Lubbock County, TX Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

2 sets the county's building setback standard for platted land outside the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, Slaton, Shallowater, Idalou, Abernathy, Ransom Canyon, New Deal and Buffalo Springs. The line must be a minimum of 25 feet from the edge of the right-of-way on public roads; the Commissioners' Court can designate a different line on major highways and roads. Once established, the Commissioners' Court is required to show the building or setback line on a map filed in the County Clerk's records, and every owner of property abutting that right-of-way is charged with legal notice of the order, whether or not the owner has actual knowledge of it.

The line is not permanent by default: if the County has not begun construction or widening of the road within four years of the date the line was established, the setback line automatically becomes void, unless the County and the affected owners agree in writing to extend the deadline. 2 sits inside Section 7, Design Standards and Required Improvements, alongside the county's road-width, easement and paving specifications administered by the Lubbock County Transportation Administration, so a builder checking setbacks on a rural lot should pull the recorded map from the County Clerk rather than assume a blanket distance applies to every road.

Inside the City of Lubbock's extraterritorial jurisdiction, plats and any setback lines are reviewed jointly with the municipality, so the applicable line can differ from the county's own 25-foot default.