Taylor, MI Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

Section 3.03's area, height and placement table sets four setback figures for each single-family district: the front yard, the least of the two side yards, the combined total of both side yards, and the rear yard. R-1A, the city's largest-lot district at 15,000 square feet, requires a 35-foot front setback, a minimum 10-foot side yard with 25 feet combined, and a 50-foot rear yard. R-1B cuts those to a 25-foot front yard, 8-foot minimum side yard, 20 feet combined, and a 35-foot rear yard. R-1C, the smallest single-family district at 7,200 square feet, requires only a 20-foot front yard, a 5-foot minimum side yard, 15 feet combined, and a 25-foot rear yard.

Corner lots and double-frontage lots are treated as having two front yards, so the front setback applies along every street frontage rather than only the primary address side. A separate footnote to the table requires an additional 25-foot setback from natural features such as drains, regulated wetlands, ponds, lakes and streams, on top of whatever the district's ordinary yard setback requires. The principal dwelling has to clear every one of these table 3.03 numbers before Building and Safety will issue a permit.