City of Key West and the Florida Keys Areas

The Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern designation includes the municipalities of Islamorada, Marathon, Layton and Key Colony Beach, and unincorporated Monroe County. The City of Key West challenged the designation as a Critical Area and after litigation in 1984 was given its own Area of Critical State Concern designation. The Area of Critical State Concern Program authorized by Section 380.05, Florida Statutes, allows the Governor and Florida Cabinet, sitting as the Administration Commission, to designate certain areas within Florida that contain resources of statewide significance as an Area of Critical State Concern. Administration Commission oversight includes authority to promulgate administrative rules containing Work Programs that guide local government's growth and development decisions, amend comprehensive plans and land development regulations, and to appeal local government development orders.

Additional Information

• Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Map
• Key West Area of Critical State Concern Map
• Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report to the Administration Commission:
  • 2020 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report
  • 2019 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report
  • 2018 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report
  • 2017 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report
  • 2016 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report
  • 2015 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report 
  • 2014 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report
  • 2013 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report
  • 2012 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report
  • 2011 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report
  • 2010 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report
  • 2009 Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern Annual Report
• South Florida Regional Planning Council - Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study
• Florida Keys Hurricane Evacuation
• Florida Keys Hurricane Evacuation Presentations
• Florida Keys Hurricane Clearance Time Memorandum of Understanding
• Florida Administrative Code for the Florida Keys and City of Key West:
  • Rule Chapter 28-20 - Land Planning Regulations for the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern, Monroe County
  • Rule Chapter 28-30 - Land Planning - Regulations for the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern, Monroe County
  • Rule Chapter 28-18 - Land Planning Regulations for the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern - City of Marathon
  • Rule Chapter 28-19 - Land Planning Regulations for the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern, Islamorada, Village of Islands
  • Rule Chapter 28-21 - Land Planning Regulations for the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern - City of Key Colony Beach
  • Rule Chapter 28-29 - Part VIII Boundary and Principles for Guiding Development for the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern
  • Rule Chapter 28-31 - Land Planning - Regulations for the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern - City of Key Colony Beach
  • Rule Chapter 28-32 - Land Planning - Regulations for the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern - City of Layton
  • Rule Chapter 28-36 - Boundary and Principles for Guiding Development for the City of Key West
  • Rule Chapter 28-37 - Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Regulations for the City of Key West Area of Critical State Concern
• Section 380.0552, Florida Statutes - Florida Keys Area; protection and designation as area of critical state concern