Building Setbacks & Zoning in California (2026)

Alameda's R-1 Residential District requires a 20-foot front yard, a 5-foot interior side yard, a 10-foot street-side…

Unincorporated Alameda County requires 20-foot front and rear yards in R-1 single-family districts, with side yards…

Alhambra's Table 23.04.030 sets a 25-foot minimum front setback in the Low Density (RL) zone and a 10-foot street side…

Anaheim sets minimum yard setbacks by single-family zone under Section 18.04.100 and Table 4-I, ranging from a 10-foot…

Antioch's § 9-5.601 table sets front-yard setbacks by street type, from 20 feet on local streets to 30 feet on…

Apple Valley sets minimum front, rear and side yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Table 9.28.040-A of the…

Beyond garage and carport setbacks, Bakersfield's R-1 zone sets a flat front-yard structural setback of fifteen feet to…

Baldwin Park sets a minimum rear yard setback of 20 feet in the R-1-7,500 and R-1 single-family zones and 10 feet in…

Every lot in Bellflower's Single-Family zone must keep a 20-foot front yard, with side yards of 5 feet (interior) or 10…

Berkeley's R-1 district requires a minimum 5-foot front and 5-foot rear setback that together must total at least 20…

Bishop's Zoning Code requires a 15-foot front and rear setback and a 5-foot side setback in the R-1 and R-2…

San Diego County's Zoning Ordinance sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by a Setback Designator (Schedule…

Brentwood's R-1 single-family zone sets a flat twenty-foot front and rear yard, but side yards scale with lot size…

Buena Park requires a 20-foot front yard setback, 5-to-15-foot side setbacks depending on RS zone and corner status…

Unincorporated Butte County sets minimum building setbacks by zone in Table 24-20-2 of the Zoning Ordinance. Front…

Calaveras County sets minimum yard setbacks by zone in Table 17.05.030: 20 feet front (or 50 feet from the road…

Camarillo's R-1 single-family zone requires a twenty-foot front yard, side yards of five feet for one-story homes and…

R-1 zoned lots in Carlsbad need a 20-foot front yard, reduced to 15 feet on key lots or lots next to commercial or…

Carson's 1977 zoning ordinance sets minimum yard depths for RA, RS, and RM residential lots: front and rear yards use a…

In Ceres, R-1 single-family lots need a 20-foot front setback, 12-foot and 5-foot interior side yards, and a rear yard…

Chico's zoning tables set a 20-ft. front and side setback in the RS district (10 ft. sides in RS-20), a 20-30 ft. rear…

Chino's single-family zones require front yard setbacks of 20 to 25 feet, rear setbacks of 10 to 25 feet, and side…

Chino Hills sets front, side, and rear yard setback minimums by residential zoning district in Development Code section…

Chula Vista's R-1 zone sets front, side, and rear setbacks by lot classification in a table at CVMC 19.24.070, but CVMC…

Clovis sets minimum front, side, street-side, and rear yard setbacks separately for each residential zoning district in…

Colusa County's Zoning Code sets minimum building setbacks by zone. In the main residential zones, primary structures…

Compton's Low-Density Residential Zone (R-L) requires a 20-foot front yard, a 3-foot interior side yard, a 5-foot…

In the R-6 single-family district, the county's base residential zone for unincorporated Contra Costa County, every…

Corona's R-1-7.2 zone requires a 20-foot minimum front yard (averaging 23 feet along the street), side yards of 10 and…

Table 13-32 sets a uniform 20-foot front setback across every residential zone in Costa Mesa, plus a 5-foot interior…

Cupertino's R-1 single-family zones require a minimum 20-foot front yard setback, a 20-foot rear yard setback reducible…

In Davis's R-1-6 and R-1-8 single-family zones, side yards run 5 feet interior and 15 feet on a street side, front…

Downey sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone in Municipal Code Section 9312.08, Tables 9.3.3 and 9.3.4…

Dublin Municipal Code Section 8.36.020 sets minimum front, side, street-side and rear yard setbacks by zoning district…

Eastvale's Table 3.2-2 sets fixed front, side and rear setbacks by zone for every residential and agricultural…

El Cajon's residential setback table under Municipal Code § 17.140.090 sets minimum yards for primary structures by…

El Dorado County fixes minimum yard setbacks by zone under Code Section 130.30.050 and Table 130.24.030: front yards…

El Monte sets minimum yard setbacks for one-family homes in Table 17.20-2 of Section 17.20.050: 20 feet at the front…

Elk Grove sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in Table 23.29-1 of the Municipal Code…

Escondido's residential zones carry different yard setbacks depending on lot type. Table 33-99 sets front setbacks at…

Fairfield's Zoning Ordinance sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone in Table 25-2. In the RVL:40 zone, homes…

Folsom sets front, side and rear yard minimums separately for each residential zoning district. R-1-L requires a…

Fremont's single-family and duplex zones each carry their own minimum yard depths under Table 18.90.040 of the zoning…

Fresno's Development Code sets minimum front, side, and rear setbacks by residential zone district, from a 35-foot…

Fresno County's Zoning Ordinance sets minimum yard setbacks by zone in Table 2-5: an R-1 lot needs at least 20 feet…

Front yard setbacks in Fullerton's R-1 and R-1P zones scale with lot size, running from 15 feet on R-1-7,200 lots up to…

Garden Grove sets numeric yard setbacks for its R-1 single-family zone right in the zoning table: Municipal Code…

Table 30.11-B in Glendale Municipal Code § 30.11.030 sets the base yard setbacks for every residential zone: the R1…

In the R-1 Single-Family Residential Zone across unincorporated Glenn County, Glenn County Code § 15.37.070 sets a…

In Hanford's Low Density Residential zones, homes must sit 15 feet off the front lot line (20 for garages), 15 feet off…

Hawthorne's R-1 zone requires a 15-foot front setback, a 5-foot interior side yard (10 feet on a street side), and a…

Hayward's residential zoning table sets minimum front, side, side-street, and rear yard setbacks separately for the…

Hemet sets minimum yard setbacks by single-family zone: 20-foot fronts in larger-lot zones down to 18 feet, rear yards…

Hercules Municipal Code Table 13-6.2 sets minimum yard setbacks for every residential zoning district, from a 25-foot…

Hesperia sets minimum street setbacks measured from the road centerline: 55 feet where the right-of-way is 60 feet or…

Huntington Beach sets a 15-foot front setback for RL and RM single- and multi-family lots, 10 feet for RH and RMH, and…

In Imperial County's R-1 zone, homes need a 20-25 ft front setback, 5 ft side setbacks (15 ft on corner lots) and a…

