Clinton Township, MI Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

05 of the Clinton Township Zoning Code sets the dimensional standards for the R-1 through R-5 One-Family Residential Districts in a single schedule covering lot size, height, setbacks and floor area. width), carries the identical maximum building height: 2 stories and 35 feet. The schedule pairs that height cap with front, side and rear yard setbacks that do vary by district: R-1 requires a 30-foot front yard, 10-foot side yard and 40-foot rear yard, while R-3 through R-5 drop to a 25-foot front yard, 8-foot side yard and 35-foot rear yard.

Footnote (b) to the schedule also imposes an averaging rule where a block already has principal structures built closer to the street than the code minimum: a new home on that same side of the thoroughfare must be built no closer than, and need not be set back farther than, the average depth of the existing front yards, with setbacks measured from the proposed right-of-way line shown on the Township's 1990 Master Plan for Future Land Use, as amended. The chapter is administered by the Clinton Township Building Department and Planning Commission, and site plans, building permits and any variance requests are reviewed against this schedule before a footing or foundation permit issues. 05 itself does not vary by use; it is a flat structural cap tied to the district, not the building's purpose.