Jupiter, FL Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Downtown Design Guide (2026)

Sec. 27-1530 establishes architectural design guidelines for two downtown districts along Indiantown Road: the Center Street/Maplewood Drive District and the Civic District. Buildings or structures constructed within each district must conform to the overall guidelines, and alterations or additions to existing structures must conform to the extent possible. 06. In the Center Street/Maplewood Drive District, new structures must relate harmoniously in form and scale to nearby architecture, and buildings taller than three stories are closely evaluated case by case. Compatible materials include weathered or lightly stained wood, standing-seam metal or wood-shingle roofs, wood trim, horizontal siding, canopies and awnings, covered porches, pitched roofs and light coastal colors such as gray, pale yellow or dusty red.

Incompatible elements include dark stained or distressed wood, blue barrel tile roofs, unfinished aluminum casings, flat blank facades, mirror glass and a log-cabin look. Vertical roofs and piecemeal mansard roofs used on only part of a building's perimeter are prohibited outright; a mansard roof must wrap the entire building. No rooflines may run continuously for more than 100 feet without an offset or jog, and rooftop mechanical equipment must be screened from pedestrian view. The Civic District guidelines instead favor a distinct institutional scale, tall building elements like bell or clock towers, concrete, stucco, brick or cut stone, flat or custom roofs and neutral colors, while banning wood siding, mansard roofs and residential-looking doors or windows.