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:
Florida Chamber 38th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School
July 2024
Firm Announcements:
Felicia Kitzmiller Selected President-Elect of Tallahassee Women Lawyers
July 2024
In the Media:
Report: Revision to ‘Live Local Act’ reduces stock of affordable/workforce housing in FL
Florida Phoenix|June 2024
Firm Announcements:
35 Stearns Weaver Miller Lawyers and 11 Practice Areas Ranked In Chambers USA 2024
June 2024
Land Development News Update, Publications:
What's Developing | Spring 2024
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|May 2024|Reggie L. Bouthillier, Nicole Neugebauer MacInnes, Marco T. Paredes, Jr., Simone L. Savino, Robert J. Walters
In the Media:
St. Pete plaza could become 304-unit housing development
St. Pete Catalyst|May 2024
In the Media:
TradeWinds Resort gets green light to expand
Spectrum News|April 2024
Land Development News Update, Publications:
Federal Court Says “No” to A Stay: Florida’s CWA Section 404 Permitting Program Remains Wholly Vacated
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|April 2024|Felicia Kitzmiller, Amelia A. Savage, Susan L. Stephens