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Archived Zoning Ordinances:

Ordinance 76-30 and amendments

Ordinance 82-02 and amendments

Ordinance 91-102 and amendments

 

Current Zoning Ordinance:

Ordinance 04-41"Unified Land Development Code"

Chapters 1 - 3
Chapters 3 - 5
Chapters 5 - 10
Chapters 10 - Appendix H

Effective Date: 9-27-04

Amendments:

Ordinance
Number

Adopted Date

Effective Date

Amended Sections

Description

04-54

07-27-04

08-04-04

1.08.02
2.03.07
2.04.03
3.03.07
4.06.04
5.06.06
Appendix H
  • Corrected Definitions That Were Deleted or Incorrectly Inserted During Re-codification in Ordinance 04-41.
  • Corrected Scrivener's Errors.
  • Made Effective the Repeal of a Portion of Ordinance 91-102 That Was Still Effective, Pertaining to Solicitations for Contributions in or Near Public Rights-of-Way.
  • LDC/UDC Comparative Tables.

04-55

07-27-04

08-04-04

Code of Laws
  • Relocated Provisions from LDC To Code of Laws and Ordinances Pertaining to: Construction Noise, Regulation of Collier Water-Sewer District, Donations of Property to the County, Regulations of Explosives, Regulations of Excavations, Well Construction, Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP), Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Management, Authority of the County Manager with Respect to Reports and Recommendations to the Board and Planning Commission.

04-72

11-10-04

11-18-04

1.08.01
1.08.02
2.01.03
2.03.05
2.03.07
2.03.08
2.04.03
2.06.04
2.06.05
2.06.06
3.05.10
4.02.01
4.05.02
4.06.01
4.06.02
4.06.03
4.06.04
4.06.05
4.07.01
5.03.04
5.05.08
5.06.00
6.01.01
8.06.03
9.02.00
9.03.01
10.02.02
10.02.04
10.02.05
10.02.06
10.02.13
10.03.05
Appendix A
Appendix C
Appendix H
  • Added Abbreviation for Adequate Public Facilities Certificate (APFC) and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
  • Definitions: Zoned Height of Building, Construction Sign, Residential Density, Destination Resort Hotel, Final Local Development Order, Ground Sign, Holiday Decoration, Landowner, Pennant, Pole Sign, Primary Façade, Project Identification Sign, Renovation, Self-Storage Buildings, Standard Design Buildings, and Takings Claim.
  • Modified Essential Services (in Con Districts, RFMU Sending Lands, NRPAS, HSAS, FSAS) and Conservation Open Space District.
  • Immokalee Overlay: Nonconforming Mobile Home Park Provisions.
  • Eastern Lands/Rural Fringe Zoning Districts: Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District (RFMU District) and North Belle Meade Overlay District (NBMO)
  • Table of Uses Allowable in Each Zoning District.
  • Limitations on Affordable Housing Density Bonus.
  • Added Affordable Housing Density Bonus Monitoring Program.
  • Violations and Enforcement Provision.
  • Littoral Shelf Planting Area (LSPA): Application to Existing Lakes.
  • Building Dimensional Standards for Principle Uses in Base Zoning Districts.
  • Added Provision for Parking Exemption.
  • Modified Table of Buffer Yards Requirements.
  • Modified Standards for Landscaping in Vehicular Use Areas.
  • Revised Vegetation Removal and Site Filing Standards (Vegetation Removal Permits).
  • Revised Landscaping Requirements for Residential and Commercial Development.
  • Added Provisions to Unified Control for Planned Unit Developments.
  • Added Recycling Receptacle to Dumpster Requirement, Provision for Non-Compliance and Modified Provisions for Enclosure Dimensions.
  • Recodification of Architectural and Site Design Standards.
  • Added Signage Table and Modified Sign Standards.
  • Modified Utilities Required to be Installed Underground.
  • Changed Name of Environmental Advisory Board to the Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) and Modified Powers and Duties.
  • Vested Rights and Takings Determinations.
  • Modifications to Nonconformities Section.
  • Time Limitation of Appeals.
  • Submittal Requirements for Preliminary Subdivision Plats and Improvement Plans.
  • SIP Requirements for Nonconforming Mobile Home Park Overlay Subdistrict.
  • Cultivated Tree Removal Permit.
  • Planned Unit Development Changes and Amendments.
  • Notice and Public Hearing Requirements.
  • Development of Regional Impact (DRI) Procedures.
  • Appendix A: Standard Performance Security Documents for Required Improvements.
  • Removal of Construction and Maintenance Agreement for Subdivision Improvements Prior to Recording of Plat.
  • Modifications to Appendix C.
  • Miscellaneous Corrections to Cross-References and Scrivener’s Errors.
  • LDC/UDC Comparative Tables.

05-17

03-22-05

04-05-05

6.06.02
10.02.03
  • Sidewalk and Bike Lane Requirements.

05-27

06-08-05

06-23-05

1.08.01
1.08.02
2.03.00
2.03.05
2.03.08
2.05.02
2.06.01
2.06.03
2.07.00
3.03.06
3.04.02
3.05.02
3.05.05
3.05.07
3.05.08
3.06.06
4.02.01
4.02.23
4.03.00
4.03.02
4.03.03
4.05.04
4.06.00
4.06.01
4.06.03
4.06.04
4.06.05
4.08.00
4.08.05
4.08.07
4.08.08
5.02.00
5.02.03
5.03.02
5.04.06
5.05.02
5.05.08
5.05.09
5.05.12
5.06.01
5.06.07
6.01.02
6.06.01
8.06.03
8.09.02
9.04.00
9.04.01
9.04.02
9.04.03
9.04.06
10.01.02
10.02.02
10.02.03
10.02.04
10.02.06
10.02.07
10.02.12
10.02.13
10.02.14
10.03.05
10.08.00
10.09.00
Appendix E
Appendix G
Appendix H
  • Added Abbreviations for Certificate of Adequate Public Facility (COA) and Transportation/Traffic Impact Study (TIS).
  • Definitions: Affordable Workforce Housing, Kenneling, Pervious, Shopping Center, Category I Invasive Exotic Vegetation, Raw Water Well.
  • Open Space Zoning District: Oil and Gas Exploration, Oil and Gas Field Development and Production.
  • Special Treatment (ST) Overlay: Transfer Development Rights.
  • Eastern Lands/Rural Fringe Zoning Districts.
  • Density Blending for Lands Straddling RFMU Receiving and Neutral Lands.
  • Affordable Housing Density Bonus Program: Process and AHDB Rating System.
  • Delete Table of Setbacks for Base Zoning Districts.
  • Species Specific Requirements: Gopher Tortoise and Sea Turtle Protection.
  • Exemptions from Requirements for Vegetation Protection and Preservation.
  • Criteria for Removal of Protected Vegetation: Firebreaks, State and Federal Permits, Preserve Management Plan, Conservation Collier Projects, and Early Clearing.
  • Prohibited Exotic Vegetation: Removal Exemption.
  • Regulated Wellfields.
  • Added Table of Minimum Yard Requirements (Setbacks) for Base Zoning Districts.
  • Design Standards for Development in Activity Center #9 Zoning District: Landscape Buffers Adjacent to Road Right-of-Way.
  • Applicability Subdivision Plats.
  • Parking Space Requirements: Measurement.
  • Landscaping, Buffering, and Vegetation Retention.
  • Landscaping Requirements for Vehicular Use Areas and Rights-of Way.
  • Trees and Vegetation Protection.
  • Landscaping Plans.
  • Landscape Standards Related to Raw Water Wells.
  • Vegetation Removal and Site Filling.
  • Protection of Native Vegetation on Coastal Barriers.
  • Plants Used for Mitigation.
  • Post-installation Landscape Certificate of Compliance.
  • Specific Definitions Applicable to the RLSA District.
  • Baseline Standards for RLSA District.
  • SSA Designation: FSA Delineated Lands, HSA Delineated Lands.
  • Deleted Baseline Standards within RLSA District.
  • Annual Beach Events Permit
  • Home Occupation Standards.
  • Fences and Walls.
  • Marinas.
  • Building Design Standards and Raw Water Wells.
  • Communication Towers.
  • Specific Standards for Raw Water Wells.
  • Modifications to Signage Table and Enforcement of Sign Standards.
  • Protected/Preserve Area and Easements.
  • Street System Requirements.
  • Modification to Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) Powers and Duties.
  • Jurisdiction, Authority and Duties
  • Types of Variances and Criteria for Variances.
  • Specific Requirements for Variance to the Coastal Construction Setback Line (CCSL).
  • Development Orders Required.
  • Submittal Requirements for All Applications
  • Early Work Authorization (EWA).
  • Environmental Impact Statements (EIS).
  • Preliminary Subdivision Plat Requirements.
  • Adequate Public Facilities Required.
  • Coastal Construction Setback Line Permits.
  • Submittal Requirements for Permits, Site Development Plans and Certificates of Public Facility Adequacy.
  • Building or Land Alteration Permits.
  • Planned Unit Development (PUD) Procedures.
  • Landscape Plans
  • Notice Requirements for Public Hearings.
  • Conditional Use and Variance Procedures.
  • Deleted Appendix E – Access Management Plan Maps.
  • Miscellaneous Corrections to Cross-References and Scrivener’s Errors.
  • LDC/UDC Comparative Tables

05-49

09-27-05

10-11-05

2.03.07
2.03.08
  • Creation of TDR Bonus Credits.

