ADU rules in St. Pete Beach

St. Pete Beach's Land Development Code has no provision authorizing an accessory dwelling unit, guest house or any other second unit on a house lot. The single-family districts allow 'Detached single-family only' dwellings and prohibit 'All uses and structures not of a nature specifically or provisionally permitted herein.' Accessory structures are kept non-habitable: a detached garage may 'in no case' have 'any sleeping room, kitchen facilities or plumbing', a storage building is capped at 120 sq ft and limited to household storage, and a patio cover may not be enclosed so 'that it could be construed as living space.'

No attached or internal second unit is authorized. A dwelling unit is 'a complete, independent living facility for the exclusive use of one family' that 'shall have no more than one kitchen and shall provide complete internal access to all rooms in the unit', which rules out a lockable in-house apartment with its own kitchen. In RLM-2, RM, BR and some mixed-use districts a second unit can only be built as a two-family or multifamily dwelling within the district's density cap, which is a different use, not an accessory unit.

No ADU size limit exists because the use is not authorized. The only near-miss is the Pass-a-Grille Overlay, whose 'accessory structure envelope' lists 'carriage houses, pool houses, detached living quarters' among accessory structures and caps their footprint at 400 to 800 sq ft depending on building type; it governs the form of accessory buildings and grants no right to occupy one as a separate dwelling.

Not applicable: the code allows no ADU of any form, so no owner-occupancy rule can attach to one. The single-family districts prohibit every use not specifically permitted, and accessory structures may not contain sleeping rooms, kitchens or living space.

No ADU parking standard exists because the use is not authorized. Where a district does permit a second unit as a two-family dwelling, the citywide table requires 2 spaces per unit for 'Residential Single-family and Two-family' uses.

Not applicable: there is no permit path for an ADU because the use does not exist in the code, and uses not specifically or provisionally permitted are prohibited. In the Pass-a-Grille Overlay, multi-unit building types require units 'existing prior to redevelopment' (Sec. 20.07 density rules), so new second units cannot be created there either.

RU-1 permits 'Detached single-family only. Such dwellings shall not be used for transient occupancy', and RU-2, RLM-1 and RLM-2 carry the same sentence (Ord. 2004-18). Transient occupancy is occupancy 'offered or advertised as being available for a term of less than one month, more than three times in any consecutive 12-month period.' RM (Sec. 12.2) and the Pass-a-Grille Overlay (Sec. 20.03) allow transient occupancy 'so long as any transient occupancy of less than 30 days does not occur more than three times in any 12-month period on any parcel.' The district rules come from Ord. 2004-18, which predates the June 1, 2011 cutoff in F.S. 509.032(7)(b) (the Pass-a-Grille allowance was added by Ord. 2016-19 as a loosening of the underlying bans); the city's Short-Term Rental page confirms that rentals of one month or more are allowed in all residences. The city has no rental registration program, and on August 19, 2026 the City Commission chose to focus on enforcing these rules rather than create one.