Orlando, FL Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

Figure 1A.LDC of Orlando Zoning Chapter 58 is the Table of Zoning District Regulations for the residential districts, and its Max. Bldg. Height (ft.) row sets the ceiling on every building site. Section 58.200 makes that table binding: no building or structure can be erected, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered except in conformity with Figure 1, and Section 58.201(a) separately bars any building from exceeding height or bulk.

Inside the Traditional City, the six lowest-intensity districts (R-1AA, R-1A, R-1, R-1N, R-2A and R-2B) all share a 30 foot limit. R-3A allows 35 feet, R-3B allows 40 feet, R-3C allows 45 feet and R-3D allows 55 feet. Outside the Traditional City, the cap is 35 feet in every district from R-1AA through R-3A, followed by 40 feet in R-3B, 45 feet in R-3C and 55 feet in R-3D. The Traditional City boundary therefore changes the number only for the six lowest-intensity districts; the three upper R-3 districts carry identical caps on either side of the line.

The table also prints a Conditional row with three figures: 55, 55 and 100. The published code text does not label which district columns those figures belong to, so a property owner cannot assign the row to a district from the printed text alone. Under Section 58.200, where there is doubt about how the Code reads, the decision of the Zoning Official prevails, subject to appeal as the Code provides.

Figure 1A covers only the residential districts. Office, mixed use, activity center and industrial districts have their own height rows in Figures 1B and 1C. Section 58.203 lets chimneys, water, fire, communication, radio and television transmitting and receiving equipment, church spires, domes, cupolas, stage towers and scenery lofts, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, smokestacks, flag poles, parapet walls and similar structures and their necessary mechanical appurtenances rise above the district limits, but never past the height limitations prescribed by the Orlando-Orange County Airport Zoning Board. Section 58.204 applies the Airport Zoning Regulations to all land within the City except property owned by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority.