Homestead, FL Accessory Structures: Shed & Carport Rules (2026)

Homestead's zoning code treats a shed as an 'accessory building,' defined in § 30-1 as 'a secondary building which is located on the same lot as another main building, the use of which accessory building is clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of the main building.' In the R-1 one family district, § 30-112(1) permits accessory buildings and uses incidental to a single-family residence 'when placed on the same lot or parcel of land and not used or operated commercially or for industry,' but caps the structure at 'five (5) percent of the remaining net land area.' The same 5 percent ceiling applies in the A-1 one-acre estate district (§ 30-82(1)) and the A-2 half-acre estate district (§ 30-97(1)), so a shed can't be sized to eat up the rest of a residential yard regardless of which single-family zone the lot sits in.

Placement is separately controlled under § 30-114(5), the R-1 rear yard rule: where 'a secondary building is located in the rear yard a minimum of ten (10) feet shall separate the rear of the principal building from the front of the secondary building,' and 'a minimum of five (5) feet shall separate the rear of the secondary building from the rear lot line.' A screened, solid-roof patio attached in the rear gets its own six-foot minimum setback from the rear lot line under the same subsection. Because sheds still count toward the R-1 district's overall 55 percent maximum lot coverage limit in § 30-114(12), a large shed can push a lot over that ceiling even if it clears the 5 percent accessory-building cap and the yard setbacks on their own.