City-Wide Moratorium information

UPDATE:

     Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 180 on June 26th, 2025. Senate Bill 180, Emergencies, prohibits municipalities from proposing or adopting any moratorium on construction, reconstruction, or redevelopment of any property damaged by such hurricanes. The law additionally prohibits municipalities from proposing or adopting more restrictive or burdensome amendments to its comprehensive plan or land development regulations. In addition, the law prohibits proposals or adoption of more restrictive or burdensome procedures concerning the review, approval, or issuance of a site plan, development permit, or development orders before October 1st, 2027. The law is retroactive to August 1st, 2024. Senate Bill 180 requires a municipality to prepare a notice for any adopted laws that may conflict with its provisions and repeal said laws.

     The City of Edgewater hereby declares its intent to repeal Ordinance No. 2025-O-06 and Ordinance No. 2024-O-62. The City of Edgewater finds Ordinance No. 2025-O-06 and Ordinance No. 2024-O-62 null and void. The two ordinances will be considered before the Planning and Zoning Board on July 9th, 2025 and then before City Council for a first reading on July 21st, 2025 and a second reading on August 4th, 2025.

     On April 21, 2025, City Council approved the modification of the Building Permit Moratorium to a No-Fill Moratorium. For more information please visit the City Council agenda page and the City Council Meeting Video. The full ordinance can be found below labeled Amended City Wide Building Moratorium- 2025-O-06.

     On March 17, 2025, City Council benched the discussion of the Building Permit Moratorium modification until a later City Council meeting.  For more information please watch the City Council Workshop.
     On January 27, 2025, City Council discussed the possibility of changing the Building Permit Moratorium.  For more information please watch the City Council Workshop.

Date: January 7, 2025

Edgewater, Florida – The City Council held a workshop on November 7, 2024 to discuss a possible moratorium for the City of Edgewater.  Council members came to a consensus regarding two moratoriums that could run concurrently for a period of up to one year. Two draft moratorium ordinances were drafted and reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Board at their November 13, 2024 meeting.  First readings of both ordinances were approved at the December 2, 2024 City Council meeting. The second readings of both the Florida Shores Drainage Basin Moratorium and the City-Wide Moratorium were approved at the January 6, 2025 City Council meeting.

One of the ordinances is the Florida Shores Drainage Basin Moratorium.  While the proposed one-year moratorium is in effect, the city will not accept, process, or approve any building permit which would increase impervious surface within the Florida Shores Drainage Basin. Example of impervious surfaces can include:

• New single-family homes
• Additions
• Detached garages
• Sheds
• Pools
• Driveways
• Patios

Building permits that are related to storm damage or those that have already been submitted prior to the effective date of the Ordinance will not be included in this moratorium. 

This Florida Shores Drainage Basin Moratorium will provide time for the city to review the impacts of Hurricane Ian and the storm event on September 14, 2024. During the temporary moratorium the city will repair, maintain, and improve ditches, canals, and other stormwater systems while the city awaits the completion of the master stormwater plan to make new improvements. The report is anticipated to be completed by December of 2025.

The second moratorium will be City wide.  It will be imposed on the consideration of annexations, rezoning’s, comprehensive plan amendments, site plans, preliminary plats, and final plats. Commercial and Industrial zoned parcels within the Ridgewood Corridor and Park Avenue Corridor are excluded from the City wide Moratorium. While this temporary moratorium is in effect, the City will not accept, process, or approve any new applications for annexations, rezoning’s, comprehensive plan amendments, site plans, preliminary plats, or final plats from any applicants who received entitlements more than six months prior to the effective date of the moratorium and who does not have an application submitted.

Applications submitted prior to the effective date of this Ordinance will be allowed to complete the development process if an applicant had received approval for an annexation, rezoning, and / or comprehensive plan amendment within the last six months prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, said applicant shall have the right to submit a site plan and / or a preliminary plat and subsequently a final plat. If an applicant has submitted for a preliminary plat prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, said applicant shall be allowed during the moratorium to submit for final plat.

During the duration of these moratoriums, the following tasks will be accomplished:

• Entire Land Development Code update
• Entire Comprehensive Plan update
• Stormwater Code update
• Stormwater maintenance activities
• Delivery of Stormwater Master Plan by outside consultant
• Stormwater Impact Fee ordinance
• Housing Impact Fee ordinance