What does CU zoning mean in Tallahassee?

CU, Central Urban, is Tallahassee's downtown core district, allowing the city's highest-intensity mixed-use development in the area surrounding the Capitol complex and central business district.

Is Tallahassee's zoning code the same for the city and Leon County?

The city and county are separate governments, but they share one Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department and a unified Land Development Code, so the same document governs both jurisdictions even though final approval authority differs by whether a parcel is inside city limits.

How do I find the zoning for an address in Tallahassee?

The Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department maintains the official Land Development Code zoning map for both the city and unincorporated county, and the Leon County Property Appraiser provides the underlying parcel records.

Tallahassee, Florida · city zoning districts · 8 districts

Tallahassee, FL zoning map & districts

Tallahassee is not consolidated with Leon County the way Jacksonville is with Duval — the city and county remain separate elected governments — but they share a single Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department and a unified Land Development Code that applies within city limits and, with different jurisdiction, in unincorporated Leon County. The city's Development Review Committee handles staff-level review, and the Planning Commission recommends rezonings to the City Commission.

The code Tallahassee-Leon County Land Development Code

Tallahassee zoning map

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Mixed-use 18
Residential 17
Commercial 12
Special purpose 12
Downtown / core 2
Industrial 2
Other / unclassified 1

Source: Tallahassee-Leon County GeoData Hub - Zoning, retrieved 2026-09-04. Basemap: © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Find a district by address

District lookup only. No bulk standards, no parcel geometry and no ordinance citations are held for this city yet. Not a zoning verification.

Source: the official Tallahassee-Leon County GeoData Hub - Zoning , retrieved 2026-09-04 — the authoritative source for current boundaries.

The Leon County Property Appraiser maintains parcel and ownership records, and the joint Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department publishes the official Land Development Code zoning map covering both city and unincorporated county parcels.

A published summary is never the authority. The adopted ordinance and the city's official zoning map govern, and both change — verify the district and every standard on your parcel before you rely on it.

How zoning works in Tallahassee

As the state capital and home to Florida State University and Florida A&M University, downtown Tallahassee development has historically been shaped by height considerations near the Capitol and heavy student and government-worker housing demand near both campuses, making the Central Urban (CU) downtown designation and multifamily-permitting districts near campus particularly active for developers.

Tallahassee zoning districts by family

The 8 district codes below are the ones that decide most projects in Tallahassee, grouped by what they are for rather than by the order the ordinance prints them.

Key districts in the Tallahassee-Leon County Land Development Code — a curated reference, not the exhaustive list. Confirm against the current adopted code.
Code	District	What it is for
Residential 4 districts
R-1	Single-Family Residential	Standard single-family lots.
R-2	Single Family Detached	Live layer ZONED = "Single Family Detached R-2". Prior curated name added an unsupported "and Two-Family" qualifier; family residential unchanged.
RP-1	Residential Preservation 1	Low-density district aimed at protecting existing neighborhood character.
MR-1	Medium Density Residential	Live layer ZONED = "Medium Density Residential". Prior curated name "Mixed Residential 1" / family mixed did not match; the city's own "MR" base-code override in data-pipelines/zoning-map-sources/zone-cat-overrides.json is independently already "residential", corroborating the MR* series is residential, not mixed.
Commercial 1 district
CP	Commercial Parkway	Auto-oriented commercial along arterial corridors.
Downtown / core 1 district
CU-45	Central Urban	Downtown Tallahassee core near the Capitol complex; corrected from a non-existent plain 'CU' code (Central Urban is FAR-tiered: CU-12/18/26/45).
Industrial 1 district
I	Industrial	Industrial and flex space; corrected from a non-existent 'IN-1' code.
Special purpose 1 district
PUD	Planned Unit Development	Negotiated, master-planned development standards.

Tallahassee zoning — common questions

What does CU zoning mean in Tallahassee?: CU, Central Urban, is Tallahassee's downtown core district, allowing the city's highest-intensity mixed-use development in the area surrounding the Capitol complex and central business district.
Is Tallahassee's zoning code the same for the city and Leon County?: The city and county are separate governments, but they share one Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department and a unified Land Development Code, so the same document governs both jurisdictions even though final approval authority differs by whether a parcel is inside city limits.
How do I find the zoning for an address in Tallahassee?: The Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department maintains the official Land Development Code zoning map for both the city and unincorporated county, and the Leon County Property Appraiser provides the underlying parcel records.

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Tallahassee zoning summaries on this page are provided for information, not legal advice. Confirm every project against the current adopted code for the jurisdiction.