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Board considers accessory-structure variances as county applies 50% rule to garages and ADUs
Summary
Development Services staff and applicants discussed multiple variances for accessory structures as Seminole County enforces a newer rule limiting accessory building size to a percentage of the principal residence; the board approved two accessory-structure variances and discussed related ADU rules.
Seminole County staff briefed the Board of Adjustment on a series of accessory-structure variance requests that illustrate a newer county standard limiting detached accessory buildings relative to the main residence.
Cathy Hamill of Development Services told the board the county’s updated land-development rules set a size limit for accessory structures — generally a maximum of 50 percent of the heated living area of the principal residence — to keep the primary single-family home as the dominant structure on a parcel.…
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