St. Petersburg, FL Outdoor Cooking: BBQ & Propane Rules (2026)

St. 2 lists 'Barbeque, grill or kitchen, outdoor' among the specific structures the zoning code allows to encroach toward a property line beyond the district's standard building setback. The entry applies only to permanently installed equipment, fixtures, sinks, cabinets and counters built into an outdoor cooking area, up to ten feet in height; it does not cover a portable propane grill or tank that is not permanently installed. On the side or rear yard, the structure may come no closer than five feet to the property line.

On a street-side yard or a waterfront lot, it may project no more than five feet past the required setback line. The same section states that no structure or improvement taller than 12 inches above grade may encroach within the view triangle of a waterfront yard, and that when a variance to a setback has already been granted for the lot, no additional encroachment under this table is allowed on top of it. Because the rule sits inside the citywide encroachment table rather than a separate outdoor-cooking ordinance, the same five-foot standard applies uniformly across St.

Petersburg's residential and commercial zoning districts, there is no separate provision in the code addressing balcony-mounted grills in multifamily buildings, so any condominium or apartment restriction on balcony grills would come from the building's own rules or fire code, not this zoning table.