Planning & Zoning

Planning

From gathering historic housing data, to projecting land use for the next 20 years, are all part of the range of responsibilities of Miami-Dade County's planners.

Planning Research is responsible for economic, demographic and geographic analysis and disseminating its findings through reports to County departments, the Board of County Commissioners and County Administration, as it has done for the past thirty years.  It is charged with the task of developing the Economic, Housing and Capital Improvements Elements of the Comprehensive Master Development Plan and to provide support to the all County planning efforts.  It develops the County’s official population and employment projections; it also determines capacity for the future development.

Miami-Dade County has a large unincorporated area, along with 36 municipalities. Requests from cities to annex adjacent areas and requests to create new municipalities are reviewed by planning staff.

Development demands on facility capacity, analyses of existing and forecast levels of service are monitored for service concurrency status.

How development or conservation of land and natural resources will occur during the next ten to twenty years are expressed in the Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP).

Community Planning prepares area planning reports for specific areas of unincorporated Miami-Dade County that address urban design and the implementation of future development strategies; conducts environmental assessments and reviews related to programs involving federal funding; studies all applications for changes to municipal boundaries; provides recommendations for the sale of surplus County lands; and administers support to the County's Planning Advisory Board.