Greenwood, IN Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

Sec. 10-02-13 of Greenwood's Unified Development Ordinance sets the Development Standards table for the Residential - Large Lot (RL) zone, the district reserved for large single-family lots and small-scale agriculture. The table lists minimums and maximums side by side: a 12,000-square-foot minimum lot size, a 75-foot minimum lot width, and, for yards specifically, a 30-foot minimum front yard setback, a 10-foot minimum side yard setback measured for each side yard, and a 25-foot minimum rear yard setback, all with no listed maximum. The same table caps building height at 35 feet and impervious lot coverage at 40 percent of total lot area.

Accessory buildings get their own placement rule rather than a simple setback number: an accessory structure must sit at least 10 feet from any lot line in the rear yard, and may only go in a side yard if there is 15 feet between the front building line and the accessory building. Other residential zones in the same UDO, such as Residential - Medium Lot (RM), use a smaller 20-foot front setback with the same 10-foot side and 25-foot rear minimums, so a property's exact setback depends on which zoning district it sits in. Building inside these dimensional standards without an approved variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals is a civil zoning violation under Sec. 10-04-09.