111 S Ashley Dr #2107, Tampa, FL 33602

Central Business Subdistrict

The purpose and intent of this special district, commonly known and referred to as Center City or Downtown, is to implement the Center City Plan and Tampa Comprehensive Plan; to create a public realm of high-quality through the regulation of the physical form of buildings, streets, and open spaces, the form and mass of buildings in relation to one another, and the establishment of a pedestrian-friendly relationship between building facades and the public realm. The Center City's waterfront is integral to the district's identity and its development pattern. The purpose of the Waterfront Overlay District is to promote the city's downtown waterfront as a community resource; provide for the orderly development and redevelopment of the waterfront; ensure high quality design; ensure public access to and along the water's edge; and, create a pedestrian-oriented environment along the waterfront. Furthermore, it is the purpose and intent of the Tampa Comprehensive Plan, and of this article, which aids in implementing it, to promote the public health, safety, comfort, amenities, prosperity, and general welfare of the city; and to provide, among other matters, a wholesome, serviceable, and attractive community; to help foster a more favorable environment in which to live, learn, work, and play; to ensure that there is a seamless integration between private property and the public realm; to regulate the use, construction, and maintenance of the public realm (including but not limited to streets, alleys, sidewalks, street lights); to regulate the use and development of land; to provide regulations, which allow and encourage creativity, effectiveness, and flexibility in the design and use of land while promoting traffic safety and avoiding an environment that encourages visual blight; to protect trees, wetlands, and natural resources by regulating the trimming or removing of trees, site clearing, landscaping, tree planting, and irrigation in the district.