Indio measures setbacks from the property or easement line to the nearest wall, with zone-specific front, side, and…

Inglewood's R-1 One-Family Zone requires a front yard equal to 25% of lot depth, capped at 25 feet, a side yard of at…

Low Density Residential lots in Irvine, the City's 0–6.5 dwelling-unit-per-acre zone covering neighborhoods like…

In Kern County's R-1 low-density residential district, buildings must have a front-yard setback of at least 25 feet…

Kings County's Development Code sets minimum yard setbacks by residential district: 50 feet in front for Rural…

R1-zoned lots in unincorporated Lake County must keep a 20-foot front yard (or 45 feet from the road centerline…

Lake Forest's non-residential building setback table sets zero front, side, and rear yard requirements from the street…

Lakewood's R-1 zone requires a 20-foot front yard setback (10 feet on cul-de-sac or knuckle lots), a 4-foot side yard…

Lancaster's yard setbacks scale with the zone: a rural RR-2.5 lot needs a 40-foot front yard and 30-foot rear yard…

Lodi's Development Code sets one setback standard for every residential zone: 15 feet front, 5 feet on each side, 10…

Table 31-2A sets a front, side and rear yard setback for every residential zoning district in Long Beach, from an…

In LA's R1 One-Family Zone, buildings must maintain a front yard of at least 20% of lot depth (not exceeding 20 feet)…

In unincorporated LA County residential zones, minimum front yards range from 15–20 feet depending on the zone…

Los Banos sets yard setbacks by zoning district in Title 9 of its municipal code. In the R-2 Medium Density Residential…

Madera's residential yard rules set a 15-foot front setback (20 feet for street-facing garages), a 5-foot interior side…

Every agricultural zone district in unincorporated Madera County, from the five-acre AR-5 district up through the…

Manteca lets developers build single-family homes on lots under 6,000 square feet if they meet Chapter 17.26.040's…

Unincorporated Marin sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district in Development Code Table 2-5. In the RA district a…

Mendocino County sets front, rear and side yard setbacks by zoning district. The S-R Suburban Residential District…

Merced's single-family zoning code sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks that shrink as lot size decreases: a…

In unincorporated Merced County, Table 2-4 of the Zoning Code sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone, from a…

Mission Viejo sets yard setbacks by residential planned-development density rather than a single citywide number: Sec…

Modesto's Table 4.1-1 sets minimum yard setbacks for the R-1, R-2 and R-3 residential zones: 15 feet in front, 5 feet…

Monterey's R-1 Residential Single-Family District requires a minimum 15-foot front yard, a 20-foot rear yard, and side…

Monterey County sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district under Title 21. A Low…

Table 17.24.020 of the Moorpark Municipal Code fixes a 20-foot front yard setback and 15-foot rear yard setback in…

Moreno Valley sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by residential zone in Table 9.03.040-6 of the Municipal…

Mountain View's R1 single-family zone sets minimum yard setbacks in City Code Sec. 36.10.25: 20 feet from the front…

Murrieta's Development Code fixes yard setbacks by residential zone in Table 16.08-3: a flat 20-foot front setback in…

In unincorporated Napa County, no building, structure, well, utility facility, or other improvement may be erected…

Newport Beach fixes minimum yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Table 2-2 of the Zoning Code. R-1 lots need…

Norwalk's R-1 zone requires a front yard of at least 20% of lot depth (capped at 20 feet), five-foot first-story side…

Oakland's City Council can establish a street setback line by ordinance after a petition, published notice and hearing…

Section 1050 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance sets a front, side, corner side and rear yard minimum for every RE…

The City of Orange fixes minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks for every residential zoning district in Table…

Unincorporated Orange County sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in Table 7-9-61.9…

Oxnard's Development Standards table at Code Section 16-23 sets a 20-foot front yard setback for R-1 single-family…

In Pacifica's R-1 Single-Family Residential District, a house must sit back at least fifteen feet from the front lot…

Palm Springs sets yard setbacks by R-1 subzone under Zoning Code Section 92.01.03(B). A front yard facing a local or…

Palmdale fixes minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by zoning district under PMC § 17.82.010, with the actual…

Pasadena's RS and RM-12 development standards set side setbacks at 10 percent of lot width (5 to 10 feet), corner-side…

In Perris's R-7,200 single-family zone, homes need a 20-foot front yard, 5-foot-per-story side yards, 10-15-foot…

Petaluma's dimensional standards table sets minimum yard setbacks for the primary structure by zone: in the RR (Rural…

In Placer County's Residential Single-Family (RS) zone, the most common unincorporated residential district, County…

Pleasanton's base front, side and rear yard depths per district live in an attachment to Title 18 that isn't printed in…

Every building and structure in Pomona must sit on or behind minimum primary street, side street, side, rear and alley…

Rancho Cordova's Table 23.310-2 sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zoning district: front yards run 18 to 30…

Rancho Cucamonga's Table 17.36.010-1A sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone: the Very Low (VL) zone requires a…

Redding sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Schedule 18.31.030-C: 25 feet in front in the "RE"…

In Redlands' R-1 Single-Family Residential District, Redlands City Code sections 18.44.130 through 18.44.150 set a…

In Redondo Beach's R-1 single-family zone, the front setback must average at least 25% of lot depth or 25 feet…

In Redwood City's R-1 single-family district, structures must be set back a minimum of 15 feet from the front property…

In Rialto's R-1 single-family zone, Municipal Code Section 18.10.030 sets a 25-foot minimum front yard, interior side…

R-1 lots in Ridgecrest require a 20-foot front yard, 10-foot rear yard, and side yards of 5 and 10 feet, with reduced…

Riverside's residential zones each carry their own minimum front, side, and rear setbacks under Table 19.100.040.A…

In unincorporated Riverside County's R-1 One-Family Dwelling zone, homes need a 20-foot front setback, side yards at…

Rohnert Park sets front, side and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in the Chapter 17.10 development standards…

Roseville's residential zone development standards table sets front-yard setbacks by district: 20 feet on interior lots…

Sacramento's Planning and Development Code sets zone-specific yard setbacks rather than one citywide number. In the R-1…

Single-family and duplex homes in unincorporated Sacramento County must sit at least 20 feet back from the street, 5…

Salinas' Residential Low Density (R-L) zone requires a 20-foot front yard, 5-foot interior side yards, 15-foot corner…

Unincorporated San Benito County sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential zone in Table 25.03-E…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County requires a 25-foot front setback and 15-foot rear setback for RL, RS, and RM…

San Clemente's residential setback table sets front, side and rear yard minimums by density zone, from a 10-foot front…

San Diego sets front, side, and rear yard setbacks separately for each RS residential subzone in Table 131-04D under…

