Administrative Code for Land Development

Current Version

• Administrative Code for Land Development(PDF, 2MB) (Updated: 09-30-2025)

Ordinances

• Ordinance 2013-56(PDF, 2MB) - this Ordinance codifies the LDC amendments corresponding to the Administrative Code.
• Quick Guide for LDC Section Relocations(PDF, 461KB)
• Ordinance 2013-57(PDF, 11MB) - established the Ordinance for The Administrative Code for Land Development. 

Approved Updates

Resolutions amending Ordinance 2013-57 can be downloaded from the Clerk of Courts.

Year	Amendment Description	Resolution
2026
2025	Updates to Public Advertising requirements.	2025-180
	Addition of Mobile Food Dispensing Vehicles, also know as food trucks for permanent or temporary placement.	2025-053
2024	Modifying application requirements for projects with subdivision plats proposing to receive building permits before plat recording per F.S. Section 177.073.	2024-173
2023	Comprehensive updates to the Administrative Code to ensure consistency with the Land Development Code and current policies and procedures.	2023-211A
	To establish the Rules of Decorum for Neighborhood Information Meetings, conduct at meetings, and opportunity for the public's remote attendance.	2023-211
	Revised the procedures for Comparable Use determinations.	2023-029
2022	To establish a review process for the limited density bonus pool allocation, eligible for properties located in the Bayshore Zoning Overlay District (BZO) or Gateway Zoning Overlay District (GTZO) and zoned as either multi-family or mixed use and on two contiguous acres or less.	2022-036
2021	To change the timing of the Soil and/or Groundwater Sampling results for Golf Course Conversions and to increase the mailed public notification distance requirement for land use petitions within the Rural and Urban Golden Gate Estates of the Golden Gate Area Master Plan.	2021-143
	To create the application for deviations from certain standards, as established in LDC section 4.02.26 E.2., to allow for flexibility in building design, and to support and initiate incentives for new development on vacant property or redevelopment for exiting sites located in the Golden Gate Parkway Overlay District (GGPOD).	2021-048
2020	Addition of New Process for Comparable Use Determinations and Removal of the Comparable Use Determinations From the Zoning Verification Process.	2020-203
	Addition of the Nominal Alteration Plan process and modification to the Notification Requirements for Large-Scale and Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment section.	2020-088
2019	Modification of the Site Development Plan section to include airspace obstruction review materials.	2019-196
	Addition of the Administrative Appeal of Preliminary Substantial Damage Determination section, and modification to the Zoning Verification Letter- Non-Residential Farm Building section.	2019-001
2018	Modification to the Privately Initiated Land Development Code Amendments section.	2018-072
2017	Addition of the Stormwater Plan section, and modification to the Stakeholder Outreach Meeting for Golf Course Conversions section.	2017-073
	Addition of the Compatibility Design Review, Intent to Convert Application for Golf Course Conversions, and Stakeholder Outreach Meeting for Golf Course Conversions sections.	2017-052
2016	Addition of the Immokalee Nonconforming Mobile Home Parks or Mobile Home Sites– Existing Conditions Site Improvement Plan section.	2016-168