Scranton, PA Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

Section 445-12.E, the Suburban Single-Family Residential district's dimensional standards table, sets a Height line reading 'Principal structure 35' and 'Accessory structure 25,' meaning a house is limited to 35 feet and an accessory building such as a garage or shed to 25 feet. The same table pairs the height limits with a 5,000-square-foot minimum lot size, a 40-foot minimum lot width at the building setback line, a 45% cap on impervious surface coverage, and yard setbacks of 20 feet for the front yard on either a local/collector street or an arterial street, 4 feet for a side yard, and 25 feet for a rear yard; accessory structures get a 5-foot side and 5-foot rear setback with no front-yard placement allowed.

Height is calculated under § 445-8's definition of 'HEIGHT': 'the maximum height of a building and/or structure measured from the average finished grade at perimeter of the base of the building and/or structure to the highest point of such building and/or structure,' with mean sea level used instead near the Airport Overlay Zoning Map. Other residential districts carry their own separate height figures in their own § 445-12 dimensional tables, so the 35/25-foot standard applies specifically to the Suburban Single-Family Residential district, not city-wide.