What changes a site plan in Florida
Five Florida conditions change how a site plan is drawn or approved. Each one rests on a state statute, rule or code section, so it applies before any county or city code is read.
The deadline belongs to the applicant once the file is complete. SB 1080 (ch. 2025-177) rewrote F.S. 166.033 for cities and F.S. 125.022 for counties, and a local government now decides a development permit or order within 120 days after the application is deemed complete, or 180 days when a quasi-judicial or public hearing is required [1, 5]. A late decision refunds up to 100% of the fee, and the jurisdiction must put its minimum submittal information in writing (166.033(1)), which is the list a Florida plan set is built against [1].
A change of 15% restarts the clock. When the applicant changes density, intensity or square footage by 15% or more, the review period starts again (F.S. 166.033(2)) [1]. Yield is settled on the concept before filing, not traded during review [1].
Live Local sites are drawn to state numbers. The Live Local Act, F.S. 166.04151(7) with its county parallel in 125.01055(7), requires multifamily and mixed-use residential to be allowed in commercial, industrial and mixed-use zones where at least 40% of rental units stay affordable for 30 years, and approval is administrative [6]. SB 1730, in force from July 1, 2025, says such projects "shall be administratively approved" without quasi-judicial or administrative board review, bars density, FAR and height limits below what was allowed when the Act first took effect in 2023, and gives a 15% parking reduction near transit or available parking [7].
RV yield is capped per gross acre, statewide. Rule 64E-15.002(3) requires at least 1,200 sq ft for each RV space and says the density "shall not exceed 25 recreational vehicle units per acre of gross site" [2]. Gross acreage, not net, sets the state ceiling, and local rules bind well below it: a 2023 Lake County concept planned 159 lots on 27.71 gross acres, 5.73 per gross acre, against a county cap of 8.71 spaces per gross acre [2, 8].
South Florida is a separate wind and flood market. The High-Velocity Hurricane Zone of Florida Building Code Sec. 1620 covers Miami-Dade and Broward; the 7th Edition (2020) table gives Risk Category II design wind speeds of 175 mph and 170 mph there, and Sec. 1620.3 treats all buildings as Exposure Category C unless D applies [4, 9]. Miami-Dade Chapter 11C sets freeboard at the stricter of 1 ft above base flood elevation or the Florida Building Code minimum [10].
Approval layers: state, county and city
Comprehensive plan consistency under F.S. Chapter 163 controls county and city development orders, with the Department of Health, the water management districts and FDEP as state overlays [1]. Counties issue development permits and orders under F.S. 125.022 and cities under F.S. 166.033, and both terms carry their F.S. 163.3164 meanings and exclude building permits (166.033(6)) [1]. A city may not make a state or federal permit a condition of processing or issuing a development permit unless that agency has issued a final denial (166.033(7)), so the local, district and health tracks can run side by side [1].
| Layer | Who acts | What it decides for a site plan |
|---|---|---|
| State health | Department of Health, through Florida's 67 county health departments | Annual permits for RV parks and recreational camps under Chapter 513 and Rule 64E-15 [11] |
| State water | FDEP and the water management districts | Environmental Resource Permits under Rule 62-330.020(2); SWFWMD adds no district-specific thresholds, while SJRWMD (parts of Lake and Marion) has its own [3, 12, 13] |
| State lands | FDEP and the Board of Trustees | Sovereignty submerged lands leases for docks and marinas under Chapter 18-21 [14] |
| County | Board of county commissioners, planning commission, staff | Plan amendments, rezonings, conditional uses and site plans on unincorporated land, on the F.S. 125.022 clock [1] |
| City | Council, planning board, staff | The same decisions inside city limits, on the F.S. 166.033 clock [1] |
Polk County has no separate zoning map, and its staff describe Planned Developments as optional conditional uses inside the framework of the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map, so diligence starts with the parcel's land use district and its use table [15]. Hillsborough County Development Services covers all of unincorporated Hillsborough, with zoning first and site and subdivision engineering review after it [16]. The Consolidated City of Jacksonville applies a single zoning code, Chapter 656 [17].
