Building Setbacks & Zoning in Florida (2026)

Alachua County Code § 403.07 and Table 403.07.2 set minimum building setbacks for every single-family residential…

Boca Raton fixes front, side and rear yard setbacks by single-family zoning district in a table at City Code Sec…

In unincorporated Brevard County, minimum yard setbacks are set per zoning district; the RU-1-9 single-family…

Every one- and two-family lot in unincorporated Broward's residential districts carries three numeric yard minimums…

Cape Coral sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district in Table 4.1.3.B of the Land Development Code. A single-family…

Charlotte County's Section 3-9-33(g) development standards table sets a 25-foot front setback in every single-family…

Citrus County's Land Development Code sets building setbacks by the class of road a lot fronts, not by zoning district…

In Cocoa's RE Residential Estate zoning district, houses must sit back fifty feet from the front property line (or the…

Principal-structure setbacks in unincorporated Collier County depend on your zoning district. In the common RSF-3…

Coral Gables sets a 25-foot front yard setback for single-family homes, a percentage-based side setback, and a 10-foot…

In Dade City's RS-1 single-family district, homes must sit back at least 25 feet from the front line, 10 feet from the…

The Town of Davie's Land Development Code sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in Broward…

Daytona Beach's Land Development Code fixes minimum yard setbacks separately for each residential zoning district in…

Deltona's single-family zoning table sets a 25-foot front yard, 10-foot rear yard, and 6-foot side yard as the baseline…

Doral's Land Development Code fixes minimum yard setbacks by zoning district in one table: SF-1 and SF-2 lots need a…

In the Medium Density Residential (MDR) district, principal structures need a 20-foot front and rear setback and a…

In the R-1b Urban Single-Family Residential district, unincorporated Flagler County requires a 25-foot front setback…

Fort Myers sets minimum front, side, rear, and waterfront yard setbacks by zoning district in its Land Development Code…

Gainesville's Land Development Code fixes minimum yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Table V-5 of Sec…

Gulfport's R-1 single-family zoning district requires a front yard at least 25 feet deep, a rear yard at least 25 feet…

Hialeah's R-1 one-family district sets a 20-foot front yard, side yards of at least 10 percent of the lot's average…

In unincorporated Highlands County's R-2 two-family district, a residence needs a 25-foot front yard, 25-foot rear…

Hollywood's AD Limited Agricultural District carries its own setback table. Code of Ordinances § 4.5.C.1 requires a 25…

Homestead's R-1 one-family district requires a 25-foot front yard, side yards equal to 10 percent of the lot's average…

Indian River County genuinely zones its unincorporated land. The Land Development Regulations, Chapter 911, fix minimum…

Jacksonville's Zoning Code sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks that vary by residential zoning district…

Kissimmee's Land Development Code sets minimum front, side, rear and street-side yard setbacks by zoning district in…

Lake County's LDR 3.02.05 sets required setbacks by zoning district. On side and rear yards, if a wall is less than…

Table 34-695 in Lee County's Land Development Code sets minimum yards for one- and two-family districts. Side yards run…

In unincorporated Leon County's R-1 Single-Family Detached Residential District, the Land Development Code fixes a…

Setbacks vary by zoning district. In the common RSF-3 single-family district, the minimums are roughly 25 ft front, 10…

LDR Section 3.16 requires every structure to sit back from lot lines at least as far as Table 3.12.2 specifies for its…

Melbourne sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks for every residential zoning district in Table 2A, ranging…

Miami requires a minimum 50-foot building setback from the mean high water line on waterways, dropping to 20 feet in…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade (UMSA), residential setbacks are fixed per zoning district. RU-1 requires 15-25 ft front…

Miramar's Land Development Code sets minimum yard setbacks by single-family district in Table 402-2. Front setbacks…

In unincorporated Nassau County, front, side and rear yard setbacks are fixed by zoning district in the Land…

New Port Richey's R-1 district requires a 25-foot front setback, 25-foot rear setback (40 feet on river lots), and…

North Port sets minimum front, side, rear and waterfront setbacks by zoning district in its Unified Land Development…

Okaloosa County requires a 20-foot front setback and 10-foot side and rear setbacks for R-1 single-family lots under…

