Tampa Updates its Land Development Code

Tampa Forward - Building Tomorrow Together

Announcements

On Friday, December 9, 2024, the Clarion team presented an overview of a draft of the Land Development Code (LDC) Assessment to the Tampa Forward Advisory Team.

The Advisory Team is currently reviewing the LDC Assessment and is scheduled to conclude its review and provide comments to the project team by Monday, December 30, 2024.

The Advisory Team will meet with the project team, including lead consultant Clarion Associates, to discuss their comments on Friday, January 10, 2025 from 9:00AM – 10:30AM at the Hanna City Center, 2555 E Hanna Avenue. This meeting is open to the public.

The final LDC Assessment will be available for public review and engagement beginning mid-January 2025.

For questions or comments, please contact TampaForward@tampagov.net

Public Kickoff Meeting

Watch the 90-minute kickoff meeting from September 16.

Presentation - Tampa LDC Update Public Kickoff Meeting

Kickoff Meeting Minutes

5 photographs: Growing Sustainably, Improving Walkability, Creating Housing Choices, Protecting Historic Buildings, Preserving our Tree Canopy

About the Update

The City of Tampa is excited to launch Tampa Forward: Building Tomorrow Together, a two-year project to update the City’s Land Development Code (LDC).

The LDC is the set of regulations that govern how land can be used and developed in the City. Most of the LDC can be found in Chapter 27 of the City Code of Ordinances.

A key goal of this project is to create an improved LDC that is more user-friendly -- a document that:

Is significantly restructured so that it is more logical and easier to understand;
Includes more photos, diagrams, and other illustrations to visually demonstrate key code provisions;
Uses more precise language to reduce ambiguity and provide increased predictability;
Establishes enhanced development standards (such as tree planting and landscaping requirements) to improve the quality of development throughout the City.

Project Tasks and Timeline

The project tasks and timeline are listed in order below. The project launched in April 2024 and is anticipated to be completed in the second half of 2026.