Building Setbacks & Zoning in Texas (2026)

Unincorporated Travis County has no zoning, so there is no yard-setback-by-district table. The real setback minimums…

Table 2-2 of Abilene's Land Development Code fixes minimum building line setbacks for every residential zoning…

Amarillo fixes minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in Table 1 of the Summary of Development…

Arlington sets front setbacks as the greater of the applicable sub-district standard or the minimum needed to meet…

Baytown's Unified Land Development Code sets minimum front, side and rear setbacks separately for each residential…

Bell County Subdivision Regulations § 301.1 sets the building setback lines shown on every recorded plat in the…

Unincorporated Brazoria County has no zoning, so lot setbacks come entirely from the county's Subdivision Regulations…

Bryan sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in a standards table in the Land and Site…

Carrollton's Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, updated April 2026, sets side and rear yard minimums by single-family…

Cedar Park sets minimum front, side, and rear setbacks by residential zoning district, ranging from 25 feet in…

Celina sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by zoning district, ranging from small urban lots to one-acre…

Conroe's subdivision code sets a single citywide setback standard rather than zoning-district tables: a 25-foot front…

R-1 lots in Converse need a 20-foot front yard, 7.5-foot side yards (10 feet on a corner), and a 20-foot rear yard…

Every Corpus Christi single-family district sets its own minimum front, side, rear and street-corner yard in Table…

Dallas fixes minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks district by district in Development Code Secs. 51A-4.401…

Denton's Development Code sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks separately for each zoning district; corner…

In El Paso's R-1 single-family district, the Title 20 Appendix B dimensional table sets a 30-foot minimum front yard, a…

Farmersville sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by zoning district under Section 77-52, applied through…

New subdivided lots without fire-rated water lines need 25-foot road setbacks and 10-foot side setbacks under county…

Fort Worth's One-Family ("A-7.5") zoning district requires a front yard of 20 feet on local streets (15 feet on limited…

Frisco's Zoning Ordinance sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks for every residential zoning district in a…

Garland's Development Code fixes front, side and rear yard setbacks for each residential zoning district in Table 2-4…

Grand Prairie's Unified Development Code bars any residence from sitting closer to a lot line or street right-of-way…

Harlingen's zoning code sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by district and lot type, ranging from 5-foot…

Unincorporated Harris County tracts outside a city's ETJ must plat with building setback lines: 25 feet from the road…

Houston has no zoning setbacks; instead Chapter 42 platting sets minimum building lines: 25 feet on major…

Irving sets minimum yard setbacks separately for each of its 35 zoning districts under the Unified Development Code. In…

In unincorporated Jefferson County subdivisions without a recognized fire code or fire-rated water lines, new lots must…

Killeen's zoning code sets minimum yard depths by district rather than one citywide number. Sec. 31-188 requires a…

Laredo's Dimensional Standards table sets exact yard minimums for every zoning district. In the R-1 single-family…

Leander's zoning ordinance sets minimum building setbacks by residential district: standard single-family lots require…

In unincorporated Lubbock County, a proposed building or setback line must sit at least 25 feet from the edge of…

Midland's Zoning Ordinance sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential district, from 40 feet on…

Midland County does not zone, but its Subdivision Regulations still fix a building setback line for every platted lot…

In Mission's R-1 single-family district, homes must sit at least 20 feet back from the front lot line, 10 feet from the…

New Braunfels sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district under Chapter 144. In the R-1A-6.6 single-family district…

Nueces County has no general zoning setback code. A minimum 10-foot setback from roads and rights-of-way and a 5-foot…

Odessa's Zoning Ordinance sets minimum yard setbacks by district: front yards follow a per-zone schedule with a 20-foot…

Parker's single-family district sets some of the deepest yard setbacks in Collin County: 100 feet from the front…

Pearland's R-1 Single-Family Residential-1 District requires a 25-foot front setback (20 feet on cul-de-sac and…

In Pharr's R-1 single-family district, houses must sit at least 20 feet back from the front property line, with side…

Plano's yard setbacks vary by residential zoning district under Zoning Ordinance Article 9. In the SF-9 district, for…

Richardson's R-1250-M single-family district requires a 30-foot front setback, a 25-foot rear setback, and a side…

Rowlett, Texas (Dallas/Rockwall County) sets minimum front, side, and rear setbacks by zoning district in Table 4.1-1…

San Angelo's zoning ordinance sets minimum yards by district. RS-1 and RS-2 single-family lots require a 25-foot front…

San Antonio sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks per zoning district in the Unified Development Code's…

Sugar Land sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district under Land Development Code…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code replaces traditional front-yard setbacks with a 'build-to-line' range that varies…

Temple's Unified Development Code sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks that vary by zoning district, with a…

Texarkana sets a 25-foot minimum front yard in residential zoning districts and 15 feet in most commercial and…

In Tyler's common single-family districts (R-1B and R-1C), homes need a 25-foot front setback, 25-foot rear setback…

