In This Section
All applications, submittals, forms, and requests for application submittal meetings with intake must be submitted on the GMCD Public Portal
For questions regarding intake and processing of submittals, please contact GMCD Client Services at (239) 252-1036.
Fire Review Fee Schedule(PDF, 53KB) Waiver of Time Limits(PDF, 172KB)
Applications and Supplemental Forms
Addressing Checklist(PDF, 2MB)
Administrative Parking Reduction (APR)(PDF, 332KB)
Administrative Type III Appeal (ADA)(PDF, 120KB)
Administrative Variance for Dock Construction (AVA)(PDF, 329KB)
Administrative Variance for Excavation(PDF, 702KB)
Administrative Variance for Minor After-the-Fact Yard Encroachments (AVA)(PDF, 239KB)
Administrative Variance Minor Improvement to Legal Nonconforming Structures (AVA)(PDF, 177KB)
Administrative Variance for Minor Improvements to Nonconforming Checklist(PDF, 91KB)
Administrative Wall/Fence Waiver (AFW)(PDF, 172KB)
Affordable Housing Density Bonus Application (AHDBA)(PDF, 383KB) Affordable Housing Expedited Review
Agricultural Clearing Notice (ACN)(PDF, 236KB)
Agricultural Clearing Permit (ACP)(PDF, 250KB)
Alcohol Beverage Distance Waiver (ABW)(PDF, 2MB)
Alternative Architectural Design (ARC)(PDF, 211KB)
Amplified Sound Permit (ASP)(PDF, 2MB)
Annual Beach Event Permit (ABE)(PDF, 322KB)
Appeal of Administrative Decision (ADA)(PDF, 237KB)
Appeal of Official Interpretation(PDF, 142KB)
Automobile Service Station Waiver (ASW)(PDF, 2MB)
Blasting Permit (BLST)(PDF, 270KB)
Boat Dock Facility Extension or Boathouse Establishment Petition (BD/BDE)(PDF, 341KB)
Boat Lift Canopy - Administrative & Deviations (BLC/BLCD)(PDF, 1MB)
Carnival Operation Petition (CARN)(PDF, 639KB)
Certificate of Appropriateness for Historic Archaeological Preservation Board(PDF, 371KB)
Certificate of Public Facility Adequacy (COA)(PDF, 258KB)
Coastal Construction Setback Line Permit (CCSP)(PDF, 257KB)
Comparable Use Determination (CUD)(PDF, 1MB)
Conceptual Plat with Deviations (CPD/CPDA)(PDF, 369KB)
Conceptual Site Plan (CSP)(PDF, 252KB)
Conditional Use Extension (CUE)(PDF, 3MB)
Conditional Use Permit (CU)(PDF, 360KB)
Conditional Use Re-Review (CUR)(PDF, 709KB)
Construction Plans (CNSTR)(PDF, 284KB)
Construction Plan Phasing (CPP)(PDF, 209KB)
Community Development District (CDD)(DOC, 46KB)
Community Development District Requirements Checklist(PDF, 3MB) Evidence of Written Consent for Community Development District(PDF, 3MB)
Compatibility Design Review (CDR)(PDF, 1024KB)
Consistency Determination (CD)(PDF, 276KB)
Cultivated Tree Removal Permit (TRP)(PDF, 276KB)
Development of Regional Impact or Development Order Amendment (DRI/DOA)(PDF, 468KB)
DRI Abandonment (DRIA)(PDF, 479KB)
DRI Closeout (DRIC)(PDF, 241KB)
Early Work Authorization (EWA)(PDF, 247KB)
Easement Use Agreement (EUA)(PDF, 414KB)
Excavation (EX)(PDF, 313KB)
Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance (FDPV)(PDF, 398KB)
Floodplain Development Permit(PDF, 430KB)
Growth Management Plan Amendment (GMPA)(PDF, 423KB)
