Collier Boulevard/Interstate 75 Innovation Zone Overlay (CBIIZO)

What is the CBIIZO?

A Growth Management Plan (GMP) amendment and a Land Development Code (LDC) amendment are being proposed to create the Collier Boulevard/Interstate 75 Innovation Zone Overlay. These amendments are being prompted by an ordinance that was adopted in 2018, establishing an Innovation Zone for the area. The purpose and intent of the Innovation Zone is to promote economic growth and to diversify the economy of the County by attracting businesses identified by Florida Statutes to add high wage employment opportunities in targeted industries. The purpose of the GMP amendment is to make these objectives possible by allowing additional uses in the area. The purpose of the LDC amendment is to carry out these objectives by listing the newly allowed uses and by adding design standards to ensure the area retains its character and by offsetting possible nuisances created by the new uses.

CBIIZO Maps

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Boundary Map

Digital Imagery with Boundary

CBIIZO Innovation Zone Overlay Aerial IMAGE

Thank you to all who attended our Public Information Meeting!

If you missed this informative and community feedback-focused public meeting about the Collier Boulevard/Interstate 75 Innovation Zone Overlay (CBIIZO), you can watch it here:

View some of the information we shared at the meeting:

Click the image to view the PowerPoint Presentation (Download pdf to view the accompanying notes):

Click either image below to view the Proposed Economic Development Uses from the Collier County Land Development Code Amendment DRAFT:

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More Information About CBIIZO

What is a Zone Overlay?

Every parcel of land in the County is zoned for certain land uses, such as commercial, residential, industrial, agricultural, etc. This base zoning district determines the types of uses permitted and the dimensional standards for lots and buildings (such as minimum lot size and maximum building heights).

An overlay “sits on top” of that base zoning and modifies the uses and/or standards for those properties which lie “under” the overlay. Zoning overlays are used by communities to apply area-specific standards and/or conditions to promote and incentivize desired development within a defined geography.

Most Current GMP and LDC Amendments

Click the links to view the most current Growth Management Plan Amendment and Land Development Code Amendment regarding the CBIIZO.

Once these amendments are passed, the GMPA will make these zone overlay possible by allowing additional uses in the area, and the LDCA will carry out these objectives by listing the newly allowed uses as well as adding design standards to ensure the area retains its character and by offsetting possible nuisances created by the new uses.

CBIIZO Property Notification Letter