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Commissioners direct staff to pursue code change raising residential height limit to 42 feet
Summary
Monroe County commissioners directed staff to begin an amendment to the county comprehensive plan and land development code to increase the maximum residential structure height from 35 feet to 42 feet, opting not to cap the number of habitable floors.
The Monroe County Board directed staff to prepare a code amendment to increase the maximum height for residential structures from 35 feet to 42 feet and to begin the formal amendment process. The board’s majority favored the staff-preferred Option 2, which would raise the height limit without imposing a cap on the number of habitable floors.
Planning staff told the commission the proposal responds to recurring sea-level-rise and flood-elevation issues. Staff noted current rules allow…
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