Guest House or Guest Quarters or Guest Cottage
After You Check With Building Departments
If you are comfortable you can build what you want, and are ready to start designing your house plan, choose:
Guest House, Guest Quarters or Guest Cottage
Guest House or Guest Quarters or Guest Cottage, provided the Structure is a unit in a Building separate from and Accessory in Use and size to the main residential Building on a Lot, intended and used only for intermittent or temporary occupancy by a non-paying guest or family member.
A Guest House may contain limited kitchen facilities such as microwave oven, bar sink, less than 10 cubic foot refrigerator/freezer, provided the unit is not occupied by the same tenant in excess of thirty (30) days within the same calendar year, and the unit shall not be rented.
A Guest House shall not be considered a separate Dwelling Unit provided such conditions are met. A Guest House shall also meet the same required yards as the principal Building or Structure.
Building Departments
- St Johns County Planning & Zoning
(904) 209-0675 - City of St. Augustine Planning and Building Department
(904) 825-1065 - St Augustine Beach Building Department
(904) 471-8758 - St. Johns County Floodplain Manager
(904) 209-0627 - St. Johns County Land Development Code
- City of St. Augustine Planning & Building
- St. Augustine Beach Building Department
The client is responsible for acquiring property restrictions from the proper building department.
Please make sure you call the correct department for your building site location.