06-07

02-08-06

02-20-06

1.04.04
1.08.02
2.01.00
2.01.03
2.04.03
4.02.03
4.02.14
4.03.02
4.03.03
4.05.03
4.06.02
4.06.05
4.07.02
5.05.08
5.06.04
6.06.03
9.04.02
10.02.01
10.02.02
10.02.03
10.02.04
10.02.06
10.02.13
10.03.05
10.08.00
  • Reduction of Required Site Design Requirements.
  • Definitions: Conservation Collier Lands; Floor Area Ratio (FAR); Drive-Through Restaurant; Fast Food Restaurant; Sit-down Restaurant; Walk-up Restaurant; Abandoned Sign; Activated Sign; Advertising Sign; Sign Alterations; Animated Sign; Sign Area; Awning Sign (AKA Canopy Sign or Marquee Sign); Banner Sign; Billboard Sign; Bulk Permit Sign; Bulletin Board Sign; Canopy Sign; Changeable Copy Sign; Construction Sign; Sign Copy; Directional Sign; Directory Sign; Double-faced Sign; Electric Sign; Entrance or Gate Sign; Sign Face; Flashing Sign; Freestanding Sign; Ground Sign (AKA Monument Sign); Holiday Decoration Sign; Identification Sign; Illuminated Sign; Inflatable Sign; Mansard Sign; Marquee Sign; Monument Sign; Nonconforming Sign; Off-premises Sign; Outdoor Advertising Sign; Pennant Sign; Permanent Sign; Pole Sign; Political Sign; Portable Sign; Projecting Sign; Project Identification Sign; Public Service Sign; Real Estate Sign; Residential Identification Sign; Revolving Sign (AKA Rotating Sign); Roof Sign; Safety Sign; Snipe Sign; Special Purpose Sign; Sign Structure; Temporary Sign; U-pic Sign; V-shaped Sign; Vehicle Sign; Wall, Fascia or Parapet Sign; Wind Sign; Window Sign; Sporting and Recreational Camps.
  • Added Conservation Collier Lands as an Essential Service in Various Zoning Districts.
  • Added Oil and Gas Field Development and Production a Conditional Essential Service in RFMU Sending Lands, NRPAs, CON Districts, and RLSA Designated HSAs and FSAs.
  • Modifications to the Table 1 Permissible Land Uses in Each Zoning District.  Added SIC Codes: 6211-6289, 7251, 7999, and 8322-8399.
  • Modified Dimensional Standards for Accessory Buildings and Structures on Waterfront Lots and Golf Course Lots for Swimming Pool Decks.
  • Design Standards for Development in the ST and ACSC-ST Districts.
  • Subdivision Design Standards.
  • Parking Requirements for Residential Uses in Mixed Use Urban Residential Land Use.
  • Table of Buffer Yards.
  • Plant Material Standards for Lawn Grass and Treatment of Slopes.
  • Planned Unit Development (PUD) Design Requirements.
  • Architectural and Site Design Standards.
  • Sign Standards for Specific Situations.
  • Streetlights.
  • Types of Variances Authorized.
  • Pre-Application Conference Requirements.
  • Submittal Requirements for All Applications.
  • Submittal Requirements for Site Development Plans, Plats, Final Plats.
  • Contents and Substance of Final Subdivision Plat.
  • Relationship of Plats to Site Development Plans.
  • Submittal Requirements for Agricultural Land Clearing Permits.
  • Notice and Public Hearing Requirements.
  • Conditional Use Procedures.
  • Miscellaneous Corrections to Scrivener’s Errors.

06-08

02-28-06

03-14-06

1.08.01
1.08.02
2.03.07
2.04.03
2.05.01
4.02.16
4.02.17
4.02.18
4.02.19
4.02.20
4.02.21
4.02.35
4.02.36
4.02.37
10.03.05
  • Added Abbreviations: Accessory Parking Zone (APZ), Bayshore Mixed Use District (BMUD), Gateway Triangle Mixed Use District (GTMUD), Mixed Use Project (MUP), National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
  • Added Definitions: Accessory Parking Zone (APZ), Accessory Unit, Awning, Front Yard Build-To-Line, Affordable-Workforce Housing, Gap Housing, Mixed Use Project Approval Process, Streetscape Zone, Streetwall.
  • Modifications to Bayshore Drive Mixed Use Overlay District and Goodland Zoning Overlay District
  • Creation of Gateway Triangle Mixed Use Overlay District.
  • Creation of Mixed Use Project Approval Process.
  • Creation of Golden Gate Downtown Center Commercial Overlay District “GGDCCO.”
  • Added GGDCCO to Table of Land Uses in Each Zoning District.
  • Added GGDCCO to the Table of Density Standards and Housing Types.
  • Modified Design Standards for the Bayshore Drive Mixed Use Overlay District.
  • Added Design Standards for: GGDCCO and Gateway Triangle Mixed Use Overlay Districts, and GTMUD-Residential Subdistrict and GTMUD-Mixed Use Residential Subdistricts
  • Added Design Standards for Development in the BMUD-Waterfront Subdistrict and BMUD-Residential Subdistrict
  • Added Notice and Public Hearing Requirements for Mixed Use Projects (MUP).

06-14

03-28-06

04-10-06

2.06.03
  • Changes to the Affordable Housing Density Bonus Rating System Table A.

06-63

12-14-06

01-03-07

1.08.01
1.08.02
2.03.01
2.03.06
2.03.07
2.04.03
2.06.01
3.02.10
3.03.05
3.05.02
3.05.10
4.01.01
4.02.16
4.02.17
4.02.18
4.02.23
4.02.35
4.02.36
4.02.38
4.03.06
4.04.02
4.06.02
4.06.05
4.07.04
5.03.06
5.05.08
5.06.03
5.06.04
5.06.06
6.02.02
6.06.02
8.06.03
8.06.04
8.06.10
8.08.00
9.04.04
10.02.02
10.02.03
10.02.04
10.02.05
10.02.07
10.02.13
10.03.05
  • Added Numerous Abbreviations.
  • Added or Modified Definitions: Boat Lift Canopy, Commercial Equipment, Commercial Vehicles, Dock Facility, House Pad, Pedestrian Pathway, Pedestrian Travel Zone, Mansard Sign.
  • Modifications to Purpose and Intent Language in Rural Agricultural and Estate Zoning Districts.
  • Added Residential Mixed Use Neighborhood Center PUD Design Criteria.
  • Modifications to the Santa Barbara Commercial Subdistrict and Bayshore Drive Mixed Use Overlay District.
  • Added Administrative Deviations to the Mixed Use Project Approval Process.
  • Modified Table 1 of Permissible Land Uses in BMUD Mixed Use Subdistricts.
  • Modified Applicability and Added Administrative Deviations to the Gateway Triangle Mixed Use District.
  • Added Copeland Zoning Overlay (CZO).
  • Amended Table 2 of Land Uses in Each Zoning District Pertaining to Estates Zoning.
  • Affordable Housing Density Bonus.
  • Modifications to Standards for Subdivision Plats to show both NAVD and NGVD on Plats.
  • Exemptions from Requirements for Vegetation Protection and Preservation.
  • Modified Elevation Requirements for All Developments.
  • Design Standards for the BMUD Neighborhood Commercial Subdistrict, BMUD-Waterfront Subdistrict and BMUD-Residential Subdistrict (R-1).
  • Clock Towers in Activity Center #9 Zoning District.
  • Design Standards for Development in the GTMUD-Mixed Use Subdistrict (MXD), Residential Subdistrict (R).
  • Added Specific Design Criteria for Mixed Use Development within C-1 through C-3 Zoning Districts.
  • Added House Pad Height Requirements.
  • Access Management Regulations.
  • Modifications to Buffer Requirements and General Landscaping Requirements.
  • Building Foundation Planting Requirements.
  • Water Management Areas.
  • Sign Standards in Mixed Use Planned Unit Developments Containing a Commercial Component.
  • Added Boat Lift Canopies as an Allowable Use on Waterfront Property.
  • Added Standards for Boat Lift Canopies and Modified Standards to Dock Facilities.
  • Protection of Seagrass Beds.
  • Modification to Materials and Colors Standards in the Architectural and Site Design Standards.
  • Permitted Signs, Prohibited Signs and Various Sign Standards.
  • Management and Monitoring Program for Site Development Plans and Plats.
  • Sidewalks, Bike Lane and Pathway Requirements.
  • EAC Powers and Duties, and Membership.
  • EAC Appeal.
  • Code Enforcement Board Civil Penalties and Remedies.
  • Specific Requirements for Minor After-the-Fact Encroachment.
  • Submittal Requirements for Environmental Impact Statements and Transportation Impact Statements.
  • Submittal Requirements for All Applications, Site Development Plans, Plats, Improvement Plans, and Certificates of Public Facility Adequacy.
  • Planned Unit Development (PUD) Procedures.
  • Notice Requirements for Neighborhood Information Meetings.
  • Changes to Cross-References and Scrivener’s Errors.