Decision clocks under F.S. 166.033 and 125.022
The table is the 2025 text of F.S. 166.033 as rewritten by SB 1080, and F.S. 125.022 sets the same clock for counties [1, 5]. SB 1080 took effect October 1, 2025 [18].
| Step | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Confirm receipt of the application | 5 business days [1] |
| Completeness review | 30 days [1] |
| Applicant cure of deficiencies | 30 days [1] |
| Decision without a hearing | 120 days after the application is deemed complete [1] |
| Decision after a quasi-judicial or public hearing | 180 days after the application is deemed complete [1] |
| Clock restart | Applicant change of 15% or more in density, intensity or square footage [1] |
| Refunds | 10% for late completeness, 10% for a late re-review, 20% for a late second re-review, 50% for a decision within 30 days after the deadline, 100% at 31 days or more [1] |
Staff may request additional information no more than three times on an application certified by a professional listed in s. 403.0877, unless the applicant waives the limit (166.033(3)(a)) [1]. The timeframes do not apply in areas of critical state concern (F.S. 380.0552) [1]. County manuals run their own review cycles inside the state clock: Hillsborough's DRPM Sec. 4.1.5.1.2 gives reviewing agencies 20 working days and resubmittals 10, and it halves review time for green development, affordable housing and economic development projects [19].
Who prepares and seals what
The preliminary site plan is the unsealed first draft, and the client's engineer, architect and surveyor of record build the sealed set on it. The clock statute rewards an engineer-certified filing: 166.033(3) caps requests for more information at three for applications "certified by a professional listed in s. 403.0877" [1]. The Florida record shows where a concept drawing is enough and where a seal is required:
| Stage | Jurisdiction | What the record shows |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-application | Lee County | An informal meeting on a "conceptual plan"; no seal [20] |
| Preliminary site development plan | Hillsborough County | Optional and waivable, ahead of Site Development Construction Plans and the Site Development Plan and Natural Resources Permit (LDC Part 10.01.00) [21] |
| Conditional use | Polk County | Level 2 review means a site plan reviewed by the Development Review Committee; Level 3 adds a public hearing before the Planning Commission [22] |
| DOH plan for a new RV park | Statewide | Drawn to scale, with tract area and dimensions, space numbers, the location and size of every space, roadways and service buildings (64E-15.010(2)(c)) [2] |
| DOH plan for an existing park or a consolidation | Statewide | Dimensioned drawings that "do not have to be drawn to scale or completed by an engineer" (64E-15.010(2)(b), (d)) [2] |
| Development Order | Lee County | All plans "signed and sealed" (LDC 10-102), with the legal sketch and surveys by a Florida PSM [20] |
| Docks and shoreline | Lee County | Commercial work may need a development order and construction drawings sealed by a professional engineer or registered architect (LDC 26-45(c)) [23] |
The division of work in plain terms is set out in who prepares a site plan and preliminary versus final site plans, and the stages that accept a concept are collected in where unsealed site plans are accepted. For the architect question itself, see site plan architect.
Statewide overlays
| Overlay | Rule | What appears on the plan |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Resource Permit | Required for work in wetlands, more than 4,000 sq ft of vehicular impervious area, more than 9,000 sq ft of total impervious area, or impounding more than 40 acre-feet (Rule 62-330.020(2)) [3, 12] | Pond and treatment areas, wetland lines |
| ERP project area | More than 5 acres of project area (Rule 62-330.020(2)(d)) [3] | Disturbed area and phase lines |
| "10/2" self-certification | Only uplands under 10 acres in total and under 2 acres of impervious surface (F.S. 403.814(12)) [12, 13] | Whether the site leaves the self-certification lane |
| 2024 stormwater rule | Chapter 62-330 and the ERP Applicant's Handbook Volumes I and II amended effective June 28, 2024, with new water quality performance standards [12] | Larger treatment volumes than older sites carry |
| Conceptual ERP | A 20 year duration as long as construction of the first phase starts [24] | The full build-out drawn once and built in phases |
| High-Velocity Hurricane Zone | Miami-Dade and Broward; Risk Category II wind of 175 and 170 mph in the 7th Edition (2020) table; utility sheds resist at least 15 psf (Sec. 1620.5) [4, 9] | Elevations and envelope notes |
| Freeboard | Miami-Dade, stricter of 1 ft above BFE or the FBC minimum (Ch. 11C); City of Miami, BFE plus 1 ft (Ch. 20); Orange County, lowest floor at least 1 ft above BFE in special flood hazard areas (Sec. 34-250); Lee County, BFE plus 1 ft [10, 25, 26, 27] | Finished floor elevations |
| RVs in flood zones | FEMA: an RV in a Special Flood Hazard Area meets manufactured home elevation and anchoring unless it is on site fewer than 180 consecutive days or fully licensed and ready for highway use [28] | Where long-stay and park model sites go |
| Submerged lands | FDEP ERP plus a sovereignty submerged lands lease (Chapters 62-330 and 18-21); in Lee County the county approval comes first where a lease is required (LDC 26-45(b)(7)) [14, 23] | Riparian lines and dock footprint |
| Areas of critical state concern | The Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern in north Polk, where amendments affecting it require state review (Polk LDC Ch. 5) [15] | The overlay boundary |
Jurisdictions with verified records
Three counties have process and fee records verified from their own documents. The model projects carry the full approval paths: the RV park in Polk County, the express car wash in Hillsborough County and the marina with dry stack in Lee County.
