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Florida state law requires all development applications, rezonings, annexations, and many new laws and ordinances to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Planning Division reviews these proposals to evaluate consistency with the Comprehensive Plan. These consistency reviews are provided to the City or County Development Review Committee, Planning Commission, or City or County Commission as a part of the overall development review process. To obtain a copy of the consistency review evaluation for a particular project, please contact the Planning Department at (850) 891-6400.
Online Comprehensive Plan
Comprehensive Planning Goals, Objectives, and Policies
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Cycles
State law allows local government to consider amendments to the Plan twice per
calendar year.
Current Cycle
How to file a Comprehensive Plan Amendment
The Leon County Board of County Commissioners and the Tallahassee City Commission will accept for review proposed map amendments to the Future Land Use Map and proposed text amendments to the Comprehensive Plan any time prior to the deadline. To apply for a map amendment, you must be the owner of the subject property or a legally authorized agent of the owner. A $300 non-refundable filing fee and a separate application form for each map amendment request is required. more...
Mahan Drive Corridor Study Area Project
The Leon County Board of County Commissioners has directed the Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department (TLCPD) to re-evaluate the land uses within the Mahan Drive Corridor Study Area. More specifically, the Board has directed staff to develop proposals to combine the two land categories (Residential Corridor and Residential Corridor Node) that were designated in the corridor in 2005 when the Board implemented the recommendations of the Mahan Drive Corridor Study. It is the Board’s intent to handle changes between the two land use categories through the zoning process.
A public meeting was held on Monday, November 17, 2008, at W.T. Moore Elementary School to obtain initial public input. TLCPD has scheduled another public meeting for December 8, 2008, to receive additional input from the public.
For additional information on the project and to provide comments on the project, please contact John E. Baker or Jean Gregory at (850) 891-6400. Written comments can be e-mailed to John Baker
- Mahan Drive Corridor Power Point Presentation - 12.8.08 (pdf. 4,586kb)
- Mahan Drive Corridor Power Point Presentation - 11.17.08 (pdf. 3,367kb)
- Present Mahan Corridor Study Area map (pdf. 630kb)
- March 2005 Mahan Corridor Study Area map (pdf. 335kb)
- December 2005 Mahan Corridor Study Area map (pdf. 335kb)
Tallahassee-Leon County Wakulla Springs Initiative
The "Wakulla Springs Springshed" includes major portions of Tallahassee and Leon County. Nitrogen concentrations have risen in the Spring discharge over the last decade, contributing to the documented degradation of water quality and changes and loss of habitat at the springhead and the upper reaches of the spring run. more...
Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR)
Adopted Evaluation and Appraisal Report (PDF)
Adopted Evaluation and Appraisal Report addition (PDF)
The State of Florida requires local governments to periodically assess the effectiveness of their Comprehensive Plan to adequately address changes in local conditions and changes in the State's policy regarding planning and growth management. The major issues covered in the current (2007) report are:
- Implementing Multi-modal Solutions for Sustainability, More Compact Urban Form and Regional Interconnectivity
- Increasing the Availability of Affordable, Low Income and No-Income Housing
- Reducing Land Use Conflicts in the Urban Core
- Improving Regional Groundwater Quality and Wakulla Springs
- Adopted EAR submitted to FDCA
Campus Master Plan Reviews
All state universities in Florida were required to revise and adopt new campus master plans in 1995. In Tallahassee-Leon County, both Florida A&M University and Florida State University have adopted their respective master plans. Over the next 10-20 years, the combined enrollments of the two universities will increase by about 22-25,000 students. This will result in additional increases in university faculty and staff also. Since the campus planning process began in 1993, Planning Department staff, as well as other City and County agencies, have been monitoring and reviewing the campus master plans, particularly with regard to their probable effects on housing, transportation, and stormwater in the local community. The FAMU master plan was adopted in September, 1995, and the FSU master plan was adopted in November, 1995.