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New Port Richey, FL

A Parent's Apartment in a New Port Richey Home, 25 Percent at Most

Work out a quarter of your New Port Richey home's gross floor area first, because that is the ceiling on a parent's apartment and the city will not grant a variance.

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62The age at least one parent or grandparent must have reached for the living quarters reduction in Florida Statute 193.703
50%Of a structure's market value, the cost at which 44 CFR 59.1 makes an addition a substantial improvement
16 townsCovered across Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties, each with its own local rules set out on its page
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Who the space is for, whether it needs a kitchen, and the address. With those three answers we can say which city or county rules govern the lot before a contractor draws anything.

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Five short questions about who the space is for and what it needs to hold, then where to reach you. Most people finish in about a minute.

Question 1What are you thinking of building?

Pick the closest. If you are not sure yet, that is exactly what we help sort out.

Question 2Who will live in it?

This matters more than it sounds. In Florida the answer can change the property tax on what you build.

Question 3Does the new space need its own kitchen?

In Florida law a space with its own kitchen, bathroom and bedroom is a second dwelling, and each city and county decides whether one is allowed on your lot.

Question 4Is the house in a flood zone?

In a flood zone, a large enough addition can mean the whole house has to meet today's flood rules. Your insurance declarations page or the county flood map will say.

Question 5When does the space need to be ready?
About you, and the house the space would join

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We call to confirm the details before anyone is sent out.

Where is the property?

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Local Context

Sizing a New Port Richey apartment at a quarter of the house

Most families want a parent's rooms to be comfortable without swallowing the house. New Port Richey sets that balance for you. Its Land Development Code allows one accessory apartment in a single-family home, only within the principal structure, and caps it at 25 percent of the home's gross floor area. No variances are allowed to accommodate one, so a plan that runs a little over will not be rescued at review. Measure the home, take a quarter, and design to that number from the first sketch, whether the apartment is carved from existing rooms or not.

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In The Field

What in-law suites involves in New Port Richey

Floor plan drawings for a small home addition beside a tape measure
A wide doorway with no threshold and a lever door handle
Licensed and insured Florida contractorsVetted local contractors licensed by the State of Florida and insured for the work, who price and contract it themselves
The three rules checked for your addressThe kitchen, the flood line and the county tax rule looked at before any contractor is asked for a number
Told when an addition is not the answerIf a first-floor room or a bathroom change inside the house would do, you hear that before anyone draws a suite
Deciding

What does not count as inside the house in New Port Richey

The boundary is stricter than it sounds. A breezeway or roofed passage does not count as part of the principal structure, so a separate building joined by a covered walk cannot hold the apartment. That rules out the backyard cottage many families picture and points the design toward rooms under the main roof. Pasco County's parent or grandparent reduction is available for a finished suite on a homestead, applied for between January 1 and March 1 with a copy of the final building permit.

  1. Measure gross floor area

    The apartment is capped at 25 percent of it, and no variance is available.

  2. Keep it under the main roof

    A breezeway or roofed passage does not make a separate building part of the house.

  3. Keep the final permit

    Pasco's reduction application needs a copy of it, filed between January 1 and March 1.

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Local Detail

New Port Richey's accessory apartment code

New Port Richey's Land Development Code allows one accessory apartment in a single-family home only within the principal structure (a breezeway or roofed passage does not count), capped at 25 percent of the home's gross floor area, with no variances allowed to accommodate it.

Source: City of New Port Richey (Municode), accessed 2026-09-23

The Pasco County Property Appraiser offers the parent or grandparent reduction for construction or reconstruction after January 7, 2003 on an existing homestead, completed before January 1 of the year sought, with an initial application between January 1 and March 1 and a copy of the final building permit.

Source: Pasco County Property Appraiser, accessed 2026-09-23

The 2020-2024 American Community Survey estimates New Port Richey's median age at 53.6, with 29.9 percent of residents aged 65 or older and 36.4 percent aged 62 or older, compared with 21.9 percent aged 65 or older in Pasco County. Of its 9,563 housing units, 50.9 percent were built before 1980 and 9.9 percent in 2000 or later.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, accessed 2026-09-23

Next Step

How big is the New Port Richey house?

Send the address and the home's size if you have it. We will work out the 25 percent ceiling before a contractor lays out the apartment.

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New Port Richey accessory apartment questions

Is a backyard cottage for my father allowed in New Port Richey?

Not as a separate home. The city allows an accessory apartment only within the principal structure, and a breezeway or roofed passage does not count. An apartment inside the house is the route to plan.

Can we ask for a variance to make the apartment bigger?

No. New Port Richey's code allows no variances to accommodate an accessory apartment, so the 25 percent cap is firm.

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A New Port Richey apartment under your own roof

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