07-67

10-24-07

10-30-07

1.08.01
1.08.02
2.03.01
2.03.07
2.03.08
2.05.01
3.03.02
3.05.10
4.02.01
4.02.03
4.06.02
4.06.05
5.05.08
5.06.02
5.06.04
6.05.01
6.05.02
10.02.02
10.02.03
10.02.04
10.02.05
10.02.06
10.03.05
10.04.03
10.04.04
  • Added Abbreviation for “BMP” – Best Management Practices.
  • Added Definitions: Best Management Practices; Two-Family Dwelling; Infiltration Trench; Lot Measurement, Width; and Minor Subdivision.
  • Overlay Zoning Districts Changes to TDR Program Standards.
  • Notice Requirements Within the Bayshore Mixed Use Overlay District and Gateway Triangle Mixed Use Overlay District.
  • Density Standards and Housing Types Table.
  • Addition of Exemption from Design Standards for Permanent Emergency Generators.
  • Added Figure 4.06.02 C.
  • Modified Plant Material Standards, Prohibited Plant Materials, Root Barrier Standards, and Tree and Parking Lot/Pole Lighting Locations.
  • Establishment of Stormwater Retention/Detention Design Standards.
  • Added Best Management Practices for Seawalls and Bulkheads for Single-Family Lots.
  • Submittal Requirements for Plats, Improvement Plans, and Permits.
  • Notice Requirements for Public Hearings and Public Participation requirements.
  • Modified Graphic Depictions of Review Procedures.
  • Changes to Cross-References and Scrivener’s Errors.

07-68

10-30-07

11-13-07

1.08.02
2.03.07
2.04.03
4.02.16
4.02.17
4.02.18
4.02.19
4.02.20
4.02.35
4.02.36
5.05.13
  • Definition: Accessory Parking Zone (APZ).
  • Modified Bayshore Mixed Use Overlay District and Related Design Standards.
  • Heliports and Helistops.

08-08

02-05-08

02-27-08

1.08.02
2.03.07
2.03.08
3.02.03
3.02.05
3.05.07
4.02.15
5.06.02
5.06.04
5.06.05
5.06.06
6.02.01
6.02.04
6.06.01
10.02.03
10.02.08
10.02.13
  • Definitions: Development Order and TDR Credit.
  • Redemption, Related to RFMUD.
  • Modifications related to TDR Redemption.
  • Modified Historical and Archaeological Sites provisions.
  • Santa Barbara Commercial Overlay (SBCO) District.
  • Conditional Uses Within RFMU Neutral Lands.
  • Modified Areas of Special Flood Hazard and Updating the Date Associated with the Flood Insurance Rate Map.
  • Changes to General Standards and Criteria for Preservation Standards.
  • Modifications Related to Temporary Signs, Littoral Shelf Planting Area Signs, Preserve Signs, and Prohibited Signs.

08-10

02-19-08

03-06-08

3.07.00
3.07.01
3.07.02
6.05.01
10.02.02
10.02.03
10.02.04
  • Creation of Interim Watershed Regulations.

08-11

02-19-08

03-06-08

1.08.02
2.01.03
2.03.00
2.03.01
2.03.02
2.03.03
2.03.04
2.03.05
2.03.06
2.03.07
2.03.09
2.04.00
2.04.03
5.06.04
10.02.02
  • Revised Zoning District Titles and Added Permitted, Accessory and Conditional Uses.
  • Modified Rules for Interpretation of Uses and the Effect of Approvals Under the Zoning Reevaluation Ordinance.
  • Organizational Changes and Other Modifications to Move Table of Uses in Each Zoning District to a List of Uses in Each Zoning District.
  • Updated Cross-References Throughout LDC.

08-12

02-26-08

03-12-08

1.04.04
  • Changes to Minimum Standards for Reduction of Required Site Design Requirements.

08-63

10-30-08

11-20-08

1.04.04
1.08.02
2.03.01
2.03.04
2.03.07
3.02.09
3.05.05
3.05.07
3.05.08
4.02.03
4.02.27
4.02.37
4.03.08
4.05.06
4.05.08
4.06.03
4.06.05
4.07.02
5.03.02
5.05.08
5.05.12
5.06.02
5.06.04
6.02.02
6.02.03
6.02.05
6.02.06
6.02.07
6.02.08
6.06.03
9.03.01
8.03.08
9.03.07
10.02.02
10.02.03
10.02.01
10.02.05
10.02.06
10.02.07
  • Deleted Reduction of Required Site Design Requirements Section 1.04.04.
  • Added Definitions: Neighborhood Park, Passive Recreation, Post Take Plan, Public Utility Ancillary System, Take or Taking, and Protected Vegetation.  Deleted Raw Water Wells.
  • Modified Conditional Uses in Agricultural Zoning District.
  • Modified Accessory and Conditional Uses in Industrial Zoning District and Business Park District.
  • Modified Prohibited Uses in the Golden Gate Downtown Center Commercial Overlay District (GGDCCO).
  • Modified Regulations for Mobile Homes and Recreational Vehicles.
  • Added Criteria for Removal of Protected Vegetation.
  • Changes to Requirements for Exotic Vegetation Removal.
  • Changes to the Tables 3 & 4 Related to Dimensional Standards for Accessory Buildings and Structures.
  • Design Standards to the Immokalee-State Road 29A Commercial Overlay Subdistrict.
  • Development Criteria Related to the Cessation of Residential Uses in the GGDCCO.
  • Street System Standards for Facility and Service Improvement Requirements.
  • Modified: Requirements for Loading Spaces, Bicycle Parking, and Landscaping Requirements for Vehicular Use Areas and Rights-of-Way.
  • Added Public Utility Ancillary Systems Landscaping Requirements for Industrial and Commercial Development.
  • Modified Standards for PUDs: Variation from Design Requirements and Public or Private Streets.
  • Deleted Raw Water Wells and Added Public Utility Ancillary Systems to All Districts.
  • Modified Sign Standards Within Non-Residential Districts Within Residential Districts of PUDs.
  • Modified Transportation Management and Monitoring Program and Level of Service Requirements.
  • Increase to Required Park and Recreation Facility Capital Investment Level of Service Requirements.
  • Modified Level of Service Requirements for Potable Water Facility, Sanitary Sewer Facility, and Solid Waste Facility.
  • Streetlight Standards for Residential or Commercial Development.
  • Appeals Process Changes.
  • Established Standards for Nonconformities Created or Increased by Public Acquisition and Post Take Plans.
  • Modified Submittal Requirements for SDP, SDPA, PPL, PUDA, Plats, Improvement Plans, and Vegetation Removal Permits.
  • Modified Submittal Requirements for Certificates of Public Facility Adequacy.
  • Miscellaneous Corrections to Scrivener’s Errors.

09-22

05-12-09

05-20-09

N/A
  • State of Local Economic Emergency Declared.
  • Related to Tolling of Land Development Code Section 10.02.13 D.

09-43

07-28-09

08-10-09

1.08.02
2.3.06
2.03.07
4.02.26
4.02.37
4.02.38
4.06.05
4.07.04
4.08.07
5.04.04
5.04.05
5.05.05
5.05.08
5.06.00
5.06.01
5.06.02
5.06.03
5.06.04
5.06.05
5.06.06
5.06.07
5.06.08
5.06.09
5.06.10
5.06.11
9.03.03
9.04.02
10.02.03
10.02.06
  • Comprehensive Changes to Sign Code and Sign Standards Throughout LDC.

09-55

10-27-09

11-10-09

 

 

5.04.06
5.04.06
5.06.04
5.04.07
5.05.08
  • Temporary Sign Permit Types and Standards, Election and Referendum Signs.
  • Relocation of Section 5.04.06 to 5.04.07 - Annual Beach Events.
  • Established Building Design Standards for Barber Poles.
  • Modified On-Premises Signs in Nonresidential Districts.

