Building Setbacks & Zoning in Arizona (2026)

Avondale's single-family setback table in Section 28-35(A) scales down with lot size: front yards run from 40 feet in…

Buckeye's Table 4.1-1 sets minimum front, side, and rear setbacks for every rural and residential zoning district, from…

Chandler sets yard setbacks separately for each zoning district; its C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District requires a…

Coconino County's General, Agricultural Residential, and Rural Residential zones set minimum yard setbacks in Table 2-1…

Gilbert's Land Development Code establishes minimum setback requirements by zoning district. Residential districts…

Glendale's single residence zoning districts (R1-10 through R1-4) set minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks in…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by district in Table 2.2.3. Front setbacks…

Maricopa's RS zoning districts set minimum yard setbacks by lot type: front yards run 15 to 25 feet, interior side…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, residential zoning districts set minimum yard setbacks that scale with lot size…

Mesa's residential zoning code fixes minimum front, side, and rear setbacks by district and by lot size, tightening as…

Peoria's single-family setback table in City Code Section 21-420(A) tightens as lot size shrinks: front setbacks run 10…

Phoenix's R1-6 single-family district requires a 20-foot front yard, 25-foot rear yard, 10-foot street-side yard, and…

In unincorporated Pima County's GR-1 Rural Residential Zone, homes must sit at least 30 feet from the front line, 10…

Setbacks in unincorporated Pinal County depend on the zoning district. In the common GR General Rural zone, minimum…

Sahuarita's zoning code sets minimum yard setbacks for single-family homes by district in Table 18.12-2. The RH zone…

In Scottsdale's largest-lot single-family district, R1-190, the Zoning Ordinance sets a 60-foot front yard, a 30-foot…

Sedona's Land Development Code sets minimum yard setbacks district by district under SLDC Article 2. In the RS-70…

Front, rear and side yard setbacks in Surprise's residential low density (R-1) zone scale with lot size under City Code…

Tempe's Table 4-202A sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks for every agricultural and single-family district…

In Tucson's core residential zones, R-1, R-2, R-3, MH-1, and MH-2, every dwelling must keep at least a 5-foot side and…

Yuma sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district rather than one citywide number. In the five Low Density Residential…

Avondale caps single-family homes at 30 feet in every district from the large-lot AG and RR-43 zones down to R1-5, per…

Buckeye's Table 4.1-1 caps residential building height at 35 feet through most single-family districts, rising to 45…

Chandler caps single-family homes at 25 feet at the required building setback line under City Code §§ 35-403(1) and…

Coconino County caps homes in its RS single-family zones at 35 feet under Table 2-2 of the Zoning Ordinance, measured…

Gilbert caps single-family homes at 35 feet and two stories in its largest-lot districts, SF-43 and SF-35, stepping…

Glendale limits homes in every Single Residence district, from the 10,000-square-foot-lot R1-10 down to the…

Goodyear caps residential building height at 30 feet in every agricultural and single-family district (AG, AU, R1-10…

Single-family homes in Maricopa's RS-1, RS-3, RS-4 and RS-5 zoning districts are capped at 30 feet under Table…

Unincorporated Maricopa County caps residential building height at 35 feet across every rural and single-family…

Mesa caps single-family homes at 30 feet in every RS district, from the large-lot RS-90 to the compact RS-6, under…

Every single-family residential district in Peoria, from the acre-lot R1-43 down to the compact R1-6, caps principal…

Phoenix caps standard single-family homes at two stories and 30 feet; a Planned Residential Development can reach three…

In the unincorporated county's SR Suburban Ranch zone, Pima County Code § 18.17.040(D) caps the maximum building height…

In unincorporated Pinal County's residential and rural zones, the maximum height of any structure is 30 feet. Detached…

Single-family homes in every Sahuarita residential zone, from the five-acre RH zone down to the compact MH zone, are…

Scottsdale caps single-family building height at thirty (30) feet in the R1-43, R1-35, and R1-18 districts under Zoning…

Sedona caps building height under SLDC Section 2.24.E using two measurement planes. No part of a single-family building…

Surprise's residential low density (R-1) and residential medium density (R-2) zoning districts cap building height at…

Tempe caps single-family and agricultural building height at 30 feet across the AG, R1-15, R1-10, R1-8, R1-7, R1-6 and…

Inside Tucson's Hillside Development Zone, UDC § 5.2.7.A caps new construction at 24 feet for residential buildings and…

Yavapai County's Section 516 Density Districts chart caps most residential zoning districts at thirty feet and two…

Yuma caps single-family building height at 40 feet in every Low Density Residential (R-1) district under City Code §…

Avondale's lot coverage limit rises as lots shrink: Section 28-35(A) caps large-lot single-family districts like AG and…

Buckeye's Development Code Table 4.1-1 caps lot coverage at 25% in the AG district, 30% in R1-43, and 40% in the MH…

Table 2-1 of the Coconino County Zoning Ordinance caps how much of a lot a structure can cover: 30% maximum in the…

Gilbert's Land Development Code caps single-family lot coverage by district, 35% for both one-story and two-story homes…

Glendale caps how much of a single-family lot a building can cover: Table 2.300-2 under Section 35.2.303 sets a 40…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance sets maximum building coverage by residential district: 20% in the AG and AU agricultural…

Maricopa caps how much of a residential lot can be covered by buildings, scaling from 40% in the largest-lot RS-1…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, Zoning Ordinance Section 504 caps how much of a commercial lot a building can cover…

Mesa caps how much of a residential lot a house and its accessories can cover, with the limit rising as lots get…

Maximum lot coverage in Peoria's single-family districts scales with lot size under City Code Section 21-420(A): 30…

Phoenix's R1-6 district, the city's standard single-family zoning, caps building coverage at 50% of the lot, rising to…

In Pima County's SR Suburban Ranch zone, no more than thirty percent of a lot can be covered by structures, alongside a…

Detached accessory buildings in Pinal County's CR-2 Single Residence zone cannot cover more than one-third of the…

Queen Creek's Zoning Ordinance caps how much of a lot a building may cover under Table 4.7-3, Section 4.7.C. Every…

Sahuarita caps maximum lot coverage at 60 percent in the R-3 zone, 70 percent in R-4, and 75 percent in R-5 under Table…

Scottsdale caps how much of a residential rear yard accessory buildings and structures can cover. Under Zoning…

Sedona limits how much of a lot can be covered by buildings and pavement under SLDC Section 2.24.F. In the RS-70…

Maximum lot coverage in Surprise's residential low density (R-1) zone falls as lot size rises under City Code §…

Tempe caps how much of a single-family or agricultural lot a building can cover under Table 4-202A of Section 4-202…

Tucson's Unified Development Code caps lot coverage at 70% of the lot for single-family development in the R-1, R-2…

Yavapai County caps how much of a lot a building can cover under the Section 516 Density District chart, not a single…

Yuma caps building footprint at 50% of lot area across its five Low Density Residential (R-1-6 through R-1-40)…

In Chandler's City Center District, buildings can cover up to 100 percent of the lot: there's no percentage limit at…