Citrus County, FL Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

Height in the Land Development Code is not handled through a single across-the-board number. Within the Coastal High Hazard Area (CHHA), defined on the LDC Atlas by the Category 1 Hurricane Evacuation Zone, Section 3540.B of Chapter Three, Use Standards (Ordinance 2026-A16, effective June 22, 2026), limits residential structures to two stories of finished living area above the design flood elevation. In V Zones and Coastal A Zones that height is measured from the top of the lowest horizontal structural member to the peak of the roof; landward of those zones, in A zones, it is measured from the bottom of the first floor to the peak of the roof. Spires, belfries, cupolas, domes, radio or television antennas, flagstaffs and chimneys are exempt from that limit, provided a roof-mounted exempt feature covers no more than 20 percent of the roof area. Nonresidential CHHA structures get a separate cap under Section 3540.D: four stories, not to exceed 50 feet above finished grade at the front of the building, with parking or storage floors counting toward the story count; the Old Homosassa Special Overlay District can set its own different standard.

Outside the CHHA, the LDC does not print a flat maximum number of stories or feet for residential building height. Instead, Section 2300.B of Chapter Two increases the required building separation once a structure passes 50 feet: the minimum distance to an adjacent building or property line grows by two feet for every 10 feet of height above that mark. Both rules apply only in unincorporated Citrus County; Crystal River and Inverness administer their own height standards.