Orange County Code Sec. 38-1501 sets minimum front, rear, side and side-street yard setbacks for every unincorporated…

Orlando's Figure 1A.LDC zoning table sets minimum yard setbacks by residential district: front yards run from 30 feet…

Setbacks in unincorporated Osceola County depend on the zoning district. In residential districts, front setbacks run…

Palm Bay sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district; in the RS-1 single-family district, homes must sit back 25 feet…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district under the ULDC's Table 3.D.1.A: a…

Pembroke Pines sets front, side, rear and street-side setback minimums separately for each residential zoning district…

In the unincorporated county's R-1 Single-Family district, homes must sit back 20 feet from the front lot line, 6 feet…

Plantation's Land Development Regulations set separate minimum front, side and rear setbacks for every residential…

Polk County LDC Section 208 sets how setbacks are measured: by the shortest dimension from the property line to the…

Pompano Beach fixes yard setbacks by residential zoning district in its Intensity and Dimensional Standards tables. In…

Port St. Lucie's Estate Residential (RE) zoning district requires a 25-foot front setback, two 10-foot side setbacks…

In Santa Rosa County's R-1, R-1M and RR-1 districts, the front setback is 25 feet (20 feet in R-1A), the rear setback…

City of Sarasota sets minimum front, side and rear building setbacks for each single-family zone district under Zoning…

Sarasota County's four single-family zoning districts each carry required yards under UDC Sec. 124-76(a)(2)i: a 20-foot…

In the City of Satellite Beach, the R-1A single-family district requires a 25-foot front setback, a 15-foot side…

The Seminole County LDC Dimensional Standards Table (Sec. 30.7.3) sets minimum yards by district. The common R-1…

In unincorporated St. Lucie County, minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks are set by zoning district in LDC Table…

St. Petersburg's traditional single-family (NT) zoning districts set minimum yard setbacks that scale with building…

Sumter County's Land Development Code sets minimum side and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Table…

In Sunrise's RS-3 and RS-5 single-family districts, homes need a 25-foot front yard, a 15-foot rear yard, and side…

In Tallahassee's R-1 Single-Family Detached Residential District, LDC § 10-244 sets a 25-foot front setback, a 25-foot…

Tampa's Table 4-2 sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district, 30 feet front / 15 feet side / 20 feet rear in the…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations set yard setbacks per zoning district in Chapter 28, Article VI. Residential…

Volusia County's Sec. 72-241 fixes front, side and rear yard minimums for every unincorporated zoning classification…

West Palm Beach's SF3, SF5 and SF7 single-family districts require a 25-foot front setback, a 12.5-foot corner setback…

Winter Haven's R-1, Single Family Residential-Large Lot district sets a 25-foot front setback for the living area (15…

Florida Statutes 161.053 establishes the Coastal Construction Control Line, a state-administered seaward setback that…

In unincorporated Sarasota County RSF districts, a single-family structure may not exceed 35 feet, measured from the…

Alachua County Code § 403.07(b) caps every structure in the county's single-family residential zoning districts at…

Boca Raton caps single-family residential buildings at 25 feet, but lets up to 40% of a pitched roof rise to 35 feet…

Homes in unincorporated Brevard County's standard single-family zones, RU-1-7, RU-1-9, RU-1-11 and RU-1-13, cap out at…

Unincorporated Broward caps residential building height by zoning district, from 35 feet in single-family RS districts…

Cape Coral caps building height by zoning district in Table 4.1.3.B of the Land Development Code: single-family R-1…

Charlotte County caps single-family homes in the RSF-2, RSF-3.5 and RSF-5 zoning districts at 38 feet under the…

Citrus County does not set one countywide maximum building height. Inside the Coastal High Hazard Area, Land…

Cocoa caps building height at thirty-five feet in the RA Residential Agricultural District, the same ceiling the city's…

In unincorporated Collier County, single-family homes in the RSF districts may be up to 35 feet tall. Estates (E) lots…

Single-family homes in Coral Gables are capped at two stories or 25 feet, measured from the finished floor to the…

A single-family home in Dade City's RS-1 district is capped at 35 feet, measured to the roofline; the LDR excludes…

