Building Setbacks & Zoning in Colorado (2026)

In the R-1-C residential district of unincorporated Adams County, principal structures need a 20-foot front setback…

Unincorporated Arapahoe County sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district in Table 4-1.1 of the Land Development…

Arvada requires a 100-foot setback measured from the centerline of any arterial street for single-family detached…

Aurora's UDO sets minimum front, side and rear setbacks by residential zone district, ranging from 8 to 30 feet…

Every Boulder zoning district carries its own front, side, and rear yard setback minimums in Table 7-1 of Section…

In unincorporated Boulder County, setbacks are set by the Land Use Code Article 4 zoning table. For example…

In the R-1 single-family district, the minimum front yard is 25 feet, minimum rear yard is 25 feet for principal…

Centennial's Land Development Code sets zone-specific yard setbacks in Table 12-3-301A; the NC 9 single-family district…

Colorado Springs sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks district-by-district in the Unified Development Code's…

Douglas County's SR Suburban Residential district scales setbacks to lot size under Zoning Resolution § 1-712: a…

El Paso County's Table 5-4 sets minimum front, rear and side yard setbacks for every agricultural, residential and…

In Fort Collins' Low Density Residential (R-L) District, the City's standard single-family zone, homes must sit back at…

In Fountain's R1 single-family district, houses must sit back at least 18 feet from the front lot line, 5 feet from the…

Greeley sets front, side, corner and rear setbacks by building type in Table 24-5-1, ranging from 10 feet on small-lot…

In the Residential-One (R-1) district, the primary-structure front setback is 30 feet, side setbacks are 5 feet minimum…

Lakewood's Zoning Ordinance sets a 25-foot minimum front setback and a 15-foot minimum rear setback across every…

Setbacks vary by zoning district. Rural Residential and Open districts require 25-foot front, side, and rear setbacks…

Littleton's Neighborhood Building districts, Acreage Residential (ACR), Large Lot Residential (LLR), Medium Lot…

Longmont's Land Development Code sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district in the master dimensional table at…

Loveland's UDC sets single-family setbacks by lot type, not by zone alone. Table 18.04.02.03.A gives eight lot types…

Manitou Springs sets minimum front, side, and rear setbacks by zone district in the Land Use and Development Code's…

Mesa County sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district in the LDC's Density and Dimensional Standards tables. In the…

In Pueblo's Residential Charter Neighborhood (RCN) District, the front yard setback isn't a fixed number -- it matches…

In unincorporated Weld County, the minimum setback from the road right-of-way is twenty feet, with a side/rear offset…

Westminster's Density Schedule sets a 30-foot front setback in the RE, R1 and RA districts, dropping to 25 feet in R3…

In unincorporated Adams County, dwellings in the R-1-C and R-2 districts are capped at 25 feet, and accessory…

In unincorporated Arapahoe County, Table 4-1.1 of the Land Development Code caps residential structure height at 50…

Arvada caps residential building height by subdistrict under Table 2-1-3-3A: 35 feet for a principal home in RN-32.5…

Aurora's UDO caps building height by zone: 38 feet in the R-R, R-1 and R-2 single-family districts, up to 45 feet in…

Boulder sets the base height a home may reach by zoning district in the Table 7-1 schedule, but no building anywhere in…

In unincorporated Boulder County, residential structures on land platted before August 29, 1994 may reach 35 feet; on…

In the R-1 district, principal buildings may be up to 35 feet tall and accessory buildings up to 20 feet…

Centennial measures building height from the average grade at the front building line to the roof's highest midpoint or…

Colorado Springs caps single-family and two-family home height at 35 feet in most residential zone districts, rising to…

Douglas County's SR Suburban Residential district caps principal buildings at 35 feet and accessory buildings at 20…

El Paso County caps residential buildings at 30 feet in the RS, RR, F-5, A-5, A-35 and R-T zoning districts, while…

In most Fort Collins residential zones, each residential story is capped at 12 feet 8 inches from average grade to the…

Fountain caps single-family homes in its R1 district at 35 feet, the same ceiling applied to the two large-lot…

Greeley caps residential building height by building type in Table 24-5-1, from 30 feet for standard detached houses up…

In most Jefferson County residential districts the primary-structure height limit is 35 feet; R-2 is 30 feet, and…

Lakewood, Colorado caps residential building height at 35 feet in every single-family and duplex zone district and 45…

In most unincorporated Larimer County zoning districts the maximum building height is 40 feet. Agricultural structures…

In Littleton's Neighborhood Commercial zoning district, a single-family detached home is capped at 35 feet under the…

In Longmont's R-SF single-family district, Table 15.03.020(2) of the Land Development Code caps building height at 35…

Loveland caps most single-family detached lots at 26 feet by-right with a 35-foot adaptable-use ceiling under Table…

General Residential and Low-Density Residential structures in Manitou Springs are capped at 25 feet, measured as an…

Mesa County caps most single-family districts at 35 feet under the LDC's zoning tables, rising to 60-72 feet in…

Pueblo limits residential structures in the R-1 Single-Family District to a maximum building height of thirty-five feet…

Weld County's Table 23.2 caps residential building height at 30 feet in the R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-5 zone districts…

Westminster caps principal residential buildings at 25 feet in the RE, R1, RA, R2 and O1 districts, rising to 35 feet…

Instead of a flat percentage cap, Adams County limits accessory building coverage: 900 square feet in the R-1-C…

Arvada caps how much of a residential lot a building can cover under Table 2-1-3-3A of the Land Development Code. The…

Aurora, Colorado caps residential accessory buildings over 120 square feet at 50% of the rear yard and 450 square feet…

Rather than a flat lot-coverage percentage, unincorporated Boulder County caps Residential Floor Area per parcel…

R-1 lots must be at least 9,000 square feet with 75-foot minimum width. Castle Rock controls buildable area chiefly…

Centennial caps building coverage ratio, building footprint divided by lot area, by zoning subdistrict under Table…

Colorado Springs caps how much of a residential lot can be covered by buildings, decks, and patio covers, with the…

Douglas County's residential zoning does not set a single percent lot-coverage cap. Building bulk is controlled through…

Unincorporated El Paso County limits building footprint by zoning district under Table 5-4, from 20% in RS-20000 up to…

In Fountain's R1 single-family district, impervious surface, house, garage, driveway, and other hardscape, cannot cover…

Greeley caps buildable lot coverage indirectly through Table 24-5-1's minimum "lot open space" percentage, which ranges…

Jefferson County residential districts do not set a maximum lot-coverage percentage. Instead, minimum lot size plus…

Lakewood's Zoning Ordinance caps how much of a residential lot can be covered by buildings, porches, parking and drives…

Littleton caps building coverage for single-family detached homes in its Downtown zoning districts. In the Downtown…

Loveland does not cap lot coverage with one flat citywide number: the Unified Development Code sets maximum building…

Manitou Springs caps how much of a residential lot a building can occupy through the dimensional standards table for…

Mesa County caps how much of a lot residential development can cover with buildings and pavement. The Land Development…

Pueblo caps building coverage at 50 percent of the lot in its R-1 Single-Family Residential zoning district under the…

Table 23.2 in Weld County Code Sec. 23-3-160 caps how much of a residential lot can be covered by buildings: 50 percent…

Westminster caps the principal building's footprint at 30 percent of total lot area in every residential zoning…