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Florida Department of Community Affairs

Division of Community Planning

2009 List of Local Governments Qualifying as Dense Urban Land Areas

Pursuant to Senate Bill 360, the Florida Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research transmitted to the Department of Community Affairs on July 1, 2009, a list of counties and municipalities qualifying as dense urban land areas. The Department posted this list on its Web site on July 8, 2009, along with a Notice to Local Governments of Transportation Planning Options Under Senate Bill 360 For Transportation Concurrency Exception Areas in Dense Urban Land Areas.

The jurisdictions listed below are based on April 1, 2008 population estimates and the statutory definition as follows (see Section 163.3164, Florida Statutes - Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act; definitions External Link). Dense urban land area is defined by Senate Bill 360 to mean:

  1. A municipality that has an average of at least 1,000 people per square mile of land area and a minimum total population of at least 5,000;
  2. A county, including the municipalities located therein, which has an average of at least 1,000 people per square mile of land area; or
  3. A county, including the municipalities located therein, which has a population of at least 1 million.

An asterisk (*) indicates that the municipality is included based on conditions (b) or (c) and may or may not meet condition (a) alone.

Counties

  • Broward County
  • Duval County
  • Hillsborough County
  • Miami-Dade County
  • Orange County
  • Palm Beach County
  • Pinellas County
  • Seminole County

Municipalities

  • Altamonte Springs*
  • Apopka*
  • Arcadia
  • Atlantic Beach*
  • Atlantis*
  • Aventura*
  • Avon Park
  • Bal Harbour*
  • Baldwin*
  • Bay Harbor Islands*
  • Bay Lake*
  • Belle Glade*
  • Belle Isle*
  • Belleair Beach*
  • Belleair Bluffs*
  • Belleair Shore*
  • Belleair*
  • Biscayne Park*
  • Boca Raton*
  • Bonita Springs
  • Boynton Beach*
  • Bradenton
  • Briny Breezes*
  • Callaway
  • Cape Canaveral
  • Cape Coral
  • Casselberry*
  • Clearwater*
  • Clermont
  • Clewiston
  • Cloud Lake*
  • Cocoa
  • Cocoa Beach
  • Coconut Creek*
  • Cooper City*
  • Coral Gables*
  • Coral Springs*
  • Crestview
  • Cutler Bay*
  • Dade City
  • Dania Beach*
  • Davie*
  • Daytona Beach
  • Daytona Beach Shores
  • DeBary
  • Deerfield Beach*
  • DeLand
  • Delray Beach*
  • Deltona
  • Destin
  • Doral*
  • Dunedin*
  • Eatonville*
  • Edgewood*
  • El Portal*
  • Eustis
  • Fernandina Beach
  • Flagler Beach
  • Florida City*
  • Fort Lauderdale*
  • Fort Meade
  • Fort Myers
  • Fort Myers Beach
  • Fort Pierce
  • Fort Walton Beach
  • Gainesville
  • Glen Ridge*
  • Golden Beach*
  • Golf*
  • Greenacres*
  • Gulf Breeze
  • Gulf Stream*
  • Gulfport*
  • Haines City
  • Hallandale Beach*
  • Haverhill*
  • Hialeah Gardens*
  • Hialeah*
  • Highland Beach*
  • Hillsboro Beach*
  • Holly Hill
  • Hollywood*
  • Holmes Beach
  • Homestead*
  • Hypoluxo*
  • Indian Creek*
  • Indian Harbour Beach
  • Indian Rocks Beach*
  • Indian Shores*
  • Islamorada, Village of Islands
  • Islandia*
  • Jacksonville Beach*
  • Jacksonville*
  • Juno Beach*
  • Jupiter Inlet Colony*
  • Jupiter*
  • Kenneth City*
  • Key Biscayne*
  • Key West
  • Kissimmee
  • Lady Lake
  • Lake Buena Vista*
  • Lake Clarke Shores*
  • Lake Mary*
  • Lake Park*
  • Lake Worth*
  • Lakeland
  • Lantana*
  • Largo*
  • Lauderdale Lakes*
  • Lauderdale-by-the-Sea*
  • Lauderhill*
  • Lazy Lake*
  • Lighthouse Point*

Municipalities (Continued)

  • Longboat Key
  • Longwood*
  • Loxahatchee Groves*
  • Lynn Haven
  • Macclenny
  • Madeira Beach*
  • Maitland*
  • Manalapan*
  • Mangonia Park*
  • Marathon
  • Marco Island
  • Margate*
  • Medley*
  • Melbourne
  • Miami Beach*
  • Miami Gardens*
  • Miami Lakes*
  • Miami Shores*
  • Miami Springs*
  • Miami*
  • Milton
  • Miramar*
  • Mount Dora
  • Naples
  • Neptune Beach*
  • New Port Richey
  • Niceville
  • North Bay Village*
  • North Lauderdale*
  • North Miami Beach*
  • North Miami*
  • North Palm Beach*
  • North Redington Beach*
  • Oakland Park*
  • Oakland*
  • Ocala
  • Ocean Ridge*
  • Ocoee*
  • Okeechobee
  • Oldsmar*
  • Opa-locka*
  • Orange City
  • Orange Park
  • Orlando*
  • Ormond Beach
  • Oviedo*
  • Pahokee*
  • Palatka
  • Palm Bay
  • Palm Beach Gardens*
  • Palm Beach Shores*
  • Palm Beach*
  • Palm Coast
  • Palm Springs*
  • Palmetto
  • Palmetto Bay*
  • Panama City
  • Parkland*
  • Pembroke Park*
  • Pembroke Pines*
  • Pensacola
  • Pinecrest*
  • Pinellas Park*
  • Plant City*
  • Plantation*
  • Pompano Beach*
  • Port Orange
  • Port St. Lucie
  • Punta Gorda
  • Redington Beach*
  • Redington Shores*
  • Riviera Beach*
  • Rockledge
  • Royal Palm Beach*
  • Safety Harbor*
  • Sanford*
  • Sarasota
  • Satellite Beach
  • Sea Ranch Lakes*
  • Sebastian
  • Sebring
  • Seminole*
  • South Bay*
  • South Daytona
  • South Miami*
  • South Palm Beach*
  • South Pasadena*
  • Southwest Ranches*
  • Springfield
  • St. Augustine
  • St. Augustine Beach
  • St. Cloud
  • St. Pete Beach*
  • St. Petersburg*
  • Stuart
  • Sunny Isles Beach*
  • Sunrise*
  • Surfside*
  • Sweetwater*
  • Tallahassee
  • Tamarac*
  • Tampa*
  • Tarpon Springs*
  • Tavares
  • Temple Terrace*
  • Tequesta*
  • Titusville
  • Treasure Island*
  • Venice
  • Vero Beach
  • Virginia Gardens*
  • Wellington*
  • West Melbourne
  • West Miami*
  • West Palm Beach*
  • West Park*
  • Weston*
  • Wilton Manors*
  • Windermere*
  • Winter Garden*
  • Winter Haven
  • Winter Park*
  • Winter Springs*
  • Zephyrhills