Edmond, OK Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

The table in Edmond Code § 22.5.1(A) covers eight districts: G-A, R-1, R-2-A, A, B, C-1, C-2 and C-3. All eight share the same street rules. The Major Street Yard is 50 feet, and the footnote says it applies to corner lots, so the side of a corner lot facing a major street carries the 50 foot setback. The Minor Street Yard is 25 feet in every district.

Rear and side yards change by district. G-A and R-1 require a 30 foot rear yard and a 25 foot side yard, with a 25 foot Street Side Yard. R-2-A keeps the 30 foot rear yard but cuts the side yard to 15 feet and the Street Side Yard to 20 feet. Districts A, B, C-1, C-2 and C-3 require a 20 foot rear yard, a 5 foot side yard and a 15 foot Street Side Yard. Two footnotes adjust those numbers: the rear yard is the stated distance or 20% of lot depth, whichever is less, and the 5 foot side yard becomes 8 feet if the structure is two or more stories.

The code treats these figures as minimums. When a recorded plat shows setbacks larger than the Base Standards, the plat setbacks become the minimum. Accessory structures follow a separate table, cross-referenced to § 22.4.37(B). Section 22.5.3(C) then adjusts the yards. In residential districts other than C-2 and C-3, if 25 percent or more of the lots on one side of a block are built out with an average street yard over 25 feet and no building varies more than five feet from that average, new buildings must match the existing line, capped at a 40 foot street yard. In the A district, an irregular lot gets a rear yard of 20 percent of its shortest side lot line, never less than 12 feet.

Some features can sit inside a required yard. Open eaves, cornices, windowsills and fireplaces can project up to two feet, and open patio covers can project up to 20 feet into the rear yard, but not into a utility or drainage easement. Section 22.5.3(E) separately keeps a sight triangle with 25 foot sides clear at every intersection.