Florida Statutes Title XI. County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations § 125.022. Development permits

(1) When reviewing an application for a development permit that is certified by a professional listed in s. 403.0877, a county may not request additional information from the applicant more than three times, unless the applicant waives the limitation in writing.  Before a third request for additional information, the applicant must be offered a meeting to attempt to resolve outstanding issues.  Except as provided in subsection (4), if the applicant believes the request for additional information is not authorized by ordinance, rule, statute, or other legal authority, the county, at the applicant's request, shall proceed to process the application for approval or denial.

(2) When a county denies an application for a development permit, the county shall give written notice to the applicant.  The notice must include a citation to the applicable portions of an ordinance, rule, statute, or other legal authority for the denial of the permit.

(3) As used in this section, the term “development permit” has the same meaning as in s. 163.3164, but does not include building permits.

(4) For any development permit application filed with the county after July 1, 2012, a county may not require as a condition of processing or issuing a development permit that an applicant obtain a permit or approval from any state or federal agency unless the agency has issued a final agency action that denies the federal or state permit before the county action on the local development permit.

(5) Issuance of a development permit by a county does not in any way create any rights on the part of the applicant to obtain a permit from a state or federal agency and does not create any liability on the part of the county for issuance of the permit if the applicant fails to obtain requisite approvals or fulfill the obligations imposed by a state or federal agency or undertakes actions that result in a violation of state or federal law.  A county shall attach such a disclaimer to the issuance of a development permit and shall include a permit condition that all other applicable state or federal permits be obtained before commencement of the development.

(6) This section does not prohibit a county from providing information to an applicant regarding what other state or federal permits may apply.