Greene County, MO Building Setbacks & Zoning: Lot Coverage Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- UR-1 max building coverage
- 40 percent of lot
- UR-1 max impervious area
- 70 percent of lot
- A-R / RR-1 districts
- No coverage limit set
- Enforcing dept
- Greene County Resource Management
Summary
In unincorporated Greene County's UR-1 Urban Residence District, buildings cannot cover more than 40% of a lot, and total impervious surface caps out at 70%.
C. Maximum building coverage (including accessory buildings): Forty (40) percent.
D. Minimum open space: Not less than thirty (30) percent of the total lot area shall be devoted to open space including required yards and bufferyards. Open space shall not include areas covered by buildings, structures, parking areas, driveways, and internal streets. Open space shall contain living ground cover and other landscaping materials.
E. Maximum Impervious Area: The combined area occupied by all main and accessory buildings or structures, parking areas, driveways, and any other surfaces which reduce and prevent absorption of stormwater shall not exceed seventy
(70) percent of the total lot area.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.
Full Breakdown
The Greene County Zoning Regulations cap building coverage at 40% of lot area in the UR-1 Urban Residence District (the county's standard urban-density single-family zone) and cap combined impervious surface, buildings, parking, driveways, and other surfaces that block stormwater absorption, at 70% of the lot. The county's two lowest-density districts, A-R Agriculture-Residence and RR-1 Rural Residence, which together zone most unincorporated acreage, carry no lot-coverage or impervious limit at all; only area, height, and yard setbacks apply there. Commercial districts carry their own separate caps (35-45%). Springfield, Republic, Nixa, Willard, Strafford, and Ash Grove enforce their own municipal zoning codes, not these county regulations.
Violations & Fines
Building over the cap without an approved plat or variance is a zoning violation; Resource Management can require removal or reconfiguration of the excess structure/impervious area before occupancy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the 40% coverage cap apply county-wide?
Do Springfield lot-coverage rules match the county's?
Sources & Official References
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