Oversight District Moves to Put Disney World Growth Ceilings Into Zoning Code

Overview

• The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Planning Board unanimously recommended Resolution No. 686 and sent it to the Board of Supervisors for final adoption on July 24.
• The draft amendment would write the 2045 Comprehensive Plan’s numeric ceilings into enforceable Land Development Regulations, including a hotel cap that rises by 13,275 keys to 39,801 and space for one more major theme park plus two minor parks.
• Resolution No. 686 creates the District’s first floating-solar chapter, limiting installations to man-made water bodies of at least 10 acres, capping standard coverage at 20 percent, and excluding natural lakes, canals, wetlands, and conservation areas.
• The package updates stormwater, erosion-control, surveying, and floodplain rules to align the District’s code with Florida’s statewide stormwater rule that took effect in December 2025.
• The move satisfies a state requirement to update LDRs within a year of adopting a comprehensive plan, preserves legal capacity for major future development but does not constitute a Disney announcement to build, and will take effect immediately only if the Board of Supervisors adopts it.