The Community Planning Section is responsible
for neighborhood and comprehensive planning that
seeks to improve the quality of life of the City
of Miami’s neighborhoods and its residents.
The staff applies the resources of the City and its
departmental expertise, in a multi-disciplinary
team effort, to assist neighborhood residents
and businesses in improving and stabilizing the
physical, social, and economic qualities of
neighborhood life. Paramount to the process is
public involvement.
The Section works directly with the community
to address their issues, as well as assists
other city departments in their efforts to
improve the quality of neighborhoods. Along with
this, the section develops neighborhood master
plans and is responsible for the development and
updating for the
Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan (MCNP).
The MCNP is a guide to the future development of
the City, and fulfills the City’s
responsibilities under Florida’s Growth
Management laws.
The Section utilizes Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) for data analysis and produces
informational mapping needs of the various city
departments, offices, and the public. Planning
applications include zoning and future land use
reviews, community-based residential facility
analysis, public facility locations and
analysis, neighborhood demographics and
socio-economic analysis.
