Daytona Beach, FL Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

7: the vertical distance from the average elevation of the existing finished grade at the front of the structure to the top of the roof for a flat roof, the deck line for a mansard roof, or the mean height between eaves and ridge for a gable, hip, cone, gambrel or shed roof. 3's dimensional table sets the maximum principal structure height at 35 feet. Footnote 5 to that table allows the limit to be exceeded only for a nonresidential structure, and only with a Special Use Permit, on a site of at least two acres fronting an existing arterial or major collector street; even then, every required setback for the structure must grow six inches for every foot the building rises past 35 feet.

Detached accessory structures on the same single-family lots, such as garages, workshops and pool cabanas, are separately capped at 20 feet under the same section's Special Standards for Accessory Structures of Single-Family Dwellings, and are limited to no more than 50 percent of the principal building's floor area. Multifamily districts MFR-12, MFR-20 and MFR-40 apply the same 35-foot ceiling. A property owner planning a taller home addition or second story still needs sign-off through the building permit and site plan review process, and any encroachment above the cap without an approved Special Use Permit is treated as a Code violation subject to Article 10 enforcement.