More specifically, the team works with each local government to develop a long-range comprehensive plan to guide each City’s future. The team also studies and recommends updates to those plans and requests to amend that plan initiated by private individuals or government.

One way in which that long-range plan is implemented is through the incremental change to land uses over time through such processes as the rezoning process and administration of land development regulations. The team makes consistency findings with the local government comprehensive plan. In this example, is the rezoning application consistent with the purpose, intent and goals objectives and policies of the long-range plan? Are the proposed changes to the land development regulations (e.g. zoning code, tree and landscape code) consistent with the purpose of the long-range plan?

The Cities Team does long-range planning for the Cities of Plant City, Tampa and Temple Terrace. Planners work with each municipality to develop and recommend updates to each of the three City’s Comprehensive Plans which are the long range comprehensive plans that City’s future. Amendments to the plan are processed by the planners and carried through the entire public hearing process.