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…

Canton, Ohio's Bulk and Area Requirements table sets yard minimums by residential zoning district, for example 30 feet…

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 the City of Elyria, Ohio, a lot in the R-LD Residential-Low Density District needs a front yard of at least 30 feet…

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…

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

In the City of Marion, Ohio, a commercial or industrial building next to a residential district must set its side and…

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

Middletown sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Table 1204-4 of the…

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

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 1248.08 prints a minimum front, side and rear yard for the RS Suburban, RL Low Density…

In the City of Oregon, Ohio's Advanced Manufacturing District, Codified Ordinances Section 1145.04 sets a 40-foot…

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

Springfield sets minimum front, rear, side, and corner-side yard setbacks by zoning district in its…

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…

Canton, Ohio caps residential buildings at 35 feet and 2.5 stories in single-family districts and 45 feet and 4 stories…

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 the City of Elyria, Ohio, no principal building in the R-LD Residential-Low Density District can exceed 35 feet in…

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…

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

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 1151.043 limits buildings in the C-1 and C-5 districts to 30 feet or 2 stories and…

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

Table 1204-4 caps residential structure height at 35 feet in the R-1, R-2, and R-3 detached districts (40 feet for a…

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

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the zoning code sets building height district by district rather than with one citywide…

In Oregon, Ohio's R-5 Condo-Residential District, Section 1132.08(a) caps building height at two and one-half stories…

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

Springfield's Low Density Residential (R-LD) district caps building height at 35 feet under Table 1109.02.1, measured…

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…

Canton, Ohio caps building lot coverage at 40 to 50 percent depending on residential zoning district, excluding…

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 the City of Elyria, Ohio, buildings in the R-LD Residential-Low Density District can occupy no more than thirty…

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…

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

In the City of Marion, Ohio, principal and accessory buildings in the O-I Office and Institutional District shall not…

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

Middletown caps impervious surface (driveway, walkways, and sidewalks) at 30% of the front yard under Section…

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

In the City of Oregon, Ohio's Advanced Manufacturing District, Codified Ordinances Section 1145.04(d) caps maximum lot…

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

Springfield caps how much of a residential lot a building can occupy through its zoning dimensional-standards tables…

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