Local GovernmentPensacola’s Land Development Code Rewrite Heads to City CouncilCity staff and its consultant, Inspire Placemaking Collective, previewed the first comprehensive overhaul of the city’s developmentrulebook in decades. City staff and Inspire have spent nearly two years rewriting Pensacola’s Land Development Code walked. They walked reporters through the changes Monday morning, previewing what will be a first-reading vote before City Council this Thursday. Let’s Be Real: Land development codes are not exciting. Single-family and duplex infill projects will now be required to submit a lot grading plan, closing a loophole where that requirement had quietly lapsed over the years.