Across the Town of Davie's residential and agricultural zoning districts in Broward County, the Land Development Code…

Daytona Beach caps principal dwellings in its primary single-family zone, SFR-5, at 35 feet under Land Development Code…

Single-family homes in Deltona's core R1 districts, R1-AAA, R1-AA, R1-A, R1, and R1-B, are capped at 35 feet under the…

Doral caps single-family building height at 35 feet across SF-1 through SF-5, allows up to nine stories or 100 feet in…

Escambia County sets maximum building height per zoning district rather than one countywide ceiling. Medium Density…

Unincorporated Flagler County caps building height at 35 feet in its R-1 Rural Residential zoning district, the…

Single-family detached homes in Fort Myers's RS-E, RS-5, RS-6, RS-7, RS-D, RM-12 and RM-16 districts are capped at 35…

Table V-5 in Sec. 30-4.17 of Gainesville's Land Development Code caps residential buildings at 3 stories by right in…

Single-family and duplex homes in Gulfport's R-1 zoning district are capped at thirty feet and two stories of living…

Hialeah caps single-family homes in the R-1 one-family district at 2½ stories or 35 feet under Sec. 98-498. The R-2…

In unincorporated Highlands County's R-1A residential district, a house cannot rise above 35 feet, measured under the…

Hillsborough County caps building height by zoning district in the Land Development Code's dimensional table: 35 feet…

Hollywood caps single-family homes in the RS-1 zoning district at 30 feet and no more than two stories under § 4.1's…

Homestead's R-1 one-family district caps residential buildings at three stories or 35 feet, whichever is less, under…

Indian River County regulates building height by zoning district under LDR Chapter 911, adopted through its county…

Jacksonville caps single-family structures in every Residential Low Density (RLD) zoning district, from RLD-120 down to…

Kissimmee limits building height by zoning district through Land Development Code Table 4-3 and Table 4-5, measuring…

Maximum building height in unincorporated Lake County is set by each zoning district in the LDR. Accessory structures…

Table 34-695 sets a 35-foot maximum height across every one- and two-family residential district. Section 34-2175…

In Leon County's R-1 Single-Family Detached Residential District, covering unincorporated Bradfordville, Suburban and…

In the agricultural and standard residential zoning districts (A, A-1, RSF-1 through RSF-6, and the duplex/multi-family…

Habitable buildings in unincorporated Martin County are capped at four stories or the height set for the zoning…

Melbourne caps most residential buildings at three floors and 36 feet, with townhouses and multifamily allowed a fourth…

Miami 21 caps most stories at 14 feet floor-to-floor, with a 25-foot ground-level allowance and a 39-foot two-story…

Unincorporated Miami-Dade caps building height at 35 feet and two stories unless a public hearing approves more.

Miramar's Land Development Code sets a 40-foot maximum building height in the RL, E, and RS1 single-family districts…

Unincorporated Nassau County caps residential building height at 35 feet across its core single-family zoning…

New Port Richey caps dwellings in its R-1, R-2, and R-3 residential districts at 35 feet or two and a half stories…

North Port caps single-family homes in R-1 and R-2 zones at 35 feet and mobile homes at 35 feet, while R-3 multi-family…

In Okaloosa County's R-1 single-family residential district, Table 2.3 caps building height at 45 feet. The same table…

Orange County caps most single-family zoning districts, R-1 through R-1AAAA plus the A-1 and A-2 agricultural…

Orlando caps buildings in its one-family and duplex zoning districts (R-1AA, R-1A, R-1, R-1N, R-2A, R-2B) at 30 feet…

In unincorporated Osceola County residential zoning districts, residential structures are limited to three (3) stories…

Palm Bay caps single-family building height at 35 feet in the GU and RR districts and 25 feet in the RE, SRE, RS-1…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County limits buildings and structures to 35 feet in every zoning district unless the ULDC…

Homes in Pembroke Pines' R-1A, R-1B, and R-1C districts are capped at two stories or 35 feet, whichever governs, under…

Pinellas County measures building height from average existing grade, and lets chimneys, towers and flagpoles rise up…

Every standard RS single-family district in Plantation caps buildings at thirty-five feet under Table 72-4. The RS-1EP…