| County | Path for a commercial site plan | Published fees |
|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough (unincorporated) | Zoning, then the optional preliminary plan, then Site Development Construction Plans, approved by the Development Review Committee [21, 19] | Construction Plan stage: site engineering review $172.66, inspections $170.03, utilities $232.24 and EPC $710, plus $1,500 for a stormwater master plan where it applies [29] |
| Polk (unincorporated) | Pre-application conference, then a conditional use under LDC Section 303, where Level 2 review includes a site plan reviewed by the Development Review Committee and Level 3 adds a Planning Commission hearing [30, 22] | Pre-application $250; Level 3 conditional use $4,023 plus $450 advertising; Level 4 review $4,086 plus $850; small-scale map amendment $4,008 plus $600 [30] |
| Lee (unincorporated) | Planned development rezoning, with the Hearing Examiner recommending and the Board of County Commissioners deciding, then a Development Order [31, 20] | Development Order $3,000 base plus $60 per acre; amendment $775; resubmittal $435, with the first one free [32] |
Polk's fee schedule carries an effective date of October 1, 2023 and doubles fees for applications that arise from a code violation [30]. Lee County puts the average planned development rezoning at 9 months, depending on how complete the application is when submitted [33].
Asset registries
| Asset | State rule | Numbers that shape the plan | Local layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| RV parks | A DOH permit is required to establish or maintain a park (F.S. 513.02), renewed annually; Form DH 4037 is filed at least 30 days before operations [34, 2] | 1,200 sq ft per RV space, 500 sq ft per tent space, 25 units per gross acre; a dump station per 100 spaces, or per 250 when more than half have sewer hookups; a fixture set per 25 non-self-contained spaces [2] | Polk's LDC Section 303 conditional use criteria for RV parks were rewritten by Ord. 2024-032 [35]; Lake caps parks at 8.71 spaces per gross acre [8] |
| RV park fees and geometry | Annual permit $4.00 per space, minimum $100, maximum $600 (64E-15.010(3)(d)); the statute allows $3.50 to $6.50 per space (F.S. 513.045) [2, 34] | Separation and boundary setback distances stay as set at initial approval by DOH and the local government (F.S. 513.1115) [34] | See RV park site plans in Florida |
| Campgrounds and glamping | Chapter 513 treats a campground, camping resort, RV resort, travel resort or travel park as an RV park [34]; an RV space holds one RV, one park model RV or one tent (64E-15.001(9)) [2] | The permit year runs October 1 to September 30; Brevard's late fee is $50 [36] | The vacation rental preemption (F.S. 509.032(7)(b)) covers vacation rentals, while campground units fall under Chapter 513 [37] |
| Car washes | ERP thresholds apply [3]; FDEP's closed-loop guide sends spent process water to a permitted wastewater treatment or pretreatment facility [38] | Pembroke Pines Sec. 155.508: 8 entrance and 3 exit stacking spaces for an automatic wash, 18 at the entrance for full service, and no tunnel opening facing adjacent residential property [39] | Jacksonville Sec. 656.401: at most 3 vacuum stations and frontage on a minor arterial or higher [40]; Hillsborough EPC Ch. 1-10: 60 dBA day and 55 dBA night at residential property, 55 dBA at 40 ft for pumps and compressors [41] |
| Fuel | FDEP Division of Waste Management, Rule 62-761 [42] | Tank registration $25 per tank due July 1; $50 initial registration [42] | Local zoning |
| Self storage and RV or boat storage | Set locally | Pompano Beach Sec. 155.4223: in B-4 and I-1, unit overhead doors hidden from adjacent streets and at least 30 percent glass treatment on each street-facing story above ground [43]; Jupiter Division 39: unit doors may not face abutting residential property [44] | Lake County renewed CUP-16-06-5 for Harbor Hills RV and Boat Storage for five years [45]; Jacksonville places personal property storage in CCG-2 under Part 4 standards [46] |
| Industrial outdoor storage | Set locally | Orange County PD industrial: outdoor storage only where it is totally screened from the right-of-way and adjacent properties (Sec. 38-1295) [47] | Local zoning |
