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

Each of the Land Development Code's land use districts carries its own "Area Requirements" table in Chapter Two, and lot coverage is set district by district rather than through one countywide percentage. Section 2401, the Low Intensity Coastal and Lakes District (CL), lists "Maximum Lot Coverage - 35%, except for lots of record that are less than one acre shall not exceed 40%," alongside a 0.2 floor area ratio for nonresidential uses. That district covers environmentally sensitive coastal, lake and river frontage, including land within the V and Coastal A flood zones, where the code also caps residential density at one unit per 40 acres.

Other districts run far outside that range. Section 2420, the Conservation District, holds the lowest ceiling in the code at 10 percent coverage (30 percent on sub-one-acre lots of record), reflecting its role protecting environmentally sensitive land. At the other end, Section 2425, the State Road 44 Mixed Use District, allows up to 80 percent lot coverage, or a different figure set through an approved Planned Unit Development, matching its urban infill purpose along the SR 44 corridor. The Extractive District (Section 2415) caps coverage at 25 percent, and several commercial and industrial districts reach 70 percent. Anyone building in unincorporated Citrus County has to look up the Area Requirements table for the specific district shown on the county's zoning map before assuming a coverage number from a neighboring parcel or a different district applies; these figures do not apply inside Crystal River or Inverness, which zone under their own codes.