Planning Services
Welcome to the Planning Services Department Webpage. We pride ourselves in being the best we can to help build a better city. Our motto is "People Serving People". Our department covers the current regulation and future plans of land development activities within our city limits. Please see the links on the right for information of those specific areas. Other Planning and Land Use documentation can be found in the Publications section of our website. If you need further assistance, please contact us.
Panama City Planning & Land Use 9 Harrison Ave Panama City, FL 32401 PH: 850.872.3025 FAX: 850.872.3077
Planning Department InformationPlanning Related Public Notice AnnouncementsLand Development Code and Comprehensive Plan Desk Reference GuidePlease Note: This is a zip file and may require additional software to open. Please Click Here. Downtown Zoning Code - (Adopted)At the December 13, 2011 City Commission meeting, the City Commission approved a set of new progressive zoning regulations for the downtown area. These regulations encourage a mixture of uses in the downtown area such as residential, commercial and light industrial uses. Please see Ordinance 2440 below for a more detailed description of the allowed uses. Interlocal Agreement for School ConcurrencyOn September 14, 2010, the City revised the Interlocal Agreement for Public Facility Planning and School Concurrency as a result of the creation of sub-districts from the County-wide school concurrency zone. The new districts follow the boundaries of the high school family school zones. You can view the interlocal agreement HERE. Bay County School District 2010-2011 Work Plan posted October 2010 The Bay County School District adopted the 2010-2011 Work Plan on September 22, 2010. This plan is the supporting information used when determining capacity for Comprehensive Plan map amendments and all zoning changes. You can view this document HERE. In addition, the School Board produces the annual concurrency analysis sheets for each school family within the District. This information is what you should use when evaluating the impact of any Comprehensive Plan Map amendment within the 2010-2011 fiscal year. To view these sheets, click HERE. Concurrency Certificates for development order requests are issued by the School Board. A running tally of vested development requests is maintained by the School Board. Please contact Sharron Smith at the School Board District office for more information (850-873-7158). Forest Park District Mobility Plan posted June 14, 2010 PBS&J, in coordination with the City, has prepared the City's first Mobility Plan for the Forest Park District. This Plan encompasses a boundary generally described as north of 19th Street, west of HWY 77 and includes the old airport site and the Panama City Mall. More details can be found in the Plan posted HERE. This Plan and forthcoming mobility strategies will help the City to better address the impacts of development within this district onto all mobility systems, to include transit (e.g. Bay Town Trolley), pedestrian walkways, bike routes and vehicular travel, as a result of development. Existing conditions were evaluated, and future conditions were projected to help understand where the needs are for improving each of these systems. Projects are identified in the Plan for future construction to improve the modes of transportation within the network. A mobility fee has also been calculated which will be used to contribute to the listed project(s) funding. The City will consider this Plan at their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, June 22, held in the Commission chambers. UPDATE: This Plan was adopted by the City Commission.
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