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Building height in Port St. Lucie, FL

What the Port St. Lucie zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.

RM-11 — Multiple-Family Residential

Maximum 35 feet, except in the ROI (Residential, Office and Institutional) conversion area between Airoso Boulevard and US Highway 1 per the City of Port St. Lucie Land Use Conversion Manual, where the maximum is one story.

RM-15 — Multiple-Family Residential

Maximum 35 feet, except in the ROI (Residential, Office and Institutional) conversion area between Airoso Boulevard and US Highway 1 per the City of Port St. Lucie Land Use Conversion Manual, where the maximum is one story.

GU — General Use

Maximum 35 feet, except airport control towers, broadcasting towers, and transmission stations are exempt.

RM-5 — Multiple-Family Residential

Maximum 35 feet, except in the ROI (Residential, Office and Institutional) conversion area between Airoso Boulevard and US Highway 1 per the City of Port St. Lucie Land Use Conversion Manual, where the maximum is one story.

RM-8 — Multiple-Family Residential

Maximum 35 feet, except in the ROI (Residential, Office and Institutional) conversion area between Airoso Boulevard and US Highway 1 per the City of Port St. Lucie Land Use Conversion Manual, where the maximum is one story.

OSC — Open Space-Conservation

Established case by case for each use at site plan review; no fixed district maximum.

I — Institutional

Maximum 35 feet, except in the ROI conversion area between Airoso Boulevard and US Highway 1 per the Land Use Conversion Manual, where the maximum is one story.

P — Professional

Maximum 35 feet, except in the ROI conversion area between Airoso Boulevard and US Highway 1 per the Land Use Conversion Manual, where the maximum is one story. Greater height may be approved through PUD zoning (Sec. 158.174(E)).

CG — General Commercial

Maximum 35 feet; greater height may be approved through PUD zoning (Sec. 158.174(E)).

WI — Warehouse Industrial

Maximum 35 feet, except transmission and broadcast towers.

IN — Industrial

Maximum 35 feet, except transmission and broadcast towers.

U — Utility

Maximum 50 feet, except transmission and broadcast towers.

LMD — Limited Mixed Use District

Maximum 35 feet, except in the ROI conversion area on Port St. Lucie Boulevard between Airoso Boulevard and US Highway 1 per the Land Use Conversion Manual, where the maximum is one story.

PUD — Planned Unit Development

Maximum 35 feet for residential structures outside a PUD. Within a PUD over 5 acres, maximum height is 75 feet, with any structure over 35 feet required to set back from the PUD's property line by 100 percent of the building's height. Within a PUD located in the Port St. Lucie Community Redevelopment Area, commercial/office/institutional uses may reach 120 feet or 10 stories, whichever is less, subject to master plan and elevation approval showing compatibility with surrounding uses.

MPUD — Master Planned Unit Development

Set by the MPUD's approved conceptual master plan and regulation book; review-gated per MPUD. A live GIS point query this session confirmed the Tradition community (SW Village Parkway) is zoned MPUD.

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