Home generators in the Village of Collier

Collier is a golf village. The Evans Prairie championship course, 27 holes at 1824 Evans Prairie Trail, is officially in the Village of Collier. It opened in fall 2012 and was built around Evans Prairie and its lake. The Sweetgum executive course, 9 holes at 3198 Hendry Drive, plays under live oaks, and the Mangrove and Palmetto executives are next door.

Listings show what that means at home: golf and water views on Kelvington Road, a large homesite with no rear neighbors on Jupiter Way, tree and garden views elsewhere.

For a generator, a golf or lake lot changes a few things:

• Out back is on display. The rear yard faces the course or the lake, which keeps the unit out of view from the street but in view of golfers. Screening is allowed, no taller than the unit.
• Oaks overhead. Generac's clearance guidance, citing NFPA 37, wants 5 feet of open space above the unit and 5 feet from operable windows, doors and vents. Low live oak limbs can rule out a spot.
• Exhaust direction. On a lot with no rear neighbor, pointing exhaust away from the side neighbors is often simple.

Trees and lines are also why outages happen. The Florida PSC's 2018 hurricane review notes that no amount of preparation eliminates outages in extreme weather. Your own power is the part you control.

Have an installer pick the spot on your Collier golf lot

Collier was built mostly in 2013. Units 230, 223 and 232 were recorded between January and March 2013, Carrabelle Villas in March 2013 and Melbourne Villas on May 30, 2013. The Alden Bungalows declaration followed on March 4, 2014. Recent Collier listings were built in 2013.

The homes:

• Designer and single-family homes, mostly block and stucco, such as a Bridgeport model on Queensway Terrace, a home on Kelvington Road and one on Jupiter Way. One listing describes a cul-de-sac of all block and stucco homes. Lots reach about 0.30 acres.
• Colony patio villas in Carrabelle Villas, such as a frame home with vinyl siding on Carrabelle Court.
• Anaheim courtyard villas in Melbourne Villas.
• Named sections: Alden Bungalows and Antrim Dells, each with its own recreation pool.

Shingle roofs throughout. Lots run about 0.09 to 0.30 acres, a wide spread.

That spread drives the plan. On a 0.30 acre single-family lot, a whole-home unit usually fits a side yard with room to spare, and even a buried propane tank may be possible where setbacks allow. On a Carrabelle Court patio villa or a Melbourne courtyard villa, easements and the 2 foot line leave a small target. The District 10 manual bars vertical structures in courtyard villa rear easements and in the dominant or servient side easements. The courtyard villa guide explains the easement drawings.

Get a site plan sized to your Collier lot

District Government lists Collier, Collier at Alden Bungalows and Collier at Antrim Dells in District 10. Collier at Atwood is listed under District 9. So the manual depends on your lot. The good news: on generators, the District 10 manual (revised 8/12/2026) and the District 9 manual (July 2026, per its file name) say the same thing.

• Application. Needed only for a generator permanently affixed to the property and home. A portable unit needs none.
• Location. Rear or side of the home site, at least 2 feet from all property lines, not visible from the street.
• Screening. Fencing can hide it, as long as the fence is no taller than the generator.
• Exhaust. Pointed away from neighboring properties.
• Pad. No larger than necessary, 2 feet from property lines.
• Propane. Underground or above-ground tanks are allowed. An above-ground tank needs approval and is limited to one tank of no more than 120 gallons, hidden from the road and neighbors and out of easements. Landscaping or a fence no taller than the tank may screen it.

The application includes a site plan showing property lines, easements and the proposed work. An approval stays good for 9 months and can be extended once, for up to 9 more. The building permit is a separate step, through Sumter County Building Services for this unincorporated area. Neither manual mentions noise. Our ARC approval guide covers the steps.

Let your installer file the right district's application

Not every Collier street has natural gas. Peoples Gas is the main gas utility in The Villages and told the Florida PSC in 2018 that it served about 19,387 Sumter County customers, most of them in The Villages, per its PSC filing. Whether your home is one of them is easy to check: look for a gas meter on the side of the house or a gas bill.

If you have gas, the generator draws from the main. A Generac 26 kW uses about 188 cubic feet an hour at half load and 333 at full load. The installer checks that the meter can carry it with your other gas appliances.

If you do not, propane sets the clock. At half load on a 26 kW unit, with tanks filled to the usual 80% per Ferrellgas:

• 120 gallon above-ground tank: about 47 hours, just under two days.
• 250 gallon buried tank: about 4.0 days.
• 500 gallon buried tank: about 8.1 days.

The manuals state no size for buried tanks, but a fire marshal summary of NFPA 58 lists 10 feet from the building and a buildable property line, and easements matter too. A 0.30 acre Collier lot is more likely to have room than a villa lot. After Irma, Butane-Propane News reported limited propane storage in Florida and bulk plants without power to pump, so fill before the season. See the propane limits page.

Find out which fuel fits your Collier home