Unincorporated Brazoria County sets no building setbacks because Texas counties can't zone. Setbacks come from city zoning: Pearland's R-3 district requires a 25-foot front, 7.5-foot side, and 20-foot rear yard. Subdivision plats may set building lines.
Texas counties have no zoning authority, so in unincorporated Brazoria County there are no county building-setback requirements; building lines instead come from your recorded subdivision plat and deed restrictions. Inside cities, zoning setbacks apply. In Pearland's Single-Family Residential-3 (R-3) district, the Unified Development Code requires a minimum 25-foot front yard (20 feet on cul-de-sac lots), a 7.5-foot side yard, and a 20-foot rear yard. Other districts and cities differ. The county's only land-use lever is subdivision platting under Local Government Code Chapter 232.
Cities enforce setback violations through code enforcement and require a variance from the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The unincorporated county imposes no setback penalty.
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