Medford, OR Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

710's residential development table sets maximum building heights by housing type across the SFR-00 through MFR-30 districts. A detached single-family dwelling is limited to 35 feet in every zone where it's allowed, SFR-00 through SFR-10. Duplexes are also capped at 35 feet across SFR-2 through MFR-30. Triplexes and quadplexes step up to 45 feet in the MFR-15 and MFR-20 zones and 55 feet in MFR-30, while multi-family buildings of five or more attached units follow the same 45/45/55-foot scale in those same three multi-family zones.

Cottage cluster developments are held to 25 feet regardless of zone. In the MFR zones, the table also flags a height reduction: buildings within 150 feet of an adjoining SFR-00, SFR-2, SFR-4, SFR-6 or SFR-10 zoning district boundary are capped at 35 feet regardless of the underlying zone's normal allowance, to limit the visual impact on adjacent single-family neighborhoods. 705(1) defines exactly how height is measured: the vertical distance from the average ground contact level at the front wall to the highest top plate, with a separate calculation for the rear wall on properties that slope downward from the street, using whichever elevation is higher for side and rear yard purposes. 295, and similar accessory projections from the height limit outright, while parapets may rise up to five feet above the district's height cap. 830.