Chapters 58 through 68 of the Orlando City Code shall be entitled "The Orlando Illustrated Land Development Code" and may also be referred to as the "Land Development Code" or "Zoning Code." The terms "this Chapter," "these Chapters," or "this Code" when used herein shall refer to the Orlando Illustrated Land Development Code, unless the context requires otherwise.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25094; Ord. of 7-26-1993, Doc. #26769; Ord. of 5-10-1999, § 1, Doc. #32070)

The regulations and requirements herein set forth have been established in accordance with a comprehensive plan with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the prevailing land uses, growth characteristics and the character of the respective districts and their peculiar suitability for particular uses and to encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the City. Specifically, this Code provides regulations to implement applicable goals, objectives and policies of the City's adopted Growth Management Plan. References to the individual goals, objectives and policies are contained in the various Chapters and Parts of this Code.

(Ord. of 7-18-1977, § 2; Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25094)

The provisions of this Code are intended to be the minimum requirements to promote the public health, safety, comfort, good order, appearance, morals and general welfare; to conserve the taxable value of land and buildings and to protect the character and maintain the stability of residential, business and industrial areas within the City and to promote the orderly and beneficial development of such areas.

Among other purposes, this Code is intended to provide adequate light, air, privacy and convenience of access to property; to avoid undue concentration of population by regulating and limiting the height and bulk of buildings; to regulate the size of open spaces surrounding buildings; to establish building lines; to divide the City into districts restricting and regulating therein the construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of buildings, structures and land for residence, business, industrial and other specified uses; to limit congestion in the public streets by providing off-street parking of motor vehicles and to define the powers and duties of the administrative officers, Boards and Commissions provided herein. It is also intended that these Chapters be a comprehensive Code of the regulations of the City of Orlando relating to Land Development.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25094; Ord. of 4-20-1992, Doc. #25633)

No building, structure, or land located within the City of Orlando, Florida shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building, structure, or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, located, moved or structurally altered except in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the zoning district in which it is located, and in conformity with all other applicable provisions of this Code. No person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, or convert any building, structure, or land, or cause the same to be done without first obtaining zoning approval for said building, structure, or land from the Planning and Development Department, and in conformity with all other applicable provisions of this Code.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25094)

This Chapter is intended to exercise the legal authority available to the City of Orlando pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Florida, General Law, Special Act, and the City Charter.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25094)

This Chapter implements the powers conferred by or available to the City through chapter 163, Florida Statutes (1990), as amended, to combine various types of City regulations and ordinances dealing with the development of land into a land development code; and all other powers conferred by or available to the City through Florida Statutes § 163.3161 et seq., entitled the "Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act," and any amendments thereto.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25094)

This Chapter implements the City of Orlando Growth Management Plan and adopting ordinances.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25094)

This Chapter is intended to implement powers the City of Orlando has to plan, zone, regulate development, control density and administer planning, zoning and development activities pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, the Florida Statutes, various Special Acts and the City Charter.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25094)

A certified copy of this Chapter, as may be amended from time to time, shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall be the official version of this Chapter.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25094; Ord. of 12-13-1999, § 16, Doc. #32494)

FIGURE 1A.LDC

FIGURE 1: Table of Zoning District Regulations. Use this table to determine regulations that apply within each zoning district (includes districts inside and outside of the Traditional City). For additional regulations for specific uses, see Chapter 58, Parts 3 and 4. Numbers in parentheses refer to footnotes following the tables.

(Ord. of 8-6-2007, § 1, Doc. #0807061002; Ord. No. 2016-68, § 1(Exh. A), 11-14-2016, Doc. #1611141201; Ord. No. 2017-17, § 1(Exh. A), 4-10-2017, Doc. #1704101203; Ord. No. 2024-17, § 1, 5-13-2024)

FIGURE 1: Table of Zoning District Regulations. Use this table to determine district regulations that apply within each zoning district (includes districts inside and outside of the Traditional City ("T. City")). For additional regulations for specific uses, see Chapter 58, Parts 3 and 4. Numbers in parentheses refer to footnotes following the tables.