Unincorporated San Diego County assigns each parcel a lettered setback designator (A through W) under Zoning Ordinance…

San Francisco requires a rear yard equal to 30% of lot depth (RH, RM-1, RM-2, RTO-1, RTO-M) or 25% of lot depth in most…

San Jose sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks for each residential zoning district in Table 20-60 under…

San Leandro's Zoning Code sets a fixed yard table by district under Section 2.04.316. In the RS and RD single-family…

Unincorporated San Luis Obispo County requires a 25-foot front setback for most residential lots, a side setback of 10…

San Marcos Municipal Code Section 17.32.110 sets minimum setbacks for graded slopes: the top of a cut slope and the toe…

In the S-50 Combining District, layered onto R-2 (two-family) and R-3 (multi-family) parcels in unincorporated North…

San Rafael's single-family residential zones set separate front, side and rear yard minimums under Table 14.04.030…

San Ramon's Zoning Ordinance sets minimum front, side and rear setbacks by zoning district in Division D2's…

Santa Ana's R1 single-family zone requires a front yard equal to the block's prevailing setback but never less than 20…

In the Coastal Zone's R-1/E-1 Single-Family Residential zone, Santa Barbara County requires a 50-foot front setback…

Santa Clara's Table 2-3 sets a 20-foot front setback in R1-6L and R1-8L, stepping down to 10 feet in R3 through R6…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County requires a 25-foot front and rear yard setback and a 5-foot side setback on standard…

Unincorporated Santa Cruz County sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by zone district in the Site and…

Santa Maria sets minimum front, side and rear yard depths by zoning district in Title 12. In the R-1 single-family…

In the Bergamot Districts, buildings must be set back from the street curb face by 10 to 20 feet depending on the…

Santa Rosa's RR and R-1 zoning districts each carry their own minimum yard setbacks under City Code Section 20-22.050…

In Shasta County's Limited Residential (R-L) district, the most common baseline residential zone outside town centers…

Table 2-3 sets Simi Valley's residential setbacks by zoning district: 50-foot fronts in OS down to 20 feet in RE…

Solano County sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district in Chapter 28 of the county code. In the Exclusive…

In the City of Sonoma's Northeast Planning Area, a home's required yard setbacks depend on its zoning district: R-M…

Building setbacks in unincorporated Sonoma County are set by each zoning district in Chapter 26. In the R1 Low Density…

South Gate's zoning code sets required yard setbacks by district: the Neighborhood Low (NL) zone requires a 20-foot…

In Stanislaus County's unincorporated Light Industrial (LI) zoning district, Table 21.62.B sets minimum setbacks of 15…

Stockton's residential setbacks scale with zoning district: an RE estate lot needs a 15-foot front setback and a…

Sunnyvale sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in Table 19.34.030 of the zoning code. A…

Tehama County's R-1 district requires a 50-foot front setback (or 20 feet from the property line, whichever is…

Temecula's residential setback table sets minimum front, side and rear yards by zoning district, from a 40-foot front…

Thousand Oaks requires a minimum 20-foot front yard setback on most residential lots (R-A, R-E, R-1, R-2, R-3), while…

Tracy sets minimum front, side and rear yard depths separately for each zoning district, not as one citywide number. In…

Every dedicated public highway in unincorporated Tulare County carries a building line setback under § 7-19-1010: fifty…

Turlock sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone under TMC § 9-3-203: front yards run 15 to 30 feet, side yards 0…

Union City sets a 20-foot minimum front yard in RS districts, 25 feet in the RS 10000 and RS 8000 districts, and 10…

Upland sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential zone in Table 17.04-3. A standard RS-4…

Vacaville sets minimum front, side, and rear building setbacks that shrink as residential density rises, from 50 feet…

Vallejo sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district in Chapter 16.202's development tables: the Rural Residential…

In the City of Ventura's R-1 single-family zone, standard lots need a front setback of 20 percent of lot depth (capped…

Unincorporated Ventura County's Open Space-Recreation zone sets a 20-ft front, 10-ft side, 20-ft reverse-corner, and…

Victorville's Development Code Table 8-2 sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone. An R-1 lot needs a 20-foot…

Single-family homes in Visalia's R-1 zone need at least 15 feet of front setback for living space and 22 feet for…

Vista fixes front, side and rear yard minimums separately for each zoning district in Title 18 of its Municipal Code…

West Covina's Sec. 26-46(e) sets minimum yard setbacks for R-A and R-1 lots: a 25-foot front yard (20 feet on…

Front-yard setbacks in West Sacramento's residential zones range from 30 feet in the Rural Estates zone down to as…

Whittier's R-1 single-family zone requires a 20-foot front yard (15 feet on key lots), 5-foot interior side yards, a…

New homes in Yolo County's A-N and A-X agricultural zones face specific numeric setbacks. Sec. 8-2.402(d)(3)(iii) sets…

Yuba City's R-1 One-Family Residence District requires a 15-foot front yard (20 feet at garage entrances), a 5-foot…

Unincorporated Yuba County sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone in Table 11.07.030: Residential Estate (RE)…

Richmond allows only certain listed structures to exceed a zoning district's maximum building height, and no portion…

Maximum building height in unincorporated Sonoma County is set by each zoning district. In the R1 Low Density…

Alameda caps building height at 30 feet in the R-1 Residential District. Section 30-4.1(d)(6) sets this Maximum…

Unincorporated Alameda County caps R-1 single-family homes at two stories and 25 feet, though wide, deep lots can earn…

Alhambra caps residential building height at 25 feet and two stories in the Low Density (RL) zone, 35 feet and three…

Anaheim caps single-family home height by zone: 35 feet/2-1/2 stories in RS-2, 30 feet/2 stories in RS-3, and just 25…

Antioch's zoning height table at AMC § 9-5.601 fixes maximum structure height by district: 35 feet in the R-4 and R-6…

Apple Valley caps building height at 35 feet in most single-family residential districts, up to 50 feet in Mixed Use…

Bakersfield caps residential building height by zone under Table 17.10-2: 35 feet in the R-S, R-1, R-2 and R-H zones…

Homes in Bellflower's Single-Family (SF) zone are capped at two stories or 30 feet, whichever is less; detached…

Berkeley caps new houses and additions in the R-1 district at 35 feet and three stories under BMC Table 23.202-2…

Bishop's Zoning Code caps residential building height at 26 feet in all residential zones (R-1, R-2, R-2000, R-3, and…

San Diego County sets maximum building height by a Height Designator on Schedule B. Limits range from 15 feet/1 story…

Brentwood caps residential building height by zone. In the RE (ranchette estate) zone, Municipal Code § 17.110.004(G)…

