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
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
Firm Announcements:
Amy McPherson Joins Land Development, Zoning & Environmental Group in Tampa as a Shareholder
September 2024
Land Development News Update, Publications:
What's Developing | Summer 2024
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|August 2024|Reggie L. Bouthillier, Fatou Calixte, Jacob T. Cremer, Susan L. Stephens, Erin J. Tilton, Felicia Kitzmiller
Publications:
Florida Attorney General’s Office Issues Informal Opinion Clarifying Zoning Districts that Qualify for Development under the Live Local Act
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|August 2024|Jacob T. Cremer, Nicole Neugebauer MacInnes, Brian J. McDonough
Firm Announcements:
Shareholder Patrice Boyes Joins Land Development, Zoning & Environmental Group in Tampa
August 2024
Events:
Florida Chamber 38th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School
July 2024