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Building height in Cape Coral, FL

What the Cape Coral zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.

R-1 — Single-Family Residential

Maximum building height 38 feet.

Table 4.1.3.B

RML — Residential Multi-Family Low

Maximum building height 50 feet.

Table 4.1.3.B

RMM — Residential Multi-Family Medium

Maximum building height 60 feet.

Table 4.1.3.B

RE — Residential Estate

Maximum building height 38 feet.

Table 4.1.3.B

C — Commercial

No maximum height is listed for the C district in Table 4.1.3.B (shown as 'None'). Confirm whether an overlay, PUD condition, or airport height zoning applies to the specific parcel.

Table 4.1.3.B

P — Professional Office

No maximum height is listed for the P district in Table 4.1.3.B (shown as 'None'). Confirm whether an overlay, PUD condition, or airport height zoning applies to the specific parcel.

Table 4.1.3.B

I — Industrial

No maximum height is listed for the I district in Table 4.1.3.B (shown as 'None'). Confirm whether an overlay, PUD condition, or airport height zoning applies to the specific parcel.

Table 4.1.3.B

INST — Institutional

Maximum building height 60 feet.

Table 4.1.3.B

CC — Commercial Corridor

No maximum height is listed for the CC district in Table 4.1.3.B (shown as 'None'). Confirm whether an overlay or PUD condition applies to the specific parcel.

Table 4.1.3.B

NC — Neighborhood Commercial

Table 4.1.3.B refers NC height standards to the district's own Table 4.2.12 ('See Table 4.2.12'); Table 4.2.12 itself has no maximum-height row (it sets FAR, density, and setbacks only). No numeric height cap for NC was found in either table. In the Urban Services Reserve Area, Sec. 4.2.12.E separately caps residential density (not height) at 4.4 d.u./acre and limits non-residential development to uses generating no more than 880 gallons of sewage per acre per day. Confirm whether an overlay, PUD condition, or citywide building code height limit applies before assuming NC has no height cap at all.

Table 4.1.3.B; Table 4.2.12

MX7 — Mixed-Use Seven Islands

Maximum building height 115 feet, or 8 stories, whichever governs per Table 4.1.3.B.

Table 4.1.3.B

MXB — Mixed-Use Bimini

Maximum building height 160 feet, or 12 stories, whichever governs per Table 4.1.3.B.

Table 4.1.3.B

SC — South Cape

Maximum building height 120 feet, or 10 stories, whichever governs per Table 4.1.3.B, confirmed by South Cape's own Table 4.2.15 baseline (10 stories/120 feet, whichever is less). A stepback rule applies near existing single-family zoning: any building or portion of a building within 200 feet of the R-1 zoning district is limited to 6 stories or 95 feet, whichever is less (Sec. 4.2.15.A.1). Elevator/stair bulkheads, solar energy systems, parking-structure shade devices, skylights, and architecturally screened mechanical equipment are excluded from the height calculation (Sec. 4.2.15.A.2).

Table 4.1.3.B

PUD — Planned Unit Development

Height limits for a PUD are set in the adopting ordinance and master concept plan, not in the citywide dimensional table (Sec. 3.4.7). Check the specific PUD ordinance for the parcel.

Sec. 3.4.7

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