Historic Designation (HD)(PDF, 281KB)
Informal Wetland Determination (IWD)(PDF, 279KB)
Insubstantial Changes to Construction Plans (ICP)(PDF, 297KB)
Intent to Convert for Golf Course Conversions (ITC)(PDF, 2MB)
Land Development Code Amendment (LDCA - County Initiated)(PDF, 154KB)
Land Development Code Amendment (LDCA - Privately Initiated)(PDF, 297KB)
LDC Conflicts Procedure & Application(PDF, 109KB)
Legal Non-Conforming Lot (LNC)(PDF, 220KB)
Limitation of Development Rights Agreement Form(PDF, 229KB)
Limited Density Bonus Pool Allocation (LDBPA)(PDF, 231KB)
Lost TDR Certificate Affidavit Form(DOCX, 35KB)
Lot Line Adjustment (LLA)(PDF, 357KB)
Lot Split (LS)(PDF, 260KB)
Manatee Protection Plan Consistency Determination (MPPC)(PDF, 264KB)
Minor Subdivision Plat (FP)(PDF, 605KB)
Mixed Use Project Plan Administrative Deviation (MUPD)(DOC, 318KB)
Mixed Use Project Requirements and Application (MUP)(PDF, 342KB)
Neighborhood Park (NP)(PDF, 246KB)
Nominal Alteration Plan (NAP)(PDF, 225KB)
Non-Conforming Use Alteration (NUA)(PDF, 3MB)
Non-Conforming Use Change (NUC)(PDF, 2MB)
Official Interpretation (OI)(PDF, 329KB)
Parking Exemption (PE)(PDF, 480KB)
Plat Recording (PR)(PDF, 240KB)
Post Take Plan (PTSP)(PDF, 281KB)
Preliminary & Final Acceptance Application (SAP/SAF)(PDF, 292KB)
Property Notification Address Listing Form (GIS NIM)(PDF, 2MB)
PUD Document Template(PDF, 274KB) (for new submittals to follow)
Planned Unit Development - Insubstantial Change (PDI)(PDF, 438KB)
Planned Unit Development - Minor Change (PMC)(PDF, 294KB)
Project Name Change (PNC)(PDF, 225KB)
PUD Monitoring Schedule of Density(DOCX, 16KB)
PUD to PUD Rezone (PUDZ, PUDA, PUDR)(PDF, 549KB)
Request for Continuance or Withdrawal of Land Use Petition(PDF, 2MB)
Request for Research(DOC, 282KB)
Rezone Application (RZ)(PDF, 415KB)
Sample of Neighborhood Information Meeting Advertisement(PDF, 195KB)
Sample letter for Notification of Neighborhood Meeting for Rezone, PUD Rezone, PUD Amendment, Conditional Use(PDF, 142KB)
Sample letter for Notification of Variance(PDF, 191KB)
School Impact Analysis Application(PDF, 136KB)
Sea Turtle Permit (TP)(PDF, 174KB)
Sexually Oriented Business (SOB/SOBA)(DOC, 312KB)
Short-Term Vacation Rental Registration (STVR)(PDF, 1MB)
Sign Variance Petition (SV)(PDF, 284KB)
Site Development Plan (SDP/SDPA)(PDF, 353KB)
Site Improvement Plan (SIP)(PDF, 280KB)
Site Development & Improvement Plan Insubstantial Change (SDPI/SIPI)(PDF, 216KB)
Site Plan with Deviations for Redevelopment (DR)(PDF, 250KB)
Special Event Permit (SEP)(PDF, 944KB)
Special Treatment Permit (ST)(PDF, 237KB)
Stewardship Receiving Area (SRA)(PDF, 243KB)
Stewardship Receiving Area Alternative Deviation Design (SRDD)(DOC, 286KB)
Stewardship Receiving Area Amendment and Insubstantial Change (SRAA)(PDF, 198KB)
Stewardship Receiving Area Credit Use & Reconciliation (SRA)(DOC, 302KB)
Stewardship Sending Area (SSA)(PDF, 391KB)
Street Name Change (SNR)(PDF, 579KB)
Subdivision Construction Plans and Plat & Amendment (PPL/PPLA)(PDF, 425KB)
