605 Laura Rd, Lakeland, FL 33815

Limited Development District

It is the intent of the limited development district to limit development in accordance with the future land use designation of the area. The LD district provides for rural, agricultural, conservation and recreation land uses where appropriate and where consistent with the existing and desirable future pattern of development. The LD district is intended for mapping in areas designated on the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan as follows.; In areas designated P (Preservation), the LD district may be utilized to prohibit most development. Such areas may have significant wetlands, floodplains, wildlife habitat, poor soils or other natural characteristics that make them inherently unsuitable for development.; In areas designated C (Conservation), the LD district may be utilized to limit most types of development. Such areas may have natural or environmental constraints that can only support low intensity uses.; In areas designated R (Recreation), the LD district may be utilized to limit development to passive and active recreation facilities and uses that are compatible therewith. Such areas may be identified for use as parks, open space and lakeshore parkways.; In all other Future Land Use designations, the LD district may be utilized to conserve rural, agricultural and undeveloped land where development at suburban or urban intensities is not desirable or it may be utilized as a holding zone where development at suburban or urban intensities is not presently feasible due to an inability to provide urban services or for other reasons. If and when more intense development is both desirable and feasible in such areas, rezoning shall be required.; The LD District is intended for land which is mapped Preservation Area or Rural Conservation by Polk County prior to annexation by the city.