Brooklyn Park, MN Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

City Code § 152.506(C) and Table 152.506.3 set maximum building heights for every residential zoning district in Brooklyn Park. Single-family, two-family, and townhome dwellings are capped at 3 stories or 40 feet. Multiple family dwellings can reach 6 stories or 75 feet, roughly double the single-family limit, reflecting the code's higher-density R-4 and R-5 districts. A non-residential use located within a residential district faces the same 3-story, 40-foot ceiling as detached housing.

The table exempts personal radio and television antennas, spires, bell towers, carillons, steeples, and flag poles from the height limit entirely, so those features can rise above 40 feet without a permit tied to this section. Two footnoted exceptions let taller buildings clear the cap: a non-residential use in a residential district can exceed the height restriction by 150%, meaning up to 60 feet, if the City Council approves it at the time of site plan review or a conditional use permit and the applicant demonstrates the proposal mitigates any off-site impacts. Separately, any use can exceed the three-story or 40-foot limitation by 125%, or 50 feet, with a conditional use permit alone, without the additional off-site mitigation showing required for the 150% increase. Both exceptions run through the same conditional use permit and site plan review process the Planning Commission and City Council administer under the balance of Chapter 152.