(Ord. of 5-11-1998, Doc. #31215; Ord. of 8-6-2001, § 1, Doc. #33970; Ord. No. 2015-30, § 1, 7-13-2015, Doc. #1507131204; Ord. No. 2016-68, § 1(Exh. A), 11-14-2016, Doc. #1611141201; Ord. No. 2017-17, § 1(Exh. A), 4-10-2017, Doc. #1704101203; Ord. No. 2018-45, § 1(Exh. A), 8-20-2018, Doc. #1808201202; Ord. No. 2019-22, § 1, 3-25-2019, Doc. #1903251204; Ord. No. 2020-67, § 1, 1-11-2021, Doc. #2101111205; Ord. No. 2024-17, § 1, 5-13-2024)

FIGURE 1: Table of Zoning District Regulations. Use this table to determine regulations that apply within each zoning district (includes districts inside and outside of the Traditional City). Numbers in parentheses refer to footnotes following the tables.

(Ord. of 5-11-1998, Doc. #31215; Ord. of 1-27-2003, Doc. #030127712; Ord. of 10-19-2009, § 1, Doc. #0910191103; Ord. No. 2016-68, § 1(Exh. A), 11-14-2016, Doc. #1611141201; Ord. No. 2017-17, § 1(Exh. A), 4-10-2017, Doc. #1704101203; Ord. No. 2018-45, § 1(Exh. A), 8-20-2018, Doc. #1808201202; Ord. No. 2019-22, § 1, 3-25-2019, Doc. #1903251204; Ord. No. 2020-41, § 1, 9-21-2020, Doc. #2009211201; Ord. No. 2024-17, § 1, 5-13-2024)

FIGURE 2: Use this table to determine what uses are permitted, conditionally permitted, or prohibited in each zoning district (includes districts inside and outside of the Traditional City). Numbers in parentheses refer to footnotes following the tables.

R-1S includes R-1, R-1N, R-1A, R-1AA.

(Ord. of 4-5-1999, § 1, Doc. #32007; Ord. of 6-4-2001, § 1, Doc. #33841; Ord. of 1-27-2003, Doc. #030127712; Ord. of 2-21-2005, § 1, Doc. #050221901; Ord. No. 2012-26, § 6, 8-20-2012, Doc. #1208201201; Ord. No. 2014-27, § 1, 9-8-2014, Doc. #1409081204; Ord. No. 2016-68, § 1(Exh. A), 11-14-2016, Doc. #1611141201; Ord. No. 2017-17, § 1(Exh. B), 4-10-2017, Doc. #1704101203; Ord. No. 2018-44, § 2, 9-4-2018, Doc. #1809041202; Ord. No. 2018-45, § 1(Exh. A), 8-20-2018, Doc. #1808201202; Ord. No. 2025-12, § 1(Exh. A), 4-7-2025, Doc. #25040712a)

FIGURE 2: Use this table to determine what uses are permitted, conditionally permitted, or prohibited in each zoning district (includes districts inside and outside of the Traditional City). Numbers in parentheses refer to footnotes following the tables.

R-1S includes R-1, R-1N, R-1A, R-1AA.

(Ord. of 5-10-1999, § 1, Doc. #32069; Ord. of 8-23-1999, § 1, Doc. #32283; Ord. of 10-25-1999, § 1, Doc. #32411; Ord. of 9-11-2000, § 1, Doc. #33225; Ord. of 2-26-2001, § 1, Doc. #33617; Ord. of 8-6-2001, § 3, Doc. #33970; Ord. of 1-27-2003, Doc. #030127712; Ord. of 2-17-2003, § 1, Doc. #030217704; Ord. of 2-21-2005, § 1, Doc. #050221901; Ord. of 10-5-2009, Doc. #0910051105; Ord. No. 2012-26, § 6, 8-20-2012, Doc. #1208201201; Ord. No. 2013-53, § 1, 11-25-2013, Doc. #1311251203; Ord. No. 2016-68, § 1(Exh. A), 11-14-2016, Doc. #1611141201; Ord. No. 2017-27, § 1, 7-10-2017, Doc. #1707101202; Ord. No. 2018-45, § 1(Exh. A), 8-20-2018, Doc. #1808201202; Ord. No. 2019-22, § 1, 3-25-2019, Doc. #1903251204; Ord. No. 2021-44, § 1(Exh. A), 8-23-2021, Doc. #2108231201; Ord. No. 2022-68, § 1, 12-5-2022, Doc. #2212051203; Ord. No. 2024-18, § 1, 5-13-2024, Doc. #2405131203; Ord. No. 2024-24, § 1(Exh. A), 6-24-2024, Doc. #2406241203; Ord. No. 2024-42, § 2, 11-11-2024, Doc. #2411111203; Ord. No. 2025-12, § 1(Exh. A), 4-7-2025, Doc. #25040712a)

FOOTNOTES:

1.

