Building Setbacks & Zoning in Little Rock, AR (2026)
3 verified building setbacks & zoning rules for Little Rock, Arkansas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Setback Rules
Little Rock's R-2 single-family district requires a 25-foot front yard, 25-foot rear yard, and side yards of 10% of lot width capped at 8 feet.
Little Rock Front & Side Yard Setback Minimums
Some RestrictionsSec. 36-254
(d)Area regulations:(1)Front yard. There shall be a front yard setback having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.(2)Side yard. There shall be a side yard set-back on each side of the building having a width of not less than ten (10) percent of the average width of the lot, not to exceed eight (8) feet.(3)Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard setback having a depth of not less than t...
Structure Height Limits
Little Rock caps residential building height at 35 feet in the R-1 single-family district under Sec. 36-253(c): no house may be erected or structurally altered above that limit, no exceptions built into the base rule. A narrow carve-out in Sec. 36-156(1)(b) lets a one-family dwelling add up to 10 feet, reaching 45 feet, only if it provides two 15-foot side yards and never exceeds three stories.
Little Rock R-1 Building Height Limit
Some RestrictionsSec. 36-253(c)
(c)Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet.
Lot Coverage Limits
In Little Rock's R-1 single-family zoning district, the house plus every accessory building on a lot can together cover no more than 30 percent of the total lot area.
Little Rock R-1 Lot Coverage Limit
Some RestrictionsSec. 36-253(e)
The main building and all accessory buildings on a lot shall not occupy more than thirty (30) percent of the total area of the lot. (Code 1961, Ch. 43, § 7-101.1; Ord. No. 15,703, § 1k, p, 7-5-89; Ord. No. 15,988, § 4, 12-18-90; Ord. No. 16,116, § 1(t), (qq), 11-19-91; Ord. No. 16,341, § 1(m), (ff), 1-19-93; Ord. No. 16,861, § 1(x), (aa), 3-21-95); Ord. No. 18,324, § 1(jj), (oo), 8-1-00; Ord. ...
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