Maximum building heights are set by land use district in LDC Table 2.2. When a building exceeds 35 feet, its required…

In Pompano Beach's Single-Family Residence 1 (RS-1) zoning district, Code of Ordinances Section 155.3202.C caps…

Port St. Lucie caps residential building height at 35 feet in the Estate Residential (RE) district under City Code §…

Santa Rosa County's single-family and rural residential districts (AG-RR through R-1A) cap building height at 35 feet…

City of Sarasota limits single-family structures to 30 or 35 feet depending on the zone district under Zoning Code §…

In the City of Satellite Beach, the R-1A single-family district caps building height at 40 feet under City Code §…

The Seminole County LDC Dimensional Standards Table (Sec. 30.7.3) limits maximum building height to 35 feet in every…

In unincorporated St. Lucie County, maximum building height is set by zoning district in LDC Table 7-10 (LDC…

In St. Petersburg's Corridor Residential Traditional districts, City Code § 16.20.060.6 caps building height, measured…

Habitable structures in unincorporated Sumter County are capped at 35 feet by right across every single-family…

Sunrise single-family districts (RS-3, RS-5, RS-7) cap homes at two stories or 25 feet, whichever is less. Mobile-home…

Tallahassee's R-1 Single-Family Detached Residential District caps building height at three stories, excluding any…

Tampa caps building height at 35 feet across every RS single-family district and most low-density RM districts, rising…

Titusville caps residential building height at 35 feet in its standard single-family and multifamily zoning districts…

In unincorporated Volusia County's R-1 Urban Single-Family Residential classification, Code of Ordinances § 72-241 caps…

West Palm Beach caps single-family homes at 30 feet in the SF3, SF5, SF7, SF11 and SF14 districts, per Sec…

Winter Haven caps principal buildings in the R-1, Single Family Residential-Large Lot district at two floors and 35…

In unincorporated Sarasota County RSF districts, the maximum building coverage for a single-family structure is 35…

In Boca Raton's M-3 industrial zoning district, the gross floor area of a principal building plus its accessory…

Brevard County caps building lot coverage at 40 percent in its attached single-family, multi-family and…

Unincorporated Broward caps how much of a residential lot buildings can physically cover, separate from the county's…

R-1 and RML lots in Cape Coral are capped at 60% impervious lot coverage under LDC Table 4.1.3.B, calculated using the…

Charlotte County limits how much of a residential lot buildings can cover: Section 3-9-33(g) caps lot coverage of all…

Citrus County's Land Development Code caps impervious lot coverage district by district instead of countywide. The Low…

In Cocoa's RE Residential Estate District, a home and its accessory structures cannot cover more than twenty percent of…

Most residential base districts in Collier County set no maximum building-coverage percentage for the principal home…

Single-family homes in Coral Gables can cover at most 35% of the lot with the principal building, and no more than 45%…

Dade City's Land Development Regulations cap how much of a lot buildings and other impervious surfaces may cover, with…

Section 12-81's residential and agricultural district table caps building coverage from 0.18 in the AG district to 0.40…

Daytona Beach's Land Development Code caps how much of a lot can be covered by buildings, with limits set per zoning…

Single-family lots in Deltona's R1-AAA, R1-AA, R1-A, and R1 zoning districts cap combined building and…

Doral's Land Development Code caps building coverage by zoning district: single-family districts SF-1 through SF-4 top…

Escambia County caps impervious and semi-impervious coverage through minimum pervious-cover percentages set per zoning…

In the AC-2 Agriculture/Forestry zoning district, unincorporated Flagler County caps the share of a lot that principal…

Fort Myers caps building coverage, the share of a lot covered by roofed or walled structures, at 35 to 45 percent…

Gainesville limits how much of a lot impervious construction can cover, though the cap depends on the district. LDC…

Single-family and duplex lots in Gulfport's R-1 zoning district may cover no more than forty percent of the lot with…

Hialeah caps building footprint at 43 percent of lot area in the R-Z residential zero lot line district under Code Sec…

In unincorporated Highlands County's R-2 two-family district, all buildings on a lot together cannot cover more than 50…