Buena Park limits detached single-family homes and clusters in RS zones to 2 stories and 30 feet, while SB-9 two-unit…

Butte County Code of Ordinances Section 24-20(C) and Table 24-20-2 cap primary structure height at thirty-five feet…

Table 17.05.030 caps building height at 35 feet in the Rural Residential, R1, and R2 zones, and 45 feet in the R3 High…

Camarillo caps building height at twenty-five feet in the R-1 single-family zone, exempting only antennas or structures…

Homes in Carlsbad's R-1 One-Family Residential zone top out at 30 feet and two stories with a 3:12 roof pitch, or 24…

In Carson's RA, RS and RM residential zones, no building or structure may exceed 30 feet, measured from the average…

In Ceres's R-1 single-family zone, no main building may rise above two stories or 25 feet, whichever is less, and…

Chino caps single-family homes at two and a half stories and 35 feet in the RD 1 through RD 8 districts, and…

Chino Hills caps residential building height at 35 feet in the R-A, R-R, R-S, and RM-1 districts, and 42 feet in the…

In Chula Vista's R-1 single-family zone, principal buildings are capped at two and one-half stories or 28 feet under…

Clovis caps residential structure height at 35 feet or 2.5 stories, whichever is less, in its single-family zoning…

The Colusa County Zoning Code caps building height by zone. In the residential zones, the maximum structure height is…

Compton caps buildings and structures in every standard residential zone, Residential Agriculture (R-A), Low- (R-L)…

Homes and other structures in the county's R-6 single-family district cannot rise above two and one-half stories or 35…

In Corona's R-1-7.2 Single-Family Residential Zone, a two-story house tops out at 30 feet and a single-story house at…

Homes in every Costa Mesa residential zone are capped at two stories and 27 feet under Table 13-32 of Municipal Code §…

Cupertino caps single-family homes at 28 feet and two stories under Municipal Code Section 19.28.070(J), with zoning…

In Davis's R-1 single-family district, no principal building may exceed two stories or 30 feet, and no accessory…

Downey caps residential building height by zone in Municipal Code Section 9312.08. Single-family homes in the R-1 Zone…

Dublin Municipal Code Section 8.36.110 caps residential building height at 25 to 35 feet west of Dougherty Road and 35…

Eastvale limits most homes to 40 feet under Municipal Code Table 3.2-2, covering the A-1, A-2, R-A, R-R, R-1 and R-2…

El Cajon caps primary residential structures at 35 feet across every single-family zone from RS-40 through RS-6 under…

El Dorado County caps residential building height by zone under Code Section 130.30.060 and Table 130.24.030: 40 feet…

El Monte caps one-family home height in Table 17.20-2 of Section 17.20.050: 2 stories and 30 feet in the R-1A and R-1B…

Elk Grove measures building height as the vertical distance from finished grade to the highest point of a structure and…

Escondido caps residential building height at 35 feet in the R-A, R-E, R-1, R-2, and R-3 zones, and at 75 feet in the…

Fairfield caps the main dwelling at 35 feet in the RVL and RL residential zones under Table 25-2. A builder can only…

Folsom caps single-family homes at two stories and thirty-five feet in the large-lot R-1-L district, and at two and…

Table 18.90.040 of the Fremont Municipal Code caps single-family and duplex homes in the R-1 and R-2 districts at 17…

Fresno caps residential buildings at 35 feet across every Residential Single-Unit district, from the half-acre RE…

Fresno County measures building height and sets maximum limits by zone under Zoning Ordinance Section 822.3.060. Height…

Fullerton caps single-family homes at 20 feet for a one-story structure and 30 feet for a two-story structure, measured…

Garden Grove caps R-1 main residences at 35 feet and detached accessory structures at 17 feet, with no exceptions for…

Standard single-family homes in Glendale's R1 zone cannot rise above 25 feet under Municipal Code § 30.11.030, Table…

In the R-1 Single-Family Residential Zone across unincorporated Glenn County, Glenn County Code § 15.37.080 caps any…

Hanford limits structures in its Low Density Residential zones (R-L-12, R-L-8, R-L-5) to 35 feet under Municipal Code §…

Hawthorne caps residential building height at 12, 22, or 50 feet depending on the Use and Bulk Table for the zone, and…

Hayward caps detached single-family homes at 30 feet and two stories in all four residential districts. Multifamily…

Hemet caps residential structures at 35 feet and two stories across every single-family zone, from the large-lot R-R…

Hercules caps residential building height at 35 feet in the RS-E and RS-L single-family districts, rising to 45 feet in…

Hesperia's development code caps residential structure height at 35 feet and 2.5 stories citywide, with 45 feet for R3…

Huntington Beach caps single-family homes at 35 feet under Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Section 210.04(M), and any…

In Imperial County's R-1 low-density residential zone, primary homes are capped at three stories or 40 feet, detached…

Indio caps single-family building height at 25 feet or two stories, whichever is less, in the DE-1 estate and MH…

Inglewood's R-1 One-Family Zone caps building height at two and one-half stories and thirty-five feet under Section…

Irvine caps residential building height at 35 feet in its Low Density Residential zone and 50 feet in Estate Density…

In unincorporated Kern County's R-1 Low-Density Residential district, houses are capped at three stories or 35 feet…

Homes and other structures in Kings County's unincorporated residential zones are capped at 30 feet under Development…

A principal residence in Lake County's R1 zone is capped at 35 feet, while accessory structures such as garages and…

Lake Forest's R1 single-family zoning district caps residential building height at 35 feet, per Municipal Code Section…

R-1 zone houses in Lakewood cannot exceed two and a half stories or 35 feet, whichever is lower, under Municipal Code…

Lancaster caps single-family and duplex building height under Municipal Code Sec. 17.08.060. Homes on RR-2.5 and RR-1…

Lodi caps homes in its low-density residential district at two stories and thirty-five feet, while medium- and…

Long Beach caps residential building height by zoning district under Table 31-2A, from 24-28 feet in the small-lot…

In non-hillside, non-coastal Los Angeles zones, R1/RS/RE9 buildings are capped at 33 feet (28 feet if roof slope is…

Most single-family and lower-density residential zones in unincorporated LA County cap all buildings at 35 feet above…

Los Banos caps building height at thirty feet in its Low, Medium and High Density Residential zones. The limit is…

Madera caps residential buildings at 35 feet in the R(A), R(1), and R(2) zones and 50 feet in R(3), with detached…

Residential structures in unincorporated Madera County top out at thirty-five feet in most zones, with a handful of…

Manteca caps small-lot single-family homes, those built on lots under 6,000 square feet under the city's small-lot…

