Port St. Lucie, FL Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)

Chapter 55 of the Port St. Lucie Code of Ordinances governs city-owned easements reserved for stormwater and drainage facilities, water and sewer utilities, reuse lines, access and maintenance. 02(a) prohibits unpermitted alterations or improvements that limit or hinder use of a city-owned easement, but subsection (b) allows alterations within a 20-foot wide city-owned easement if the property owner first obtains a revocable encroachment permit under Article III. 30 authorizes the city to issue that permit for removable items that meet required zoning setbacks, and sets a table of maximum encroachment distances into the 20-foot easement: a residential fence or wall may run the full 20 feet, a residential patio, deck, screen enclosure, solar energy system, generator pad, flagpole or sidewalk may reach 10 feet, and on commercial property an accessory pad or dumpster, detention area, lighting, moveable accessory building or parking lot may reach 10 feet, while a pool deck itself may extend 10 feet though the pool may not encroach at all.

31 requires the application to go through the public works department, which charges a review and processing fee, and the applicant separately pays the recording fees; the approved permit must then be recorded in the public records of St. Lucie County. 03 makes any unauthorized structure, object or material in a city easement a code violation unless it is covered by a revocable encroachment permit, a contract or other specific city authorization.