Glendale, AZ Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Front setback
- 15-20 ft (all R1 districts)
- Side setback, R1-10
- 10 feet
- Side setback, R1-8/7/6
- 5 & 10 feet
- Rear setback range
- 15 to 25 feet by district
- Alley garage rear setback
- 0 ft, garage face capped at 12 ft
Summary
Glendale's single residence zoning districts (R1-10 through R1-4) set minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks in Table 2.300-2 under Section 35.2.303, ranging from a 25-foot rear yard in the largest-lot R1-10 district down to a 15-foot rear yard in the compact R1-4 district.
Table 2.300-2: Single Residence Districts Development Standards. Zoning District, Lot Dimensions minimum (Net Lot Area sq ft, Lot Width ft), Setbacks [11] (Front ft [2], Side ft [7], Rear ft [8]), Lot Coverage maximum (%), Building Height maximum (feet) [9]. R1-10 10,000 90 15-20 10 25 40 30 30. R1-8 8,000 80 15-20 5 & 10 [3] 20 40 30 30. R1-7 7,000 70 15-20 5 & 10 [3] 20 40 30 30. R1-6 6,000 60 15-20 5 & 10 [3] 20 [6] 40 30 30. R1-4 4,000 40 15-20 0 - 10 [4, 5] 15 45 30 30. [2]Front setback shall be fifteen (15) feet to living area or for side entry garages and/or covered front porch. Front setback shall be twenty (20) feet for front entry garages and carports.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 115).
Full Breakdown
300-2 sets a 15-to-20-foot front setback across every R1 district, but footnote 2 splits that: 15 feet applies to living area, a side-entry garage, or a covered front porch, while a front-entry garage or carport needs 20 feet. Side setbacks shrink as lot width shrinks: R1-10 requires a 10-foot side yard, R1-8/R1-7/R1-6 use 5-and-10-foot side yards with a 15-foot minimum building separation between adjacent structures, and R1-4 allows 0-to-10-foot side yards, with zero-foot common-wall setbacks for attached units and a 10-foot minimum separation for detached units.
Rear setbacks run from 25 feet in R1-10 down to 20 feet in R1-8/R1-7/R1-6 (15 feet for R1-6 parcels approved before June 22, 1993) and 15 feet in R1-4. Footnote 7 sets a separate 10-foot minimum street side yard for corner lots, and footnote 8 lets a private alley-loaded garage's rear setback drop to zero for the garage face only, with the garage height then capped at 12 feet. Footnote 11 lets fireplaces and bay windows encroach up to two-and-a-half feet into any front, side, or rear setback, with bay window encroachments capped at 10 feet of building frontage and a 5-foot minimum separation from the property line.
Violations & Fines
Building closer to a property line than Table 2.300-2 allows is a Unified Development Code violation caught at plan review or field inspection. Because Title 35 doesn't set its own fine for a dimensional standard, Section 1-7's general penalty applies: an uncorrected violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor with each day counted as a separate offense, and the City can also pursue it as a civil code infraction in City Court.
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