Bryan, TX Building Setbacks & Zoning: Lot Coverage Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Maximum coverage
- 75% of lot in most districts
- Downtown/Industrial
- no maximum coverage listed
- Governing section
- § 62-161 lot standards table
- Landscape-review projects
- governed instead by § 62-429
Summary
In most Bryan zoning districts, total lot coverage, buildings, parking, driveways, and other impervious surfaces, cannot exceed 75% of the lot under the Chapter 62 building setback and lot standards table.
Lot coverage shall mean the impervious area of a lot covered; including, but not limited to, the area covered by parking spaces, driveways, sidewalks, rocked areas, and equipment pads located thereon. ... The maximum coverage of a lot by structures, and associated parking spaces, driveways, sidewalks, and equipment pads, etc., in each district shall not exceed the provisions listed in this article.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 31).
Full Breakdown
Bryan's Article IV lot standards table (§ 62-161) caps maximum lot coverage, the impervious area covered by structures, parking, driveways, sidewalks, and equipment pads, at 75% in the A-O, R-NC, RD-7, RD-5, MF, C-1, C-2, C-3, and MU-2 districts. Downtown (DT-N/DT-S/DT-C) and Industrial (I) districts carry no maximum figure in the table. Section 62-162(d) makes the cap mandatory: coverage 'shall not exceed the provisions listed in this article.' A footnote limits the 75% figure to development not requiring landscape plan review; projects that do trigger review are instead bounded by the 15%-landscaped-area rule in § 62-429, which cross-references the § 62-161 cap directly.
Violations & Fines
Site plans exceeding the cap are not approved; building permits and certificates of occupancy are withheld until the plan is revised to meet § 62-161's coverage limit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the 75% cap apply everywhere in Bryan?
What counts toward lot coverage?
Sources & Official References
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