In Lee County's only zoned beat, Beat 13, buildings max out at 45 feet for residences and 60 feet for nonresidential structures. Auburn and Opelika cap typical residential buildings at 35 feet under city zoning.
Building height in unincorporated Lee County is capped only where zoning has been adopted. In Beat 13, the county's dimensional requirements set a 45-foot maximum for residential buildings and 60 feet for nonresidential ones, alongside a 15,000-square-foot minimum lot. Everywhere else in the unincorporated county there is no zoning height cap; the building code still governs construction and life safety. Inside Auburn, conventional subdivisions are limited to 35 feet, and an Airport Overlay adds height controls near the Auburn University Regional Airport. Opelika's zoning likewise caps typical residential structures around 35 feet. Taller commercial and institutional buildings are allowed in the cities' higher-intensity districts.
Exceeding the height cap in Beat 13, Auburn, or Opelika stops the permit until the plan complies or a variance is granted. On unzoned county land no zoning height limit applies, though the building code still controls.
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