Zoning Variances, Special Uses, and Rezoning in Brevard County
Standard zoning rules do not fit every property or project. Variances, special uses, rezoning, planned development, hearings, or appeals may be the path when the normal district rules do not authorize what you want to do.
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Brevard County’s zoning map and Planning and Zoning resources describe the County’s unincorporated area. The County publishes rezoning, variance, comprehensive-plan and related forms, fees, board information and processes. First confirm jurisdiction and the parcel’s official zoning and future land-use source. Incorporated municipalities have local zoning rules and processes. North Merritt Island and Port St. John dependent special district areas have separate advisory boards acting in specified cases. A map layer or property-appraiser label is not an approval to build; ask the responsible planning office about the proposed use and current submittal requirements.