Building Setbacks & Zoning in Idaho (2026)

In unincorporated Ada County's Rural Residential (RR) district, Table 8-2-6-1 sets a 50-foot front setback along an…

In the Agricultural district of unincorporated Bannock County, a single-family residence must sit at least 30 feet from…

Boise sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district, from 10-foot rears in R-3 to…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, the Forestry, Agricultural/Forestry and Rural zones require a 25 foot minimum…

In Bonneville County's A-1 Agricultural Zone, a dwelling's front yard runs 80 feet from the road centerline (or 55 feet…

Caldwell's residential dimensional table sets separate front, side, street-side and rear setback minimums for each…

Unincorporated Canyon County, Idaho sets yard setbacks by zone in Canyon County Code § 07-10-21(1): the Agricultural…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, no lot can have a front, side or rear yard smaller than its zoning district prescribes. A…

Idaho Falls sets minimum building setbacks by zoning district in Table 11-3-1. In the common single-family R1 zone, the…

Kootenai County's Restricted Residential Zone imposes one uniform setback table on every structure, per LUDC…

Meridian sets minimum rear, side and street setbacks by residential zoning district in its Unified Development Code…

Nampa's RS single-family district sets front, side, rear, and alley setbacks by feet, with tighter rear setbacks on…

Pocatello's Table 17.03.600 fixes minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by zoning district. The Residential…

In the Agricultural Range Preservation zone of unincorporated Twin Falls County, every building needs a 30-foot front…

In the Rural Residential (RR) district, Ada County limits building height to a maximum of thirty-five feet (35')…

In the Residential Suburban (RS) zoning district, the base district for most unincorporated Bannock County…

Boise's Development Code sets a flat 35-foot cap on new houses in the R-1A and R-1B districts, rising to 40 feet (3…

Unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho prints numeric height caps for cottage dwellings in Table 4-6 of § 12-480: 25 feet…

In the RA-1 Residential Agricultural Zone, Bonneville County caps building height at 20 feet and requires every…

Caldwell caps residential building height at 45 feet in RS-1, RS-2 and R-3, 40 feet in R-2 and 30 feet in R-1. A new…

Unincorporated Canyon County, Idaho caps residential building height at 35 feet in both the Agricultural Zone A and the…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, no building, sign, or structure can exceed the maximum height set by its zoning district…

In Idaho Falls's residential zones, the maximum building height is generally twenty-four feet (24') under Table 11-3-1…

Kootenai County's residential zones set no numeric building-height cap in the code, but the Light Industrial zone…

Meridian caps residential building height by zoning district under Title 11: 35 feet in R-2, R-4, and R-8, 40 feet in…

In Nampa's RS single-family residential district, principal structures cannot exceed 30 feet in height, measured from…

In the City of Pocatello, Table 17.03.600 of the zoning code caps principal building height at 35 feet in the RE, RL…

Twin Falls County does not cap building height outright in its Rural Residential zone; instead, County Code § 8-6D-5…

In unincorporated Ada County's Rural Residential (RR) zoning district, Title 8 Chapter 2's dimensional standards table…

On Residential Small Lots under 3,500 square feet and on substandard lots of record citywide, Boise limits residential…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Table 4-1 in Revised Code § 12-411 sets maximum lot coverage at 35 percent in…

In the R-P Residence Park Zone, Bonneville County limits the total area covered by structures to 40% of the lot; the…

Unincorporated Canyon County, Idaho imposes no impervious-surface coverage limit at all in its Agricultural and…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, the Code defines lot coverage as the portion of a lot occupied by any building…

Idaho Falls caps lot coverage by zone in Table 11-3-1: 30% in RE, 40% in RP, R1, and RMH, 50% in TN, and 80% in R2, R3…

Kootenai County's residential and suburban zones require that development leave 65% of the parcel as open space free…

In Pocatello's Original Townsite Overlay, section 17.04.220(D)(5) limits front-yard hardscape: driveways and other…

In agricultural and residential zones of unincorporated Twin Falls County, the combined footprint of a house and its…

Nampa's zoning code leaves maximum property coverage unspecified for principal structures in the RS single-family…