Community Development Districts

This CommunityDevelopmentDistricts polygon feature class dataset consists of small geographic areas defining the Community Development District boundaries within the unincorporated Hillsborough County. Official definition from Florida statute 190.003, “Community development district" means a local unit of special-purpose government which is created pursuant to this act and limited to the performance of those specialized functions authorized by this act; the boundaries of which are contained wholly within a single county; the governing head of which is a body created, organized, and constituted and authorized to function specifically as prescribed in this act for the delivery of urban community development services; and the formation, powers, governing body, operation, duration, accountability, requirements for disclosure, and termination of which are as required by general law“. Most of the CDDs charge the homeowners with a fee or ad valorem tax which is paid yearly, usually with your real estate property tax bill.