Kalamazoo, MI Building Setbacks & Zoning: Lot Coverage Limits (2026)

Table 5.1-1 of Kalamazoo City Code § 5.1, Residential District Standards, sets a Maximum Impervious Coverage row measured as a percent of lot area across the city's ten residential zoning districts. RS-4 and RS-5, the lowest-density single-family districts, are capped at 45%; RS-7 rises to 50%; RD-8 to 55%; and RD-19, RM-15, RM-15C and RM-24 are each capped at 60%. RM-36, the highest-density multifamily district, allows up to 70% coverage, while the mixed-use RMU district is capped at 60%. Footnote 4 to the table gives the Planning Commission authority to modify these impervious cover limits for uses that require special use permit approval, so a project seeking a permit can request relief from the standard percentage.

Kalamazoo's commercial and manufacturing districts are governed by a separate table, § 5.2, Table 5.2-1, with coverage limits ranging from 60% in CNO to 100% in CCBD. Community Planning and Economic Development checks proposed impervious surface, including driveways, patios and accessory structures, against the applicable district limit during site plan review.