Building Setbacks & Zoning in New York (2026)

Albany's Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by zoning district…

In the Town of Babylon's A Residence District, homes need a 40-foot front yard, side yards totaling at least 35 feet…

Brookhaven sets front, side and rear yard depths district by district instead of one town-wide number. The large-lot A…

In Cheektowaga's R Residence District, a single- or two-family home needs a 25-foot front yard, side yards equal to 10%…

In Clarkstown's Hamlet Center Districts covering Congers, Valley Cottage and West Nyack, Table E-1 of the zoning code…

In Glen Cove's R-2 Half-Acre Residence District, City Code § 280-56 sets a minimum front yard of 30 feet (or the…

In Greece's Central Health Care District, no structure or other improvement may sit closer than 100 feet to the…

In Islip's Business 3 District, buildings need a minimum 25-foot front yard setback from every street, 15 feet on a…

New Rochelle's Zoning Code sets the required side street yard on corner lots at 25, 20 or 15 feet depending on the…

New York City's Zoning Resolution sets minimum front, side and rear yard depths by residence district, from 20-foot…

North Hempstead's Residence AAA District requires a 40-foot front yard, side yards totaling at least 35% of the lot's…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York requires an infill front yard to average with its improved neighbors but…

Oyster Bay's yard provisions let projections like AC units and ramps intrude into required setbacks by specific…

Ramapo's Zoning Law keeps every principal structure off the street line and off the property line by the minimum…

Rochester's Zoning Code sets separate minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks for the R-1 Low-Density Residential…

In Schenectady's C-3 Waterfront Mixed-Use District, any lot touching the Mohawk River shoreline must treat the…

Smithtown's zoning code does not spell out district-by-district yard minimums in the base text (those sit in the Table…

Utica sets minimum front, side, and rear yards through form-based dimensional tables for each zoning district (Sec…

When a Yonkers residential lot is narrower than 50 feet or shallower than 100 feet, required side and rear yards shrink…

NYC's Zoning Resolution controls building height through sky exposure planes, base heights, maximum building heights…

Albany caps principal residential buildings at 35 feet (2.5 stories) in the R-1L, R-1M and R-2 districts, rising to 45…

In Amherst's Residential District One (R-1), the Zoning Ordinance's dimensional standards table caps principal…

In the Town of Babylon's A Residence District, new or altered buildings cannot exceed 30 feet or 2 1/2 stories, with a…

Brookhaven caps the A Residence 5, A Residence 10 and D Residence Districts at 35 feet or 2 1/2 stories, and holds…

In the R Residence District, Town Code § 260-23D limits single- and two-family dwellings to 30 feet in height, with…

Clarkstown caps buildings in its MF-1, MF-2 and MF-3 Multifamily Residential Districts at three stories or 35 feet…

Glen Cove's R-1A Two-Acre Residence District caps single-family construction at two and a half stories and 35 feet…

In Islip's Residence AAA District, the standard the Residence AA and Residence A Districts adopt by cross-reference, no…

Mount Vernon caps freestanding accessory buildings, sheds, detached garages and the like, at one story and 12 feet…

New Rochelle caps building height and story count by zoning district in the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations, with…

North Hempstead limits single-family homes in its Residence AAA, AA and A Districts to 2 1/2 stories and 30 feet under…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York caps building height at 35 feet in every zoning district, and separately…

Oyster Bay bars any structure from exceeding its district's maximum building height, but lets rooftop features like…

Ramapo's Zoning Law sets a base building height for each zoning district in the § 376-41 Bulk Table, then § 376-60…

Rochester caps residential building height in the R-1 District at 2 1/2 stories and 35 feet for the main structure…

Schenectady lets a single-family house in the R-1 or R-2 district add 10 feet of height, up to three stories, if it…

Utica caps building height by story count and total feet per zoning district in the Form-Based Dimensional Tables…

Detached single- and two-family homes in every Yonkers residential district face a hard cap: no exposed wall may rise…

Albany limits how much of every lot can be covered by buildings, driveways, and other impervious surfaces, with maximum…

In Amherst's R-1 single-family district, the Town caps building coverage at 35% of the lot, per the R-1 Principal Use…

In the Town of Babylon's A Residence District, total building area can't exceed 15% of the lot, or 30% if every…

In Cheektowaga's RS Single Residential District, a principal structure cannot cover more than 35% of the lot, and total…

In Clarkstown's MF-1, MF-2 and MF-3 multifamily zoning districts, Town Code § 290-20F(2)(a) caps maximum lot coverage…

Glen Cove caps building coverage in the R-2 Half-Acre Residence District at 15% of the lot under City Code §…

Mount Vernon will not issue a building permit that exceeds a zoning district's maximum impervious surface coverage or…

In New York City's R6 through R12 residence districts, a building on an interior or through lot can cover no more than…

In North Hempstead's Residence AAA District, the Town's most common single-family zone, all buildings and structures on…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York caps building coverage at 50% of the lot in every zoning district, with…

Inside Oyster Bay's Aquifer Protection Overlay (APO) District, Zoning Code § 246-5.4.7.3.2 caps impervious lot coverage…

In Rochester's R-1 Low-Density Residential District, City Code § 120-11 caps maximum lot coverage at 50% for both…

In the C-3 Waterfront Mixed-Use District, Schenectady caps principal building coverage at a base of 50% of the lot, per…

Smithtown's zoning code does not print a general lot-coverage percentage in the base text (that lives in the Table of…

Utica measures lot coverage as the percent of a lot occupied by impervious surfaces, excluding accessory buildings or…

Yonkers limits how much of a residential yard accessory buildings and structures can cover, not just how tall or how…