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Setbacks in Port St. Lucie, FL

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

RM-11 — Multiple-Family Residential

Front 25 feet. Two side yards: single-family 10 feet each, all other uses 15 feet each. Rear 25 feet. Where two or more buildings share a lot, the minimum separation between buildings is three-fourths of their combined heights (never less than 20 feet), and no building may exceed 300 feet of straight-line mass.

RM-15 — Multiple-Family Residential

Front 25 feet. Two side yards: single-family 10 feet each, all other uses 15 feet each. Rear 25 feet. Where two or more buildings share a lot, the minimum separation between buildings is three-fourths of their combined heights (never less than 20 feet), and no building may exceed 300 feet of straight-line mass.

GU — General Use

Single-family dwellings: front 50 feet, two side yards of 30 feet each, rear 50 feet. All other permitted or special exception uses: front 25 feet, two side yards of 10 feet each (25 feet where adjacent to a residential district or public right-of-way), rear 25 feet, plus a 6-foot opaque masonry wall or wood fence along any side/rear line abutting residential-zoned property.

RE — Estate Residential

Front 25 feet, two side yards of 10 feet each (see corner-lot rule in Sec. 158.203), rear 25 feet.

RS-1 — Single-Family Residential

Front 25 feet, two side yards of 10 feet each (see Sec. 158.203 for corner lots), rear 25 feet.

RS-2 — Single-Family Residential

Front 25 feet, two side yards of 10 feet each (see Sec. 158.203 for corner lots), rear 25 feet.

RS-3 — Single-Family Residential

Front 25 feet, two side yards of 7.5 feet each (see Sec. 158.203 for corner lots), rear 25 feet.

RM-5 — Multiple-Family Residential

Front 25 feet. Two side yards: single-family 10 feet each, all other uses 15 feet each. Rear 25 feet. Where two or more buildings share a lot, the minimum separation between buildings is three-fourths of their combined heights (never less than 20 feet), and no building may exceed 300 feet of straight-line mass.

RM-8 — Multiple-Family Residential

Front 25 feet. Two side yards: single-family 10 feet each, all other uses 15 feet each. Rear 25 feet. Where two or more buildings share a lot, the minimum separation between buildings is three-fourths of their combined heights (never less than 20 feet), and no building may exceed 300 feet of straight-line mass.

RMH — Mobile Home Residential

Front 25 feet, two side yards of 25 feet each, rear 25 feet; minimum 15 feet between buildings/mobile homes. A separate replacement-structure standard (subsection L) applies to homes replacing existing units in a pre-1990 mobile home park: 20-foot front yard (10 feet on cul-de-sac lots), 15-foot corner side yard, 12-foot side separation, 20-foot rear separation, and a 12-foot perimeter rear yard.

OSR — Open Space-Recreational

Set at site plan review for each use, except a minimum 25-foot building setback applies where the site abuts residentially zoned property.

OSC — Open Space-Conservation

Established case by case for each use at site plan review.

I — Institutional

Front 25 feet. Two side yards of 10 feet each (25 feet where adjacent to a residential future land use category or public right-of-way). Rear 10 feet (25 feet where the rear yard adjoins a residential future land use category or public right-of-way).

P — Professional

Front 25 feet. Two side yards of 10 feet each (25 feet where adjacent to a residential future land use category or public right-of-way). Rear 10 feet (25 feet where it adjoins a residential future land use category or public right-of-way).

CN — Neighborhood Convenience Commercial

Front 25 feet. Two side yards of 10 feet each (25 feet where adjacent to a residential future land use category or public right-of-way). Rear 10 feet (25 feet where it abuts a residential future land use category or public right-of-way).

CG — General Commercial

Front 25 feet. Two side yards of 10 feet each (25 feet where adjacent to a residential future land use category or public right-of-way). Rear 10 feet (20 feet where it abuts a residential future land use category or public right-of-way).

CH — Highway Commercial

Front 25 feet. Two side yards of 10 feet each (25 feet where adjacent to a residential future land use category or public right-of-way). Rear 10 feet (25 feet where it abuts a residential future land use category or public right-of-way).

CS — Service Commercial

Front 25 feet. Two side yards of 10 feet each (25 feet where it adjoins a residential future land use category or public right-of-way). Rear 10 feet (25 feet where it abuts a residential future land use category or public right-of-way).

WI — Warehouse Industrial

Front 25 feet. Two side yards of 10 feet each (25 feet where adjacent to a residential future land use category or public right-of-way). Rear 10 feet (25 feet where adjacent to a residential future land use category or public right-of-way).

IN — Industrial

Front 25 feet. Two side yards of 10 feet each (25 feet where adjacent to a residential future land use category or public right-of-way). Rear 25 feet from any residential future land use, 10 feet from any other land use.

U — Utility

Front, side, and rear setbacks of 10 feet each; no setback required from a railroad or limited access highway right-of-way. Stormwater facilities (lakes, canals, control structures) may have a zero setback.

LMD — Limited Mixed Use District

Front 25 feet. Two side yards of 10 feet each (25 feet where the yard adjoins a public road right-of-way). Rear 10 feet (25 feet where it adjoins a residential land use or public road right-of-way; 50 feet for two-story buildings adjacent to single-family residential lots).

PUD — Planned Unit Development

No minimum yards are fixed by this chapter; front yard requirements of the most comparable conventional district apply where a PUD lot fronts a pre-existing public road, and where a PUD abuts a conventional district its yards must comply with that district's yard requirements. Otherwise setbacks are set in the PUD's approval action.

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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