Bill aims to open agricultural land to development

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  A bill currently working its way through the legislative process has the potential to open agricultural land in Florida to high-density cluster housing and multi-family apartments development, regardless of the local comprehensive plan. Senate Bill 1118, sponsored by Republican Senator Stan McClain, relates to land use and development regulations. The bill proposes to amend parts of Section 125.022 of Florida Statutes. Critics of the bill say it will allow all agricultural land in Florida to become high-density cluster housing and multi-family apartments. The critics say that while the lack of housing poses a crisis in the state, SB-1118 go