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DIVISION ADMINISTRATION:

David Dickey
    Community Development
   Department Director
    ddickey@mywinterhaven.com

Robert Silhan
    Senior Planner
    rsilhan@mywinterhaven.com

Sean Byers
    Senior Planner
    sbyers@mywinterhaven.com

Jeanne Sobierajski
    Planner I

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Planning Commission

Image: City of Winter Haven, The Chain of Lakes City

Our Division:

Office Location:
Winter Haven City Hall
451 Third Street NW
Winter Haven, Florida 33881

Contact Information:
Phone: (863) 291-5600
Fax: (863) 297-3090

The Planning Division focuses on community development; regulating and enforcing the vast number of codes, laws, acts, regulations and ordinances related to development and construction within the City of Winter Haven and maintains high standards throughout and after the development process.

Documents/Downloads:

(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.)

2007-2008 Planning and Zoning Fee Schedule (PDF: 36KB) UPDATED (Effective-November 21, 2007)

Residential Development Map (PDF: 3.92 MB) August 2007

Landscape Ordinance (PDF:3.75 MB)

Table of Development Standards (PDF:80 KB)

Table of Land Uses (PDF:457 KB)

Future Land Use Map (PDF:7.38MB)UPDATED January 2008

Zoning Map (PDF ZIP:5.60MB) UPDATED January 2008

Future Land Use/Zoning Shape and Layer Files (ZIP:6.4MB)

Core Improvement Area Map (PDF:1.20MB)

Comprehensive Plan:

(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.)

Table of Contents (PDF: 62KB)

Future Land Use Element (PDF: 11MB)

Transportation Element (PDF: 1.87MB)

Housing Element (PDF: 268KB)

Infrastructure Element (PDF: 676KB)

Conservation Element (PDF: 541KB)

Recreation and Open Space Element (PDF: 161KB)

Capital Improvement Element (PDF: 351KB)

Intergovernmental Coordination Element (PDF: 376KB)

Neighborhood Element (PDF: 382KB)

Planning Commission:

The Planning Commission is comprised of nine Commissioners appointed by the City Commission. The Planning Commission has jurisdiction over those matters set forth in Chapter 21, Section 21-461, of the Winter Haven Code of Ordinances and makes recommendations of those matters to the City Commission.

The Planning Commission generally meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month in the John Fuller Auditorium in City Hall, 451 Third Street NW.

For more about the Planning Commission, please click here.

Planning Commission Fiscal Year 2008 Schedule (PDF:33KB) (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.)

Web Links:

City of Winter Haven Planning Division: Applications for Planning:

www.mywinterhaven.com/information/downloads.htm

County:

Florida Planning and Zoning Associates: www.fpza.org

Polk County: www.polk-county.net

Polk County Appraiser:www.polkpa.org

State:

Department of Community Affairs: www.dca.state.fl.us

Department of Transportation: www.dot.state.fl.us

Florida Chapter of American Planning Association: www.floridaplanning.org

Florida Department of Environmental Protection: www.dep.state.fl.us

Florida Department of State: www.dos.state.fl.us; www.flheritage.org

Florida League of Cities: www.flcities.com

Florida Legislature: www.leg.state.fl.us

Southwest Florida Water Management District: www.swfwmd.state.fl.us

State of Florida: www.myflorida.com

University of Florida: Bureau of Economic & Business Research (BEBR):
www.bebr.ufl.edu

National:

American Planning Association (APA): www.planning.org

Geographical Information Systems: www.esri.com

International City/County Management Association: www.icma.org

National Arbor Day Foundation: www.arorday.org

Planners Web (Planning Commissioners Journal): www.plannersweb.com

United States Census Bureau:www.census.gov

Regional:

Central Florida Regional Planning Council: www.cfrpc.org

Transportation Planning Organization (TPO):
www.polk-county.net/county_offices/tpo