Marin's Development Code caps most residential structures at 30 feet and detached accessory buildings at 16 feet under…

In Mendocino County's unincorporated S-R Suburban Residential and R-R Rural Residential zoning districts, buildings are…

Every single-family residential zoning subzone in Merced, from Rural Residential through R-1-5, caps building height at…

In Merced County's R-1 zone, the main house is capped at 30 feet and accessory structures at 15 feet, measured from the…

Mission Viejo caps main-building height at 35 feet and two stories in most residential zones, rising to 50 feet/four…

Modesto caps main dwellings at 2 stories or 30 feet, whichever is less, in the R-1 and R-2 zones, and at 3 stories or…

In Monterey's R-1 Residential Single-Family District, a dwelling is capped at two stories and 25 feet, and a detached…

Monterey County's unincorporated residential zoning caps building height by structure type and district: a Low Density…

Table 17.24.020 caps residential structures at 35 feet in every open-space, agricultural and residential zone from O-S…

Moreno Valley caps standard single-family homes at two stories and 35 feet under MVMC Table 9.03.040-6. In the Rural…

Mountain View caps single-family homes in the R1 zone at 24 feet for a one-story house and 28 feet for a two-story…

Murrieta caps single-family homes at 40 feet in its lower-density RR, ER-1 and ER-2 zones and 35 feet in ER-3, SF-1 and…

Homes in Newport Beach's R-1, R-2, R-A, and R-BI districts are capped at 24 feet with a flat roof or 29 feet with a…

In Norwalk's R-1 single-family zone, homes are capped at two stories or 30 feet, whichever is less. Top plate height is…

Oceanside caps residential buildings in the RE, RS, RM, RH, and RT districts at 36 feet under the Comprehensive Zoning…

Orange caps residential buildings at 32 feet and two stories, whichever is less, in every R-1 through R-4 zoning…

Homes in unincorporated Orange County's single-family districts, AR, E1, RHE, E4, RE, R1 and RS, are all capped at 35…

Section 16-303 applies to every zone in Oxnard: no building may exceed the height limit set for its zone, measured from…

A single-family house in Pacifica's R-1 District cannot rise above thirty-five feet, while a detached accessory…

R-1 zone homes in Palm Springs are capped at one story and 12 feet at the minimum setback line under Zoning Code…

Palmdale caps single-family homes at 35 feet and 2 stories in most residential zones (ER, LDR, SFR 1-3), rising to 35…

Pasadena caps main structures in its RS districts at 28 feet on lots under 75 feet wide and 32 feet on wider lots, plus…

In Perris's R-20,000 single-family zone, detached homes are capped at 35 feet under Perris Municipal Code §…

Petaluma caps building height at 25 feet for the principal residence in both the RR (Rural Residential) and R1…

Placer County caps building height by zone district under County Code Section 17.54.020, measuring from the average of…

Pleasanton measures a building's height from the lower of natural or finished grade up to the highest point, including…

Pomona bars any building or structure from exceeding the maximum height in feet or stories set by its zoning district's…

Rancho Cordova caps residential building height under RCMC § 23.310.040, Table 23.310-2: primary structures top out…

Rancho Cucamonga caps primary residential buildings at 35 feet in nearly every base zone under Table 17.36.010-1A…

Redding limits building height in every "RE" and "RS" single-family zone to 35 feet, and allows up to 45 feet in the…

Redlands City Code section 18.44.120 caps buildings and structures in the R-1 Single-Family Residential District at two…

In Redondo Beach's R-1 and R-1A single-family zones, no building or structure may exceed 30 feet in height or two…

Redwood City caps main houses in its R-1 and RH single-family districts at 28 feet and two and a half stories, with…

Rialto's R-1 single-family zone caps residential building height at two and one-half stories and no more than 35 feet…

Single-family homes in Ridgecrest's R-1 zone are capped at 35 feet; the city can approve up to 75 feet by conditional…

Homes in most Riverside single-family zones, RA-5, RR, RE, and the R-1 variants, are capped at 35 feet and two stories…

In unincorporated Riverside County's R-A zone, one-family homes are capped at 40 feet, other buildings at 50 feet…

Roseville caps residential building height at 35 feet in the R1, RS and R2 zone districts and 45 feet in R3, per the…

Sacramento caps homes at 35 feet in its two primary residential zones. Sacramento City Code §§ 17.204.220 and…

Single-family, duplex and halfplex homes in unincorporated Sacramento County are capped at 30 feet for one or two…

Single-family homes in Salinas' Residential Low Density (R-L) zone are capped at 30 feet under Table 37-30.40. Sec…

Unincorporated San Benito County caps residential building height at 35 feet in the Rural Residential and Residential…

Unincorporated homes cap out at 35 feet in RL and RS zones and 45 feet in RM zones, measured from the highest adjoining…

San Clemente's residential zones cap building height at 30 feet with a 2-story limit in the RVL zone, and 25 feet in…

Residential structure height in San Diego is capped by an angled building envelope plane keyed to lot width and zone…

Unincorporated San Diego County caps building height by zone designator under the Zoning Ordinance Height Schedule…

San Francisco caps dwelling height at 35 feet in RH-1 districts and 40 feet in RH-2 districts, with slope-based…

San Jose caps residential building height at 35 feet across all five R-1 single-family districts and the R-2 two-family…

Section 2.04.320 caps residential structures at 30 feet in the RD, RS and RS-40 districts, up to 50 feet in the densest…

Unincorporated San Luis Obispo County caps building height by land use category, from 25 feet in Open Space to 45 feet…

San Marcos caps single-family and R-2 homes at 35 feet or 2 stories, whichever is less, under Section 20.300.050(A) and…

In the county's RH (Residential Hillside) zoning district, homes are capped at 28 feet measured from natural grade…

San Rafael caps single-family homes at 30 feet in every R district, R2a, R1a, R20, R10, R7.5 and R5, under Table…

San Ramon caps house height at 35 feet in the RC, HR, RE, and all five RS single-family zones, rising to 40 feet in RMH…

A single-family home in Santa Ana's R1 district can't rise higher than 27 feet or exceed two stories, measured from the…

In the Coastal Zone's R-1/E-1 Single-Family Residential zone, Santa Barbara County caps buildings at 25 feet, measured…

Santa Clara caps residential building height at 25 feet in the R1-6L and R1-8L single-family zones, and limits…

Homes in unincorporated Santa Clara County's R1 residential district are capped at 35 feet and two stories, dropping to…

In Santa Clarita's Urban Residential 1 (UR1) zone, the most common single-family designation, a main structure tops out…

Unincorporated Santa Cruz County caps single-family building height at 28 feet in most residential zones under SCCC §…

