A dispute over a proposed water park next to the historic, luxury Fontainebleau hotel is heating up, with Miami Beach commissioners now threatening legal action against the state to protect local control of the project.
City leaders spent hours of a meeting Wednesday debating whether to challenge House Bill 399, a state-level measure currently sitting on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk that would allow the water park to move forward without public input. Legal experts describe the bill as a sweeping land-use preemption measure, and city officials argue it strips local governments of authority over development decisions, leaving residents out of the approval process entirely.
