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166.0497 Alteration, amendment, or expansion of established downtown development
district; procedures.—
(1) Whenever the governing body of a municipality that has created a downtown development
district pursuant to chapter 65-1090, Laws of Florida, determines that it is necessary to alter,
amend, or expand the boundaries of the established district by the inclusion of additional territory
or the exclusion of lands from the limits of the established district, in order to revitalize and
preserve property values or to prevent deterioration in the original district or its surrounding areas,
it shall, by resolution, declare its intention to do so.
(2) In the resolution of intent, the governing body shall set a date for a public hearing on
adoption of an ordinance altering, amending, or expanding the district and describing the new
proposed district. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the governing body shall cause a notice of
the public hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the
municipality, which notice shall be published one time not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
to the date of the hearing. The notice shall set forth the date, time, and place of the hearing and
shall describe the new proposed boundaries of the district. Any citizen, taxpayer, or property
owner shall have the right to be heard in opposition to the proposed amendment or expansion of
the district. After the public hearing, if the governing body intends to proceed with the
amendment or expansion of the district, it shall, in the manner authorized by law, adopt an
ordinance defining the new district. The governing body shall not incorporate land into the district
not included in the description contained in the resolution and the notice of public hearing, but it
may eliminate any lands from that description when it adopts the ordinance containing the final
determination of the boundaries.
History.—s. 36, ch. 99-208.