Santa Maria caps single-family homes in the R-1 zone at thirty feet under Municipal Code Section 12-6.08, measured from…

In Mixed-Use and Commercial Districts, base (Tier 1) building height is 2 stories/32 feet in most zones, with higher…

Table 2-4 of Santa Rosa's Zoning Code caps primary residential structures at 35 feet and accessory structures at 16…

Shasta County's Limited Residential (R-L) district caps a main building at thirty-five feet under Section…

Simi Valley's development code prescribes how the height of structures is measured against the height limits set for…

Solano County's Rural Residential districts cap main buildings and accessory dwelling units at 35 feet under Table…

The City of Sonoma caps building height by zoning district and measures it from finished grade to a parallel plane…

In South Gate's Neighborhood Low zone, homes on standard lots are capped at two and a half stories or thirty-five feet…

In Stanislaus County's Rural Residential (R-A) zoning district, which covers most unincorporated land outside Modesto…

Stockton caps house and building height at 35 feet in the RE, RL and RM residential districts and 45 feet in RH…

Sunnyvale caps single-family homes in the R-0 and R-1 districts at 30 feet and two stories, per Table 19.32.020 in…

Tehama County caps residential structures in the RE Residential Estate district at two and one-half stories and 35…

Temecula limits residential building height to 35 feet in most single-family zones, rising to 40 feet in the Medium…

Thousand Oaks caps building height by zone: single-family homes in most residential zones (R-A, R-E, R-O, R-1, R-2) are…

Tracy caps homes in its RE, LDR, MDC and MDR residential zones at two and one-half stories or 35 feet, whichever is…

Turlock caps residential building height at 35 feet in the R-E, R-L, R-L4.5, and R-M districts, rising to 40 feet in…

Union City caps residential structures at 30 feet in RS districts, 45 feet in RM 2500 and RM 3500 districts, and 75…

Upland caps primary residential structure height at 35 feet in every single-family zone (RS-20 through RS-4) and 16…

Vacaville caps residential building height by zoning district, from 30 feet in the manufactured-housing-park district…

Vallejo limits residential building height to 35 feet for the main structure and 14 feet for accessory buildings in the…

In the City of Ventura's R-1 single-family zone, no building or other structure may exceed 30 feet in height…

Unincorporated Ventura County caps principal structures at 25 ft in the Open Space-Recreation zone, extendable to 35 ft…

Victorville caps residential building height by zoning district in Table 8-2 of the Development Code: 30 feet in the…

Every core residential zone in Vista caps homes at two stories or 35 feet, whichever is less, under Municipal Code…

West Covina caps single-family homes in R-A and R-1 zones at two stories and 25 feet above finished grade under…

West Sacramento caps residential building height at 30 feet in the RE, RRA and R-1 zones, rising to 45 feet in R-2, 55…

A house or other main structure in Westminster's R1 zone cannot exceed 2 stories or 35 feet under Table 2-3 of the…

Buildings in Whittier's R-1 single-family zone cannot exceed 35 feet in height, though chimneys and similar…

Yuba City caps R-1 single-family homes at 2 stories and 35 feet, measured from average finished grade to the highest…

Unincorporated Yuba County caps residential building height by zone under Table 11.07.030: primary structures max out…

The maximum building height in Visalia's single-family residential zones (R-1, R-1-12.5, R-1-20) is 35 feet. Accessory…

In Alameda's R-1 Residential District, the main building on a lot cannot cover more than 48 percent of the lot area…

R-4 four-family lots in unincorporated Alameda County cannot be more than 40 percent covered by structures, and must…

Alhambra's zoning code caps building footprint by residential district: Table 23.04.030 sets no stand-alone lot…

Anaheim caps lot coverage in single-family zones at 40 percent in RH-3, RS-1, RS-2 and RS-3, and 50 percent in RS-4…

Antioch's height, area, and setback table at AMC § 9-5.601 caps building footprint by zoning district: 40% in the R-4…

Apple Valley's Development Code caps how much of a residential lot a building's footprint can cover. Table 9.28.040-A…

Baldwin Park caps how much of a residential lot a building can cover under Municipal Code § 153.040.030. The maximum…

Bellflower caps the roof footprint of all residential and accessory buildings on a single-family lot at 45% of the lot…

Berkeley limits building footprint under BMC Table 23.202-2: no more than 60 percent of an R-1 lot may be covered by…

Bishop imposes no separate maximum lot-coverage percentage. The City's Zoning Code controls building placement and bulk…

San Diego County limits how much of a lot buildings may cover through a Coverage Designator. It can cap coverage as a…

In Brentwood's R-2 and R-3 multifamily zones, Municipal Code § 17.140.006(B) and § 17.150.004(H) both cap building…

Buena Park caps building coverage in every single-family residential (RS) zone at 40 percent of net lot area under…

For new development within the Butte Creek Canyon (-BCC) overlay zone, Butte County Code of Ordinances Section…

Camarillo caps building coverage at forty percent of the lot in RPD-4 or smaller residential planned developments…

Buildings and structures on an R-1-zoned lot in Carlsbad cannot cover more than 40 percent of the lot. Garages, sheds…

In Carson's RM (multifamily residential) zone, buildings may cover up to 40% of the net lot area, rising to 70% when…

In Ceres' R-1 single-family zone, structures can cover no more than 40 percent of the lot, with an extra 10 percent…

Chico caps the share of a residential lot that buildings may occupy: 40% in the RS district, up to 60% in R2, 65% in…

Chino caps single-family lot coverage at 25 percent in the low-density RD 1 and RD 2 districts and 60 percent in the RD…

Chino Hills caps how much of a residential lot a building can cover through Development Code section 16.10.030, Table…

Chula Vista caps residential building bulk through a floor area ratio rather than a flat lot-coverage percentage. CVMC…

Clovis caps how much of a residential lot a structure's footprint may cover. Table 2-3 of the Development Code sets a…

The Colusa County Zoning Code does not cap residential lot coverage with a percentage. It controls building bulk…

Compton's zoning code sets a hard cap on how much of a lot a building can occupy. Section 30-12.4 limits building lot…

Unincorporated Contra Costa County does not cap ordinary single-family lot coverage by percentage; the county's lot…

In Corona's R-1-7.2 zone, single-story homes can cover up to 45% of the lot, but that ceiling drops to 35% for any lot…

Costa Mesa's residential development table caps rear yard building coverage and sets a citywide open space floor under…

Cupertino caps single-family homes in the R1-5 and R1-6/7.5/8/10/20 zoning districts at 45% lot coverage under…

Davis caps R-1 single-family lot coverage at 40 percent under Municipal Code Section 40.03.060, and separately limits…

