Clay County's Land Development Code puts no blanket impervious-surface cap on rural residential lots, controlling bulk through large minimum lot sizes and setbacks instead. Commercial districts cap building cover, and conservation developments cap impervious use at 30 percent.
Unlike many suburban cities, unincorporated Clay County has no flat residential lot-coverage percentage. The Land Development Code limits density with large minimum lot sizes, from 20 acres in the Agricultural district and 10 acres in R-1 down to smaller Residential Urban lots, plus the district setbacks. Where coverage is capped directly, it appears in the commercial and conservation rules: the Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) district limits building cover to 60 percent (LDC Sec. 151-4.11), and Conservation Developments cap impervious uses at 30 percent. Stormwater standards under Sec. 151-11 apply to larger projects. Cities like Liberty and Gladstone set their own coverage limits.
Exceeding a district's coverage or impervious limit blocks plan approval and may require removing pavement or structures. Enforcement runs through LDC Sec. 151-14 and the county's stormwater rules.
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