10-23

06-08-10

06-21-10

1.08.01
1.08.02
2.03.01
2.03.03
2.03.04
2.03.07
2.04.00
2.04.01
2.04.02
2.04.03
2.05.01
3.04.00
3.04.01
3.04.02
3.04.03
3.04.04
3.05.07
3.06.06
4.02.01
4.02.02
4.02.12
4.02.29
4.02.32
4.02.35
4.05.02
4.05.04
4.06.01
4.06.05
4.08.07
5.03.02
5.04.01
5.04.04
5.04.05
5.04.07
5.04.08
5.05.05
5.05.10
6.02.09
6.06.05
8.03.01
8.03.02
8.03.03
8.03.04
8.03.05
8.03.06
8.03.07
8.03.08
8.04.01
8.04.02
8.04.03
8.04.04
8.04.05
8.04.06
8.05.01
8.05.02
8.05.03
8.05.04
8.05.05
8.06.01
8.06.02
8.06.03
8.06.04
8.06.05
8.06.06
8.06.07
8.06.08
8.06.09
8.06.10
8.07.01
8.07.02
8.07.03
8.07.04
8.07.05
10.02.02
10.02.03
10.02.04
10.02.06
10.02.07
10.02.12
10.02.13
10.03.05
10.04.00
10.04.09
  • Added Abbreviations for: Concurrency Service Areas (CSA), Florida Inventory of School Houses (FISH), School Capacity Availability Determination Letter (SCADL), School Impact Analysis (SIA).
  • Added Definitions: Ancillary Facility, Concurrency Service Area, Multi-Family Dwelling, Florida Inventory of School Houses – Permanent Capacity, Corner Lot, Interior Lot, Through Lot, School Capacity Availability Determination Letter, Timeshare Estate, Timeshare Estate Facility, Timeshare Unit, 2008 Interlocal Agreement, Native Vegetation.  Deleted Definition: Minor Subdivision.
  • Modified Zoning Districts and Usage: Estate District, Travel Trailer-Recreational Vehicle Campground District and Industrial Zoning District.
  • Modified Provisions for Keeping of Horses and Livestock in Estates District.
  • Transfer of Development Rights Program in the Special Treatment Overlay.
  • Modified Immokalee Urban Overlay District and Established Interim Deviations Within the District.
  • Modified Performing Arts Theater Use Within the Bayshore Mixed Use District.
  • Modified Storage Sheds Requirements Within the Goodland Zoning Overlay.
  • Deleted Rules for Interpretation of Uses, Effects of Approvals Under the Zoning Reevaluation Ordinance and Reserved Section 2.04.00.
  • Density Standards and Housing Type Criteria.
  • Protection of Endangered, Threatened, or Listed Species: Added Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle Protection Act and Changed Management Plans Provisions.
  • Species Specific Requirements: Added Wildlife habitat management plans and Gopher Tortoise Management Plan provisions.
  • Established New Requirements for Protected Plants.
  • General Standards and Criteria to Administer Preservation Standards: Native Vegetative Communities, Native Trees, Illegally Cleared Vegetation, Created Preserves, Standards Outside RFMU and RLSA Districts.  Sets forth Design Standards for and Including: Dimensions, Created Preserves, Offsite Vegetation Retention, Preserve Management Plans, and Allowable Uses with Required Preserves.
  • Added Ave Maria Utility Company Well Field to Regulated Well fields and Illustration Maps.
  • Dimensional Standards for Principal Uses in Base Zoning Districts: Modified Exemptions and Exclusions from Design Standards.
  • Deleted Dimensional Standards for Conditional Uses and Accessory Uses in Base Zoning Districts and Replaced by [Reserved] Subsection.
  • Outdoor Storage.
  • Farm Market Overlay Subdistrict.
  • Main Street Overlay Subdistrict.
  • Modified Design Standards for Development in the GTMUD-Mixed Use Subdistrict Figures 1, 3, and 4 and Parking Location.
  • Parking Space Design and Offstreet Parking Requirements.
  • Landscaping with Sight Design Triangles.
  • Modified Shrubs and Hedges Plant Material Standards.
  • SRA Public Facilities Impact Assessments.
  • Standards for Fences and Walls, Excluding Sound Walls.
  • Temporary Use Permits.
  • Model Homes and Model Sales Centers.
  • Special Events.
  • Temporary Signs.
  • Annual Beach Events Permits.
  • Automobile Service Stations.
  • Travel Trailer and Recreational Vehicle Park Design Standards.
  • Public School Facilities Level of Service (LOS) Requirements.
  • Clear Sight Distance.
  • Decision-Making and Administrative Bodies.
  • Environmental Data Submittal Requirements.
  • Submittal Requirements for Site Development Plans.
  • Submittal Requirements for Plats.
  • Submittal Requirements for Permits.
  • Submittal Requirements for Certificates of Public Facility Adequacy.
  • Submittal Requirements for Non-PUD Residential Rezones.
  • Planned Unit Development Procedures.
  • Notice Requirements for Public Hearings.
  • School Concurrency Procedures for Review and Approval of Residential Plats and Site Development Plans.

11-21

06-14-11

06-27-11

N/A
  • State of Local Economic Emergency Continued (Ordinance 09-22) Related to Requirements s in LDC Section 10.02.13 D.

12-25

06-26-12

07-13-12

2.01.03
  • Added Essential Services Aviation Related Uses as a Permitted Use in the Conservation Zoning District on Lands Adjacent to the Marco Island Executive Airport.

12-38

09-25-12

10-10-12

1.08.02
2.03.01
2.03.08
3.05.02
3.05.05
3.05.07
3.06.06
3.06.07
3.06.12
4.02.01
4.02.04
4.02.14
4.05.02
4.05.04
4.06.03
4.06.04
4.07.02
5.03.02
5.06.02
5.06.03
5.06.04
5.06.05
6.02.01
6.02.03
6.06.01
6.06.02
9.03.02
9.04.02
10.01.02
10.02.03
10.02.04
10.02.05
10.02.06
10.02.07
10.02.13
10.03.05
10.08.00
  • Added Definitions: Hazardous Product, Hazardous Waste, Kennel, and Modified Open Space, and Usable Open Space.
  • Modification to Nonconforming Lots of Record in the Estates Zoning District.
  • Modified Standards for Pre-Existing Uses Related to Exemptions from Requirements for Vegetation Protection and Preservation:  Mangrove Trimming and Alteration Standards and Vegetation Removal Standards.
  • Criteria for Removal of Protected Vegetation and Early Clearing Requirements.
  • Modified Standards for Mitigation Requirements and Preserve Standards for Created Preserves.
  • Added Port of the Islands Well Field to the Special Treatment Overlay and Modified Well Field Protection Illustration Maps.
  • Usable Open Space Requirements in Rural Fringe Mixed Use District.
  • Modified Exemption from Design Standards for Ground Mounted Air Conditioners and Elevated ACs to Meet Flood Elevation
  • Table 5 Design Standards for Cluster Development and Development in the ST and ACSC-ST Districts.
  • Parking Lot Surface Design Standards: Grass Parking Spaces and Lots in Excess of 200 Parking Spaces.
  • Buffer Requirements Related to Industrial, Business Park and Similar Commercial Zoned Properties.
  • Established Joint Project Plan to Remove Landscape Buffer Along Shared Property Line.
  • Vegetation Removal and Site Filling Standards.
  • Open Space Design Requirements.
  • Added Exception Standard from Design Requirements of Flagpoles for Single Family and Duplex Lots.
  • Standards for Signs in Nonresidential Districts.
  • Added Allowance for Sandwich Board/Sidewalk Signs.
  • Signs Authorized to Be Displayed by Law or Governmental Order.
  • Standards for Transportation Concurrency Management System and Other Transportation Level of Service Requirements.
  • Street System Requirements, Sidewalk, Bike Lane and Pathway Construction Standards.
  • One Year Extension of Time Period Related to Continuation of Nonconformities.
  • Types of Variances Authorized: Deleted Provision for Plantation Island Subdivision.
  • Modification to Standards for Early Work Authorization.
  • Added Section for Early Construction Authorization.
  • Modified Submittal Requirements for Site Development Plan: Permits, SDPs, and Plats.
  • Modified Extension Period for Completion and Acceptance   of Required Improvements and SIP Submission Requirement for Nonconforming Mobile Home Park Overlay Subdistrict
  • Modified Agricultural Clearing Permit, Replacement and Restoration of Vegetation, and Requirements for Mitigation Plan.
  • Submittal Requirements for Certificates of Public Facility Adequacy.
  •  Types of Changes and Amendments to PUD Ordinances, and Monitoring Requirements
  • Added Process for Minor Text Change to Affordable Housing Commitments.
  • Extension to Site Development Plan Time Limits.
  • Extension to Expiration of Conditional Uses.
  • Appendix A – Revised Standard Performance Security Documents for Required Improvements.
  • Miscellaneous Corrections to Scrivener’s Errors and Cross-References.

