Santa Rosa County's single-family and rural residential districts (AG-RR through R-1A) cap building height at 35 feet. Multifamily R-2/R-2M allow 45 feet and R-3 up to 50 feet. Accessory structures follow the height limit of their zoning district.
LDC Table 2.05.01 sets maximum height limits. AG-RR, AG1, AG2, RR-1, R-1, R-1M and R-1A districts are limited to 35 feet. Multifamily R-2 and R-2M districts allow 45 feet, and R-3 allows 50 feet; some Navarre Beach commercial districts count habitable stories. Building height is measured as the vertical distance between the lowest habitable floor and the average height to the peak of the roof. Accessory structures are subject to the same height limit as the zoning district they occupy; on Navarre Beach they may not exceed 15 feet.
Exceeding the district height limit requires a variance; building beyond it without approval is a code violation subject to stop-work orders, denial of inspection, and enforcement penalties.
Other ordinances people look up for this city. Green dot = verified primary-source excerpt.
Milton, FL
Within the City of Milton, the Land Development Code (Part III of the Code of Ordinances) governs accessory animal-keeping uses; Milton does not have a city-...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Backyard composting of yard and food scraps is allowed in Santa Rosa County with no permit for home-scale piles. Keep compost contained and free of odor and ...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Santa Rosa County has no ordinance banning residential artificial turf, and it is not counted as required landscaping. The county's landscape code favors nat...
Santa Rosa County, FL
New development in Santa Rosa County must use native, Florida-Friendly species and may not plant invasive exotics. Existing single-family and duplex homes ar...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Rain barrels and rainwater harvesting are legal and encouraged in Santa Rosa County. Florida places no state restriction on collecting rainwater for irrigati...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Santa Rosa County lies in the Northwest Florida Water Management District, which imposes NO day-of-week landscape-irrigation limits. Everyday lawn watering i...
See how Milton's structure height limits rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.