Warren, MI Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

Warren's Zoning Ordinance, Appendix A, sets the base residential height limit in Article V, which governs the R-1-A One Family Residential District, the city's standard single-family zone. 02 states that no building erected or altered in an R-1-A district may exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height or two (2) stories, referring builders to the citywide exceptions in Article XIX for features like spires or flagpoles. 11, which governs churches, synagogues, mosques, public schools, public libraries, private educational institutions, funeral homes, community buildings, country clubs, and fraternal lodges sited in an R-1-A district: no such building may exceed thirty-five feet or two stories, and if a taller building is allowed under that section's rear-yard standard, the required forty-five-foot rear yard grows by one additional foot for every foot the building exceeds thirty-five feet.

02. A zoning administrator, chief zoning inspector, or zoning inspector may issue a municipal civil infraction citation for a height violation under Warren Code of Ordinances Section 1-11(b)(5), and Section 1-8(b) sets the fine at not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 per violation.