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Lot coverage in Port St. Lucie, FL

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

RM-11 — Multiple-Family Residential

Maximum 35 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 50 percent.

RM-15 — Multiple-Family Residential

Maximum 35 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 50 percent.

GU — General Use

Single-family dwelling: maximum 10 percent building coverage. All other permitted or special exception uses: maximum 30 percent building coverage, with combined impervious surface capped at 80 percent.

RE — Estate Residential

30 percent maximum building coverage.

RS-1 — Single-Family Residential

Not separately stated for RS-1 in the Sec. 158.072 text beyond the district's own maximum building coverage figure; review-gated (RS-1 lists maximum building height but the coverage subsection present in RE/RS-2/RS-3 was not printed with a coverage percentage in this session's fetch of Sec. 158.072). Confirm with Planning and Zoning.

RS-2 — Single-Family Residential

Not stated as a separate maximum-building-coverage figure in the Sec. 158.073 text fetched this session (only minimum living area, height, and setbacks are listed); confirm with Planning and Zoning before relying on a coverage percentage for RS-2.

RS-3 — Single-Family Residential

Not stated as a separate maximum-building-coverage figure in the Sec. 158.076 text fetched this session; confirm with Planning and Zoning before relying on a coverage percentage for RS-3.

RM-5 — Multiple-Family Residential

Maximum 35 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 50 percent.

RM-8 — Multiple-Family Residential

Maximum 35 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 50 percent.

RMH — Mobile Home Residential

Maximum 35 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 50 percent.

OSR — Open Space-Recreational

Maximum 35 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 50 percent.

OSC — Open Space-Conservation

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

I — Institutional

Maximum 30 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 80 percent.

P — Professional

Maximum 40 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 80 percent.

CN — Neighborhood Convenience Commercial

Maximum 40 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 80 percent.

CG — General Commercial

Maximum 40 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 80 percent.

CH — Highway Commercial

Maximum 30 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 80 percent.

CS — Service Commercial

Maximum 40 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 80 percent.

WI — Warehouse Industrial

Maximum 50 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 80 percent.

IN — Industrial

Maximum 50 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 80 percent.

U — Utility

Maximum 30 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 80 percent.

LMD — Limited Mixed Use District

Maximum 40 percent building coverage; combined impervious surface capped at 80 percent.

PUD — Planned Unit Development

No fixed maximum; maximum impervious surface area and building coverage are set by the City Council as conditions of the specific PUD's rezoning approval.

MPUD — Master Planned Unit Development

Set by the MPUD's approved conceptual master plan and regulation book; review-gated per MPUD.

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