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Setbacks in Indian Trail, NC

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

RSF — Rural Single-Family

Conventional development setbacks from Table 500-1: front 50 feet from boulevards and thoroughfares, 40 feet from all other streets; rear 40 feet; side 15 feet; corner lot street side 20 feet. Accessory structures: 5 feet from side and rear property lines, 10 feet on a corner lot street side. Verify against snapshot residential-table-500-1-1.png.

SF-1 — Single-Family, Low Density

Conventional development setbacks from Table 500-1: front 50 feet from boulevards and thoroughfares, 40 feet from all other streets; rear 40 feet; side 15 feet; corner lot street side 20 feet. Accessory structures: 5 feet from side and rear property lines, 10 feet on a corner lot street side. Verify against snapshot residential-table-500-1-1.png.

SF-2 — Single-Family, Low to Medium Density

Conventional development setbacks from Table 500-1: front 40 feet from boulevards and thoroughfares, 30 feet from all other streets; rear 40 feet; side 12 feet; corner lot street side 17 feet. Accessory structures: 5 feet from side and rear property lines, 10 feet on a corner lot street side. Verify against snapshot residential-table-500-1-1.png.

SF-3 — Single Family, Medium Density

Conventional development setbacks from Table 500-1: front 40 feet from boulevards and thoroughfares, 30 feet from all other streets; rear 40 feet; side 12 feet; corner lot street side 17 feet. Accessory structures: 5 feet from side and rear property lines, 10 feet on a corner lot street side. Verify against snapshot residential-table-500-1-1.png.

SF-4 — Single-Family, Medium to High Density

Conventional development setbacks from Table 500-1: front 40 feet from boulevards and thoroughfares, 30 feet from all other streets; rear 40 feet; side 10 feet; corner lot street side 15 feet. Accessory structures: 5 feet from side and rear property lines, 10 feet on a corner lot street side. Verify against snapshot residential-table-500-1-1.png.

SF-5 — Single-Family, High Density

Conventional development setbacks from Table 500-1: front 30 feet from boulevards and thoroughfares, 25 feet from all other streets; rear 30 feet; side 10 feet; corner lot street side 15 feet. Accessory structures: 5 feet from side and rear property lines, 10 feet on a corner lot street side. Verify against snapshot residential-table-500-1-1.png.

MFR — Multi-Family Residential

Conventional development setbacks from Table 500-1: front 30 feet from boulevards and thoroughfares, 25 feet from all other streets; rear 30 feet; side 10 feet; corner lot street side 15 feet. Accessory structures: - feet from side and rear property lines, - feet on a corner lot street side. Verify against snapshot residential-table-500-1-1.png.

NBD — Neighborhood Business District

Front setback 25; 15 if parking is located behind building. Rear setback 12.5 (not abutting residential); 15 (abutting residential). Side setback 10 (not abutting residential); 15 (abutting residential). See snapshot commercial-lot-building-1.png for the abutting-residential and street-side variants.

GBD — General Business District

Front setback 25; 15 if parking is located behind building. Rear setback 12.5 (not abutting residential); 20 (abutting residential). Side setback 10 (not abutting residential); 20 (abutting residential). See snapshot commercial-lot-building-1.png for the abutting-residential and street-side variants.

RBD — Regional Business District

Front setback 40; 20 if parking is located behind building. Rear setback 20 (not abutting residential); 20 (abutting residential). Side setback 10 (not abutting residential); 20 (abutting residential). See snapshot commercial-lot-building-1.png for the abutting-residential and street-side variants.

DCD — Downtown Core District

Front setback None. Rear setback None (not abutting residential); 15 max. (abutting residential). Side setback 10 max. (not abutting residential); 15 max. (abutting residential). Downtown setbacks use maximum limits in DCD and minimums in DTD/DTD-R; see snapshot downtown-1.png.

DTD — Downtown Transitional District

Front setback 10. Rear setback 15 min. (not abutting residential); 30 min. (abutting residential). Side setback 10 min. (not abutting residential); 15 min. (abutting residential). Downtown setbacks use maximum limits in DCD and minimums in DTD/DTD-R; see snapshot downtown-1.png.

DTD-R — Downtown Transitional, Residential District

Front setback 25. Rear setback 30 min. (not abutting residential); 30 min. (abutting residential). Side setback 10 min. (not abutting residential); 15 min. (abutting residential). Downtown setbacks use maximum limits in DCD and minimums in DTD/DTD-R; see snapshot downtown-1.png.

L-I — Light Industrial

Front setback 50 feet. Rear setback 50 (not abutting residential); 60 (abutting residential). Side setback 20 (not abutting residential); 25 (abutting residential).

H-I — Heavy Industrial

Front setback 50 feet. Rear setback 50 (not abutting residential); 60 (abutting residential). Side setback 20 (not abutting residential); 25 (abutting residential).

I — Institutional

Front setback 50 feet. Rear setback 50 (not abutting residential); 60 (abutting residential). Side setback 20 (not abutting residential); 25 (abutting residential).

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