Doral, FL Building Setbacks & Zoning: Lot Coverage Limits (2026)

Sec. 53-127 of the Land Development Code sets maximum building coverage, expressed as a percentage of lot area, in a single table covering every zoning district in the city. On the residential side, SF-1 lots (20,000-square-foot minimum) may cover no more than 30 percent of the lot with buildings, SF-2 through SF-4 rise to 35 percent, and SF-5, the smallest single-family category at a 5,000-square-foot minimum lot, is allowed 45 percent coverage. The multifamily tiers run higher still: MF-2 allows 40 percent, MF-3 allows 35 percent, and MF-4 allows 50 percent building coverage.

On the commercial-to-industrial side, every district listed, from O-1 offices through the Industrial (I) and Industrial-Restricted (I-R) districts, is capped uniformly at 50 percent lot coverage. The same table sets a companion minimum open space requirement running in the opposite direction, from 60 percent in SF-1 down to 20 percent in the densest commercial and industrial districts, so a lot that maxes out its building footprint must still reserve the balance of the site as open space, not just parking. Footnote c to the table clarifies that parking areas are excluded from both floor area ratio and building coverage calculations, meaning a parking structure or surface lot does not count against the coverage cap; however, parking floors do count toward a building's total number of floors and maximum height.

Coverage figures are administered by the planning and zoning department as part of site plan review under Sec. 53-184, and any site plan exceeding the applicable percentage for its zoning district must either be redesigned or pursue a variance through the city council.