AG — Agricultural District
AG maximum principal-building height: 2.5 stories (Section 3.2.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
What the Franklin zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
AG maximum principal-building height: 2.5 stories (Section 3.2.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
ER maximum principal-building height: 2.5 stories (Section 3.3.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
R1 maximum principal-building height: 2.5 stories (Section 3.4.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
R2 maximum principal-building height: 2.5 stories (Section 3.5.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
R3 maximum principal-building height: 2.5 stories (Section 3.6.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
R4 maximum principal-building height: contextual, no more than one-half story above block-face average and never over 2.5 stories (Section 3.7.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
R6 maximum principal-building height: contextual street-facing height, never over 2 stories (Section 3.8.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
MR height is 2.5 stories for houses and multiplexes and 3 stories for duplexes and townhouses, with accessory structures separately limited.
OR maximum principal-building height is contextual: no more than one-half story above the average height of existing houses on the same block face, and never over 2 stories (Section 3.11.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
CI maximum principal-building height: 3 stories (Section 3.12.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
NC maximum principal-building height: 3 stories with 20 ft third-floor stepback, or 2.5 stories with pitched roof (Section 3.13.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
CC maximum principal-building height: 3 stories with 20 ft third-floor stepback for commercial/mixed-use; 2.5 stories for residential building types (Section 3.14.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
DD maximum principal-building height: 3 stories (Section 3.15.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
1ST maximum principal-building height: 3 stories generally, 2 stories on 1st Avenue S south of silos (Section 3.16.7). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
5TH maximum principal-building height: 2 stories with required second-story stepback in specified 5th Avenue N areas (Section 3.17.6). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
RC4 maximum principal-building height: 4 stories (Section 3.18.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
RC6 maximum principal-building height: 6 stories (Section 3.19.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
RC12 maximum principal-building height: 12 stories, subject to additional major-intersection height restrictions in Section 8.1.3 (Section 3.20.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
GO maximum principal-building height: 3 stories (Section 3.21.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
LI maximum principal-building height: 3 stories, but 2 stories on Harpeth Industrial Court (Section 3.22.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
HI maximum principal-building height: 3 stories (Section 3.23.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
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