1F — One-Family Residential
Maximum 30 feet (§ 770-34D).
Building height in Royal Oak, MI
What the Royal Oak zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
1FL — One-Family Large Lot Residential
Maximum 30 feet (§ 770-35D).
2F — Two-Family Residential
Maximum 30 feet (§ 770-36D).
MF — Multiple-Family Residential
Maximum 36 feet (§ 770-37, as amended by Ord. 2021-11 on 12-6-2021).
OS — Office Service
Maximum 36 feet (§ 770-38D).
NB — Neighborhood Business
Maximum 36 feet (§ 770-39D).
NB2 — Neighborhood Business II
Maximum 36 feet (§ 770-40D).
CBD — Central Business District
Height in the Central Business District is tiered by distance from residential parcels (§ 770-42D):
- Adjacent to a residential parcel, or directly across an alley: 30 feet
- Less than 100 feet away: 50 feet
- 100 to 150 feet away: 75 feet
- 150 to 300 feet away: 100 feet
- Beyond 300 feet: 125 feet
The ordinance also lets the Planning Commission set height as it finds advisable, so confirm what applies to your site.
RB — Regional Business
Maximum 50 feet, unless the Planning Commission allows additional height after making the ordinance's required findings (§ 770-43D).
GB — General Business
Maximum 36 feet (§ 770-41D).
GI — General Industrial
Maximum 4 stories or 50 feet (§ 770-44D).
MU1 — Mixed Use 1
Maximum 36 feet, or up to 56 feet with Planning Commission findings (§ 770-45, as amended 12-6-2021).
MU2 — Mixed Use 2
Maximum 36 feet, or up to 56 feet with Planning Commission findings (§ 770-46, as amended 12-6-2021).
Get alerted when Royal Oak zoning rules change
$49/month. An email when a human-reviewed rule change is published for Royal Oak — with the citation, the date, and a link to the updated page. Quiet months get a short note confirming we checked. Cancel any time.
Alerts come only from reviewed changes, never from raw ordinance-site noise. Billing via Stripe; unsubscribe and cancellation links in every email.
Get the full picture for your property
Enter an address. We identify the zoning district and assemble what the ordinance says about it: permitted uses, dimensional rules, accessory structures, and the approval process.
District identification is free. The full brief is $79.