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

Section 27-156(c), Table 4-2, 'Schedule of Area, Height, Bulk and Placement Regulations,' fixes the minimum required front, side, rear and corner yards for every conventional zoning district. In the RS-150 single-family district, the table requires a 30-foot front yard, 15-foot side yards and a 20-foot rear yard on an interior lot (12 feet on a corner lot), with a 15-foot corner-lot side setback. Requirements shrink as lot sizes get smaller: RS-100 and RS-75 both drop to a 25-foot front yard and 7-foot side yards; RS-60 and RS-50 tighten the corner setback to 7 feet while keeping a 20-foot rear yard.

Multifamily RM districts run a 25-foot front and 7-foot side yard citywide, with rear yards of 15 to 20 feet depending on density. Commercial districts run much tighter. CG and CI both allow a 10-foot front yard, and CI permits a zero-foot side yard entirely. Table Note 14 lets the zoning administrator waive or reduce a required front or corner setback where the existing development pattern on the block face is already tighter than the code requires, capped at the average setback of the two adjacent properties, and Note 7 allows a reduction of up to 25 percent in the front or corner yard specifically to preserve a specimen or grand tree.