§ 30-84. Subdivision regulations.

(a)

Subdivision regulations adopted by the board of county commissioners, or any amendments to such subdivision regulations, may provide:

(1)

Requirements for general information concerning existing conditions and proposed developments as a prerequisite to the approval of subdivision plans or plats. This information may include data on existing covenants, land characteristics, community facilities and utilities and information describing the subdivision proposal, including maps and reports presenting the number of residential lots, typical lot width and depth, price range, business areas, playgrounds, park areas and other open areas, proposed protective covenants and proposed utilities, drainage and street improvements.

(2)

For proper density of population and intensity of use and the lengths, widths and shapes of blocks and lots.

(3)

That streets in proposed subdivisions, including streets bordering on proposed subdivisions, shall be of specified widths and grades and so located as to accommodate prospective traffic to serve proposed subdivisions adequately, afford adequate light and air, and facilitate fire protection and provide access of firefighting equipment to buildings.

(4)

That such streets be properly arranged, coordinated and integrated with existing or planned streets, roads or highways.

(5)

That adequate easements or rights-of-way shall be provided for drainage and all utilities.

(6)

That the layout and design of proposed subdivisions shall conform to the comprehensive plan of the county planning and zoning commission for the area and to measures adopted to implement the comprehensive plan.

(7)

The dedication or reservation of land for streets.

(8)

The extent to which grounds which are to be used for public purposes other than streets shall be dedicated or reserved as a condition precedent to approval of any subdivision or plat.

(9)

That such parks, playgrounds, sites for public building or other areas designated for public use shall be of suitable size and location for their designated uses.

(10)

The conditions prerequisite to subdivision and development of lands subject to seasonal or periodic flooding, including tidal flooding.

(11)

The manner in which and the extent to which streets, sidewalks, water, sewer and other utility connections or mains, piping and any other necessary physical improvements shall be installed, and the specifications therefor, as conditions precedent to final approval of the subdivision plan.

(12)

The requirements of covenants as a prerequisite to subdivision plan approval.

(13)

That sufficient and suitable monuments shall be placed to enable the survey of the subdivision or any part thereof to be retraced.

(14)

The numbering and naming of streets and the providing of street signs.

(b)

The regulations may further provide that the board of county commissioners shall not approve any subdivision plan or plat unless it finds after full consideration of all pertinent data that the subdivision can be served adequately and economically with such normal public facilities and services as are suitable in the circumstances of the particular case.

(c)

The board of county commissioners shall provide in the subdivision regulations adopted by it that the board of county commissioners shall not approve any subdivision plan or plat unless the land included within the subdivision is suitable for the various purposes proposed in the request for subdivision approval. In particular, the subdivision regulations shall prescribe that no subdivision plan will be approved unless all land intended for use as building sites can be used safely for building purposes, without danger from flood or other inundation or from adverse soil or foundation conditions or from any other menace to health, safety or public welfare.

(d)

Subdivision regulations may require as a prerequisite to the approval of subdivision plan that:

(1)

All improvements shall be installed in accord with the provisions of the subdivision regulations or amendments thereto, or

(2)

A surety bond executed by the company authorized to do business in the state that is satisfactory to the board of county commissioners, payable to the county in sufficient amount to assure the completion of all required improvements and providing for and securing to the public the actual construction and installation of such improvements within a period required by the board of county commissioners and expressed in the bond. The board of county commissioners is hereby granted the power to enforce such bonds by resort to legal and equitable remedies. As an alternative to the provision of a surety bond such regulations may also provide for the deposit of cash in an escrow account whereby the board of county commissioners or its agent is put in an assured position to provide the required improvements.

(Code 1965, § 32-36; Laws of Fla. ch. 65-2015, § 6)