844 Blue Shell, Sarasota, FL 34240

Village Planned Development District

The VPD District provides an area for coordinated mixed-use developments which include Neighborhoods, each comprised of a broad range of residential housing types, Neighborhood Centers, Recreational Space, schools, and Village Centers that includes residential, commercial, office, Public/Civic uses, and Public Space within a planned development. Each VPD District has appropriate perimeter buffering and Open Space that is achieved through the Transfer of Development Rights and density bonus programs, or through other development incentive policies provided herein. The variety of land uses available in this district will allow flexibility to respond to market demands and the needs of tenants and residents, which provides for a variety of physically and functionally integrated land uses. The VPD District allows residential uses, including multifamily residential communities or upper story and attached residential dwelling units, in order to promote live-work and mixed use opportunities. When rezoning to the VPD District, Master Land Use Plans are binding. The VPD District is used to implement the Comprehensive Plan within those areas of Sarasota County shown as Village Land Use within the Village/Open Space RMA on the Future Land Use Map Series, Figure RMA-3.