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Setbacks in Troy, MI

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

R-1A — One-Family Residential

Front: 40 feet. Sides: 15 feet for the least one, 30 feet combined. Rear: 45 feet (Section 4.06.C).

Three supplemental rules can override these. A lot abutting a major arterial needs a 50 foot setback from the right-of-way (Section 4.06.D.1). A lot abutting I-75 needs 75 feet (Section 4.06.D.2). On a corner lot, the street-side yard equals the district side yard where the lot has a common rear-yard relationship with the lot behind it; otherwise it must equal the front setback and counts as a front yard (Section 4.06.D.3).

R-1B — One-Family Residential

Front: 40 feet. Sides: 10 feet for the least one, 25 feet combined. Rear: 45 feet (Section 4.06.C).

Three supplemental rules can override these. A lot abutting a major arterial needs a 50 foot setback from the right-of-way (Section 4.06.D.1). A lot abutting I-75 needs 75 feet (Section 4.06.D.2). On a corner lot, the street-side yard equals the district side yard where the lot has a common rear-yard relationship with the lot behind it; otherwise it must equal the front setback and counts as a front yard (Section 4.06.D.3).

R-1C — One-Family Residential

Front: 30 feet. Sides: 10 feet for the least one, 20 feet combined. Rear: 40 feet (Section 4.06.C).

Three supplemental rules can override these. A lot abutting a major arterial needs a 50 foot setback from the right-of-way (Section 4.06.D.1). A lot abutting I-75 needs 75 feet (Section 4.06.D.2). On a corner lot, the street-side yard equals the district side yard where the lot has a common rear-yard relationship with the lot behind it; otherwise it must equal the front setback and counts as a front yard (Section 4.06.D.3).

R-1D — One-Family Residential

Front: 25 feet. Sides: 8 feet for the least one, 20 feet combined. Rear: 40 feet (Section 4.06.C).

Three supplemental rules can override these. A lot abutting a major arterial needs a 50 foot setback from the right-of-way (Section 4.06.D.1). A lot abutting I-75 needs 75 feet (Section 4.06.D.2). On a corner lot, the street-side yard equals the district side yard where the lot has a common rear-yard relationship with the lot behind it; otherwise it must equal the front setback and counts as a front yard (Section 4.06.D.3).

R-1E — One-Family Residential

Front: 25 feet. Sides: 5 feet for the least one, 15 feet combined. Rear: 35 feet (Section 4.06.C).

Three supplemental rules can override these. A lot abutting a major arterial needs a 50 foot setback from the right-of-way (Section 4.06.D.1). A lot abutting I-75 needs 75 feet (Section 4.06.D.2). On a corner lot, the street-side yard equals the district side yard where the lot has a common rear-yard relationship with the lot behind it; otherwise it must equal the front setback and counts as a front yard (Section 4.06.D.3).

MF — Multiple-Family

Setbacks are 30 feet on all sides, with 30 feet between buildings on the same site (Section 4.08.C). Where the site abuts a one-family district, the setback on that side must equal the building height (Section 4.08.D.1). Lot coverage is capped at 35 percent (Section 4.08.C).

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