Downey caps how much of a residential lot a building can cover: 45% maximum in the R-1 single-family zone and 50%…

Dublin Municipal Code Section 8.36.100 caps residential lot coverage at 40 percent for one-story homes and 35 percent…

El Cajon caps how much of a residential lot can be covered by structures, from 30% in the large-lot RS-40 zone up to…

El Dorado County does not set a flat lot-coverage percentage for ordinary residential parcels; the Residential Zones…

El Monte caps how much of a residential lot a house and other roofed structures may cover under Table 17.20-2 of the…

Elk Grove caps the share of a lot that structures may cover under Table 23.29-1, ranging from just 5% in the AG-80…

Escondido caps how much of a residential lot buildings can cover under Table 33-107 of its Municipal Code. Primary and…

Fairfield's small-lot single-family standards cap lot coverage at 50% in the RLM zone and 60% in the RM and RH zones…

Folsom caps how much of a residential lot a house can cover, thirty percent of lot area in the large-lot R-1-L…

Fremont caps a single-family home's first-story footprint, including the garage, at 40 percent of the lot under Table…

Fresno's lot coverage cap runs from 30 percent on the largest residential lots (RE through RS-2) up to 60 percent on…

Fresno County caps how much of a parcel a structure can cover under Zoning Ordinance Section 822.3.070, which ties…

Fullerton caps how much of a residential lot a house can cover, scaled to lot size. Fullerton Municipal Code §…

Single-family lots in Garden Grove's R-1 zone are capped at 50% total lot coverage, counting every building and…

Glendale limits how much of a residential lot can be covered by buildings under Municipal Code § 30.11.030, Table…

In the R-1 Single Family Residential zone of unincorporated Glenn County, buildings and structures cannot cover more…

Hanford's Low Density Residential Zones chapter caps lot coverage at 50% in the R-L-12 zone under Municipal Code §…

In Hawthorne's R-1 Low Density Residential zone, a single-family detached dwelling cannot cover more than fifty percent…

Hayward's commercial zoning districts cap how much of a lot a building can cover, ranging from 50 percent in the RO and…

Hemet caps building footprint at 35-50 percent of the lot across its R-R and R-1 single-family zones, with two-story…

Hercules caps how much of a residential lot a building can cover, with the ceiling set by district: 20% in the…

Hesperia caps the combined footprint of sheds, barns, and other accessory structures at 15 percent of net lot area in…

Huntington Beach limits lot coverage to 50% of net site area in the RL, RM, RMH-A, RMH and RH residential districts…

Indio limits total building footprint to 30% of lot area in the large-lot DE-1 zone, rising through 40%, 50%, and 60%…

In Inglewood's R-M Residential and Medical Zone, Section 12-22.26 caps total lot coverage by main and accessory…

In Lake County's R1 Single-Family Residential zone, a one-story home can cover no more than 35 percent of the lot…

In Lakewood's R-1 zone, a home's first-floor footprint plus every enclosed accessory structure cannot exceed 45% of the…

Lot coverage in Lancaster tops out at 30% in the large-lot RR-2.5 zone and climbs to 50% for small apartment and…

Lodi's Development Code caps residential site coverage at forty-five percent in the Low Density district, fifty percent…

Long Beach caps building footprint in its industrial zones through Table 33-3: 55% in IL, 60% in IM, 80% in IG (60% in…

In LA's R1 Zone outside Hillside and Coastal areas, all buildings and accessory buildings combined may not exceed 45%…

In Los Angeles County's unincorporated Residential Planned Development (RPD) zone, buildings built as a planned…

Los Banos caps residential lot coverage at 70 percent of the total lot area for buildings, parking, driveways and…

Madera caps building coverage at 75% of lot area in Professional Office zones and 50% in Industrial Park zones. Both…

Unincorporated Madera County caps the share of a residential lot that structures may cover through the development…

Marin County's Development Code doesn't set a flat maximum lot-coverage percentage by zoning district; instead, Section…

In Mendocino County's Coastal Zone Agricultural (AG) District, Zoning Code Section 20.356.045 caps how much of a parcel…

Merced caps building lot coverage in single-family zones on a sliding scale tied to lot size: 25% in Rural Residential…

Table 2-4 of the Merced County Zoning Code caps maximum structure coverage on residential parcels at 40% in Rural…

Mission Viejo caps structural lot coverage at 60 percent of the parcel in the lowest-density RPD 3.5 and RPD 6.5 zones…

Modesto caps residential lot coverage at 50 to 60 percent for interior lots and 55 to 65 percent for corner lots…

Monterey caps how much of an R-1 single-family lot a building may cover: one-story homes may cover up to 40 percent of…

Monterey County caps how much of a residential lot can be covered by structures, and the cap moves with zoning density…

Table 17.24.020 caps lot coverage at 20% in the O-S zone, just 10% in A-E, 35% across R-A, R-L and R-E, 50% in R-1 and…

Moreno Valley caps how much of a residential lot may be covered by buildings, from 25% in the large-lot R1 zone up to…

In Mountain View's R1 and R2 zoning districts, Sec. 36.12.50(b) caps every accessory structure on a lot, combined, at…

Table 16.08-3 of Murrieta's Development Code caps how much of a residential lot a building can cover: 25 percent in RR…

Newport Beach's Zoning Code caps how much of a single-unit residential lot can be covered by structures. Under Table…

Norwalk limits R-1 single-family lots to 40% lot coverage and a matching 40% maximum floor area ratio under Municipal…

In Oakland's RH Hillside Residential Zones, maximum lot coverage scales down as lot size goes up. Planning Code Table…

Oceanside's Property Development Regulations cap residential lot coverage at 30% in RE-A, 35% in RE-B, 45% in RS, 50%…

Orange caps how much of a residential lot a home and its accessory structures can cover. R-3 duplex and multi-family…

In unincorporated Orange County, single-family zoning districts AR, E1, RHE, E4, RE and RS cap building site coverage…

In Oxnard's Community Reserve (C-R) zone, buildings and structures cannot cover more than 25 percent of a parcel's…

In Pacifica's R-1 Single-Family Residential District, all structures on a lot together cannot cover more than forty…

Palm Springs caps how much of an R-1 single-family lot a building can cover at 35% in the R-1-AH, R-1-A, R-1-B, R-1-C…

Palmdale caps single-family lot coverage at 20 to 75 percent of the parcel depending on zone under Table 17.36.010-1…

Pasadena caps roofed building coverage on RS and RM-12 lots at 35 percent, or up to 40 percent if everything above 35…

In Perris's A-1 Light Agricultural Zone, buildings and structures may cover no more than 40 percent of a lot under…