TDR - Credit Tracking Form(XLSX, 12KB)
TDR - Redemption Application Form(DOCX, 64KB)
TDR - Release of Lost TDR Certificate Affidavit Form(DOCX, 35KB)
TDR - Restoration Maintenance and/or Conveyance Application Form(DOCX, 91KB)
TDR - Severance Application Form(PDF, 459KB)
TDR - Severance - Page 5 & 6 Affidavit Form(PDF, 123KB)
Temporary Use Permit - Construction & Development (TUP)(PDF, 1019KB)
Temporary Use Permit - Mobile Home in Agricultural Zone (TUP)(PDF, 135KB)
Temporary Use Permit - Model Home/Sales Center (TUP)(PDF, 2MB)
Temporary Sign Permit (SEP/TUP)(PDF, 1MB)
Temporary Sign Permit - Election & Referendum Signs (TUP(PDF, 164KB))
Unplatted Street Name Change (SNNP)(PDF, 219KB)
Utility Conveyance(PDF, 163KB)
Vacating an Easement, Plat, or Right-of-Way (VAC)(PDF, 292KB)
Variance Petition (VA)(PDF, 291KB)
Vegetation Removal Permit (VRP)(PDF, 258KB)
Vegetation Removal and Site Filling Permit (VRFP)(PDF, 247KB)
Vehicle on the Beach Permit (VOB)(PDF, 222KB)
Vested Rights Determination (VRD)(PDF, 168KB)
Waiver of Historic Survey(PDF, 406KB)
Zoning Certificate - Home Occupation (ZCR)(PDF, 382KB)
Zoning Certificate - Non-Residential (ZCC)(PDF, 1MB)
Zoning Verification Letter - Appeal (ADA)(PDF, 250KB)
Zoning Verification Letter - Fence Finished Side Out Waiver (ZLTR)(PDF, 2MB)
Zoning Verification Letter - General Verifications (ZLTR)(PDF, 204KB)
Zoning Verification Letter - Non-Residential Farm Building (ZLTR)(PDF, 324KB)
Affidavit of Authorization(PDF, 226KB)
Affidavit of Compliance - Neighborhood Information Meeting(PDF, 271KB)
Affidavit of Compliance - Parking Exemption or Variance(PDF, 108KB)
Affidavit & Sign Posting Instructions(PDF, 18KB)
CCPC Agenda Packet Checklist(PDF, 1MB)
Construction Maintenance Agreement(PDF, 125KB)
Designated Responsible Party Process - Change Form(PDF, 480KB)
Early Work Authorization Performance Agreement(PDF, 103KB)
Early Work Authorization Performance Bond(PDF, 128KB)
Engineer of Record Affidavit of Compliance(PDF, 188KB)
Engineering Standard Checklist(PDF, 349KB)
Excavation Performance Agreement(PDF, 134KB)
Excavation Performance Bond(PDF, 137KB)
Extension Request(PDF, 228KB)
Utility Final Acceptance (UFA)
Irrevocable Standby Letter(PDF, 66KB)
Landscape Certificate of Compliance(PDF, 123KB)
Partnership Affidavit(PDF, 7KB)
Performance Bond for Subdivision Plats(PDF, 79KB)
Project Team Schedule for Pre-Con(PDF, 192KB)
Property Ownership Disclosure Form(PDF, 182KB)
Testimony Affidavit Form(DOC, 37KB)
Testimony Form - Consultant(DOC, 53KB)
Testimony Form - Engineer(DOC, 53KB)
Testimony Form - President or Vice President(DOC, 34KB)
Transfer Application Form(DOCX, 66KB)
Waiver of Time Limits(PDF, 172KB)
Well Application Site Plan Checklist(PDF, 139KB)
Zoning Data Sheet(DOC, 272KB)
Sign templates for Public Hearings have been updated and may be downloaded as a ZIP file containing 1-acre+ zoning petition sign templates(ZIP, 26MB) to ensure proper formatting of public notice signage.
All applicants must complete a Property Ownership Disclosure Form(PDF, 182KB).