| Marinas | FDEP ERP plus a sovereignty submerged lands lease; individual ERP fee $14,000 for a large marina; lease rent the greater of 6 percent of annual income, the base fee or the minimum fee (Rule 18-21.011) [48, 14] | Lee County counts every dry rack as a slip (LDC 26-41); 25 ft side setback for marina docks and 4 ft of depth at mean low water plus 1 ft of keel clearance (LDC 26-71) [23] | NFPA 303, 2021 edition, applies through the Florida Fire Prevention Code 8th Edition [49] |
| Hotels | Building code and local zoning | StudioRes, Jacksonville: 124 keys, 4 stories, 2.01 acres [50]; Fairfield by Marriott, St. Johns County: 103 keys, 4 stories, 61,117 sq ft on a 5 acre parcel [51] | Local zoning |
| Multifamily | Live Local, F.S. 166.04151(7): 40% of rental units affordable for 30 years, administrative approval [6] | 15% parking reduction where the transit or nearby-parking test is met [7] | Local zoning |
Law changes, 2023 to 2026
SB 1080 (2025), ch. 2025-177. It rewrote the F.S. 125.022 and 166.033 timeframes and refunds, in force from October 1, 2025 [1, 18].
SB 1730 (2025), the Live Local amendments. From July 1, 2025, PUDs are eligible, adjacent parcels may be included, religious institution parcels qualify, and the 15% parking reduction applies within 1/4 mile of a transit stop, 1/2 mile of a major transit hub, or where parking is available within 600 ft [7]. A law firm summary reports prevailing-party fees of up to $250,000 and an exclusion for the Wekiva Study Area (secondary) [52]. Parking is eliminated for mixed-use residential in a transit-oriented development area, per the Florida House analysis h0943z1 of June 26, 2025 [53]. Fort Myers Beach asks for a written analysis of which 166.04151(7) provisions apply, which local rules are claimed preempted, and the basis for any parking reduction [54]. Oakland Park says qualifying projects must be approved "without discretionary review by boards or commissions," while its design, stormwater and landscaping standards still apply [55].
SB 180 (2025), ch. 2025-190, under litigation. The law created s. 252.422, F.S.: for one year after a hurricane, an impacted local government (a county in a federal disaster declaration wholly or partly within 100 miles of the storm track, and its municipalities) may not adopt moratoria, more restrictive plan or land development amendments, or more restrictive or burdensome procedures for reviewing a site plan, development permit or development order, and it may not raise building permit or inspection fees for 180 days after a hurricane emergency declaration [56, 57]. It applies to actions on or after August 1, 2024 and was signed June 26, 2025 [58]. It is in court: on September 29, 2025, 25 local governments sued in Leon County Circuit Court, among them Orange and Manatee counties, and a second suit followed in October 2025 from 1000 Friends of Florida and an Orange County resident [59]. Orange County says the law "has effectively invalidated Vision 2050 in its entirety" [60].
Local restrictions since 2024. Cape Coral adopted a car wash moratorium (Ord. 16-24) on April 17, 2024, then replaced it on October 16, 2024 with Ord. 66-24, which created LDC Sec. 5.11.17 with "locational and enclosure requirements, residential adjacency" [61]. Pasco County's Ord. 24-42 made new car washes a conditional use and added design standards [62]. In Northeast Florida, Nassau County adopted Ordinance No. 2026-044 on June 8, 2026, a moratorium of up to 12 months on data center permits, rezonings and site plans, and Clay County voted on June 23, 2026 for a one-year moratorium on data center permitting; both sit in tension with SB 180, itself under legal challenge [63, 64].
Climate and site factors
- Health review reads the ground. The county health department evaluates each new park for environmental hazards, and park spaces must be graded so that drainage leaves no standing water under the unit (Rule 64E-15.002(1)(a)) [2].
- Floodplain RVs. FEMA treats an RV in a Special Flood Hazard Area as a manufactured home for elevation and anchoring unless it stays fewer than 180 consecutive days or is fully licensed and ready for highway use [28].
