What's New at DSEM?

As part of our continuing mission to bring you even better service, we'll be keeping this page updated with our latest news. From legal notices and announcements, to improvements and changes to the permitting process, you will hear it here first.

In order to better serve citizens, the Leon County Department of Development Support & Environmental Management (DSEM) has moved to the second floor of the Renaissance Center in Frenchtown, located at 435 N. Macomb St. The new location offers a “one-stop shop,” as Tallahassee-Leon County Planning and the City of Tallahassee Growth Management Departments are also located in the Renaissance Center.

Public Service Announcement:  Changes in the Assessment of State Mandated Surcharge Fees

Public Service Announcement:  Changes to Natural Gas Permitting Procedures in Unincorporated Leon County

Public Service Announcement:  Changes to the Permit Review Fee Assessment Methodology for Solar Installations

Recently Adopted Two-Track Site and Development Plan Review Process

Simulated Gambling Devices Notice
    Simulated Gambling Facility Permit Application Packet
    Simulated Gambling Devices Ordinance
 

On January 18, 2011, the Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution to continue to suspend fees for Environmental Management Permit extension requests through December 31, 2011.  This suspension of fee collection will provide a “bridge” to allow currently approved, but unbuilt, development projects to remain valid until the local/national economic situation improves.  If environmental permits were allowed to expire, the project’s underlying subdivision and/or site and development plan approval and concurrency determinations would also expire.  Reactivation of the project would require payment of all related fees and mitigation costs (PUV, land use approval, environmental permitting, and concurrency review/determination).   Therefore, the proposal could potentially save the developer/owner the money and time associated with the reactivation of expired approvals.  This also provides the developer/owner of an approved project the ability to maintain an exempt/vested status from compliance with state-mandated concurrency requirements, and the associated mitigation costs until the local/national economic situation improves.

Resolution Suspending the Fees Charged for the Extension of Previously Approved Environmental Management Permits (EEMP) through 12/31/2011