Victoria's UDO sets minimum yard setbacks by land use, not zoning district: a standard detached single-family home…

Waco sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks separately for each zoning district; in the R-E single-family…

Cameron County has no general zoning setbacks, but its adopted Subdivision Rules set minimum building setbacks in…

Brownsville sets minimum building setbacks district by district in its Unified Development Code. The R-1 single-family…

Guadalupe County sets no building setbacks. Texas counties cannot zone. In unincorporated areas near Seguin, Schertz…

Hidalgo County has no general zoning, so there is no county-wide numeric building setback in unincorporated areas…

Williamson County sets no setback rules. Texas counties have no zoning power. Only subdivision platting under Local…

Abilene's Land Development Code caps residential building height at 35 feet in most single-family and townhome…

Amarillo limits building height by zoning district under City Code Sec. 4-10-194, tying the ceiling to Table 1, Summary…

Arlington's Form-Based Zoning Districts cap new building height at 45 feet within 75 feet of a shared line with a…

Austin caps building height by zoning district in the Sec. 25-2-492 site development table: single-family districts…

Baytown's Unified Land Development Code caps building height by residential zoning district. Estate Residential (ER)…

Brownsville caps primary building height at 35 feet in its single-family and estate districts, 45 feet in R-3 and in…

Bryan limits homes in its R-NC, RD-7, and RD-5 residential districts to 35 feet, with no setback trade-up option: the…

Carrollton caps single-family homes at 36 feet under Article 7, Section L of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (April…

Cedar Park caps single-family building height at 40 feet in its Development Reserve, Estate Residential, and Suburban…

In Celina's standard single-family district, homes are capped at 40 feet, with taller limits up to 60 feet for attached…

In Converse's R-1 single-family district, homes cannot rise above three stories or 38 feet, whichever limit applies…

Corpus Christi measures building height from finished grade to the roof plate line under UDC § 4.2.8, and multifamily…

Dallas caps single family homes at 30 feet in most standard residential districts under Development Code Sec…

Denton's Development Code limits most single-family residential zoning districts (R1 through R7) to a 40-foot maximum…

El Paso caps most residential zoning districts, including R-1 through R-5, at a maximum building height of 35 feet…

Farmersville caps residential building height by zoning district under Section 77-52, applied through the general…

Fort Worth caps building height at 35 feet in the One-Family ("A-7.5") zoning district, the city's most common…

Frisco caps residential building height at 40 feet and 2.5 stories in most single-family districts, 40 feet and 2…

Grand Prairie lets rooftop features like chimneys, flagpoles and HVAC units rise 15 feet above a zoning district's…

Harlingen caps residential buildings at three stories; going taller requires a board of adjustment hearing and approval…

Houston has no zoning height district, but its Multi-Unit Residential (MUR) performance standards under Chapter 42 cap…

Irving's R-7.5 single-family zone, the city's most common residential district, caps houses at two stories or 25 feet…

Killeen's "R-1" single-family zoning district caps structures at thirty-five feet or two and one-half stories under…

Laredo caps residential building height by zoning district under LDC Section 24-77.1's dimensional standards table…

Leander caps building height at 35 feet citywide under Article VIII, Section 8(a) of the Zoning Ordinance. The cap…

Lubbock caps principal-structure height at 35 feet in the SF-1 single-family district under Table 39.02.004.b-2 of the…

Midland caps residential building height by zoning district -- 28 feet in Manufactured Housing and Duplex districts, 42…

Mission caps single-family homes in the R-1 district at 35 feet, with a mandatory stepback for any part of the…

New Braunfels caps single-family homes at 35 feet in R-1 and R-1A residential districts under the zoning code.

Odessa restricts single-family homes in its SF-1 through SF-4 and Single-Family Estate districts to two and one-half…

Parker caps the height of towers, antennas, windmills, wind energy generators, flagpoles, and other freestanding…

Pearland limits residential structures to 35 feet under Unified Development Code Section 2.4.2.5(d), the height cap…

In Pharr's R-1 single-family district, structures are capped at 36 feet or 2 1/2 stories, whichever governs, under the…

Plano caps most single-family homes at 2 stories and 35 feet, the standard baseline used across its SF district…

In Richardson's R-1250-M single-family district, a house is capped at two stories, with the first story limited to 25…

Rowlett caps building height by zoning district in the Development Code's dimensional table: 40 feet or 3 stories in…

Building height in San Antonio is capped per zoning district in UDC Table 310-1 and administered under Sec. 35-517…

Sugar Land caps residential homes at two and one-half stories and 35 feet from finished grade in every residential…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code caps buildings in the P3 Neighborhood place type, the city's standard residential…

Temple limits single-family homes to 2 to 2½ stories under the UDC, with height measured from average grade to roofline.

