Related Practices
- Environmental & Land Use
- Community Development Districts
- Developments of Regional Impact
- Energy and Natural Resources
- Environmental
- Land Use & Zoning
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Our Government, Environmental & Land Practice Group provides expert legal advice on all aspects of development of regional impact review and approval including:
- Project development
- Pre-application procedures
- Application for development approval (ADA) preparation and review
- Negotiation of regional planning council report
- Negotiation of local government and state agency conditions
- DCA review and approval
- Appeals to the Governor and Cabinet
- NOPC and (e) 2 changes
- Biannual reports
Our work routinely includes preparation of all necessary development agreement or proportionate share agreements, development orders, and preparation and processing of any related comprehensive plan amendments and zoning approvals. We also have considerable experience and expertise in finance tools used for development infrastructure, and have created and represent a significant number of community development districts (CDDs).
The Fowler DRI team includes several former DCA attorneys. We are very knowledgeable and experienced regarding all aspects of DRI processing by DCA including obtaining clearance letters, and binding letters of vested rights (BLIVRs), modifications to vested rights (BLIMs), and determinations of DRI status (BLIDs).
Fowler White Boggs has been ranked as a top leading Florida law firm for Zoning/Land Use by Chambers USA for several consecutive years (2004-2008).
For a list of DRI's and CDD's that have been represented by the Government, Environmental, and Land Use Group, Click on the links.
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From Our Video Library
A Survival Guide for the Practitioner and the Practice Sector
Andrea Zelman, a shareholder in the firm's Environment and Land Use Practice Group, discusses a guide for the private sector practitioner.
Linda Shelley discusses a Brief History of Growth Management
Linda Shelley discusses how growth management policies and regulations in the Old World were base on the belief that growth was "Mathematical” and how the current economic and political enviroment is changing that perception.
Michael J. Ciccarone Discusses Laws, Policies, and Economics Going Forward.
Michael J. Ciccarone discusses the impact of changing economic realities in our New World and how they will drive changes to the development practices, land use policies and law at all levels of the government.
