Purpose.
Tampa City Code § 27-136
in effectSec. 27-136. - Purpose.
The purpose of this article is to provide for zoning districts that recognize unique conditions, allow design flexibility, and promote planned diversification and integration of uses and structures, which other zoning districts cannot accommodate. Through this process city council retains authority to establish such limitations and regulations as it deems necessary to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare, with the exception of standard technical requirements, as described in this section. The intent of these site plan zoning districts is to provide standards and requirements which:
(1) Promote the efficient and sustainable use of land and infrastructure, with careful consideration of potential adverse impacts to onsite natural elements, surrounding impacted neighborhood(s), and cultural resources;
(2) Allow the integration of different land uses and densities in one (1) development that would not otherwise be provided for or allowed under general zoning districts established in this chapter, which encourage compatibility in overall site design and scale, both internal and external to the project site;
(3) Provide a procedure which can relate the type, design and layout of residential and nonresidential development to the particular site;
(4) Acknowledge changing needs, technologies, economics and consumer preferences and allows for ingenuity and imagination in the planning and development of relatively large tracts under unified control as well as allowing flexibility in the redevelopment of older areas of the city;
(5) Encourage flexible land development which reduces transportation needs, conserves energy, and will maximize the preservation of natural resources, such as streams, lakes, floodplains, groundwater, wooded areas, uplands, and areas of unusual beauty or importance to the natural ecosystem; open space; greenspace; and, historical and archaeological sites;
(6) Promote and encourage development where appropriate in location, character, and compatibility with the surrounding impacted neighborhood(s), built environment, and existing geography;
(7) Promote more desirable living and working environments than would be possible through the strict application of minimum requirements of other zoning districts;
(8) Promote architectural features and elements, which complement the surrounding community and enhance the overall quality of the development; and,
(9) Promote the retention and reuse of existing building stock.
Site plan districts include general guidelines and review criteria and are subject to the procedures outlined in this article. Construction on property zoned under a site plan district may only take place consistent with the site development plan approved by city council at the time of rezoning. For purposes of this article, site plan zoning districts include Planned Development (PD), refer to section 27-227; Planned Development-Alternative (PD-A), refer to section 27-228; YC-9 (Ybor City), refer to Article III, Division 2, Subdivision 2; and SH-PD (Seminole Heights), refer to Article III, Division 5, Subdivision 5.
(Ord. No. 2016-189, § 1, 12-1-2016)
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_ARTIIADGEPR_DIV6SIPLZODIPR_S27-136PUFetched: 10/28/2026