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

UDC Table 18.04.02.03.A, referenced from § 18.04.02.03.B, sets a uniform maximum height for nearly every single-family detached lot type at 26 feet by-right, with an adaptable-use maximum of 35 feet, per Table Note 5 ('The first height is permitted by-right; the second height is an adaptable use'). That 26/35 ft. pairing applies to Urban, Large Urban, General, Suburban, Large Suburban, Estate and Large Estate lots alike, regardless of lot area or vehicular access. The Urban Cottage lot type, the smallest and highest-density lot in the table, gets a taller adaptable-use ceiling instead: 26/45 ft., ten feet above the standard adaptable maximum.

Table Note 1 makes clear the 26/35 (or 26/45) figures aren't the whole story: maximum height, and maximum building coverage, can vary based on the zone the property sits in and on whether it lies within a designated 'complete neighborhood,' with the applicable thresholds cross-referenced to § 18.02.03.02, Residential Land Use by Zone, and, for some zones or development types, to § 18.02.04.02, Scale Thresholds in DT and Residential Zones. A builder cannot read a height limit off Table 18.04.02.03.A alone; the zone, whether ER, R1e, R1, R2, R3e or another residential district established at § 18.02.02.01, and whether the parcel is within a complete neighborhood both have to be checked before the by-right or adaptable-use ceiling is confirmed. The taller adaptable-use figure is available only where the adaptable-use conditions in those zone-specific sections are met, not automatically.