Building Setbacks & Zoning in Michigan (2026)

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, yard setbacks are set district by district in Chapter 1240 and collected in the…

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…

In the City of Dearborn Heights' R1 single-family district, the combined side yard must total 30 percent of the lot's…

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…

Kalamazoo's residential zoning table sets front setbacks of 25 feet in RS-4 and RS-5 down to 15 feet in RM-36 and RMU…

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…

In the City of Pontiac, Table 3 of the Zoning Ordinance sets minimum yard setbacks by district and frontage type. A…

Rochester Hills sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in the Schedule of Regulations…

In the City of Royal Oak's One-Family Residential Zone, § 770-34 sets a front yard setback of the greater of 25 feet or…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, the Schedule of Regulations in Code § 32-599 fixes yard setbacks…

In the City of Southfield, Sec. 5.193's schedule of regulations sets the minimum yard setbacks for every single-family…

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

Taylor's zoning ordinance fixes minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks for every single-family lot. Table 3.03…

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 the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, the R-1B Single-Family district caps a primary dwelling at 35 feet, 2.5 stories…

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…

In the City of Dearborn Heights' R1 district, a principal home on a lot narrower than 60 feet is capped at 30 feet in…

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…

Kalamazoo caps residential building height at 35 feet across its RS-4, RS-5, RS-7, RD-8, RD-19, RM-15 and RM-15C…

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 the City of Pontiac, Table 3 of the Zoning Ordinance caps buildings in the R-1, R-1A, and R-1B single-family…

Rochester Hills measures residential building height from the average grade at the front façade, and lets the R-3 and…

In the City of Royal Oak's One-Family Residential Zone, § 770-34D(4) caps a principal building's height at 30 feet…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, the Schedule of Regulations in Code § 32-599 caps buildings at 2½…

In the City of Southfield, Sec. 5.193's schedule of regulations caps single-family building height at 25 feet or two…

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

Single-family homes in Taylor are capped at 2.5 stories under the zoning ordinance, with a maximum height of 30 feet in…

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…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, building coverage is capped district by district in the dimension tables of…

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

In the City of Dearborn Heights, concrete flatwork, pavers, and other impervious surfaces cannot exceed 25 percent of a…

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…

Kalamazoo's residential district table caps impervious lot coverage at 45% in the lowest-density RS-4 and RS-5…

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…

Rochester Hills caps how much of a residential lot buildings can cover: 25 percent of the lot in the RE, R-1 and R-2…

Royal Oak caps how much of a One-Family Residential lot buildings can cover. City Code § 770-34D(8) limits lot coverage…

In the City of Southfield, Sec. 5.193's schedule of regulations caps how much of a single-family lot buildings may…

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

In Taylor, Michigan, single-family zoning caps how much of a residential lot buildings and pavement can cover. Table…

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…