12-39

09-25-12

10-10-12

1.08.02
2.03.07
4.02.16
4.02.17
4.02.18
4.02.19
4.02.20
4.02.21
4.02.35
4.02.36
10.02.15
  • Added Definitions: Artist Village, Community Garden, Live-Work Units and Modified Mixed Use Project Approval Process.
  • Bayshore Drive Mixed Use Overlay District.
  • Gateway Triangle Mixed Use Overlay District.
  • Design Standards for Development in the Bayshore Gateway Triangle Redevelopment Area.
  • Design Standards for Development in the BMUD – Waterfront Subdistrict.
  • Design Standards for Development in the BMUD – Residential Subdistrict (R1).
  • Design Standards for Development in the BMUD – Residential Subdistrict (R2).
  • Design Standards for Development in the BMUD – Residential Subdistrict (R3).
  • Design Standards for Development in the BMUD – Residential Subdistrict (R4).
  • Design Standards for Development in the GTMUD-Mixed Use Subdistrict (MXD).
  • Design Standards for Development in the GTMUD – Residential Subdistrict (R).
  • Added Mixed Use Project Procedures within the Bayshore Gateway Triangle Redevelopment Area.

13-32

05-14-13

05-28-13

5.05.08
  • Established Secondary Facades Standard for Outparcels and Freestanding Buildings Within PUD and Common Ownership Developments.
  • Modified Primary Façade Standards and Deviations and Alternate Compliance Process for Architectural and Site Design Standards).
13-56

09-24-13

 10-02-13

1.06.01
2.03.01
2.03.06
3.02.10
3.05.02
3.05.03
3.05.07
3.08.00
4.03.01
4.03.03
4.03.04
4.05.04
4.07.02
5.03.06
5.04.01
5.03.06
5.04.01
5.04.05
5.04.08
5.05.01
5.05.05
5.05.08
5.06.02
5.06.04
5.06.11
6.01.02
6.01.05
6.02.01
6.02.03
6.04.03
6.05.01
6.06.01
6.06.02
9.02.06
9.03.07
9.04.07
10.01.02
10.02.02
10.02.03
10.02.04
10.02.05
10.02.07
10.02.08
10.02.09
10.02.13
10.02.15
10.03.05
10.03.06
10.08.00
  • Amendments Related to the Adoption of the Administrative Code for Land Development. 
  • Responsibility for Interpretations: Added Request Provision for Official Interpretation and Appeal to BZA or Building Board of Adjustments and Appeals.
  • Agriculture and PUD Districts: Clarified procedures established in LDC section 10.02.08 and Administrative Code.
  • Standards for Subdivision Plats: Finished Elevations.
  • Exemptions from Requirements for Vegetation Protection and Preservation: Exceptions When There Are No Bald Eagle Nests and Vegetation Removal Permit,
  • Procedures for a Vegetation Removal Permit.
  • Preservation Standards in RFMU District.
  • Added Environmental Data Requirements.
  • Provisions for Professional Engineering Principles and Practices to The Design of Required Improvements and Required Design Data, Calculations, and Analyses.
  • Subdivision Exemptions.
  • Rural Area Subdivision Requirements.
  • Chokoloskee Island Subdivision Requirements.
  • Golden Gate Estates Lot Divisions.
  • Lot Line Adjustments and Lot Split.
  • Residential Offstreet Parking Design Requirements.
  • Procedures for Approval of Docks, Dock Facilities, and Boathouses.
  • Temporary Use Permits: Indemnification, Cancellations and Postponements, Suspension or Revocation, and Violations.
  • Procedural Requirement for Temporary Use Permit to Sales and Promotional Events.
  • Film Permit Requirements.
  • Administrative Code Requirement for Business Serving Alcoholic Beverages.
  • Automobile Service Stations Site Design Requirements.
  • Architectural and Site Design Project Building Design Standards
  • Development Standards for Signs Within Residential and Nonresidential Districts.
  • Permit Application and Review Process for Signs.
  • Protected/Preserve Area and Easements.
  • Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plan.
  • Transportation Level of Service Requirements: Proportionate Share Payments.
  • Fire Hydrants.
  • Water Management Requirements: Water Management Areas, Street Grades, Rainfall and Runoff Criteria, Stormwater Outfalls, Side Ditches or Swales, Major Waterway, Open Ditches and Open Channels, Roadside Swales, Street Drainage, Percolation Areas, and Stormwater Disposal.
  • Street System Requirements: Curbs/Valley Gutter, Intersection Radii, and Signs.
  • Sidewalks, Bike Lane and Pathway Requirements at Intersections.
  • Required Notices for Vested Rights Determination Process, Including Public Hearings.
  • Nonconformities Created or Increased by Public Acquisition.
  • Deleted Specific Requirements for Waiver of Automobile Service Station Distance Requirements.
  • Early Work Authorization (EWA) and Early Construction Authorization (ECA).
  • Infrastructure Standards and County Inspections: Road Construction, Road Maintenance, Pavement Samples, Testing and Inspections.
  • Requirements for Site Development, Site Improvement Plans and Amendments thereof.
  • Requirements for Preliminary and Final Subdivision Plats.
  • Submittal Requirements for Improvement Plans: Construction, Approval, and Acceptance of Required Improvements.
  • Submittal Requirements for Permits.
  • Submittal Requirements for Certificates of Public Facility Adequacy (COA).
  • Submittal Requirements for Amendments to Official Zoning Atlas and LDC.
  • Submittal Requirements for Text Amendments to LDC.
  • Amendments to 10.02.03 Planned Unit of Development (PUD) Procedures.
  • Requirements for Mixed Use Projects Within the Bayshore Gateway Triangle Redevelopment Area.
  • Required Methods of Providing Public Notice.
  • Public Notice and Required Hearings for Land Use Petitions.
  • Amendments to Conditional Uses Procedures.

13-58

09-24-13

10-07-13

8.10.00
10.02.03
  • Establishment of the Office of the Hearing Examiner.
  • Submittal Requirements for Site Plan with Deviations for Redevelopment Projects.

14-33

07-08-14

07-14-14

1.08.02
2.03.03
2.03.04
2.03.07
3.05.02
3.05.05
3.05.07
4.01.02
4.02.01
4.02.03
4.02.16
4.06.02
5.03.02
5.03.03
5.03.05
5.04.04
5.04.05
5.06.00
5.06.04
5.06.05
5.06.06
5.06.03
6.06.02
9.03.03
10.02.08
10.02.13
10.03.05
10.03.06
Zoning Atlas Map 0502S
  • Modified Definitions: Guesthouse or Cottage, Primary Kitchen, Secondary Kitchen, Corner Lot, and Front Yard.   Added: Wet Bar and Waterfront Yard Definitions
  • Added Eating Places Primarily Intended to Serve Employees and Customers to Permitted Uses as a Conditional Use in C-1 Zoning District.
  • Added Uses to C-2 Zoning District: Household Appliance Stores, Marinas, Miscellaneous Membership Organizations, and Miscellaneous Personal Services, etc.
  • Added uses to C-3 Zoning District: An Existing Lawful Structures Over 5,000 Square Feet as of the Effective Date of the Ordinance May Be Occupied by Any C-3 Permitted Use with a 5,000 Square Feet or Greater Limitation.  Added Conditional Uses: Automotive Vehicle Dealers, Health Services, Medical Equipment Rental and Leasing (7352), Membership Sports and Recreational Clubs Indoor Only (7997).
  • Removed Dance Studios (7911) from list of Uses in C-3 Zoning District.
  • Modified Automotive Dealers and Gasoline Service Stations Use in C-4 Zoning District.
  • Added Conditional Uses in C-4 Zoning District: Boat Dealers (5551), Dealers not Elsewhere Classified (5599 etc.), and Recreational Vehicle Dealers (5561).
  • Added Conditional Use for Packing Services (4783) in C-5 Zoning District.
  • Added Permitted Uses to Industrial Zoning District: Miscellaneous Services (8999); Perfumes, Cosmetics, and Other Toilet Preparations (2844), Soap, Granulated, Liquid, Cake, Flake and Chip (2841); and Modified Physical Fitness Facilities.
  • Modified Early Entry Bonus Credits of TDR Program.
  •  Exemptions from Requirements for Vegetation Protection and Preservation: Pre-existing uses and Vegetation Removal Permit.
  • Criteria for Removal of Protected Vegetation.
  • Preservation Standards and Criteria.
  • Kitchens in Dwelling Units and Guesthouses.
  • Principal Structure Minimum Yard (Setback) Requirements: Dimensional Standards, Corner Lots and Nonconforming Lots of Record.
  • Modified Side Yard Setbacks in RMF-6 Zoning District.
  • Specified Standards for Location of Accessory Buildings and Structures: Added Rural Agriculture to Tables 3 and 4.
  • Modified Building Type Standards Bayshore Gateway Triangle Redevelopment Area.
  • Modified “Alternative A” Buffer Standards and the Table of Buffer Requirements.
  • Standards for Fences and Walls in Residential and TTRVC Zoning Districts.
  • Guesthouses, Caretaker Residences and Model Homes and Sales Center.
  • Temporary Seasonal Sales.
  • Added Definition for Light Pole Banners to Development Standards for Signs Within Residential District.
  • Modified Standards for On-Premises Signs, Change in Sign Copy, and Nonconforming Signs. Added Standards for Community Amenities Signs, Light Pole Banner, and Boundary Marker Sign.
  • Exemption for Religious Displays and Prohibited Exposed LED signs.
  • Sidewalks, Bike Lane and Pathway Requirements: Illustrations 1 and 2.
  • Standards for Nonconforming Lots of Record: Rural Agriculture, Estates, RMF-12, Mobile Home and RMF-6 Districts. Nonconforming Corner Lots and Through Lots.
  • Requirements for Amendments to Official Zoning Atlas.
  • Removal of Sunsetting Provision for Approved PUDs.
  • Methods of Providing Public Notice Requirements.
  • Public Notice and Required Hearings for Land Use Petitions.
  • Adoption of Zoning Atlas Map 0502S. Rezone Various Properties Located on the North Side of Davis Blvd (SR-84) from Airport-Pulling Rd. (CR-31) West to the Naples City Limit, From C-4 General Commercial and C-5 Heavy Commercial to C-4-GTMUD-MXD and C-5-GTMUD-MXD (Gateway Triangle Mixed Use Overlay District – Mixed Use Subdistrict).

