Tallahassee, FL Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

63 dwelling units per acre. The development standards table requires a minimum lot of 12,000 square feet, 80 feet wide and 100 feet deep, for single-family detached dwellings. Its setback columns fix the front setback at 25 feet, the rear setback at 25 feet, the side-corner setback at 15 feet, and the interior side setback at seven and one-half feet on each side, or any combination of the two side setbacks totaling at least 15 feet, provided neither side drops below five feet. Non-residential principal uses permitted in R-1, such as schools and religious facilities, follow the same setback figures but on a larger 24,000-square-foot lot.

50-acre lot where central sanitary sewer is unavailable, and cross-references section 10-426 for cluster development standards that can modify these figures. The nearby R-2 district (LDC § 10-245) uses the identical setback formula on smaller 9,000-square-foot lots, showing the front/rear/side-corner/side-interior figures repeat across Tallahassee's single-family residential districts even as minimum lot size changes. Setback compliance is checked at building permit review by the growth management department before construction begins.