Community Development

The Community Development Department takes pride in its service to the community. We administer and enforce County Land Development regulations, the Florida Building Code, and are responsible for the preparation and implementation of the County's Comprehensive Plan. Community Development includes the following:

  • Building Construction Services - functions include inspections, permitting, licensing.
    18400 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte
    Phone: 941.743.1201
  • Comprehensive Planning - functions include creating, maintaining and implementing the County Comprehensive Plan and Community and Neighborhood Plans.
    18500 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte
    Phone: 941.764.4903
  • Engineering - functions include transportation, stormwater and review and processing of excavation requests.
    410 Taylor Street, #104, Punta Gorda
    Phone: 941.575.3632
  • Land Information - functions include maintaining and updating the Comprehensive Plan's Future Land Use Map, the Zoning maps, processing requests for street name changes, and creating special maps using Geographic Information Systems software, and addressing.
    18400 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte
    Phone: 941.743.1500
  • Planning/Zoning - functions include administering and updating the Land Development Code, site plan review, environmental review, processing requests for special exceptions and variances, and code enforcement.
    18400 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte
    Phone: 941.743.1964
  • Department Administrative Services - functions include administrative support.
    18500 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte
    Phone: 941.764.4903

Community Development Phone Directory

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