Building Setbacks & Zoning in Tallahassee, FL (2026)
3 verified building setbacks & zoning rules for Tallahassee, Florida, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Setback Rules
In Tallahassee's R-1 Single-Family Detached Residential District, LDC § 10-244 sets a 25-foot front setback, a 25-foot rear setback, a 15-foot side-corner setback, and 7.5 feet on each interior side (or a combined 15 feet split between the two sides, never less than 5 feet on one side).
Tallahassee R-1 District Setback Minimums
Some RestrictionsTallahassee Land Development Code § 10-244
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS 4. Minimum Lot or Site Size 5. Minimum Building Setbacks 6. Maximum Building Restrictions ... a. Front b. Side-Interior Lot c. Side-Corner Lot d. Rear ... Single-Family Detached Dwellings 12,000 square feet 80 feet 100 feet 25 feet Seven and one-half feet on each side; or any combination of setbacks that equals at least 15 feet, provided that no such setback shall be less ...
Structure Height Limits
Tallahassee's R-1 Single-Family Detached Residential District caps building height at three stories, excluding any stories used for parking, under the development standards table in LDC § 10-244. The Code's definitions section further limits each story to no more than 14 feet floor-to-ceiling.
Tallahassee R-1 Homes Capped at Three Stories
Some RestrictionsTallahassee Land Development Code § 10-244
6. Maximum Building Restrictions a. Building Size (excluding gross building floor area used for parking) b. Building Height (excluding stories used for parking) Single-Family Detached Dwellings ... not applicable Three stories [LDC § 1-2] Stories. The term "stories" means that habitable portion of a building included between the upper surface of a floor and upper surface of the floor or roof ne...
Lot Coverage Limits
Tallahassee's Land Development Code caps impervious lot coverage at 40 percent for single-family homes in the Residential Preservation-1 (RP-1) and Residential Preservation-2 (RP-2) zoning districts, the city's lowest-density single-family zones, per LDC § 10-241(2). Active-recreation parcels in RP-1 are held to just 10 percent coverage, checked at every site plan review.
Tallahassee Lot Coverage Limits: RP-1, RP-2
Some RestrictionsTallahassee Land Development Code § 10-241(2)
(2)Minimum development standards. ... RESIDENTIAL PRESERVATION-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS CLUSTERED ACTIVE RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES; ACTIVE RECREATION; PUBLIC, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ... MAXIMUM PERCENT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA 40 40 (of Not Area) 10 40 ... Residential Preservation-2 ... MAXIMUM PERCENT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA 40 40 (of ne...
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