10 rules for unincorporated Santa Rosa County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
The county Land Development Code lets you store an unoccupied, fully-licensed, highway-ready RV, boat, or utility trailer on a residential lot beside your home. Living in an RV is barred outside campgrounds, agricultural land, or P-2 districts. Cities set their own rules.
Santa Rosa County LDC § 4.02.03(G)(2)
Unoccupied recreational vehicles may be stored in residential districts on the same lot as the principal residential structure. RV's must be fully licensed and ready for highway use... and has no permanent attachments such as additions, rooms, stairs, decks, and porches.
The county requires off-street parking and a driveway connection meeting access-management standards; a driveway-access permit is needed to connect to a county road. There is no county rule forcing residential driveways to be paved, but parking can't overhang a public right-of-way.
The Land Development Code treats semi-trucks and trailers as licensable vehicles: in residential districts they must be titled and operable or hidden from view, with a max of two screened outside a garage per parcel. Truck terminals must store commercial vehicles inside enclosed buildings.
Santa Rosa County LDC § 9.03.01(C)
Vehicles (automobiles, semi-trucks, trailers, RV's, motorcycles) requiring licensure in the State of Florida must meet two of the three following criteria or be stored in a completely enclosed garage or hidden completely from public view... in residential zoning districts with a maximum number two screened from public view outside an enclosed garage per parcel.
Rural unincorporated Santa Rosa County has no residential on-street parking permit system. The Land Development Code requires developments to provide off-street parking and says parking areas must be designed to discourage right-of-way parking. Blocking traffic or a right-of-way can still be cited.
Santa Rosa County LDC § 4.06.01
The design of off-street parking spaces shall ensure that no part of the vehicle shall overhang any pedestrian or bicycle way or path, public easement, public road or public right-of-way... Parking areas shall be designed to discourage right-of-way parking.
Unincorporated Santa Rosa County has no county-wide overnight on-street parking ban. Storing a licensed vehicle overnight on your own lot is fine. Unlicensed or derelict vehicles, and RVs used as living quarters, are restricted. Cities set their own overnight rules.
Santa Rosa County has no dedicated EV-charging zoning ordinance. Installing a home charger follows the Florida Building Code and requires an electrical permit through the county Building Inspections Department. Florida law (FS 366.94) governs public charging stations statewide.
In residential districts, a car, RV, or trailer must be titled/plated, operable, and intact — or be garaged or hidden completely from public view, capped at two screened per parcel. Abandoned vehicles on public roads are removed under state law. Repair yards are exempt.
Santa Rosa County LDC § 9.03.01(C)
Vehicles (automobiles, semi-trucks, trailers, RV's, motorcycles) requiring licensure in the State of Florida must meet two of the three following criteria or be stored in a completely enclosed garage or hidden completely from public view (view from adjacent property or right of way) in residential zoning districts...
Santa Rosa County has no ordinance letting residents paint curbs or reserve on-street spaces. Roadway pavement markings, including any colored curbs, are installed only by the county Public Works/Engineering Department or FDOT. Painting a public curb yourself is unauthorized.
Commercial and industrial buildings in unincorporated Santa Rosa County must provide off-street loading spaces — one per 10,000 sq ft of floor area, each at least 12 ft wide, 35 ft deep, and 14 ft high. Loading may never occur from a public right-of-way.
Santa Rosa County LDC § 4.06.02(E)(2)
One loading space for each ten thousand (10,000) square feet or fraction thereof floor area. Each loading space shall not be less than twelve (12) feet in width, thirty-five (35) feet in depth and fourteen (14) feet in height... In no case shall loading/unloading of any vehicular type be allowed from any public right-of-way.
Oversized vehicles like RVs, boats, and semi-trucks are covered by the county Land Development Code: an unoccupied, licensed RV or boat may be stored beside your home, while semis/trailers must be titled and operable or hidden from view, with a max of two screened per parcel.
Santa Rosa County LDC § 9.03.01(C)
...in residential zoning districts with a maximum number two screened from public view outside an enclosed garage per parcel... In the event no backyard is available, a complete, intact car cover (not a tarp) will be acceptable for screening.
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