Setback Rules
Building Setbacks & Zoning
How far structures must be from property lines, streets, and other buildings. Different setbacks apply to front, side, and rear yards.
How Setback Rules Rules Differ by Place
Brownsville, TX: R-1 requires 25-foot front and 5-foot side setbacks
Few RestrictionsBrownsville sets minimum building setbacks district by district in its Unified Development Code. The R-1 single-family district requires 25 feet in front, 20 feet on a corner side…
Guadalupe County, TX: Guadalupe County Building Setback Rules
Few RestrictionsGuadalupe County sets no building setbacks. Texas counties cannot zone. In unincorporated areas near Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo, front, side, and rear yards come from HOA deed…
Hidalgo County, TX: Hidalgo County Building Setbacks
Few RestrictionsHidalgo County has no general zoning, so there is no county-wide numeric building setback in unincorporated areas. Setbacks come from recorded subdivision plat building lines, reviewed…
Birmingham, AL: Birmingham R-1 District Yard Setback Minimums
Some RestrictionsBirmingham's R-1 Single-Family District requires a 40-foot front yard, a 40-foot rear yard, an 8-foot side yard on each side (18 feet total), a 15,000-square-foot minimum lot, and a…
Hoover, AL: Hoover R-T-4 Townhouse Setbacks
Some RestrictionsHoover's R-T-4 Townhouse District sets building setbacks of 20 feet from a public street and 25 feet from district boundaries next to single-family or estate zones, reducible to 5 feet…
Huntsville, AL: Huntsville Yard Setback Minimums by Zone
Some RestrictionsHuntsville's zoning ordinance sets a different front, side, and rear yard setback table for every residential district, running from 40-50 feet in front down to 15 feet on the sides in…
Setback Rules Rules by State
Statewide law governs this topic in many states. Each entry links to that state's full page.
Montana
Some RestrictionsMontana setbacks are set by local zoning, but 2023 housing laws limit them: SB 323 requires cities over 5,000 to allow duplexes on single-family lots, and SB 528 (MCA 76-2-345)…
New Hampshire
Heavy RestrictionsNew Hampshire RSA 483-B, the Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act, imposes statewide minimum setbacks of 50 feet from public waters that municipalities cannot reduce, regardless of…
Wisconsin
Heavy RestrictionsWisconsin Statute § 59.692 and Wisconsin Administrative Code NR 115 establish uniform statewide shoreland zoning standards including setback requirements from navigable waters…
Cities & Counties with Setback Rules Rules
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