Environmentally sensitive areas—Uplands providing significant and essential wildlife habitat; general provisions.
Tampa City Code § 27-287.10
in effectSec. 27-287.10. - Environmentally sensitive areas—Uplands providing significant and essential wildlife habitat; general provisions.
(a) Sections 27-287.11 through 27-287.15 provide standards and guidelines for the protection of upland significant wildlife habitat, generally, as well as upland habitat for endangered and threatened species and species of special concern, (i.e., upland essential wildlife habitat).
(b) On-site preservation shall be considered the most desirable alternative to protect upland habitat and plant and wildlife species. However, in some cases as specified in these regulations and determined by the coordinator in cooperation with the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission and, when appropriate, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the protection of upland wildlife habitat or upland habitat for endangered or threatened species or species of special concern will be best accomplished through off-site preservation.
(c) Natural upland areas within a proposed development project shall count toward meeting the requirements for on-site preservation only when such natural areas meet the applicable on-site preservation criteria.
(d) When, as a result of applicability of multiple federal, state or local regulations, multiple off-site acreage preservation requirements are applicable to the same on-site habitat, only the requirement which prescribes the largest amount of preservation acreage for that habitat shall apply.
(e) Nothing in these sections shall limit the ability of the city staff to address other resource issues in the upland portions of a proposed development project for which standards are contained in this Code.
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_SD6UPHAPR_S27-287.10ENSEARPLPRSIESWIHAGEPRFetched: 10/28/2026