Burleson, TX Building Setbacks & Zoning: Lot Coverage Limits (2026)

The coverage limits sit in Appendix C of the Burleson Code of Ordinances, Article VIII, Multi-Family Design Standards, at § 8-40, Development regulations. Subsection (c), Building coverage, prints two ceilings. Maximum coverage of the main building is 40% of the lot area. Maximum coverage of the main building and all accessory buildings is 50% of the lot area. Accessory buildings count only toward the second ceiling.

The coverage cap is one line in a table of area regulations that apply to all uses. Lot size is 2 acres minimum. Density is 12 units per acre maximum in MF1 and 24 units per acre maximum in MF2. The front yard is 25 feet minimum, the rear yard is 30 feet minimum for main buildings, side yards are 5 feet minimum and 25 feet minimum adjacent to a side street, and the lot must be 200 feet minimum in both width and depth. The section sends readers to Sec. 132, General Yard Requirements, for general yard information.

Section 8-3 decides when the Article applies. It covers properties designated as Multi-Family, all new construction, any remodeling, alteration, addition or expansion whose construction value exceeds fifty (50%) percent of the current appraised value of the existing structure, and any addition that increases gross floor area by twenty (20%) or greater. In a conflict with other parts of the Burleson Code of Ordinances, the Article controls.

Other property types follow different numbers. Section 132-115(c)(1) limits the main building and all accessory buildings in residential districts to 50 percent of the portion of the lot lying to the rear of a line joining the midpoints of the side lot lines, and the BP, business park overlay district sets lot coverage at 75% of lot area maximum in § 103-6.