{"id":171537,"date":"2026-02-27T15:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171537\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:04:07","slug":"tampa-is-updating-its-land-development-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171537\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa is Updating its Land Development Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updating Tampa\u2019s Development Code<\/p>\n<p>The rulebook that guides Tampa\u2019s development is being updated and members of the public are encouraged to <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.zencity.io\/tampa-fl\/en-US\/engagements\/11de403e-6295-4d05-9396-0d26a720e2b0?utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">provide their feedback<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\/document\/tampa-updated-ldc-inst-1-public-draft-feb-17-2026-1-185646\" target=\"_blank\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"c845c40f-c82f-4a2d-bbb0-38f33d02c62d\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Tampa Updated LDC - Inst 1 Public Draft Feb 17 2026 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first<\/a> of three installments that is ready for review.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa\u2019s Land Development Code has not undergone a significant update since 1984. In its entirety, it is approximately 1,400 pages long and arguably not well organized for those who are not familiar with it or use it seldomly.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its continued effort to improve its public services and customer experience, in 2025 the City of Tampa\u2019s Development and Growth Management Department hired Clarion Associates to organize the code in a way that makes it easier to navigate and understand. Additionally, the code needs modernization \u2014 for example, adding terms like \u201cpickleball courts\u201d and \u201cdoggy daycare\u201d that did not exist when the code was written.<\/p>\n<p>The code update, known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\/development-coordination\/tampa-updates-its-land-development-code\" target=\"_blank\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"99bb0dd3-e7f5-4ad1-9307-59edc9ce5399\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Tampa Updates its Land Development Code\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tampa Forward<\/a>, is a two year process divided into three installments. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\/document\/tampa-updated-ldc-inst-1-public-draft-feb-17-2026-1-185646\" target=\"_blank\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"c845c40f-c82f-4a2d-bbb0-38f33d02c62d\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Tampa Updated LDC - Inst 1 Public Draft Feb 17 2026 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first installment is ready for review<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.zencity.io\/tampa-fl\/en-US\/engagements\/11de403e-6295-4d05-9396-0d26a720e2b0?utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">public feedback<\/a>. City officials will provide an overview and answer questions at a public meeting scheduled for Monday, March 2, from 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at City Center at Hanna Avenue. Those who wish to attend virtually must <a href=\"https:\/\/events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com\/event\/1b16e076-c28c-42a4-a896-8d4e0da22e01@8d9d0373-5c91-45b4-905b-12fe918cb628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">register<\/a> before the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updating Tampa\u2019s Development Code The rulebook that guides Tampa\u2019s development is being updated and members of the public&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-171537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}