Planning & Development
Department Description
The Planning and Development Department helps build strong communities, creating vibrant places to live, work, and play by preparing and maintaining the Comprehensive Plan (CP) and Land Development Code (LDC), administering County development review programs, providing information to all interested parties about County development requirements, completing special studies and plans, and fulfilling the County’s obligations to insure access to Federal and State transportation funding and resources.
Core Services
Planning and Development Business Administration
Develops and implements land-use policy through plans and development review and provides administrative and fiscal support to enable the County to effectively carry out program activities. This includes special projects and analysis and drafting new LDC Amendments, zoning determination letters, intake of development applications, and customer service for zoning and land use questions.
Current Planning
Reviews development projects for conformance with ordinances, the CP, and LDC by:
- Conducting Pre-Application meetings advising applicants of procedural requirements, fees, time frames, and other general development-related questions
- Providing technical assistance to design professionals regarding development proposals
- Processing plan/concurrency extensions
- Reviewing mining permits and amendments
- Reviewing building permits for conformance with overall master grading and drainage plans
- Reviewing landscaping plans in association with re-development
- Assisting Pasco County Economic Development Council and the County’s Office of Economic Growth with development-related issues to help stimulate economic opportunities
Long-Range Planning
Implements the County’s future vision for land use, transportation, housing, economic development, urban design, and environment by managing and implementing the CP and associated policies, market area plans, neighborhood plans, and corridor plans (working in partnership with Pasco County Citizens, Residents, Business Owners, and other County agencies).
Budget Summary
Goals and Objectives
Planning & Development maintains overall goals for the department focused on levels of service provided to the citizens. Some of these goals were impacted in FY 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic. The performance measures were developed understanding that a primary concern of PDD customers is the time sensitive delivery of work product.
Process Measures
The Planning and Development Department uses the following Key Performance Indicators to ensure the process of planning for the future is done in a timely manner:
KPI 1 Application Completeness - Review application completeness within 15 days or less, which is 50% less time than the State requirement of 30 days.
KPI 2 Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Review amendments in 6 months, or 25% less time than current practice of 8 months.
KPI 3 Zoning Cases - Review cases in less than 110 days, 60% less time than the State requirement of 180 days.
KPI 4 Preliminary Site Plans and Non-Public Hearing Items - Review cases in 120 days to 100% on par with State requirement.
KPI 5 MPUD Review - Review cases in 180 days to be 100% on par with State requirement.
*The 120 day target was mandated by the State midyear July 3, 2019 resulting in a skewing of some data reported as projects begun before the date followed old timelines allowing 180 days between review intervals.
Level of Service
