Building Setbacks & Zoning in Missouri (2026)

Boone County's zoning ordinance sets minimum front, rear and side yard setbacks by district, ranging from 50-foot front…

Cass County's Zoning Order sets minimum front, side and rear setbacks by zoning district in unincorporated Cass County…

In unincorporated Clay County, the Land Development Code sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district. The rural AG…

Columbia's Unified Development Code sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district in…

In Florissant's 'R-1' Single-Family Dwelling District, a house must sit at least 30 feet back from the front lot line…

In unincorporated Greene County's R-1 Suburban Residence District, a single-family home on public sewer and water needs…

Independence sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zoning district in UDO Table 300-2: exterior (street-facing)…

Jefferson County's Unified Development Order fixes minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in…

Kansas City's R zoning districts set minimum front, rear, and side yard setbacks by district, from R-80 down to R-0.3…

Kirkwood fixes front, side and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Table 48-2 of the Zoning and…

Lee's Summit fixes minimum yard setbacks by zoning district in UDO Table 6-3. A standard R-1 lot needs a 30-foot front…

O'Fallon requires a minimum 25-foot front yard, 6-foot side yards and a 25-foot rear yard for every R-1 single-family…

R-SF homes in Springfield need a 15-to-25-foot front yard depending on street class, a 5-foot side yard, and a rear…

St. Charles County's Agricultural District requires 50-foot front and rear yard setbacks and a 40-foot side yard…

In the "A" Single-Family Dwelling District, front yards must be at least 25 feet deep, side yards at least 4 feet each…

Structure setbacks in unincorporated St. Louis County shrink as zoning density rises. The county's largest-lot…

Boone County caps non-farm buildings at 35 feet in its agriculture and residential districts and 45 feet in commercial…

In the R-1 Single-Family Residential District, unincorporated Cass County caps a principal home at two and one-half…

Clay County's Land Development Code caps principal buildings at 40 feet in the rural AG, R-1, and R-5 districts and 35…

In Columbia, Missouri's R-1 one-family district, primary residential buildings top out at 35 feet, or 45 feet if both…

Florissant caps single-family homes in the R-1 Single-Family Dwelling District at two and one-half stories and…

In unincorporated Greene County's R-1 Suburban Residence District, houses top out at two and a half stories or 35 feet…

Independence caps residential building height at 35 feet in every R district except large-lot R-A, which has no…

Homes in Jackson County's unincorporated Residential Estates District (RE) are capped at 35 feet under the county's…

Jefferson County caps maximum structure height by zoning district in unincorporated areas under Table 5-4, ranging from…

Kansas City's R districts cap conventional single-family homes at 35 feet through R-5, rising to 45 feet in R-1.5, 60…

Kirkwood caps single-family homes in its R-1 and R-2 Districts at 35 feet or 2.5 stories, whichever governs, under…

UDO Table 6-4 caps most Lee's Summit homes at 40 feet and three stories in R-1, RP-1, AG, RDR, and RLL. RP-3 tops out…

O'Fallon caps single-family homes in the R-1 District at two and one-half (2 1/2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet…

Single-family homes in Springfield's R-SF district max out at 35 feet with narrow side yards, or 45 feet if the side…

Homes in unincorporated St. Charles County's RR through R1E single-family districts cap out at forty feet unless the…

St. Louis caps 'A' Single-Family Dwelling District homes at 2½ stories or 35 feet, allowing 3 stories or 45 feet only…

Height limits climb with zoning density in unincorporated St. Louis County. The R-1 Residence District caps dwellings…

In the C-2 Business District, unincorporated Cass County caps building lot coverage at fifty percent of the site under…

Clay County's Land Development Code puts no blanket impervious-surface cap on rural residential lots, controlling bulk…

In unincorporated Greene County's UR-1 Urban Residence District, buildings cannot cover more than 40% of a lot, and…

Independence caps building footprint at 50 percent of lot area in the I-1 and I-2 industrial districts under UDO Table…

Land zoned Agricultural (AG) in unincorporated Jackson County cannot cover more than 15 percent of a lot with…

For industrially-zoned development in unincorporated Jefferson County, impervious surface (buildings, pavement) may…

Infill residential lots in Kansas City cap building footprint at 50% of lot area and impervious surface at 75%, per the…

Kirkwood caps how much of a residential lot can be covered by buildings, with the limit turning on lot size and…

Lee's Summit caps total impervious lot coverage at 60 percent on any residential lot, in any zoning district, under…

O'Fallon's Zoning Code sets a maximum percentage of each lot that buildings and structures may cover, and the limit…

In Springfield's R-SF single-family district, impervious surface, buildings, driveways, and parking, can't cover more…

St. Charles County caps impervious lot coverage at 70 percent in its High Technology Corridor District under Code §…

St. Louis County does not cap the total footprint of a single-family house on its lot, but it does cap everything else…