Champaign, IL Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

Sec. 37-191 makes Table IV-A, "Standards for Principal Buildings on Individual Lots," the applicable development standard for every permitted, provisional, and special use citywide unless otherwise specified. The table sets minimum front, side, and rear yard figures by district: SF1 requires a 25-foot front yard, 6-foot side yard, and 10-foot rear yard; SF2 requires a 20-foot front yard, 5-foot side yard, and 10-foot rear yard; MF1, MF2, and MF3 all require a 10-foot rear yard with front yards ranging from 20 feet (MF1) down to 15 feet (MF3) and side yards of 6 to 10 feet; MFUniv drops to a 10-foot front yard and 5-foot side and rear yards.

Sec. 37-192 addresses front yards on double-frontage and corner lots, requiring a front yard along each street on a through lot, and, outside the MFUniv and In-Town Districts, a required front yard on each street side of a corner lot. Sec. " Commercial and industrial districts (CO, CN, CG, CI, IBP, I1, I2) largely defer their yard requirements to footnote (4) of Table IV-A, which requires setbacks adjacent to a residential district to comply with the buffer, yard, and screening standards of Article X rather than listing a flat number.