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PD Zoning in Hillsborough County, FL — Planned Development District

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PD (Planned Development District) is a special zoning district in Hillsborough County, Florida. It permits single family, duplex, townhome by right.

The Planned Development (PD) district is a non-standard zoning designation governed by its own site-specific development standards and allowable uses, established through a negotiated rezoning process before the Land Use Hearing Officer and/or Board of County Commissioners. It is designed to encourage creative, innovative, and/or mixed-use development that could not be accommodated by strict adherence to the standard zoning districts in the Hillsborough County Land Development Code. Each PD is unique: uses, densities, setbacks, heights, and other standards are set by the conditions of approval attached to that specific PD rezoning case, not by a blanket dimensional-standards table.

Permitted by right

single familyduplextownhomemultifamilyapartmentaducommercialretailofficeindustrialmixed usehome occupationinstitutionalrecreational

Conditional / special permit

None listed

Not permitted

Any use not expressly approved in the specific PD rezoning case's conditions of approvalUses that exceed the density or intensity caps set in the PD ordinance/development planUses that would make the development less restrictive than the conditions of approval allowDevelopment that deviates materially from the approved PD site plan without a Major Modification approvalOpen storage of recreational vehicles, boats, or utility trailers (unless specifically rezoned under PD to allow it)

Frequently asked questions

What can you build in PD zoning in Hillsborough County?

Permitted uses in PD include single family, duplex, townhome, multifamily, apartment, adu, commercial, retail, office, industrial, mixed use, home occupation, institutional, recreational.

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Sources

Hillsborough County Land Development Code, Article V – Development Options (Part 5.00.00 et seq.); see also Article II (Part 2.00.00) and Development Procedures Code § 6.0 (cited by AI research, not verified against the ordinance)
Source cited by AI research (not verified against the ordinance)
Hillsborough County zoning ordinance

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