Within Petaluma's Downtown Housing and Economic Opportunity Overlay Zone, lot coverage is capped at 80 percent under…

Placer County caps how much of a lot can be covered by buildings and roofed structures. In the Residential…

Pomona's Zoning and Development Code caps how much of every lot can be covered by buildings and by impervious surfaces…

Rancho Cordova caps building footprint on residential lots under RCMC § 23.310.040, Table 23.310-2: maximum lot…

Table 17.36.010-1A caps building footprint at 25 percent of the lot in Rancho Cucamonga's Very Low (VL) residential…

Redding caps building coverage at 40 percent of the lot in every "RE" and "RS" single-family district, rising through…

Redlands caps structural lot coverage in the A-1 Agricultural District at ten percent of total lot area under section…

Redwood City caps total lot coverage at 40 percent of lot area in its R-1 and RH single-family districts, and…

Rialto's R-1 single-family zone caps total building coverage at 30 percent of the lot area under Municipal Code Section…

Richmond measures lot coverage as the ratio of the combined footprint of all structures, including garages, carports…

Structures on an R-1 lot in Ridgecrest can't cover more than 60 percent of the site, not counting swimming pools…

Riverside caps how much of a single-family lot a structure can cover, and the number moves with the zone. Table…

In the R-1 one-family zone across unincorporated Riverside County, no more than 50 percent of a lot can be covered by…

Rohnert Park's development standards table caps lot coverage by zoning district, from thirty percent in the rural…

Roseville caps how much of a residential lot a primary building can cover under Municipal Code Section 19.10.030(A): 35…

In Sacramento's standard R-1 single-unit zone, buildings and structures cannot cover more than 40% of the lot, or 2,500…

Sacramento County caps how much of a residential lot's required rear yard a detached accessory structure, like a shed…

In unincorporated San Benito County, maximum lot coverage is capped at 40% in the Rural Residential and Single-Family…

In the Valley Region of unincorporated San Bernardino County, RL lots cap structure and impervious coverage at 20…

San Clemente caps lot coverage at 50 percent in the RL and RML residential zones and 55 percent in the higher-density…

Lot coverage in San Diego's residential zones is capped at 50 percent on steep-hillside RS lots and by a sliding 50/60…

In unincorporated San Diego County, the Zoning Ordinance caps how much of a lot buildings can cover, set per zone as…

San Francisco caps lot coverage at 80% on residential levels in Commercial (C) Districts, with a 100% allowance for…

San Jose caps building footprint at 75% of lot area on small state-mandated SB9 split lots, sliding down to 65% and…

Section 2.04.328 caps how much of a lot a building can occupy: 33-1/3 percent in the RO district, 50 percent in RS…

San Marcos defines lot coverage at SMMC §20.600.050 as the ground area a site's buildings occupy, measured to the…

In the unincorporated North Fair Oaks S-50 combining district, buildings, accessory structures and raised patios or…

San Rafael limits how much of a residential lot can be covered by buildings, from 20% in the largest-lot R2a district…

Multifamily residential development processed under Santa Ana's Planned Community Development (PCD) provisions is…

Santa Clara caps structure coverage at 40% of lot area in the R1-6L and R1-8L single-family zones and 45% in the R2…

In unincorporated Santa Clara County, single-family residential districts (R1, R1E, RHS, R1S, R2) carry no separate…

Santa Clarita's Unified Development Code defines lot coverage as the footprint of all structures divided by net lot…

Santa Cruz County caps how much of a residential lot can be covered by buildings under SCCC § 13.10.323(C), with limits…

Santa Maria doesn't set one citywide lot-coverage percentage. Residential zones control building footprint through…

R1 zone floor area ratio (FAR) ranges from 0.45 to 0.55 depending on the number of stories and whether the project…

Santa Rosa caps the share of a residential lot that structures can cover under City Code Section 20-22.050, Tables 2-4…

Simi Valley limits how much of a required yard accessory structures can occupy. SVMC Section 9-44.220(A)(4) caps…

In the City of Sonoma's Downtown district, SMC 19.34.020's dimensional table caps site coverage from 40 percent in the…

Maximum lot coverage in unincorporated Sonoma County is set by zoning district. In the R1 Low Density Residential…

In South Gate's Neighborhood Low residential zone, standard lots may cover no more than 40 percent of the lot with…

Aggregate building coverage on parcels in unincorporated Stanislaus County's R-A (Rural Residential) district is capped…

Stockton caps how much of a residential lot a home and its accessory structures can cover: 25 percent in the large-lot…

Sunnyvale caps lot coverage for single-story homes in the R-0, R-1 and R-2 districts at 45 percent of the lot and…

In Tehama County's RE Residential Estate district, buildings can cover no more than 40% of the lot: a limit set in…

Temecula's Development Code caps how much of a residential lot a house, garage and accessory buildings can cover. Table…

Tracy's Residential Estate zone caps building coverage, including accessory structures, at 30 percent of the lot, the…

Turlock's zoning code sets no blanket lot-coverage percentage for house lots, but for ADUs it guarantees coverage rules…

Union City limits building lot coverage to 50% of site area in all RS single-family zoning districts, rising to 70% in…

Upland caps how much of a residential lot buildings can cover: 50% in the RS-4 zone (the city's standard single-family…

Vacaville measures lot coverage as total building footprint against net lot area and caps it numerically in its Rural…

Vallejo caps lot coverage, the share of a lot's area covered by building footprints, at 50 percent in the Residential…

In the City of Ventura's R-1 single-family zone, total building area on a standard lot cannot exceed 35 percent of the…

Ventura County caps how much of a lot buildings may cover on unincorporated land that lies outside a mapped existing…

Victorville's Mixed Use zoning districts cap building footprint at 40 percent of the lot in MU-1 for any development…

Vista caps lot coverage in R-1 single-family zones at 60 percent of the lot or building site under Municipal Code…

West Covina caps total building coverage and floor area on R-A and R-1 lots using a sliding formula in Table 2-4: 50…

West Sacramento limits how much of a residential lot a building may cover, from 25% in the low-density RE and RRA zones…

Westminster caps how much of a residential lot a home and its structures can cover under Table 2-3 of the zoning code…

In Whittier's R-1 single-family zone, buildings and accessory structures together cannot cover more than 40 percent of…

In Yuba City's R-1 One-Family Residence District, lot coverage from all main and accessory buildings combined is capped…

In unincorporated Yuba County's Rural Community Districts, lot coverage tops out at 40% on Residential Estate lots…

Thousand Oaks uses a 'space allocation formula' to guide how much of a Residential Planned Development (R-P-D) project…

San Ramon's zoning tables list residential lot coverage as "N.A." in every single-family and estate zone, RC, HR, RE…