Woodland, CA Building Setbacks & Zoning: Lot Coverage Limits (2026)

Table 17.24.030-1, Development Standards - Residential Zones, sets the Max. Lot Coverage row for the city's five residential districts under the Woodland Zoning Code. Residential Low (R-L) and Neighborhood Preservation (N-P), the city's lowest-density detached single-family zones, are held to 50% maximum lot coverage. Residential Low-Medium (R-LM) and Residential Medium (R-M), which allow duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and townhomes, are held to 60%. Residential High (R-H), the multi-unit zone, allows up to 70% coverage. The same table imposes a separate Site and Open Space Standard: Max.

Impervious/Paved Area is limited to 50% of the required front and street side setback area in R-L, N-P and R-LM (listed as n/a in R-M and R-H, where the standard does not apply). Community Development Department planning and building staff review lot coverage and impervious-area calculations at building permit and site plan review under Title 17. Because the standards sit in the Zoning Code, deviations require a discretionary entitlement, such as a variance under the code's Division V provisions, rather than administrative approval; over-coverage discovered after construction is treated as a zoning code violation subject to the citywide penalty scheme in § 1.08.070 and to the administrative citation process in Chapter 9.20.