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Permanent Reassignment of Development Rights Application For Water and Wastewater Utility Availability Assessment
Availability Assessment
In accordance with the Assessment Ordinance, Chapter 86 of the Citrus County Code of Ordinances,
Citrus County, Florida has established a Utility Availability Assessment for water and wastewater
availability and maintenance services within the unincorporated areas of the county, as adopted
September 10, 2019, effective October 1, 2019 and future fiscal years.
The assessment for each vacant parcel of property is based on the total number of ERPs attributed
to that parcel. An “ERP” or “Equivalent Residential Property/Parcel” is defined in the Assessment
Ordinance as the unit or criteria utilized to determine the assessment for each parcel of property,
as set forth in the initial assessment resolution.
The Board of County Commissioners (Board) realizes that there are instances where a property owner
may own more than one lot of record, but utilizes the adjoining lot or multiple lots as a single
property. It is the intent of the Board to recognize such properties at a reduced number of ERP’s
provided there are sufficient safeguards to assure that the properties will not be separated at a
future date into their individual components and further developed into additional building lots.
Pursuant to Administrative Regulation (AR) 11.10-1, and for assessment purposes only, property
owner(s) of multiple adjoining residential lots that are under the same ownership can permanently
surrender future development rights and be recognized for a reduced number of ERP’s through a
formal assignment of development rights to the County by applying for Permanent Reassignment of
Development Rights (DVR). A property owner may be eligible for a reassignment of development
rights provided the following conditions are met:
1. The applicant will not be developing the properties individually.
2. The subject properties share common boundaries.
3. The subject properties are under the same ownership.
4. There is only one residential unit on the subject properties.
5. A properly completed application, with all required documentation and a
non-refundable fee to
cover processing costs shall be submitted to Citrus County Staff no later than end of business day
on May 14, 2021.
6. Requests pertaining to non-residential and other unique lots of record will be
reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Please note that this recognition is “NON REVOCABLE” and is binding on all successive owners.