14-40

11-18-14

11-24-14

2.03.01
4.02.07
5.04.05
  • In Rural Agriculture and Estates Districts: Allow Hogs to be Kept for Show by Children Enrolled in a 4-H Development Program.
  • In Estates District: Allow Off-Site Retail Sale of Fruits, Vegetables, and Nursery Plants Grown on Site as Accessory Uses.
  • Standards for Keeping Animals and Temporary Events.

15-28

04-28-15

04-30-15

5.04.05
  • Temporary Events on Collier County Property

15-44

07-07-15

07-09-15

2.03.07
3.05.02
3.05.07
3.05.08
4.02.04
4.06.02
4.06.05
4.08.07
5.06.04
10.02.04
10.02.06
10.02.07
10.03.06
Appendix A
  • Modified Interim Deviations in Immokalee Urban Overlay District.
  • Exemptions from Preserve Standards and Requirements for Vegetation Protection and Preservation When There Are No Bald Eagle Nests.
  • Requirements for Removal of Prohibited Exotic Vegetation.
  • Exceptions for Removal of Prohibited Exotic Vegetation.
  • Standards for Cluster Residential Design.
  • Modified Buffer Standards and Creation of a Signage Visibility Triangle for Non-Residential on Premises Signs.
  • Landscape Standards for Treatment of Slopes.
  • Privately Initiated LDC Amendment:  SRA Designation Standards, Substantial Change, Development Document, SRA Characteristics and Application Requirements.
  • Development Standards for Signs in Nonresidential Districts: Sign Area, On-premise Signs and Directory Signs.
  • General Requirements for a Minor Final Subdivision Plat (FP).
  • Changes to Requirements for Coastal Construction Setback Line (CCSL) Permits.
  • Amendments to Requirements for Certificates of Public Facility Adequacy.
  • Public Notice and Require Hearings for SRA and SRA amendments.
  • Appendix A- Specimen Standard Performance Security Document Forms for Required Improvements.

15-45

07-07-15

07-09-15

2.03.09
4.02.03
  • Established Setback Requirements for Golf Clubhouse and Maintenance Buildings on Waterfront Lots and Golf Course Lots in Zoning Districts Other Than Rural Agricultural and Estates.

15-46

07-07-15

07-09-15

1.08.02
5.05.05
5.05.08
5.05.11
  • Established Site Design Standards for Facilities with Fuel Pumps (Replaced Automobile Service Stations).
  • Definitions Added: Facility with Fuel Pumps and Fuel Pump.
  • Architectural and Site Design Standards for Facilities with Fuel Pumps.
  • Modified Carwashes Abutting Residential Zoning Districts.

16-22

07-12-16

07-18-16

2.03.06
4.02.12
4.02.16
4.02.37
4.02.38
4.05.02
4.05.04
4.05.09
4.06.02
4.06.03
4.06.05
5.05.08
6.06.02
6.06.03
10.02.15
  • Comprehensive Changes to the Architectural and Site Design Standards.

16-27

09-13-16

09-16-16

1.08.02
2.03.01
2.03.03
2.03.06
2.03.07
2.03.08
3.02.10
3.05.04
3.05.07
3.05.10
4.02.33
4.06.02
5.03.06
5.04.05
5.05.14
5.06.00
6.02.06
6.02.07
9.04.04
10.02.03
10.02.05
  • Removed and Relocated Duplicative Definitions Related to Signs.
  • Modified Uses and Standards Related to Public Schools and Educational Plants as an Essential Service.
  • Modified Standards and Permitted Uses in the Immokalee Main Street Overlay Subdistrict.
  • Main Street Overlay Subdistrict Map.
  •  Nonconforming Mobile Home Site Overlay Subdistrict: Modified Purpose and Intent Section, Established; Application Requirements, Criteria for Review, and Density.
  • Clarified Cross References to Rural Fringe Mixed Use District-RFMU Sending Lands and North Belle Meade Overlay District.
  • Removed Requirement to Submit Subdivision Plats Referencing NGVD.
  • Preserve Signage Standards.
  • Modified Requirement to Identify Preserves on Site Plans.
  • Revised Figure Related to Shorelines and Littoral Shelf Planting Areas.
  • Relief from Specific Design Standards for New Mobil Home Lots in the Immokalee Urban Overlay Subdistrict.
  • Revised Cross References to Type D Buffer Landscaping Requirements and Water Management Area Bodies of Water,
  • Revised Protection of Seagrass Beds: Dock Facilities Height Related to NAVD.
  • Added Standards for Special Events, Temporary Market Events and Established Time Limits for Special Events in a New Table 5.05.05 F. 1.
  • Added Supplementary Standards for Public Schools.
  • Revised Definition for Ground Sign and Added New Definition for Project Identification Sign.
  • Removed Standards for Potable Water and Sanitary Sewer Facility Level of Service Requirements and Replaced by Reference to Policies of the Capital Improvement Element in the Growth Management Plan.
  • Modified Standards for Minor After-the-Fact Encroachments.
  • Relocated SIP Requirements for the Nonconforming Mobile Home Park Overlay Subdistrict.
  • Miscellaneous Corrections to Scrivener’s Errors and Cross-References.

17-10

03-28-17

03-30-17

2.03.06
2.03.09
3.05.07
5.05.15
10.03.06
  • Established Process, Procedures and Design Standards for Converting Constructed Golf Courses to New Uses.

17-12

04-11-17

04-17-17

6.05.01
6.05.03
  • Design Standards and Requirements of Type 1 and Type 2 Stormwater Plans for Single-Family, Two-Family, and Duplex Dwelling Units.

18-18

04-24-18

04-26-18

1.08.02
2.03.03
2.03.04
2.03.08
3.05.07
4.02.01
4.02.03
4.02.04
4.02.06
4.02.14
4.03.04
6.01.05
9.04.04
10.01.02
10.02.09
Zoning Atlas Maps:
522930
2033N
2033S
2034N
2034S
  • Modified Definition of Nonconforming Lot of Record.
  • Modified Uses Related to Amusement and Recreation Services in C-3 Zoning District.
  • Revised Amusement and Recreation Services as Indoor/Outdoor Uses as Conditional Uses Within C-3, C-4, and Industrial Zoning Districts.
  • Clarified RFMUD of the Rural Fringe Mixed Use Zoning Overlay District, and North Belle Meade Overlay District-Neutral Lands
  • Comprehensive Changes to Dimensional Standard Tables Related to Setbacks for Accessory Buildings and Structures.
  • Revised Reference Tables for Development in Airport Zones.
  • Added Protected and Undesirable Species to Design Standards for Development Within the ST and ACSC-ST Districts.
  • Modified Standards for Lot Line Adjustments and Lot Splits.
  • Established Standards for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control to Developments Without a Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plan.
  • Added Exceptions to Requirements for Minor After-the-Fact Encroachments.
  • Removed Requirement for a Determination of Legal Sufficiency to Early Work Authorization Permits.
  • Removed Limitation on the Number of LDC Text Amendments that May be Made Each Calendar Year.
  • Removed ACSC Designation from Certain Zoning Atlas Maps for Consistency with the Growth Management Plan.
  • Miscellaneous Corrections and Changes to Cross-References.

