Farmersville, TX Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

Section 77-65(a) applies the height limits set in the Section 77-52 and 77-53 district tables to every lot in the city unless the chapter specifies otherwise. Those tables cap the Agricultural and Estate Development districts at two stories and 40 feet, while Single Family Dwelling-1, -2, and -3, Two Family Residence, and the other residential districts are capped at two stories and 35 feet under their own table rows. Section 77-65(b)(1) carves out specific exceptions: water standpipes and tanks, religious facility architectural features such as bell towers, domes, and spires on school and institutional buildings, the roofs of one-story auditoriums and sanctuaries, and public safety structures may exceed a district's maximum height, but when such a structure sits adjacent to a residential district, the code requires the side and rear yards to grow by two additional feet, and the front yard by one additional foot, for every foot the structure exceeds the height cap.

Section 77-65(b)(2) exempts publicly owned sports lighting, communication antennas and structures, utility poles and towers, and water tanks from the height restrictions entirely. Accessory buildings carry their own, separate height ceiling under Section 77-66, capped at ten feet at the top plate when located in a required rear or side yard.