In Hollywood's AD Limited Agricultural District, Code of Ordinances § 4.5.B caps structures at 20 percent of the lot…

Homestead caps total lot coverage in the R-1 one-family district at 55 percent of the lot area, counting buildings…

Indian River County limits how much of a lot can be covered by buildings and pavement through LDR Chapter 911, set…

Jacksonville caps how much of a lot can be covered by buildings and pavement through a zoning-district impervious…

In Jupiter's Residential, Single-Family District (R-1), buildings and structures on a lot cannot cover more than 35…

Kissimmee caps how much of a lot can be covered by buildings and pavement through the impervious surface maximums in…

Lake County limits site coverage through an Impervious Surface Ratio (ISR) set per zoning district in LDR Table…

Table 34-695 caps lot coverage at 40 percent in the RS-1 through RS-5 single-family districts and TFC-2, at 45 percent…

In Leon County's Urban Fringe Zoning District, most noncluster development is capped at 30 percent impervious surface…

Manatee County does not set a single flat 'lot coverage' percentage for standard single-family districts. Building…

LDR Table 3.12.1 sets a maximum building coverage percentage for commercial and industrial zoning districts under…

Melbourne caps how much of a residential lot a building footprint can cover. Table 2A of the zoning code's dimensional…

In Miami's T3 Sub-Urban Transect Zone, covering most single-family and duplex lots, buildings can cover up to 50% of…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, single-family RU-1 lots may not have buildings covering more than 40 percent of…

Miramar's Land Development Code caps building lot coverage at 40 percent of the parcel in the RL, E, and RS1…

Unincorporated Nassau County caps how much of a residential lot buildings may cover, with the limit set per zoning…

New Port Richey caps impervious surface at 70 percent of the lot in the R-4 Coastal Cottage district, while…

North Port ULDC Table 3.2.3.2 caps impervious lot coverage by zoning district: 60% of the lot in R-1, 70% in R-2, 80%…

In Orange County's Planned Development district, general commercial construction can't cover more than 70 percent of a…

Osceola County's Land Development Code controls buildable area in residential districts mainly through minimum lot…

Palm Bay limits maximum building coverage on a lot by zoning district, from just 10% in the General Use district up to…

Single-family lots in Pembroke Pines' R-1A, R-1B, and R-1C districts cannot cover more than 40% of the lot with…

In unincorporated Pinellas County's R-1 Single-Family Residential District, Code § 138-368.1 caps the impervious…

Plantation's Land Development Regulations cap building footprint at 30 percent of lot area across its Commercial (B)…

Polk County's density and dimensional standards, including maximum lot coverage, minimum lot size, and setbacks for…

Pompano Beach caps building footprint by zoning district: 30% maximum lot coverage in the RS-1 single-family district…

Port Orange caps how much of a lot a building can cover under the Land Development Code's Schedule of Dimensional…

In Port St. Lucie's Estate Residential (RE) zoning district, no more than 30 percent of a lot can be covered by…

Santa Rosa County limits how much of a site can be covered by impervious surfaces. Within the Shoreline Protection…

City of Sarasota caps how much of a single-family zoning lot can be covered by buildings and by any hard surface. Under…

In the City of Satellite Beach, the R-1 single-family district caps lot coverage at 50 percent of the lot and…

Seminole County's Dimensional Standards Table (Sec. 30.7.3) controls building bulk through minimum lot area, yards, and…

In unincorporated St. Lucie County, maximum lot coverage is set by zoning district in LDC Table 7-10 (LDC 7.04.01.A)…

St. Johns County caps building lot coverage by zoning district under LDC Table 6.01: as low as 20% in the RS-E estate…

Sunrise limits building lot coverage to 40 percent in its RS-3, RS-5, and RS-7 single-family districts and requires at…

Tallahassee's Land Development Code caps impervious lot coverage at 40 percent for single-family homes in the…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations cap building footprint, not overall lot coverage, in most residential zoning…

Volusia County's Sec. 72-241 caps how much of a lot can be built on. In both of the county's general agriculture…

West Palm Beach only caps building footprint as a percentage of lot area within its historic residential overlay…

Winter Haven caps impervious surface at 60 percent of the lot in the R-1, Single Family Residential-Large Lot zoning…