Setbacks in Safety Harbor vary by zoning district. Typical single-family R-2 lots require 20-25 foot front yards, seven-foot side yards, and 20-foot rear yards under Article II of the Land Development Code.
Article II of the Safety Harbor Land Development Code establishes district-specific yard requirements. In the R-2 district, the front yard is 20 to 25 feet (depending on structure height), side yards must be at least seven feet, and rear yards at least 20 feet. The RS-50 district requires a 20-foot front yard, 7.5-foot side yards, and a 15-foot rear yard. For lots 50 feet wide or less, the Community Development Director may approve a secondary front yard reduction up to ten feet with an equal increase on the opposite side, but yards may not drop below two feet from rear and three feet from side property lines.
Structures violating setbacks may be required to be relocated, modified, or removed; after-the-fact variances are not guaranteed and code enforcement fines may apply daily.
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