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St. Petersburg council unanimously adopts broad land‑development code changes affecting ADUs, design bonuses and flood‑zone rules
Summary
The City Council approved a wide-ranging amendment to the city’s Land Development Regulations to clarify building envelopes, add incentives for porch elevation, solar and tree preservation, and codify how accessory dwelling units are measured.
St. Petersburg City Council on July 15 unanimously approved Ordinance 611H, a comprehensive update to the city—s Land Development Regulations that changes development standards across several residential and mixed‑use zoning districts.
The ordinance sets new floor‑area‑ratio (FAR) bonuses and clarifies rules for accessory dwelling units (ADUs), building massing, fence and landscape standards, sidewalk payment‑in‑lieu, and how building heights are measured in flood‑prone areas.
Corey Milishka, a city planning presenter, told council the update responds to stakeholder feedback and to problems the code has produced in recent years, including tall, boxy single‑family homes and repeated variance requests. Scott Warrie of Development Review Services described specific changes: the draft removes a redundant 0.06 FAR bonus for minimal facade articulation; fixes a typo in a tree‑planting bonus (feet, not inches); narrows the solar‑ready bonus but creates a new bonus for installed solar (0.01 FAR per kilowatt up to 0.03); adds a 0.01 bonus for EV…
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