FLORIDA PLANNING A Publication of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association
Spring 2016
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The Emergence of Microbreweries in Florida By: Jason Burton, AICP, Devn Levins, Marcie Stenmark, AICP
Brewpubs and microbreweries are emerging land uses in Florida.
Some of these uses have food and entertainment components. Orlando, Safety Harbor, and Tallahassee have been working to address this new use in their codes. ORLANDO Local breweries and distilleries can have a large contribution towards a city’s tourism and nighttime economy; specifically, for Orlando, it could also entice more visitors into our central city. Currently, Orlando has accessory use rules in our Land Development Code that allow up to 25 percent of floor area to be other uses not typically allowed in a commercial/mixed-use zoning district (such as manufacturing of alcohol products) when approved by our Planning Official. We are considering specific amendments to our code this Spring to increase that allocation to 50 percent for these microbreweries, microdistilleries, brew-pubs and nanobreweries. continued on page 4
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