Accessory Buildings In St Johns County Florida

Garage, Storage Building, Pole Barn, Mother-in-Law, Accessory Family Unit, Guest House or Pool House

Please use this form to see if I can help you design any of the following buildings in St Johns County, Florida:

Garage or Storage Building

Mother-in-Law or AFU

Guest House

Will this building be attached or detached to the main structure on your property? *
Type of use *

Storage Buildings

Will the maximum eave height of the Storage Building will be greater than the maximum eave height of the main structure on the property? *
Can the structure is placed in such a manner on the lot that the it cannot be viewed from the front property line, either due to distance or by being fully screened with opaque fencing or landscape? *

You have chosen an option that is usually not allowed in St Johns County.
The City of St Augustine and the City of St Augustine Beach have similar rules.
Please call the correct building department to verify you can do what you want to do.

Building Departments

Mother-in-Law or Accessory Family Unit

  • Property is declared as homestead by the St Johns County property appraiser
  • Will not be rented or sold separately from the main use Structure
  • Will be located on the same lot as the main use structure and may not be subdivided onto a separate lot
Are all the above AFU statements true? *

St Johns County

For jobs in St Johns County you must apply for an AFU before a designer gets involved.

Please see: Application for Accessory Family Unit under Section-38 in the Development Review Manual.

  • St Johns County Planning & Zoning
    (904) 209-0675

City of St. Augustine

  • City of St. Augustine Planning and Building Department
    (904) 825-1065

City of St Augustine Beach

  • St Augustine Beach Building Department
    (904) 471-8758

You have chosen an option that is usually not allowed in St Johns County.
The City of St Augustine and the City of St Augustine Beach have similar rules.
Please call the correct building department to verify you can do what you want to do.

Building Departments

Guest Buildings

  • Will only have a limited kitchen facilities such as microwave oven, bar sink, less than 10 cubic foot refrigerator/freezer
  • Will not be occupied by the same tenant in excess of thirty days within the same calendar year
  • Will be used only for intermittent or temporary occupancy by a non-paying guest and not be rented
Are all the above Guest House statements true? *

You have chosen an option that is usually not allowed in St Johns County.
The City of St Augustine and the City of St Augustine Beach have similar rules.
Please call the correct building department to verify you can do what you want to do.

Building Departments