Unincorporated Spartanburg County does not cap single-family house height with a hard number, but the ULMO adds one foot of side and rear setback for each foot above 35 feet. The City of Spartanburg caps R-15 homes at 35 feet, extendable to a hard maximum of 50 feet with extra
ULMO Table 3a footnote (Y) provides that for each additional foot above 35 feet, one foot must be added to each side and rear yard setback — so taller buildings must step further from the lot lines rather than being flatly prohibited. The City of Spartanburg is stricter: Zoning Ordinance §403.1.A sets a 35-foot maximum for residential buildings in the R-15 Single-Family District, allowing extra height above 35 feet only at a 1:1 trade for added setback, and never above 50 feet. Nonresidential city buildings have no fixed height cap but must add setback above a 10-foot wall height.
Exceeding the height limit or the height-to-setback ratio is a zoning violation requiring a variance or redesign.
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