Building Setbacks & Zoning in Ohio (2026)

A single-family house in Akron needs a rear yard at least 25% of the lot's depth (capped at 25 feet) and side yards at…

There is no single county setback. In county-zoned townships, R-District minimum yards range from 25–35-foot front…

Cincinnati's single-family zoning districts each carry their own minimum yard setbacks under Zoning Code § 1403-07's…

Cleveland's Zoning Code sets minimum front, side-street, rear and interior side yards by district. Front yards run 15%…

Residential lots in Columbus need a minimum 5-foot side yard (3 feet on lots 40 feet wide or less), a rear yard…

Dayton's zoning code sets a 25-foot front setback, 5-foot side setbacks, and a 30-foot rear setback for the SR-1 and…

In Franklin County's unincorporated Rural District, dwellings need side yards totaling 20 feet or more with at least 8…

In Lima's residential districts the front building line sits back from the street a distance equal to twenty percent of…

Lorain County does not zone incorporated cities, so setbacks come from your city or township. In the City of Lorain's…

Lucas County sets no countywide building setbacks. In unincorporated areas, minimum front, side, and rear setbacks come…

Section 1105.134 defines a 'setback' as the line no building may cross, covering front, side and rear yards. In the R-1…

Montgomery County has no countywide setback ordinance. Setbacks are set by your city or village zoning code, or, in…

Parma sets front, side and rear yard depths in residence districts as a percentage of lot size rather than a single…

Stark County has no countywide setback code. In Canton's R-1 single-family district, buildings need a 30-foot front…

Summit County Building Standards states your local municipality determines the setbacks off your property line, so…

Toledo's residential setback table sets minimum front setbacks from 25 feet in RS 6, RD 6, and RM districts up to 35…

Akron ties building height to a separate height-district map layered over the zoning districts. Most single-family and…

In county-zoned townships, no principal residence may exceed 2½ stories or 30 feet, and accessory structures may not…

Every single-family district in Cincinnati, SF-20 down to SF-2, caps principal building height at 35 feet under…

Cleveland caps building height using nine numbered Height Districts under Zoning Code § 353.01, with limits tied to a…

Columbus caps building height by district: 35 feet is the default limit citywide unless a taller height district…

Dayton's zoning code limits principal dwellings in single-family districts to 40 feet, and also sets a minimum height…

In Franklin County's unincorporated Rural District, structures are capped at 38 feet, measured from the average grade…

Lima regulates maximum building height through its Height Districts (Chapter 1258, Sections 1258.01-1258.02) applied…

In the City of Lorain's single-family residential districts, buildings are limited to 35 feet or two stories. Accessory…

Lucas County imposes no building-height cap. Maximum structure height is set by township zoning under ORC 519.02 in…

In Medina's R-1 Low Density Urban Residential District, Section 1121.05 caps a principal structure's height at 35 feet…

Montgomery County sets no countywide building-height limit. Maximum height is set by your city or village zoning code…

No Parma residence, from a single-family house to a hotel or condominium, can exceed 35 feet in height under a…

Summit County does not cap building heights countywide. Maximum structure height is set by your city, village, or…

Toledo caps residential building height by zoning district: 35 feet in the RS 12, RS 9, RS 6, RD 6, RM 12 and RM 24…

Akron's Zoning Code does not set one blanket lot-coverage percentage for every property, but it caps accessory…

The county resolution controls buildable area through minimum lot size and density rather than a fixed coverage…

In Columbus's Title 33 residential zoning districts, a dwelling or manufactured home, alone or combined with any other…

Dayton's zoning code caps building lot coverage for single- and two-family lots inside Multi-Family Residential…

In Franklin County's unincorporated Rural District, no lot may be covered more than 20% by structure, and only one…

Lima controls residential density by lot area rather than a flat coverage percentage: Class I requires 4,800 sq ft per…

In the City of Lorain, single-family lot building coverage is capped at 35% (R-1A), 40% (R-1B), or 45% (R-1C)…

Lucas County sets no lot-coverage limit. Maximum building or impervious coverage is fixed by township zoning under ORC…

Medina's Zoning Code defines 'maximum lot coverage' as the share of a lot covered by hard, impervious surfaces such as…

Montgomery County has no countywide lot-coverage limit. The maximum percentage of a lot you can build on is set by your…

Parma caps apartment-house building footprints at 15% of the lot in Multifamily Districts and requires at least half…

Summit County sets no countywide lot-coverage or maximum-building-footprint rule. The percentage of your lot that…