Outside the Traditional City only.

2.

Some residential uses have different standards. See Chapter 58, Part 3, Specific Residential Uses.

3.

The rear half of the yard setback may be used for vehicular use areas and signs.

4.

All one-family lots under 4,000 sq. ft. and all two-family lots under 5,000 sq. ft. shall use zero-lot-line design. See Chapter 58, Part 3.

5.

Use requires a Conditional Use Permit in the Traditional City and is permitted outside of the Traditional City.

6.

When frontage in one block face is located partly in a commercial or R-3D district and partly in another residential or office district, the front yard and street side yard requirements of office or other residential district shall apply within the commercial or R-3D district for a distance of 50 ft. or to the nearest side street or other natural barrier (whichever is the shortest distance). The front half of this setback may not be used for signs and the entire setback may not be used for vehicular use areas except when the office or residential district street side yard allows a vehicular use area to be located closer to the property line.

7.

As limited by the Airport Zoning height restrictions or FAA.

8.

Development standards are established during the Conditional Use Permit review process.

9.

This is a base standard which may be increased through the use of intensity bonuses.

10.

Minimum principal building setback from any natural surface water body or retained wetland is 50 ft. from the normal high water elevation or boundary.

11.

15% wider for corner lots except for residential subdivisions recorded prior to February 4, 1959.

12.

Wherever duplexes and tandems are allowed as permitted or conditional uses, they are subject to a series of requirements including design standards and appearance review. See Part 3C of this Chapter.

13.

All accessory dwelling units must comply with Part 3A of this chapter. Where permitted includes any PD with a similar default zoning.

14.

This conditional use may be approved only for residential development and residential use within a mixed residential-office development. No office may exceed 55 ft. in height.

15.

See Chapter 61, Part 2B, where increased setbacks may be required from a street centerline.

16.

Non-conforming residential lots are subject to the provisions of Section 58.1152 (a)—(e) concerning FAR, height, location of required parking, appearance review and modification of standards.

17.

For buildings over 75 ft. in height, an additional foot of rear yard is required for each additional 4 ft. of building height.

18.

In the Traditional City, up to 30% of the frontage of the principal building may extend up to 20% into the required front yard if approved by the appearance review official. Requires appearance review per Chapter 62.600 (projections and recesses).

19.

Recreation (Use), Indoor - Light uses over 5,000 square feet in size may only be located in stand-alone buildings, as the only tenant in order to minimize impacts on neighboring uses.

20.

Minimum and maximum setbacks from streets are contained in Chapter 62, Section 62.608, Designation of Streets in Mixed Use Corridor Districts and in Activity Centers and Sec. 62.609. - Building Standards.

21.

Minimums do not apply to commercial uses outside the Traditional City or to Large Scale Retailers within the Traditional City.

22.

All uses must be an accessory to a principal use except as specified in Section 58.720(a). A Conditional Use Permit may be required if the use is located within 300 feet of a residential zoning district. See Chapter 58, Parts 4C and 4D for development standards for Mobile Vending and Mobile Services.

23.

All retail uses shall front on a major thoroughfare.

24.

For special front yard setbacks applying to all Activity Centers in the Traditional City see Chapter 62.620.

25.

These uses may be subject to distance separation requirements and may require a Determination from the Zoning Official prior to any building permit or business tax receipt being issued. Chapter 65, Part 4G.

26.

Self-Supporting and Guyed Towers are Prohibited. Monopole Towers are permitted as a Conditional Use with Appearance Review required in the Traditional City.

27.

The only residential type uses that may be allowed in IG and IP districts as a Public Benefit Use are emergency shelters with 11—20 clients and Treatment/Recovery Facilities per Chapter 58, Part 4S.

28.

Assembly Public Benefit Uses are permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses based on the acreage of the building site and the number of seats in the largest assembly space. See Sec. 58.811.

29.

Maximum square footage of land use per building site shall be as follows:

30.

