Orlando's Growth Management Plan and Land Development Code create planning districts and overlay zones such as Downtown, Traditional City, and the Creative Village area that customize density, height, parking, and design rules beyond base zoning categories.
Orlando's Growth Management Plan is the city's comprehensive plan adopted under Florida Statute 163, supplemented by the Land Development Code and overlay districts. Notable overlays include the Downtown Development Board area, the Traditional City policy area, Creative Village near downtown, and corridors along major streets. Overlays may modify base-zoning standards by allowing higher density near transit, requiring pedestrian-oriented design, capping parking, or imposing historic compatibility. Reedy Creek's 2022 dissolution shifted Disney-area governance to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, which administers its own land-use rules outside Orlando city limits.
Building or operating without compliance with the applicable overlay triggers permit denial, stop-work orders, code-enforcement liens, and required design modifications before certificates of occupancy are issued.
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