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Building height in Franklin, TN

What the Franklin zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.

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.

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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