Manatee County Land Use Regulations
The Comprehensive Plan, Land Development Code, Land Use Chart, Outdoor Lighting and the Subdivision Setback Database are some of the resources used for researching regulations regarding land development in the unincorporated areas of Manatee County.
The Manatee County Comprehensive Plan, downloadable from this page, is normally updated two times per year to reflect Cycle 1, Cycle 2, and other small-scale amendments to the Plan. We strive to keep the site updated, but to be sure you are downloading the latest version, please contact Sharon Tarman in Planning Services at 941-748-4501, ext. 6863. Unless you are on our e-mail notification list for the Comprehensive Plan updates, you will not be notified directly of subsequent changes in the future. All of the maps are available for download by navigating further down the page . [more]
This Land Development Code is enacted pursuant to the requirements and authority of Section 163.3202, Fla. Stat. et seq. (the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act) and the general powers established in Chapter 125, Florida Statutes (County Government) and the Constitution of the State of Florida.
The purpose of this Land Development Code is to implement the Comprehensive Plan of the County by establishing regulations, procedures and standards for review and approval of all development and use of land in the unincorporated portions of the county. Further, this Land Development Code is adopted in order to foster and preserve public health, safety, comfort and welfare in the unincorporated areas of the County. It is the intent of this Code that the development process in Manatee County be efficient, in terms of time and expense, effective, in terms of addressing the natural resource and public facility implications of proposed development, and equitable, in terms of consistency with established regulations and procedures, respect for the rights of property owners, and the consideration of the interests of the citizens of the County.
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Section 604 Overlay Districts are intended to supplement the regulations in the Land Development Code. [more]
There are seven entranceways into the Unicorporated Manatee County and Section 737 of the Code provides standards and criteria by which proposed development in the entranceway areas will be reviewed [more]
The following chart from the Land Development Code is comprised of:
Figure 6-1 Schedule of Permitted, Administrative and Special Use by District.
Figure 6-2 Schedule of Area, Height, Bulk and Placement Regulations.
Figure 6-3 RSMH-4.5 Residential Single Family Manufactured Home.
Figure 6-4 RSMH-6.0 Residential Single Family Manufcatured Home.
Figure 6-5 CRV Commericial Recreational Vehicle District Dimensional Regulations.
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Manatee County Land Development Code
Excerpts related to outdoor lighting
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The following database provides the setbacks for Planned Development Residential Subdivisions [more]
Frequently used abbreviations and acronyms found in planning documents and maps [more]
Manatee County Government