Coconut Creek, FL Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

Yard setbacks in the City of Coconut Creek come from two layers: the district table in article III, division 3, and the general rules in section 13-331. Subsection (c)(2) says rear and side yards for every plot take the minimum for the zoning district, plus one foot for every two feet of height above twenty feet. Subsection (c)(1) holds a building on a waterway at least twenty feet from the mean high water mark, plus one foot of distance for every two-foot increase in height over twenty feet. Commercial and industrial buildings on a canal or lake need thirty feet from the average mean high water mark under (d)(3). Subsection (f) makes every side or rear yard that abuts a street equal to the district's minimum front yard.

District minimums for houses, front, side and rear: A-1 is 50, 50 and 75 feet; RS-1 is 50, 35 and 50; RS-3 is 25, 10 and 25; RS-4 is 25, 7.5 and 20; RS-5 is 25, 5 per lot (15 between structures) and 10; RC-8 is 25, 20 and 20; MH-1 is 25, 10 and 15. RC-5 uses a 25-foot front, zero or 5.25-foot sides, and a 20-foot rear for attached dwellings or 10 feet for detached. RM-10 sets a 25-foot front and 20-foot rear, with townhouse groupings held 20 to 60 feet apart depending on orientation. Roadway landscape buffers of 15 to 35 feet, sized by right-of-way width, are separate parcels, and required setbacks are measured from their interior line.

Section 13-377 keeps required yards open from the ground to the sky, with listed exceptions: sills up to 12 inches, chimneys up to two feet, and open unroofed porches no higher than four feet reaching five feet into a front yard, three into a side yard and ten into a rear yard. Driveways can be built up to three feet from the property line in residential districts.