Building Setbacks & Zoning in Michigan (2026)

Clinton Township's Section 1118.05 sets minimum yard setbacks by residential district: 30 feet front and 10 feet side…

Dearborn's one-family districts require a flat 25-foot front yard, plus side and rear setbacks that slide with lot…

Detroit's R1 single-family district requires a 20-foot front setback, at least 4 feet on each side (14 feet combined)…

Flint's Table A zoning standards set a 30-foot minimum front yard, 10-foot minimum side yards, and a 35-foot minimum…

Genesee County sets no countywide building setbacks. Front, side, and rear yard minimums are defined by your city or…

In Grand Rapids' Traditional Neighborhood Low-Density Residential (TN-LDR) zone, homes must sit at the 27-foot required…

Kent County establishes no setbacks. Front, side, and rear yard setbacks are set by each city, village, or zoned…

Lansing's R-1 single-family district requires a 20-foot front setback (or the block-face average), 5-foot side setbacks…

Livonia sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district in the Section 4.02 Schedule of…

Macomb County does not zone private land, so it sets no countywide building setbacks. Front, side, and rear yard…

Sterling Heights sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks for each one-family district, R-60 through R-100…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance Section 4.06 sets minimum yard setbacks for the R-1A through R-1E one-family districts: front…

In Warren's R-1-A district, Section 5.05 sets a 30-foot minimum front yard, Section 5.06 requires two side yards…

Westland's zoning ordinance sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential district: from 25 feet in…

In Wyoming, Michigan's R-1 Residential District, Sec. 90-403A sets a 35-foot minimum front yard, 35-foot minimum rear…

In Clinton Township's R-1 through R-5 One-Family Residential Districts, homes are capped at 35 feet and two stories…

Dearborn ties a one-family home's height to its lot width: lots under 46 feet cap out at a 20-foot second-story eave, a…

Detroit limits single-family homes in the R1 District to 35 feet, measured from grade at the building's front to the…

Flint's zoning code limits single-family homes in the A-1 district to 2 stories or 30 feet, whichever governs, under…

Genesee County sets no countywide building-height cap. Maximum height and number of stories are defined by your city or…

Grand Rapids caps residential building height at 35 feet (2½ stories) in Low Density Residential districts and up to 52…

Kent County sets no building-height limit. Maximum building and structure heights are set by each city, village, or…

Lansing's R-1 residential district caps building height at 35 feet (2.5 stories), with a 15-foot, one-story minimum…

Livonia caps residential structures at 35 feet and two stories in the N1, N2, and RUF districts under the Section 4.02…

Macomb County does not zone private land, so it sets no countywide building-height cap. Maximum building height and…

In Sterling Heights' one-family residential districts, R-60 through R-100, Zoning Ordinance Section 3.04.A.5 caps a…

Troy's Section 4.06.C dimensional-requirements table caps one-family homes in the R-1A through R-1E districts at 2 1/2…

In Warren's R-1-A One Family Residential District, Section 5.02 of the Zoning Ordinance caps every building at…

Westland caps single-family and mixed residential buildings at two stories and 30 feet under the zoning ordinance's…

Wyoming, Michigan caps building height at 35 feet in the R-1 Residential District under Sec. 90-403A's Development…

Dearborn caps a one-family home's footprint at 25% of lot area with a detached garage, or 30% with an attached garage…

Detroit limits single-family R1 lots to 35 percent maximum lot coverage, counting the house plus every accessory…

Flint's zoning code limits building footprint to 35% of lot area in the city's standard single-family A-1 district…

Grand Rapids indirectly caps lot coverage through a minimum greenspace standard set by Neighborhood Classification and…

Lansing's R-1 Residential zoning district caps impervious surface coverage at 60 percent of a lot and building…

Livonia caps how much of a residential lot a house and its accessory buildings can cover at 35 percent in the N1, N2…

In Sterling Heights' R-60 through R-100 one-family residential districts, Zoning Ordinance Section 3.04.A.8 caps the…

Troy caps buildings in the R-1A through R-1E one-family districts at 30 percent of lot area under Section 4.06.C, the…

Section 5.04 of Warren's Zoning Ordinance limits every one-family dwelling and its accessory buildings in an R-1-A…

Westland limits single-family and mixed residential lots to 30 percent building coverage under the zoning ordinance's…

Wyoming, Michigan's Chapter 90 Zoning Ordinance sets a maximum lot coverage percentage in each zoning district's…