18-24

05-08-18

05-11-18

4.02.06
  • Development in Airport Zones: Exemption for the Mini-Triangle Mixed Use Subdistrict from Height Requirements.

18-32

06-26-18

06-27-18

4.05.04
4.06.05
5.05.04
10.02.03
  • Hurricane Irma Resiliency Amendments Related to Facilities with Fuel Pumps, Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes.
  • Established Standards and Requirements of Emergency Environmental Control Plans for Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes.
  • Allow for Side and Rear Yard Encroachments, Reduction in Building Foundation Planting Areas and Offstreet Parking Space, to Accommodate Permanent Emergency Generators at Facilities with Fuel Pumps, Assisted Living Facilities, and Nursing Homes.

18-34

07-10-18

07-13-18

3.05.07
  • Preservation Design Standards: Modified and Established Preserve Criteria and Requirements to On-site Preservation and Off-Site Vegetation Retention.

19-02

02-12-19

02-14-19

1.08.02
2.06.01
2.06.02
2.06.03
2.06.04
2.06.05
2.06.06
  • Modified Affordable Housing Density Bonus (AHDB) Program: Purpose and Intent, Rating System, Table A, Limitations, Monitoring Program, Violations and Enforcement.
  • Definitions Added: Affordable Housing and Approved Affordable Housing.
  • Definitions Deleted: Affordable Workforce Housing and Gap Housing.

19-08

06-11-19

06-12-19

2.01.03
2.03.08
2.03.09
  • Allow Communication Towers in RFMUD-Sending Lands and Conservation Zoning Districts as a Conditional Use.

19-09

06-11-19

06-12-19

2.03.07
  • Established the Plantation Island Overlay (PIO).

19-13

06-25-19

06-27-19

4.02.01
5.03.07
  • For Single-Family and Two-Family Dwellings, Established Supplemental Standards for Permanent Emergency Generators.
19-35 10-22-19 10-25-19 2.03.07
4.02.06
5.05.05
5.06.00
5.06.06
  • Amended the Airport Zoning Maps for Naples Municipal Airport, Marco Island Executive Airport, Everglades Airpark, and Immokalee Airport.
  • Added a Review Process for Airspace Obstructions.
  • Added Airport Land Use Restrictions.
  • Allowed Additional Pricing Signage for Facilities with Fuel Pumps and Allowed for Electronic Fuel Pricing Signs.
20-02 01-14-20 01-21-20 4.02.16
  • Clarified that the Minimum Floor Area for Commercial Uses, Mixed-Uses and Apartments in the Bayshore Gateway Triangle Redevelopment Area Does Not Apply to Guest Rooms in Hotels.
20-05 01-14-20 01-21-20 Code of Laws
  • Allowed Additional Time Extensions for the Placement of Temporary Emergency Housing.
 20-16 06-09-20 06-12-20

1.08.02        2.03.05        2.03.07        2.03.08        4.06.02        5.03.06        5.05.08        5.05.09        9.04.04      10.02.03      10.03.06      Appendix A  Appendix C

 

 
  • Amended Definition for Accent Lighting.
  • Modified Illumination-Lighting of New and Existing Commercial and Carwashes.
  • Changed Inspection Time Periods For Communication Towers.
  • Added New Section for Nominal Alteration Plan Process.
  • Modified Public Notice Requirements for Large-Scale and Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendments.
  • Updated Signatory Block for Clerk of Court to Standard Performance Security Documents.
  • Miscellaneous Corrections and Changes to Cross References.
 20-20 07-14-20 07-21-20 2.03.09
  •  Increased the Eating Limitations to a Maximum of 200 Seats and Extended the Hours of Operation for Restaurants within the Golf Course and Recreational Use District (GC) When Located Within the Golden Gate City Economic Development Zone.
 20-44 11-10-20 11-17-20

2.03.00 2.03.03 2.03.04 2.03.05 2.03.07 4.08.07 5.04.05 5.04.06 10.02.06 10.03.06

 
  • Extend the Availability of TDRs Early Entry Bonus Credit for Sending Lands in Rural Fringe Mixed Use District Overlay.
  • Revise the Procedures and Approval Process for Comparable Use Determinations.
  • Modify the Timeframes and Process for Review of Applications for Development Orders in the Stewardship Receiving Area (SRA). 
  • Establish an Approval Process and Development Standards for Events Which Take Place in County Right-of Way.
 21-05 02-09-21 02-12-21

1.08.02 2.03.01 2.03.02 2.03.03 2.03.05 2.03.07 2.03.08 4.02.04 4.02.06 4.02.39 5.05.09 5.05.12 10.02.05 10.02.13 Appendix A
  • Correct Florida Statues and Florida Administration Code Citations for Assisted Living Facility, Family Care Facility, and Continuing Care Retirement Communities.
  • Allow Communication Towers as Conditional Use in Estates Zoning District and Adopt Respective Development Standards.
  • Clarify Cluster Development For Affordable Housing Does Not Require A Conditional Use in The RMF-6 Zoning District. 
  • Create Alternative Design Standards For Housing That Is Affordable.
  • Modify Setback Requirements For Public Utility Ancillary Systems Enclosures and Height Standard for Fences and Walls Enclosing PUAS.
  • Correct Height Limitation Within the Airport Overlay.
  • Update Notarial Certificate Requirements.
 21-14 03-09-21 03-16-21

1.08.01 2.03.07 2.05.01 4.02.26 4.02.37 4.02.08 4.05.02 5.05.04 5.05.08 10.03.06
  • Add Abbreviations for Golden Gate Parkway Overlay District (GGPOD),  Mixed Use Activity Center Subdistrict (GGPOD-AC) and Downtown Center Commercial Subdistrict (GGPOD-DT).
  • Create the Golden Gate Parkway Overlay District (GGPOD) and Establish Subdistricts, Table of Uses, Prohibited Uses,  Boundaries, Design Standards and Definitions.
  • Eliminate the Golden Gate Parkway Professional Office Commercial Overlay (GGPPOCO) and Golden Gate Downtown Center Commercial Overlay District.
  • Add GGPOD Definition for Mixed Use.
  • GGPOD Maximum Density for Townhouse and Multi-family.
  • Establish Architectural, Building and Site Design Standards:  Dimensional Requirements, Terminating Vistas, Blank Walls, Roof Material, Exterior Building Facade Materials, Architectural Massing, Streetscape Design of Buildings, Landscape, Signage, Open Space, Pedestrian Pathways, Exterior Lighting, Public Transit Facilities, Pollution Control, Service Function Areas and Facilities, Off-street Parking and Loading, Drive-Up, Drive In, or Drive-Through Delivery of Goods or Services. 
  • Create Design Standards for Economic Development Uses and  New Streets and Alleys in the GGPOD.
  • Allow Deviation Requests for Projects in the GGPOD.
  • Exclude Properties Located Within the GGPOD from Specific Design Criteria for Mixed Use Development Within C-1 to C-3 Zoning Districts.
  • Modify Off-Street Parking and Loading Design Standards and Access Requirements.
  • Modify Front Setback Requirements for Group Care Facilities Located Within the GGPOD.
  • For Industrial/Factory Buildings Within the GGPOD, Exclude Certain Design Standards Set Forth in LDC section 5.05.08 E.7b through 7h.
  • Adds Public Notice and Required Hearings for Site Plans Requesting Deviations in the GGPOD.
 21-25 07-13-21 07-20-21

1.08.02 3.08.00 5.05.15 9.03.03 10.03.05
  • Modify Definitions for Lot of Record and Nonconforming Lot of Record.
  • Revise Environmental Data Requirements for When Soil and/or Groundwater Sampling Occur.
  • Add Environmental Data Requirements for Conversion of Golf Courses Soil and/or Groundwater Sampling. 
  • Clarify When Soil and/or Groundwater Sampling is Required for Conversion of Golf Course to Non-Golf Course Uses.
  • In RMF-6 Zoning District, Clarify Calculation of Density for Single-Family, Two-Family or Duplex Dwelling on Legal Non-Conforming Lots of Record.
  • Increase Written Public Notification Distance for Land Use Petitions Within the Rural and Urban Golden Gate Estates of the GGAMP.
 22-04 01-25-22 02-01-22

