Broomfield, CO Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

Section 17-14-050 sets the R-1 height ceiling at two stories and, in no case, higher than thirty feet. R-1 is the district described in section 17-14-010 for areas where standard housing concepts are proposed on average-sized lots, and it permits one-family dwellings, public and private schools, churches, public recreation areas, and home occupations under section 17-32-020 by right under section 17-14-020. The same two-story, thirty-foot cap applies in the A-1 Agricultural District (section 17-08-050), the E-1 Estate District (section 17-10-050), and the E-2 Estate District (section 17-12-050), while the RR Rural Residential and E-3 Estate Districts allow a taller 33-foot maximum measured under section 17-38-320(F).

Section 17-14-040 pairs the height limit with dimensional standards: a 7,000-square-foot minimum lot (70 feet wide on an interior lot, 80 feet on a corner lot), a 25-foot front yard, a 25-foot rear yard for the principal building, and side yards of 5 feet each, with a combined minimum of 15 feet between the two sides. Section 17-14-060 folds in the parking, sign, and other general provisions of Title 17. Any development seeking to exceed the thirty-foot cap in R-1 would need a rezoning or a planned unit development, since section 17-14-050 sets the limit as an absolute ceiling rather than a variance-eligible standard.