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.
Building height in Franklin, TN
What the Franklin zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
ER — Estate Residential District
ER maximum principal-building height: 2.5 stories (Section 3.3.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
R1 — Residential 1 District
R1 maximum principal-building height: 2.5 stories (Section 3.4.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
R2 — Residential 2 District
R2 maximum principal-building height: 2.5 stories (Section 3.5.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
R3 — Residential 3 District
R3 maximum principal-building height: 2.5 stories (Section 3.6.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
R4 — Residential 4 District
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 — Residential 6 District
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 — Mixed Residential District
MR height is 2.5 stories for houses and multiplexes and 3 stories for duplexes and townhouses, with accessory structures separately limited.
OR — Office Residential District
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 — Civic Institutional District
CI maximum principal-building height: 3 stories (Section 3.12.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
NC — Neighborhood Commercial District
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 — Central Commercial District
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 — Downtown District
DD maximum principal-building height: 3 stories (Section 3.15.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
1ST — 1st Avenue District
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 — 5th Avenue North District
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 — Regional Commerce 4 District
RC4 maximum principal-building height: 4 stories (Section 3.18.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
RC6 — Regional Commerce 6 District
RC6 maximum principal-building height: 6 stories (Section 3.19.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
RC12 — Regional Commerce 12 District
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 — General Office District
GO maximum principal-building height: 3 stories (Section 3.21.5). Accessory-structure height is separately limited in the same section.
LI — Light Industrial District
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 — Heavy Industrial District
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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