RE — One-Family Residential Estate
Maximum 2 stories and 35 feet. Height measurement exceptions are listed in § 138-5.202.
Building height in Rochester Hills, MI
What the Rochester Hills zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
R-1 — One-Family Residential
Maximum 2 stories and 35 feet. Height measurement exceptions are listed in § 138-5.202.
R-2 — One-Family Residential
Maximum 2 stories and 35 feet. Height measurement exceptions are listed in § 138-5.202.
R-3 — One-Family Residential
Base maximum is 2 stories and 30 feet. On lots at least 13,500 square feet, height may reach 35 feet only if each minimum side yard and the combined side-yard minimum increase by 0.5 foot for each foot or fraction above 30, and the height does not exceed 190% of the existing dwelling on a lot with a common side lot line. Height is capped at 24 feet on lots 60 feet wide or less OR where the side yard is reduced under footnote D (§ 138-5.101.P).
R-4 — One-Family Residential
Base maximum is 2 stories and 30 feet. On lots at least 13,500 square feet, height may reach 35 feet only if each minimum side yard and the combined side-yard minimum increase by 0.5 foot for each foot or fraction above 30, and the height does not exceed 190% of the existing dwelling on a lot with a common side lot line. Height is capped at 24 feet on lots 60 feet wide or less OR where the side yard is reduced under footnote D (§ 138-5.101.P).
R-5 — One-Family Residential
Maximum 2.5 stories or 35 feet.
RCD — One-Family Residential Cluster
Section 138-6.207 incorporates the R-3 height and bulk provisions. Base maximum is 2 stories and 30 feet. On lots at least 13,500 square feet, height may reach 35 feet only if each minimum side yard and the combined side-yard minimum increase by 0.5 foot for each foot or fraction above 30, and the height does not exceed 190% of the existing dwelling on a lot with a common side lot line. Height is capped at 24 feet on lots 60 feet wide or less OR where the side yard is reduced under footnote D (§ 138-5.101.P).
RM-1 — Multiple-Family Residential
Maximum 2.5 stories and 30 feet.
RMH — Manufactured Housing Park
Buildings must meet the R-1 height requirements incorporated by § 138-6.403: maximum 2 stories and 35 feet under Table 6. This height reference does not import all R-1 lot-size or coverage standards into a manufactured-home park.
MR — Mixed Residential (overlay)
Maximum building height is 2.5 stories and 30 feet.
NB — Neighborhood Business
Maximum 2 stories and 30 feet.
CB — Community Business
Maximum 2 stories and 30 feet.
HB — Highway Business
Maximum 3 stories and 42 feet.
FB — Flex Business (overlay)
Base maximum 2 stories and 30 feet. Maximum 3 stories and 45 feet applies to parcels at least 3 acres along Rochester Road or at least 4 acres elsewhere. Sites at least 10 acres may seek conditional approval for one additional story/15 feet, subject to privacy, sunlight, third-place-of-interest and increased-setback conditions.
BD — Brooklands District
Base maximum 2 stories and 30 feet. Conditional approval may allow 3 stories and 45 feet, subject to § 138-6.302.B conditions. The top story must step back 10 feet on the front along Auburn Road and on all rear facades; additional architectural and adjacency requirements apply.
O — Office Business
Base maximum 3 stories and 42 feet. Increased-height approval follows § 138-5.101.Q: conditional use on sites smaller than 5 acres, Planning Commission review on sites at least 5 acres; pitched-roof ceiling 55 feet. Abutting residential zoning requires two additional feet of yard for each foot of height above 30. Apply all conditions of Q rather than treating 55 feet as an ordinary entitlement.
I — Industrial
Maximum 3 stories and 42 feet.
SP — Special Purpose
Maximum 2 stories and 30 feet.
EC — Employment Center
Base maximum 3 stories and 42 feet. Increased-height approval follows § 138-5.101.Q: conditional use on sites smaller than 5 acres, Planning Commission review on sites at least 5 acres; pitched-roof ceiling 55 feet. Abutting residential zoning requires two additional feet of yard for each foot of height above 30. Apply all conditions of Q rather than treating 55 feet as an ordinary entitlement.
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