1.07.00 1.08.02 2.03.07 4.02.03 4.02.22 5.05.04 6.06.01 10.01.02 10.02.03
  • Delete references to old code and ordinance and updates Florida Building Code and Florida Fire Prevention Code.
  • Modify definitions for Building, Zoned Height Of and Camping Cabin.
  • Amend Immokalee Urban Overlay for Fire Authority Having Jurisdiction, Standards For Fire Safety Criteria For Manufactured Home Installations, Sites, and Communities.
  • Replaced Goodland Zoning Overlay - Map 1.
  • Reversed Column Alignment for Rear and Side Yard Setbacks to Table of Dimensional Standards For Accessory Buildings And Structures.
  • Clarify applicability to Noncommercial Zoning Districts in the Dimensional Standards for GZO District.
  • Update Florida Administrative Code Citations for Group Housing.
  • For Early Construction Authorization Permits, Clarify the Fire Authority Having Jurisdiction.
  • For School Board Review Exemptions, update ordinance reference to Collier County Utilities Standards and Procedures and Clarify the Fire Authority Having Jurisdiction.
  • Correct reference to 10.02.03 F.7.
 22-08 03-08-22 03-11-22

1.08.01 4.02.16 10.02.15 10.03.06
  • Add Abbreviation for Limited Density Bonus Pool Allocation (LDBPA)
  • Established Eligibility,  Procedures,  Requirements, Public Notice, and Evaluation Criteria for Limited Density Bonus Pool Allocation for Multi-Family or Mixed Use Developments on Two Contiguous Acres or Less.
  • Process and Criteria to Utilize Density Pool Allocation for Developments Over Two Contiguous Acres.
  • Established Public Realm Improvements for Projects Receiving Allocation of Density Pool Units Within the Bayshore Gateway Triangle Community Redevelopment Area (BGTCRA).
  • Expiration of Allocated Density Pool Units.
22-12 04-12-22 04-18-22 1.08.01
1.08.02
2.03.07
2.05.01
4.02.16
10.02.15
10.03.06
  • Change the Names of Bayshore Mixed Use Overlay District (BMUD) to Bayshore Zoning Overlay District (BZO) and Gateway Triangle Mixed Use District (GTMUD) to Gateway Triangle Zoning Overlay District (GTZO). 
  • Revise Definition for Mixed Use Project Approval Process and Add Abbreviations for BZO and GTZO Sub-districts.
  • Add Boundary Maps For The Bayshore Zoning Overlay and Gateway Triangle Zoning Overlay Districts.
  • Modify BZO and GTZO Use Categories, Table of Uses, and Additional Standards.
  • For BZO and GTZO Districts, Add Prohibited Uses to C-2, C-3, C-4, and C-5 Zoning Districts.
  • Revise Design Standards for Development in The Bayshore Gateway Triangle Community Redevelopment Area (BGTCRA), Including: The Location of Accessory Uses to Residential Structures, Marinas and Boatyards, Mixed Use Projects, and Outdoor Vending Machines; Permitted or Conditional Uses Allowing for Outdoor Display, Sales, or Storage of Manufactured Products, Raw or Finished Materials, Boats, or Vehicles; Requirements for Commercial Vehicle or Fleet Vehicle Parking; View of Repair Bays and Overhead Doors; General Architectural Standards and Features for Houses, Garages, Mobile Homes, Rowhouses; Massing and Scale of Building Types; and Houses, Apartment, Mixed-Use, and Commercial.
  • Add Road Right-Of-Way Landscape Buffer Requirements for a Streetwall and Allowance For Parking Lots Pedestrian Seating or Public Art Walls.
22-44 11-08-22 11-16-22

10.03.05
  • Change Distance Notification For Variance Applications From 1 mile to 1,000 Feet For Estates Zoned Properties Located In Rural and Urban Golden Gate Estates Sub-Elements of the GGAMP.
23-10 01-24-23 01-30-23  2.03.07
  • Remove the $25,000 Minimum Value of Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Base Credit in the Rural Fringe Mixed Use (RFMU) District.
23-16 02-28-23 03-06-23

2.03.07  10.02.06  10.03.06
  • Provide that Comparable Use Determinations (CUD) are Site Specific and Add Criteria.  If CUD is Heard by the Planning Commission, Require One Board of Zoning Appeals Public Hearing.
23-19 04-25-23 05-01-23 1.08.01

2.03.07 4.02.23 5.05.08

 
  • Create the Collier Boulevard/ Interstate 75 Innovation Zone Overlay District (CBIIZO).
  • Eliminate Activity Center #9 Overlay District.
  • Establish Design Standards for CBIIZO: Building Design, Landscaping Standards, Lighting Fixtures and Signage, and Pollution Control.
  • Add Design Standards for Economic Development Uses: Lot Design and Building Dimensions, Use Operations, Environmental, Architectural and Site Design.
  • Eliminate Activity Center #9 Zoning District Design Standards.
  • For Industrial/Factory Buildings Within the CBIIZO, Exclude Certain Design Standards Set Forth in LDC section 5.05.08 E.7.b through 7.h.
23-63 11-14-23 11-16-23 10.03.05
  • Establish Rules of Decorum for Neighborhood Information Meetings.
24-05 02-27-24 03-04-24 1.08.02
2.01.03
2.03.01
2.03.02
2.03.03
2.03.04
2.03.05
2.03.06
2.03.07
2.03.08
2.03.09
4.02.01
4.02.14
4.06.05
4.08.06
5.05.09
  • Revise Regulations Related to Wireless Communication Facilities (WCF).
  • Delete Definition: Monopole Communications Tower.
  • Clarify Wireless Emergency Telephone Service as an Essential Service.
  • Amend Various Zoning and Overlay Districts to Allow Wireless Communication Facilities as a Permitted, Conditional or Not Permitted Use.
  • Add Definitions to LDC section 5.05.09: Alternative Tower Structure, Antenna, Rooftop or Building Mounted Facility, Search Radius, Support Facilities, Temporary Wireless Communication Facility, Tower, Guyed Tower, Lattice Tower, Monopole Tower, Wireless Communication Facility (WCF), Wireless Communication Facility Site or Site, Wireless Communication Services.
  • Create Table 1 of Allowable Wireless Communications Facilities by Zoning District and Type of Facility, Table 2 of Maximum Tower Height, Co-location, and Minimum Number of Service Providers, Table 3 of Minimum Tower Separation Distance From Abutting Uses.
  • Allow Temporary Wireless Communication Facilities in All Zoning Districts.
  • Establish Design and Development Standards for Wireless Communication Facilities, Towers, and Rooftop or Building Mounted Facilities.
  • Modify WCF’s Landscape, Signage, Screening, Lighting, Access and Parking Requirements.
  • Relief From Design and Development Standards.
  • Allow WCF on Public Owned Property and Estates Zoned Parcels Designated in Urban or Rural Golden Gate Estates.
  • Supplemental Tower and Rooftop or Building Mounted Facility Application Requirements.
  • Inspections and Abandonment.
24-11 03-26-24 04-01-24

1.08.01
1.08.02
2.02.02
2.03.01
2.03.02
2.03.03
2.03.07
2.03.08
2.03.07
2.03.08
3.02.01
3.02.02
3.02.03
3.02.04
3.02.05
3.02.06
3.02.07
3.02.08
3.02.09
3.02.10
3.04.02
3.05.07
3.07.02
4.01.01
4.02.11
4.02.14
4.02.16
4.03.03
4.06.04
5.05.15
6.01.02
9.04.05
10.02.04
10.02.08
10.04.04
Appendix C
  • Remove Flood Regulations that are Duplicative or  Conflict with Flood Damage Prevention Provisions in Chapter 62 of Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances or with the Florida Building Code.
  • Deleted Definitions: Area of Special Food Hazard, Base Flood Elevation, Breakaway Wall, Flood Elevation Determination, Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), Flood Insurance Study (FIS), Flood Prone Area, Floodway, Substantial Damage, and Substantial Improvement.
  • Revise Definitions for Coastal High Hazard Areas and Flood-Plain.
  • Delete Text in LDC Sections, from 3.02.01 to 3.02.08, 3.02.10, and 9.04.05.
  • Clarify Regulations Related to Mobile Homes and Recreational Vehicles in the Coastal High-Hazard Area.

  • Update Citations and Correct Scrivener's Errors and Cross References.
 24-35  09-24-24 09-30-24

1.08.01
2.03.01
2.03.02
2.03.07
2.03.08
2.08.08
3.05.07
4.03.03
4.06.02
5.04.04
6.01.02
6.05.01
6.06.01
10.02.01
10.02.04
10.02.14
10.08.00

 

 

 

 
  • Delete Abbreviation and terminology for Preliminary Subdivision Plat (PSP) in favor of construction plans and final subdivision plat (PPL).
  • Add Abbreviations for Conceptual Plat with Deviations (CPD).
  • Amend various sections to replace (PSP) with (CPD).
  • Comply with F.S. 177..073 to expedite the review process for issuing building permits to residential subdivisions or planned communities before a final plat is recorded with the clerk of circuit court.

 

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