Landscaped area, in-lieu calculation and payment general procedure.
Tampa City Code § 27-284.3.4
in effectSec. 27-284.3.4. - Landscaped area, in-lieu calculation and payment general procedure.
(a) When minimum landscaped area is reduced by variance or rezoning, a contribution in the form of an in-lieu payment shall be made. Developments which do not provide the minimum amount of landscaped area as established above, and for which a variance or waiver is granted, shall contribute funds through the in-lieu payment process, to an appropriate landscape area trust fund established by section 16-46 of the City Code. Seven (7) landscape districts, as shown on Map 3.1, are established.
(1) The natural resources coordinator may consider alternative design exception of no more than twenty-five (25) percent of the required landscape area, pursuant to section 27-60, provided the developer can show that practical hardships exist associated with the physical dimensions of the lot, the existence of grand or protected trees, wetlands, or other similar physical constraints. The increased residential density or nonresidential square footage intensity of the development shall not be included as a qualifying hardship.
(2) Calculation of a landscaped area in-lieu payment. The in-lieu payment shall be calculated in accordance with the following method/formula:
a. Calculation of in-lieu payment of landscape area is as follows:
The amount of the payment shall be determined by dividing the total assessed land value, according to the current records of the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser's Office, in the individual district by the total land area for that individual landscape district times the square foot reduction of landscape area. The fee schedule is effective the date of the adoption of this section.
An example of the in-lieu payment process in District # 3 is as follows:
Required landscape area for four (4) unit townhouse without vehicular use area = 4 × 750 sq. ft. landscape area = 3,000 sq. ft. landscape area
Proposed landscape area 2,588 sq. ft.
Landscape area deficiency = 3,000 sq. ft. - 2,588 sq. ft. = 412 sq. ft. (approved by variance, city variance board or city council through site plan controlled rezoning process)
Required in-lieu payment = 412 sq. ft. × $ (fee in subject Landscaped Area In-lieu District) = $ (payment amount)
b. Landscape area in-lieu payment credit conditions and rights.
1. Landscape area in-lieu payment credit may be utilized only with the property that is legally described on the permit application for development.
2. Landscape area in-lieu payment credit may be utilized when the use of the property is changed.
3. Landscape area in-lieu payment credit may not be utilized to meet the landscape area requirements of buildings or structures on other property.
4. It is the developer's responsibility to maintain a copy of the landscape area in-lieu payment credit and to provide the copy with the permit application whenever a new renovation, rehabilitation, building improvement or new construction is planned for the site.
5. No money shall be refunded by the city for landscape area in-lieu payment credit.
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(Ord. No. 2019-54, § 33(Exh. A), 4-18-2019)
Source: City of Tampa, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/tampa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH27ZOLADE_ARTVISURE_DIV4NARETRLAWEUPHA_SD3GETRPLLA_S27-284.3.4LAAREUCAPAGEPRFetched: 10/28/2026