Tampa offers density and height bonuses in Land Development Ch. 27 for projects that include affordable or workforce housing, allowing more units than baseline zoning when developers commit to long-term affordability covenants.
Tampa Land Development Code Ch. 27 includes density bonus provisions tied to the Affordable Housing Incentives program, providing additional dwelling units, reduced parking, and height bonuses when projects set aside units at defined area median income levels. Florida preempts mandatory inclusionary zoning, so Tampa's program operates as a voluntary incentive. Bonuses typically require a thirty-year affordability covenant recorded against the property. The Mayor's Affordable Housing office reviews applications alongside zoning staff.
Failing to maintain affordability or reporting requirements can trigger covenant enforcement, repayment of subsidies, and loss of bonus density at refinancing or sale.
See how Tampa's density bonus law rules stack up against other locations.
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