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Comprehensive Plan

The Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan (Plan) strives to be a Plan that addresses the needs and aspirations of the community. This has tremendous implications regarding the importance of community input in the development and implementation of the Plan.

The Plan also plays a significant role within Florida's growth management system. The Plan is required to be consistent with the State Comprehensive Plan (Chapter 187, Florida Statutes), and to be consistent with the Regional and County Comprehensive Plans. In short, the Plan should provide a critical link between the City, State, Regional, and County plans.  The Plan focuses on those issues facing the City over a twenty-year time horizon. The Plan establishes long-term direction of goals as well as short-term objectives and policies to guide implementation efforts.

Evaluation and Appraisal Report of Comprehensive Plan (EAR)

All local governments in Florida are required by state law (Chapter 163, Florida Statutes) to adopt a Comprehensive Plan. A Comprehensive Plan is a document containing goals, objectives and policies that are intended to guide future land use. Comprehensive Plans also provide policies to guide the provision of services such as potable water, sanitary sewer, drainage and transportation. In addition, the Comprehensive Plan is required to provide policies regarding the preservation of environmental and historic resources, and may provide policies guiding park and open space provisions.

To determine if the local Comprehensive Plan needs to be revised, and whether it is achieving its objectives, the same state law that requires a local Comprehensive Plan also requires an evaluation of that plan. An Evaluation and Appraisal Report (also known as an “EAR”) is the state-required report that evaluates progress in achieving the policies of a local government’s Comprehensive Plan and determining if changes are needed.  For more information, please view the EAR webpage.

For additional information about the Comprehensive Plan or Evaluation and Appraisal Report, contact Eric Silva at esilva@fortlauderdale.gov or (954) 828-5966.