Legislation that would override local zoning rules to expedite dense housing on contaminated land in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties just advanced through its first House Committee.
Members of the House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee voted 13-2 for the measure (HB 979), which would force local governments to allow owners of environmentally contaminated properties abutting residential land to redevelop their parcels under nearby zoning standards.
Hialeah Republican Rep. David Borrero, the bill’s sponsor, said the change would address two pressing issues in Florida…