To process and provide pertinent information to the public regarding the Comprehensive Plan, Land Use and Development Regulations, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)and the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Programs, demographics and other program areas in a timely fashion.
To effectively coordinate the City's development review programs. To protect and manage listed species and their habitat. To develop and maintain the City's Geographic Information System in order to serve the geographic and parcel data need of the City's Departments and citizens of Cape Coral.
The Planning Division prepares, monitors and implements the City's Comprehensive Plan including compliance review and annual amendments and revisions. The Division also administers the City's Land Use and Development Regulations and the City's development review programs including the Planned Development Project (PDP) process, site plan review process as well as requests for rezoning, special exception, variance, vacation of plat and preliminary and final subdivision review. In addition, the division coordinates the City's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) programs.