- Rebuild trigger. In Lee County, work at 50 percent or more of a structure's market value is a substantial improvement, and the rebuilt structure is elevated to BFE plus 1 ft [27].
- Hurricane planning at the marina. Lee County requires an Emergency Preparedness Plan for a marina before Development Order approval (LDC 10-154(21)) [20].
- Coastal High Hazard Area. Hillsborough rezoning reports flag the CHHA and the evacuation zone; the MM 24-0678 site sits entirely in the CHHA and Evacuation Zone A [65].
- State road access. Hillsborough staff found RZ STD 24-0862 "not supportable," in part because of FDOT comments on access to US Hwy 92 [66].
Proof points
- Haines Creek RV Village, Lake County (FLU-22-14-4, with RZ-22-30-4). 159 manufactured home, park model and RV lots (90 existing plus 69 new) and 15,000 sq ft of commercial on 27.71 gross acres, heard by the Planning and Zoning Board on April 5, 2023 and the Board of County Commissioners on May 2, 2023, and recorded as Ordinance 2023-21 in the Lake 2030 Comprehensive Plan amendment list [8]. The concept plan committed to 25 percent open space, a 50 ft wetland buffer, 25 ft Type B buffers, an RV impervious surface ratio of 0.75 and a 35 ft height, and 5.34 of the 27.71 acres were wetland [8].
- Barefoot Williams, Collier County (Ord. No. 2025-03). The subdistrict allows "11,000 square feet of gross floor area of commercial uses, of which a car wash may be 5,000 square feet" [67].
- Thornhill Road PD modification, Polk County (LDPD-2024-14). It changed LDPD-2018-48 from a 247-lot mobile home park to a 262-lot single-family subdivision, approved by the Planning Commission on November 6, 2024 [68].
- Growth. In the Census Vintage 2025 estimates, the Orlando metro added 37,690 residents from 2024 to 2025, 10th in the country; Pinellas County lost 11,834, the second largest county decline, and Miami-Dade lost 10,115, the third largest [69]. Hillsborough County grew 7.8% from 2020 to 2025 [70].
What the preliminary plan carries in Florida
A preliminary site plan from the studio is a detailed first draft of the project without the engineering layer: disposition, buildings and floor plans, internal roads and drive aisles, parking, pads, sites and units, and the yield, organized with a site data table. In Florida that table carries the rows state review reads first: gross acreage against the DOH density cap, vehicular and total impervious area against the ERP triggers, the parking count against any Live Local reduction, the flood zone and freeboard basis, and the HVHZ county where it applies [2, 3, 7, 10, 9].
Sewer and water design, grading, drainage and the ERP calculations are not included; they are produced and sealed by the client's engineer of record on top of the preliminary plan. The plan goes to the county or city at concept and pre-application, to a lender, and to a general contractor for pricing. The site plan consultant page explains how the studio works with the design team, and the RV sites per acre guide works through the density arithmetic.
Metro pages: Tampa, Orlando, Miami and Jacksonville. Florida asset pages: RV park site plans in Florida, car wash site plans in Florida and marina site plans in Florida. Neighboring state page: Georgia. All covered states are listed under service areas.
Frequently asked questions
How fast must a Florida city or county rule on my site plan?
Within 120 days after the application is deemed complete, or 180 days if a quasi-judicial or public hearing is required; F.S. 166.033(2) sets the city clock and F.S. 125.022 the county equivalent [1].
What happens if the city misses the deadline?
The government refunds part of the fee: 50% for a decision within 30 days after the deadline and 100% at 31 days or more late, with smaller refunds for late completeness and re-review (F.S. 166.033(4)) [1].
How often can staff ask for more information?
Three times on an application certified by a professional listed in s. 403.0877, unless the applicant waives the limit (F.S. 166.033(3)(a)) [1].
What restarts the review clock?
An applicant change of 15% or more in density, intensity or square footage (F.S. 166.033(2)) [1].
Can the city make me get my ERP first?
No. A city may not require a state or federal permit as a condition of processing a development permit unless the agency has issued a final denial (F.S. 166.033(7)) [1].
Do Live Local projects go to a board?
No. Under SB 1730, qualifying projects are administratively approved, without quasi-judicial or administrative board review [7].
What is the maximum RV park density in Florida?
25 RV units per gross acre, with at least 1,200 sq ft per RV space (Rule 64E-15.002(3)) [2].
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