Overview
Our land use and zoning attorneys work to effectively determine and achieve a client’s desired outcome and assist our clients in navigating the complex zoning and land use regulations. Our clients include developers, landowners, purchasers, property managers, financial institutions, and investors with all aspects of development or redevelopment of property throughout the State of Florida. We offer a full range of legal services relating to land use, including due diligence review, applications for rezoning, special permits, variances, comprehensive plan amendments, platting, transfer of development rights, and every kind of transaction related to land use, including easement agreements and restrictive covenants. We take pride in cost-effectively obtaining the necessary approvals from municipal, county and state agencies. We also offer guidance through Florida’s unique growth management system, which provides state and regional oversight over large-scale planning mechanisms, such as developments of regional impact (DRIs), Areas of Critical State Concern, rural land stewardship, and sector plans.
- Land Use/Zoning
- Affordable Housing
- Air Rights
- Annexation
- Certificate of Use/Occupancy
- Community Redevelopment Areas
- Comprehensive Plans/Amendment Applications
- Development Agreements
- Economic Development Tax Incentives
- Evaluation & Appraisal Reports
- Historic Preservation
- Land Development Regulations
- Military Base Compatibility (AICUZ)
- Right of Way Vacations
- Site Plans/Local Development Orders
- Special Uses
- Subdivisions/Platting
- Transfer of Development Rights/Purchasable Development Rights
- Transportation Impact Fee Negotiations
- Variances/Special Exceptions
- Zoning/Land Development Code Amendment Applications
- Large Scale Planning/State Regulation
- Areas of Critical State Concern
- Developments of Regional Impact
- New Towns
- Rural Land Stewardship
- Sector Planning
- Special Area Planning
- Master Planned Communities
- Infrastructure Development Mitigation
- Capital Front End Agreements
- Community Development Districts
- Concurrency
- Feasibility Analysis
- Impact Fees/Exactions
- Special Districts
- Tax Increment Financing
- Water & Sewer Agreements
- Land Use Transactions and Acquisition Support
- Access/Parking Agreements
- Allocation Agreements
- Due Diligence
- Easement Agreements
- Site Selection
- Restrictive Covenants
- Land Exchanges
Events:
Navigating Change: The Vacatur of Florida’s 404 Program and the Evolving Definition of Waters of the United States
University of Florida Public Interest Environmental Conference |February 2025|Susan L. Stephens
Land Development News Update, Publications:
What's Developing | Winter 2025
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2025|Carl Eldred, Nicholas M. Sanders
Firm Announcements:
Stearns Weaver Miller Expands its Land Development, Zoning & Environmental Group with New Director of Planning and Development Services
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2025
In the Media:
Tampa temple says selling off property for condos is crucial for survival
January 2025
Affordable Housing News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications:
Live Local Act “Missing Middle” Ad Valorem Tax Applications Due December 19, 2024
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|December 2024|Nicole Neugebauer MacInnes, Brian J. McDonough
Land Development News Update, Publications:
What's Developing | Fall 2024
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|November 2024|Jeffrey A. Collier, Jacob T. Cremer, Felicia Kitzmiller, Erin J. Tilton
Events:
The Live Local Act: The Legislature's Attempt to Kick-Start Large Scale Affordable Housing Projects
Florida Bar, City, County and Local Government Law Section |November 2024|Nicole Neugebauer MacInnes
In the Media:
Tampa developer plans first-of-its-kind project in Wimauma
Tampa Bay Business Journal|September 2024