For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and the general welfare of
the community, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, is
hereby authorized and empowered to adopt zoning and building regulations in the territory
within St. Lucie County which is not included in the corporate limits of any city
or town; to divide said territory into districts; to regulate and restrict the uses
of lands, waters, buildings and other structures for trade, industry, residence, agriculture,
recreation or other purposes within said districts; to regulate and restrict the construction,
reconstruction, erection, alteration, repair, height, number of stories, size and
location of buildings and other structures within said districts; to regulate and
restrict the area dimensions, and the size of lots or tracts of land or yards, and
the percentage and portion of lots that may be occupied in connection with the construction
and location of buildings or other structures within said districts; to regulate the
expansion, removal and discontinuance of nonconforming structures, nonconforming uses
of land and nonconforming uses of land and structures; to adopt a safety and sanitary
code or codes regulating plumbing and electrical installations and other matters proper
to be regulated to safeguard the safety, health and welfare of the people, and to
regulate and restrict the location and alignment of buildings and other structures
upon land bordering upon the right-of-way of state roads, county roads, or any existing,
dedicated or proposed roads or streets lying outside the limits of any municipality
of said county.
(Laws of Fla. (1955) ch. 31235 § 2; Laws of Fla. ch. 59-1805, § 1)
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