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

Section 30-114(12) defines lot coverage broadly: 'Total lot coverage by buildings, driveways, sidewalks, swimming pools and all other impervious surfaces shall not exceed fifty-five (55) percent of the lot area' in the R-1 one-family district. Because the definition sweeps in driveways, walkways and pool decks alongside the house itself, a homeowner adding a shed, a pool, or an extended driveway can hit the ceiling well before the structures alone would suggest, and the accessory-building rules in § 30-112 don't exempt sheds from counting toward this total.

The percentage isn't uniform citywide. The larger-lot A-1 one-acre estate district and A-2 half-acre estate district hold new construction to a stricter 50 percent limit under §§ 30-83(11) and 30-98(12), while the multifamily-oriented R-2 district matches R-1 at 55 percent under § 30-127(12). Because every one of these figures sits in the same numbered subsection of its district's 'Regulations' section, alongside the height, setback, and unit-size standards, a permit applicant checking one number should read the whole numbered list rather than assume all coverage limits in Chapter 30 match.