Building Setbacks & Zoning in Minnesota (2026)

Anoka County has no countywide zoning setback table; its Shoreland Management Ordinance is what actually controls…

Unincorporated Carver County structures must clear a 15-foot side lot line setback and a 30-foot rear lot line setback…

Dakota County does not set building setbacks for incorporated cities. Setbacks (front, side, and rear yard distances)…

Maple Grove's R-1 district requires a 35-foot front yard, at least 5 feet per interior side yard (30 feet combined)…

Minneapolis sets minimum front yards by Built Form Overlay District, 20 feet in Interior districts, 15 feet in Corridor…

In Olmsted County's R-2 Mixed Low Density Residential District, front and side yards must be 45 feet from federal…

Ramsey County sets no building setbacks for city land; each city does under Minn. Stat. §462.357. St. Paul sets front…

Saint Paul's Zoning Code sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by residential district, 30 feet front in RL…

Scott County zones unincorporated townships under Zoning Ordinance No. 3. In the RR-2 Rural Residential district…

Away from the shoreline, St. Louis County's baseline zoning setback is 10 feet from the property line for principal…

In the A-160 Agricultural District, Stearns County sets a flat 50-foot side and 50-foot rear building setback, plus a…

Washington County's Development Code sets structure setbacks from arterial roads, underground pipelines and street…

Woodbury sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks that vary by residential zoning district. The R-4 urban…

Wright County zones unincorporated townships under Chapter 155. In the General Agriculture (AG) district, homes on lots…

Building height limits inside Anoka County cities are set by city zoning under Minn. Stat. §462.357. In Coon Rapids an…

In unincorporated Carver County, the Zoning Code caps structures at 35 feet under § 152.037. Belfries, water towers…

Dakota County sets no building-height limit for cities. Maximum building height is set by each city's zoning district…

In Maple Grove's R-1 Single-Family Residential District, no structure may exceed three stories or 35 feet in building…

Single- and two-family homes citywide are capped at 2.5 stories and 28 feet, with gable, hip, or gambrel roof peaks…

In Olmsted County's R-1 Low Density Residential District, the zone covering most unincorporated house lots, dwellings…

Ramsey County sets no building-height limit for city land; your city does under Minn. Stat. §462.357. St. Paul limits…

Saint Paul caps residential building height by zoning district under Table 66.231: 35 feet in the RL large-lot and H1…

Scott County's RR-2 Rural Residential district caps principal buildings at 35 feet under Zoning Ordinance No. 3…

In unincorporated St. Louis County, structures in Residential and Shoreland areas cannot rise above 35 feet, measured…

In Stearns County's residential zoning districts, homes and other buildings cannot exceed 35 feet in height. The limit…

Washington County limits structures in its Shoreland Management Overlay District, the land bordering the county's…

Woodbury caps residential building height at three stories or 40 feet in the R-4 urban residential district, 40 feet in…

Wright County caps buildings at two and one-half stories or 35 feet under Chapter 155. Farm silos, water towers, church…

On unincorporated shoreland lots in Anoka County, Ordinance No. 2022-1 caps every building and impervious surface…

In the Shoreland Overlay District, Carver County caps impervious surface at 25% of lot area under § 152.131.1(B)(1)…

Dakota County has no countywide lot-coverage limit. The maximum percentage of a lot that buildings and impervious…

Maple Grove limits impervious surface on R-1, R-2, and R-3 residential lots to 40 percent of the lot area, with a…

Minneapolis caps lot coverage at 45% to 100% and impervious surface at 60% to 100%, both set by Built Form Overlay…

Structures on an R-2 Mixed Low Density Residential lot in unincorporated Olmsted County can't cover more than 40…

Ramsey County sets no lot-coverage limit for city land; your city does under Minn. Stat. §462.357. In St. Paul's R1–R4…

Saint Paul caps how much of a residential lot buildings can cover: 40% in the RL large-lot district, 45% in H1, and 50%…

Scott County caps impervious lot coverage at 30% in the RR-2 Rural Residential district under Zoning Ordinance No. 3…

St. Louis County's zoning districts cap total lot coverage, meaning every structure plus every constructed impervious…

In Stearns County's Agricultural District A-160, the county's baseline primary zoning district covering most…

In Washington County's Shoreland Management Overlay District, no more than 25 percent of a lot can be covered by…

Woodbury limits building coverage on residential lots to 35 percent in the R-1 urban reserve, R-2 single-family estate…

Wright County's rural districts set no flat residential lot-coverage percentage. Chapter 155 caps accessory-building…