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Setbacks in Buckeye, AZ

What the Buckeye zoning ordinance says about setbacks, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.

AG — Agricultural

Front: 40 feet (front-loaded garage also 40 feet). Side: 40 feet. Rear: 40 feet. An additional 5 feet applies on corner lots adjacent to a public arterial right-of-way; accessory buildings must stay at least 3 feet from any property line (notes 3 and 4).

R1-43 — Single-Family Residential 43

Front: 40 feet (front-loaded garage also 40 feet). Side: 20 feet. Rear: 30 feet. An additional 5 feet applies on corner lots adjacent to a public arterial right-of-way (note 3).

R1-18 — Single-Family Residential 18

Front: 25 feet (front-loaded garage also 25 feet). Side: 15 feet. Rear: 30 feet.

R1-10 — Single-Family Residential 10

Front: 20 feet (front-loaded garage also 20 feet). Side: 10 feet. Rear: 25 feet.

R1-6 — Single-Family Residential 6

Front: 12 feet (front-loaded garage 20 feet). Side: 0 feet with 10-foot aggregate. Rear: 20 feet.

R1-3 — Single-Family Residential 3

Front: 12 feet (front-loaded garage 20 feet). Side: 5 feet; may be reduced to 0 feet with 0-foot aggregate for single-family attached dwellings where each unit attaches at the side property line (note 6). Rear: 10 feet.

R1-1 — Residential 1

Front: 0 feet (front-loaded garage 20 feet). Side: 0 feet with 5-foot aggregate (note 6). Rear: 8 feet.

MF-1 — Multi-Family 1

Front: 15 feet (front-loaded garage 20 feet). Side: 0 feet with 10-foot aggregate (note 6). Rear: 15 feet. For multi-family development, any side setback adjacent to a public right-of-way equals the front setback (note 3).

MF-2 — Multi-Family 2

Front: 0 feet (front-loaded garage 20 feet). Side: 0 feet. Rear: 10 feet.

MH — Mobile Home/RV Park

Front: 20 feet; no separate front-loaded garage figure is listed for MH (that cell is blank in the table). Side: 5 feet. Rear: 10 feet.

CMU — Community Mixed-Use

Front/streetside: maximum 20 feet. No side or rear setback figures are listed for CMU.

RMU — Regional Mixed-Use

Front/streetside: maximum 20 feet. No side or rear setback figures are listed for RMU.

IMU — Industrial Mixed-Use

Front/streetside: adjacent to arterial 40 feet, all others 20 feet. Side: adjacent to residential district 75 feet, adjacent to rail right-of-way 0 feet, all others 20 feet. Rear: same values as side. Corner lots require a minimum 10-foot side setback on street sides (note 1); where alleys are used, a minimum 30-foot building-face to building-face separation applies across the alley (note 2).

DC — Downtown Commercial

Front/streetside setback for DC refers to Sec. 5.13.4.H rather than a numeric figure in Table 4.1-2. No side or rear setback figures are listed for DC; those cells are blank in the table. Confirm the specific standard with Planning and Zoning or the cited subsection.

DR — Downtown Residential

Rear setback 5 feet. Front setback refers to Sec. 5.13.4.H rather than a numeric figure in Table 4.1-2. Confirm the specific front standard with Planning and Zoning or the cited subsection.

PO — Professional Office

Front/streetside: 10 feet. Side: 10 feet. Rear: adjacent to residential district 20 feet; no figure is listed for other cases (the ordinance's own table leaves this cell blank).

C-1 — Neighborhood Commercial

Front/streetside: 15 feet. Side: adjacent to residential district 30 feet; the ordinance's own table leaves the "all others" cell blank (an em dash), meaning no separate minimum is stated for non-residential-adjacent side lines. Rear: same pattern as side, adjacent to residential district 30 feet.

C-2 — Community Commercial

Front/streetside: 20 feet. Side: adjacent to residential district 50 feet; the ordinance's own table leaves the "all others" cell blank (an em dash). Rear: same pattern, adjacent to residential district 50 feet.

C-3 — Regional Commercial

Front/streetside: 30 feet. Side: adjacent to residential district 80 feet; the ordinance's own table leaves the "all others" cell blank (an em dash). Rear: same pattern, adjacent to residential district 80 feet.

BP — Business Park

Setback from peripheral property line: 25 feet; adjacent to a residential district: 50 feet. These two figures fill a single merged cell covering the front, side, and rear rows for BP in the table.

I-1 — Light Industrial

Front/streetside: adjacent to arterial 40 feet, all others 20 feet. Side: adjacent to residential district 75 feet, adjacent to rail right-of-way (blank in the table), all others 20 feet. Rear: same pattern as side.

I-2 — Heavy Industrial

Front/streetside: adjacent to arterial 50 feet, all others 20 feet. Side: adjacent to residential district 200 feet, adjacent to rail right-of-way (blank in the table), all others 20 feet. Rear: same pattern as side.

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