Building Setbacks & Zoning in Minnesota (2026)

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

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, the R-1 row of Chapter 155 Appendix A prints a 30-foot front setback, 20 feet…

In the City of Blaine's Single-Family (R-1) zoning district, Sec. 109-120 sets a 30-foot front yard setback, a 10-foot…

Rural Residence (RR) District homes in unincorporated Blue Earth County must sit at least 130 feet back from the…

Table 152.506.2 sets Brooklyn Park's front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district. A 50-foot…

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

In the City of Coon Rapids, LDR-1 principal structures must sit back 40 feet from the front lot line, 50 feet from the…

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

In the City of Duluth, the Unified Development Chapter sets fixed yard setbacks for the R-1 Residential-Traditional…

In the City of Eagan, the R-1 Residential Single District requires a 30-foot setback from the public right-of-way, 10…

In the City of Eden Prairie, R-1 One-Family Residential lots (R1-44, R1-22, R1-13.5, R1-9.5) all carry a 30-foot front…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, the RS-1 single-family district requires 30-foot front and rear yard setbacks and…

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 the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, the R-1 district requires a front yard setback of 35 feet, side…

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

In the City of Plymouth's RSF-1 Single Family Detached Dwelling District, Section 21355.13 sets minimum yard setbacks…

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…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, the R-1 and R-2 one-family districts print a 35-foot maximum height in Chapter…

In the City of Blaine's Single-Family (R-1) zoning district, Sec. 109-120(11) caps house height at 2½ stories or 30…

In the Rural Residence (RR) District of unincorporated Blue Earth County, Code Sec. 24-163(e) caps any building at two…

Table 152.506.3 caps single-family, two-family, and townhome buildings in Brooklyn Park at 3 stories or 40 feet, and…

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

In the City of Coon Rapids, LDR-1 principal structures are capped at 35 feet tall and accessory structures at 20 feet…

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

In the City of Duluth, a building in the R-1 Residential-Traditional district is capped at 30 feet under the Unified…

In the City of Eagan, the R-1 Residential Single District caps principal structure height at 35 feet, and any home…

In the City of Eden Prairie, principal homes in every R-1 One-Family Residential subdistrict, R1-44, R1-22, R1-13.5 and…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, the RS-1 single-family district caps principal buildings at three stories or 35…

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 the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, buildings in the R-1 district are capped at a maximum of 35 feet…

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

In the City of Plymouth's RSF-1 District, Section 21355.13 caps a principal single-family home at 35 feet, with…

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 City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 155.350(B) caps impervious surface on one-family detached and twinhome lots…

In the Rural Residence (RR) District of unincorporated Blue Earth County, Code Sec. 24-163 caps impervious surface at…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, Table 152.506.1 caps impervious surface in front yards and building footprint at 40% of…

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

In the City of Coon Rapids, Low-Density Residential-1 lots cap buildings, driveways, and parking areas at 30 percent of…

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

Residential development or redevelopment inside a Duluth shoreland, within 1,000 feet of Lake Superior or 300 feet of a…

In the City of Eagan, the R-1 Residential Single District caps building coverage at 20 percent of the lot on a minimum…

In the City of Eden Prairie's Transit Oriented Development districts, impervious surface coverage is capped by…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, the O-P, Office Park zoning district caps how much of a lot can be covered by…

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…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, impervious surface caps depend on the district. Shoreland lots…

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

In Plymouth's Shoreland Management Overlay District, the area around protected lakes like Medicine, Bass, and Parkers…

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…