See Section 58.754, which identifies standards for Automotive Services. Light retail is allowed as an accessory use for gas stations in the I-P and I-G zoning districts up to a maximum of two hundred fifty (250) square feet per fuel pump. The number of fuel pumps is equal to the maximum number of vehicles that can be fueled simultaneously.

31.

See Section 58.774 for Conditional Use standards for personal storage facilities.

32.

Body art shops shall be a permitted use in the Downtown Community Redevelopment Area (DCRA), provided that at all times, the number of body art shops in the DCRA shall not exceed eight (8), or one body art shop for every 600,000 square feet of developed commercial space in the DCRA, whichever is less. Developed commercial space in the DCRA shall be determined by consulting the City's Land Use Database.

33.

Alcoholic beverage establishments located within 1,000 feet of an established school and/or established church and/or located within 300 ft. of a residential zoned district have special standards. See Chapter 58, Part 4B.

34.

(a)

Distance between Temporary Labor Services. No Temporary Labor Service shall be located within 500 feet of any other Temporary Labor Service. The distance shall be measured using the shortest, most direct bearing and distance from the primary entrance of one Temporary Labor Service, open to the public during normal business hours, to the primary entrance of the other Temporary Labor Service, open to the public during normal business hours.

(b)

Distance between Temporary Labor Services and Single-Family Residential Property. No Temporary Labor Service shall be located within 500 feet of any property designated R-1AA, R-1A, R-1, R-1N, R-2A, or R-2B, property within an Orange County single-family zoning district, or property designated for single-family uses in an approved PD. The distance shall be measured using the shortest, most direct bearing and distance from the primary entrance of the Temporary Labor Service, open to the public during normal business hours, to the nearest residential property line.

35.

Notwithstanding anything else in this Code to contrary, child care uses which otherwise meet the definition of a "family day care home" (Chapter 402, Florida Statutes) are permitted in all residential zoning districts.

36.

Reserved.

37.

Mobile Vending and Mobile Services associated with a public benefit use, construction site, special event, or single customer service may be allowed, provided certain criteria are met. See Sections 58.721, 58.723 and 58.730 for details.

38.

Development on corner lots may be exempt from the maximum side setbacks due to design restrictions of accommodating drive aisles and parking between the building and the side yard. This exemption may be granted through a Planning Official Determination during the site plan process.

39.

Permitted as an Accessory Use at ground level.

40.

A Planning Official Determination is required for all new or expanding businesses when distance separation requirements apply. Uses operating after midnight may require an After Midnight Alcohol Sales Permit per Section 33.03, Orlando City Code.

41.

The maximum single family, tandem and duplex Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in Historic Preservation Overlay Districts (HP) shall be 0.40. Attic and basement spaces shall not be counted towards the FAR calculation in Historic Preservation Overlay Districts (HP), unless such attic or basement space is a Habitable Floor.

42.

Only uses owned by a public body are allowed per Sec. 58.321 thru Sec. 58.323.

43.

Free Standing Emergency Rooms must be located on, and accessed from, a collector road of four lanes or more, or an arterial street.

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:

(Ord. of 5-11-1998, Doc. #31215; Ord. of 4-5-1999, § 3, Doc. #32007; Ord. of 5-10-1999, § 3, Doc. #32069; Ord. of 8-23-1999, § 3, Doc. #32283; Ord. of 10-25-1999, § 3, Doc. #32411; Ord. of 9-11-2000, § 3, Doc. #33225; Ord. of 2-26-2001, § 2, Doc. #33617; Ord. of 6-4-2001, § 3, Doc. #33841; Ord. of 8-6-2001, § 5, Doc. #33970; Ord. of 10-29-2001, § 3, Doc. #011029704; Ord. of 2-17-2003, § 3, Doc. #030217704; Ord. of 1-24-2005, § 5, Doc. #050124909; Ord. of 4-9-2007, § 1, Doc. #0704091008; Ord. of 8-6-2007, §§ 4, 5, Doc. #0708061002; Ord. No. 2014-27, § 3, 9-8-2014, Doc. #1409081204; Ord. No. 2015-37, § 1, 7-27-2015, Doc. #1507271201; Ord. No. 2016-68, § 1(Exh. A), 11-14-2016, Doc. #1611141201; Ord. No. 2017-17, § 1(Exh. B), 4-10-2017, Doc. #1704101203; Ord. No. 2017-27, §§ 2, 3, 7-10-2017, Doc. #1707101202; Ord. No. 2018-45, § 1(Exh. A), 8-20-2018, Doc. #1808201202; Ord. No. 2019-22, § 1, 3-25-2019, Doc. #1903251204; Ord. No. 2019-46, § 1, 10-7-2019, Doc. #1910071201; Ord. No. 2021-44, § 2, 8-23-2021, Doc. #2108231201; Ord. No. 2022-45, § 1, 8-15-2022, Doc. #2208151209; Ord. No. 2022-68, § 1, 12-5-2022, Doc. #2212051203; Ord. No. 2023-17, § 1, 5-15-2023, Doc. #2305151202; Ord. No. 2024-17, § 1, 5-13-2024; Ord. No. 2024-18, § 1, 5-13-2024, Doc. #2405131203; Ord. No. 2024-24, § 1(Exh. A), 6-24-2024, Doc. #2406241203; Ord. No. 2024-31, § 1, 8-12-2024, Doc. #2408121203; Ord. No. 2024-42, § 2, 11-11-2024, Doc. #2411111203; Ord. No. 2025-12, § 2(Exh. B), 4-7-2025, Doc. #25040712a)

FIGURE 3. LAND USE INTENSITY TABLE

Use this table to identify the land use intensity class of the proposed use and all contiguous use(s):

Class I if in a residential district, Class III if in a non-residential district

1 family dwellings

2 family dwellings

Accessory apartments

Community Residential Homes (1—14 residents)

Golf courses

Residential Care Facilities, Type A & B

Vacant land zoned: R-1, R-1A, R-1AA, R-1N, R-2A, P, C, H

Class II

Townhomes/multiplex dwellings

Group housing, Type A

Multi-family dwellings, up to 30 units/acre

Transient Care Facilities, Type A

Vacant land zoned: R-2B, R-3A

Class III

Group housing, Type B

Child and adult day care centers

Hospitals & clinics, up to FAR 0.7

Intensive Care Facilities, Type B

Medical & dental labs, up to FAR 0.7

Mobile home development

Multi-family dwellings, over 30 units/acre

Offices, up to FAR 0.7

PBU, Neighborhood Assembly

Residential-office mixed devel.

Transient Care Facility, Type B

Vacant land zoned: R-3B, R-3C, R-3D, MXD-1, O-1, O-2, O-C, MU-1

Residential-commercial mixed development

Class IV

Auto service station

Bars

Hospitals & clinics, over FAR 0.7

Hotels & Motels

Intensive Care Facilities, Type C

Medical & dental labs, over FAR 0.7

Offices, over FAR 0.7

Parking lot—principal use

PBU, Community & Regional Assembly

Recreation, outdoor and indoor

Restaurants

Retailing, light

Services, personal

Shopping centers

Transient Care Facilities, Type C

Neighborhood convenience stores

Vacant land zoned: MXD-2, O-3, MU-2, AC-N, AC-1

Dwelling Units—Commercial

Class V

Adult entertainment

Drive-in facilities

Manufacturing & processing, light

Nightclubs

Pain management clinics

Parking garages

PBU, Intensive

Retailing, intensive

RV parks

Whole blood facilities

Wholesaling & Warehousing

Vacant land zoned: AC-2, AC-3, AC-3A, I-P

Warehouse showrooms

Class VI

Services, intensive & major vehicle

Manufacturing & processing, heavy

Outside storage of materials

Vacant land zoned: I-G

The intensity classification for Light Public Benefit Uses is determined on a case by case basis using the most similar use listed above.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25094; Ord. of 1-24-2005, § 6, Doc. #050124909; Ord. No. 2013-53, § 6(Att.), 11-25-2013, Doc. #1311251203; Ord. No. 2015-30, § 3, 7-13-2015, Doc. #1507131204; Ord. No. 2016-68, § 1(Exh. A), 11-14-2016, Doc. #1611141201; Ord. No. 2018-44, § 2, 9-4-2018, Doc. #1809041202; Ord. No. 2018-45, § 2, 8-20-2018, Doc. #1808201202; Ord. No. 2022-68, § 1, 12-5-2022, Doc. #2212051203)