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Setbacks in Goodyear, AZ

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

PFD — Public Facilities District

Front, side, and rear: none required in the base table (buildings adjacent to a residential use or district still carry setback tied to building height). Street side: 30 feet.

AG — Agricultural

Front: 20 feet (measured to patios, livable space, and side entry garages), front-facing garage 20 feet. Side: 20 feet, total both sides 40 feet. Street side: 100 feet. Rear: 100 feet.

AU — Agricultural-Urban

Front: 20 feet, front-facing garage 20 feet. Side: 15 feet, total both sides 30 feet. Street side: 30 feet. Rear: 50 feet.

R1-10 — Single Family Residential (Detached)

Front: 10 feet, front-facing garage 20 feet. Side: 10 feet, total both sides 20 feet. Street side: 20 feet. Rear: 30 feet.

R1-7 — Single Family Residential (Detached)

Front: 10 feet, front-facing garage 20 feet. Side: 5 feet, total both sides 15 feet. Street side: 15 feet. Rear: 25 feet.

R1-6 — Single Family Residential (Detached)

Front: 10 feet, front-facing garage 20 feet. Side: 5 feet, total both sides 15 feet (reducible to 10 feet with Table 3-2-3-E design elements). Street side: 10 feet. Rear: 20 feet (reducible to 0 feet for a rear-facing garage accessed by a private alley, subject to fire separation).

R1-4 — Single Family Residential (Detached)

Front: 10 feet, front-facing garage 20 feet. Side: 5 feet, total both sides 15 feet (reducible to 10 feet with Table 3-2-3-E design elements). Street side: 10 feet. Rear: 20 feet (reducible to 0 feet for a rear-facing garage accessed by a private alley, subject to fire separation).

R1-A — Single Family Residential (Attached)

Front: 10 feet. Where homes face a collector street, front porches may face the street if set back at least 10 feet from the sidewalk with no vehicular access to individual lots from the collector; front-setback walls are capped at 4 feet and parallel walls must be at least 14 feet apart (Table 3-2-3-A footnote 4). Side: 0 feet for attached walls, but building separation of at least 5 feet is required between structures (footnote 6); total both sides may reduce to 10 feet under Sec. 3-2-3-D (footnote 7). Street side: 10 feet; a side porch or patio on an attached townhome facing the street may encroach up to 4 feet into the street side setback with a wall height capped at 40 inches (footnote 8). Rear: 15 feet, reducible to 0 feet where a rear-facing garage is accessed by a private alley, subject to fire separation (footnote 9).

R1-C — Single Family Residential (Court Home)

Front: 5 feet; increases to 10 feet if the abutting public or private street does not provide direct vehicular access to the home, for example an alley-loaded product facing a walkway street (Table 3-2-3-A footnote 5). Side: 0 feet, total both sides 10 feet. Street side: 10 feet. Rear: 15 feet.

R2 — Two Family Residential

Front: 20 feet, front-facing garage 20 feet. Side: 5 feet, total both sides 15 feet. Street side: 20 feet. Rear: 20 feet.

MF-12 — Multi-Family Residential (12 du/ac)

Front: 30 feet. Street side: 20 feet. Side (except street side): 20 feet. Accessory building height is capped at 12 feet.

MF-18 — Multi-Family Residential (18 du/ac)

Front: 30 feet. Street side: 30 feet. Side (except street side): 30 feet. Accessory building height is capped at 12 feet.

MF-24 — Multi-Family Residential (24 du/ac)

Front: 30 feet. Street side: 30 feet. Side (except street side): 20 feet. Accessory building height is capped at 12 feet.

MHS — Manufactured Home Subdivision

Front: 20 feet. Street side: 15 feet. Side (except street side): 5 feet. Accessory building height is capped at 12 feet.

MH/RVP — Manufactured Home or Recreational Vehicle Park

Front: 10 feet. Street side: 10 feet. Side (except street side): 10 feet, total both sides 5 feet per the table. Accessory building height is capped at 12 feet.

CO — Commercial Office District

Front: 30 feet. Side: 20 feet (buildings adjacent to a residential use or district carry additional setback tied to building height, Sec. 3-3-7-B-6-c). Rear: 20 feet. Street side: 30 feet. Buildings over 30 feet add 1 foot of setback for each foot of height above 30 feet where footnoted.

C-1 — Neighborhood Commercial District

Front: 30 feet (measured from the nearest public street for a qualifying unified commercial development). Side: 20 feet (buildings adjacent to a residential use or district carry additional setback tied to building height). Rear: 20 feet. Street side: 30 feet.

C-2 — General Commercial District

Front: 30 feet (measured from the nearest public street for a qualifying unified commercial development; buildings over 30 feet add 1 foot of setback per foot of extra height). Side and rear: not applicable in the base table (buildings adjacent to a residential use or district carry setback tied to building height, Sec. 3-3-7-B-6-c). Street side: 30 feet (same height-based addition).

CBD — Central Business District

Front, side, and rear: none required in the base table (buildings adjacent to a residential use or district still carry setback tied to building height, Sec. 3-3-7-B-6-c). Street side: 30 feet.

BPD — Business Park District

Front: 30 feet (measured from the nearest public street for a qualifying unified commercial development). Side and rear: not applicable in the base table (buildings adjacent to a residential use or district carry setback tied to building height). Street side: 30 feet.

I-1 — Light Industrial Park

Front: 30 feet. Side: 30 feet per side, with a 10 foot landscaped strip adjacent to the property line. Rear: 20 feet. Street side: 30 feet.

I-2 — General Industrial Park

Front: 50 feet. Side: 30 feet per side, with a 10 foot landscaped strip adjacent to the property line. Rear: 50 feet. Street side: 30 feet.

PAD — Planned Area Development (Final)

Setbacks are set in the parcel's own final development plan; where not otherwise specified, standards for the district most nearly matching the proposed use and intensity apply (Sec. 3-5-4-A-3). review-gated: exact figures for a given PAD require pulling that PAD's adopting ordinance.

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