolution 2025-33705 RESOLUTION NO. Z02533705
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING FLORIDA
GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS TO VETO SENATE BILL 780
(2025), RELATING TO STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY
PLANNING AND RESPONSE ACTIVITIES, DUE TO THE BROAD
PROHIBITION IN THE BILL ON THE PROPOSAL OR ADOPTION
BY A CITY OR COUNTY OF ANY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENT, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION, OR
PROCEDURE CONCERNING A SITE PLAN, DEVELOPMENT
PERMIT, OR DEVELOPMENT ORDER THAT IS MORE
RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT WAS ALLOWED BY THE CITY OR
COUNTY AS OF AUGUST 1, 2024, WHICH PROHIBITION WILL
UNNECESSARILY LIMIT THE CITY'S HOME RULE AUTHORITY
AND RESTRICT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ADOPT LAND-USE
LEGISLATION THAT PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY,
WELFARE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTS,
BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS; AND, FURTHER, DIRECTING
THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMITA COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION
TO THE GOVERNOR.
WHEREAS, during the 2025 Legislative Session, the Flonda Legislature adopted
Senate Bill 180, which includes various changes to sta[e laws goveming emergency
preparation and response activities of state and local governments; and
WHEREAS, SB 180 is intended to improve the ability of state and local
governments to plan for and respond to natural disasters including hurricanes; and
WHEREAS, SB 180 was amended prior to adoption to provide that each
municipality in a county listed in the Federal Disaster Declarations for Hurricane Debby,
Hurricane Helene, and Hurricane Milton "may not propose or adopt more restrictive or
burdensome amendments to its comprehensive plan or land development regulations; or
propose or adopt more restrictive or burdensome procedures concerning review,
approval, or issuance of a site plan, development permit, or development order, to the
extent that those terms are defned by s. 163.3164, Florida Statutes, before October 1,
2027"; and
WHEREAS, the bill also provides that "any such . . . restrictive or burdensome
comprehensive plan amendment, land development regulation, or procedure shall be null
and void ab initio," and that"[t]his subsection applies retroactively to August 1, 2024"; and
WHEREAS. all counties in Florida, including Miami-Dade County, were listed in
the Federal Disaster Declarations for Hurricanes Debby, Helene, or Milton, all of which
struck Florida in 2024; and
WHEREAS, the bill therefore broadly prevents all local govemments in Florida,
until Odober 1, 2027, from adopting any comprehensive plan or land development
regulation amendment, or procedure conceming a site plan, development permit, or
development order, that is at all more restrictive than the requirements in effect prior to
August 1, 2024; and
WHEREAS, if signed into law, SB 180 could invalidate a number of comprehensive
plan and land development regulation amendments adopted by the City Commission
since August 1, 2024; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the one-time preemption between August 1, 2024, and
October 1, 2027, the bill also provides that any city or county located within 100 miles of
the track of a storm declared to be a hurricane shall be prohibited, for a period of 1 year
after the hurricane makes landfall, from adopting certain development moratoria, a "more
restrictive or burdensome amendment to its comprehensive plan or land development
regulations," or a "more restrictive or burdensome procedure concerning review,
approval, or issuance of a site plan, development permit, or development order . . . ."�, and
WHEREAS, these amendments to SB 180 will restrict the City from enforcing or
enacting comprehensive plan and land development regulation amendments that are
intended to promote public safety, make development more resilient, and protect
residents' quality of life; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association has urged
Govemor DesaMis to veto SB 180 on the basis that "changes to land use regulations
have been utilized in planning practices during storm recovery to improve resiliency and
reduce the nsk of repetitive losses"; the bill will "create a continuous means of delaying
needed improvements to regulations that will help ensure the protection of life and
property, as well as lower the risks that dnve up insurance costs, as communities rebuild";
and that it "indiscriminately impedes local govemment planning in all counties and
municipalities for three years"; and
WHEREAS, 1000 Friends of Fbrida has also urged Governor Desantis to veto SB
180, noting that it would "nullify local efforts to adopt land-use changes to promote greater
community resilience, to protect lives, property and public dollars from future storms"; and
WHEREAS, notwi[hstanding the important policy changes in SB �80 that are
intended to promote disaster preparation and recovery, SB 180 unnecessarily limits the
City's home rule authonty and restricts �he City's ability to adopt land-use legislation that
promotes the health, safety, welfare, and quality of life of the City's residents, businesses,
and visitors.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby urge Flonda Governor Ron Desantis to veto Senate Bill 180 (2025),
relating to state and local emergency planning and response activities, due to the broad
prohibition in the bill on the proposal or adoption by a city or county of any comprehensive
plan amendment, land development regulation, or procedure conceming a site plan,
development pertnit. or developmenl order that is more restrictive than what was allowed
by the city or county as of August 1, 2024, which prohibition will unnecessarily limit the
City's home rule authority and restrict the City's ability to adopt land-use legislation that
promotes Ihe health, safety, welfare, and quality of life ofthe City's residents, businesses,
and visitors; direct the City Manager to authorize the City's state legislative affairs staff
and consWtants to advocate, on behalf of the City's residents, for a vero; and, further,
direct the City Clerk to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Govemor.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 21st day of May 025.
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June 4, 2025
Honorable Governor Ron DeSantis
The Capitol
400 S Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Dear Honorable Governor DeSantis,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 202533705:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS TO
VETO SENATE BILL 180 (2025), RELATING TO STATE AND LOCAL
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND RESPONSE ACTIVITIES, DUE TO THE BROAD
PROHIBITION IN THE BILL ON THE PROPOSAL OR ADOPTION BY A CITY OR
COUNTY OF ANY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATION, OR PROCEDURE CONCERNING A SITE
PLAN, DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, OR DEVELOPMENT ORDER THAT IS MORE
RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT WAS ALLOWED BY THE CITY OR COUNTY AS OF
AUGUST 1, 2024, WHICH PROHIBITION WILL UNNECESSARILY LIMIT THE
CITY'S HOME RULE AUTHORITY AND RESTRICT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO
ADOPT LAND-USE LEGISLATION THAT PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY,
WELFARE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTS,
BUSINESSES,AND VISITORS; AND, FURTHER, DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK
TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE GOVERNOR.
(Sponsored by Commissioner Alex J. Femandez)
This Resolution was passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami
Beach on May 21, 2025.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
c: Commissioner Alex J. Fernandez