Single-family houses in Texarkana's SF-1, SF-2, and SF-3 districts are capped at two and one-half stories under the…

Most Tyler residential districts cap building height at 42 feet, including R-1A, R-1B, R-1C, and Residential Estate…

Detached single-family homes in Victoria are limited to a maximum building height of 40 feet under the Unified…

Waco caps structure height at the maximum set for each zoning district, but Section 28-903 carves out exceptions…

Guadalupe County sets no building height limit. Texas counties lack zoning authority, so height caps in unincorporated…

Williamson County sets no building height limit. Texas counties lack zoning authority, so height caps in unincorporated…

Abilene's Land Development Code caps how much of a lot a building can cover, from just 15 percent in the Agricultural…

Amarillo caps how much of a lot a structure can cover by zoning district under City Code Sec. 4-10-173, with the actual…

Austin does not use the term "lot coverage." The controlling limits are Maximum Building Coverage and Maximum…

Baytown's Unified Land Development Code sets maximum lot coverage by zoning district: 50% in Estate Residential (ER)…

Brownsville caps lot coverage by zoning district under its Unified Development Code. Single-family R-1 lots allow 50…

In most Bryan zoning districts, total lot coverage, buildings, parking, driveways, and other impervious surfaces…

Carrollton's Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance caps impervious coverage at 80% of total lot area in the MF-12, MF-15 and…

Cedar Park doesn't cap overall lot coverage citywide, but it does limit accessory buildings, sheds, garages, workshops…

Celina's zoning code sets an 80% maximum impervious surface limit for SF-A single-family attached development under…

Commercial and industrial buildings in Converse's B-3, B-4, and I-1 districts cannot cover more than three-fifths (60%)…

Corpus Christi's Unified Development Code sets no single citywide lot-coverage percentage for standard RS or RM lots…

Dallas Development Code Sec. 51A-4.407 sets a hard ceiling on how much of a lot a building can cover, layered on top of…

In Denton's R4 residential district, a single-family, townhome, or duplex lot can be covered by buildings on no more…

In El Paso's A-O zoning district, single-family attached dwellings, atriums, patios and townhomes, cannot cover more…

Farmersville caps how much of a residential lot a house and its accessory buildings can cover, from 20 percent in the…

In Fort Worth's One-Family ("A-7.5") zoning district, the most common single-family classification, buildings and…

Frisco caps total building coverage at 20 percent in the Residential Estate District and rises through the…

Garland's development code sets a hard 70 percent lot-coverage ceiling for residential lots of 4,000 square feet or…

Harlingen caps lot coverage at 60% in residential zones, rising to 80-100% in commercial and industrial districts under…

Irving's Unified Development Code caps how much of a single-family lot a house can cover, with the percentage set…

Killeen's R-3 multifamily residential district caps building coverage at 40 percent of total lot area under City Code…

In Lubbock's West Broadway (MU-1) Mixed-Use district, the transitional corridor linking Texas Tech and downtown, the…

New Braunfels sets no lot-coverage cap for single-family homes, but multifamily, business, and industrial districts…

Odessa's zoning code limits how much of a residential lot the main building and accessory structures can cover, capping…

Single-family lots in Parker cap total building footprint at 20% of lot area under City Code § 156.32(C)(2), and…

Pearland limits building footprint to 60 percent of lot area in the R-1 Single-Family Residential-1 District under…

In Pharr's R-1 single-family district, a house and its attached structures can cover no more than 50 percent of the…

Plano's Zoning Ordinance caps how much of a lot a building and its accessory structures can cover, with the exact…

Richardson caps total building footprint at 32 percent of the lot in the R-1250-M single-family district, with a…

Rowlett caps residential accessory buildings, like sheds and detached garages, at whichever is smaller: the zoning…

San Antonio caps accessory structures, garages, sheds, workshops, at 50 percent of the combined side and rear yard area…

Sugar Land caps residential lot coverage at 40 percent in most single-family districts, rising to 50 percent in the…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code caps building lot coverage by place type instead of a single citywide number…

Temple caps building coverage on the rear half of most residential lots at 50%, per the UDC's dimensional standards…

Texarkana caps total building coverage at 40 percent of the lot in most residential districts, 50 percent in commercial…

Travis County caps impervious cover at 15% for single-family and duplex lots and 45% for commercial parcels under Code…

Waco caps how much of a lot can be covered by buildings and pavement, with the limit set by zoning district: 75 percent…

Cameron County sets no lot-coverage or floor-area ratio, since Texas counties cannot zone. Its Subdivision Rules do…

Guadalupe County sets no lot-coverage or impervious-surface limit. Texas counties cannot zone. Coverage caps in…

Hidalgo County sets no lot-coverage or floor-area ratio limit in unincorporated areas because Texas counties have no…

Mission's zoning code sets no maximum lot coverage percentage for single-family homes in the R-1, R-1A, and R-1T…

Williamson County sets no lot-coverage or impervious-surface limit. Texas counties cannot zone. Coverage caps in…