AG — Agricultural District
AG lot standards: 15 acres; 200 ft width; 160 ft front lot line (Section 3.2.5).
Lot size and width in Franklin, TN
What the Franklin zoning ordinance says about lot size and width, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
ER — Estate Residential District
ER lot standards: 2 acres; 150 ft width; 120 ft front lot line (Section 3.3.5).
R1 — Residential 1 District
R1 lot standards: 30,000 sq ft; 100 ft width; 80 ft front lot line, reducible to 30 ft on cul-de-sac turning radius (Section 3.4.5).
R2 — Residential 2 District
R2 lot standards: 15,000 sq ft; 75 ft width; 60 ft front lot line, reducible to 30 ft on cul-de-sac turning radius (Section 3.5.5).
R3 — Residential 3 District
R3 lot standards: 9,000 sq ft; 65 ft width; 52 ft front lot line, reducible to 30 ft on cul-de-sac turning radius (Section 3.6.5).
R4 — Residential 4 District
R4 lot standards: 75 percent of average lot size and width on the same block face, but not less than 6,500 sq ft and 60 ft wide (Section 3.7.5).
R6 — Residential 6 District
R6 lot standards: 4,000 sq ft; 40 ft width; 40 ft front lot line (Section 3.8.5).
MR — Mixed Residential District
MR lot standards vary by building type and garage orientation. Houses and multiplexes range from 4,000 to 7,150 sq ft minimum lot size depending on alley-loaded or frontage-facing garage configuration. Duplex and townhouse lots are listed at 2,275 sq ft and 18 ft width per dwelling-unit lot.
OR — Office Residential District
OR lot standards are contextual: minimum lot size is 75 percent of the average lot size of existing lots on the same block face, but never less than 6,500 sq ft; lot width is 75 percent of the block-face average, but never less than 60 ft; front lot line is 80 percent of minimum lot width (Section 3.11.5).
CI — Civic Institutional District
CI has no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table (Section 3.12.5).
NC — Neighborhood Commercial District
NC lot standards: no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table (Section 3.13.5).
CC — Central Commercial District
CC lot standards: no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table (Section 3.14.5).
DD — Downtown District
DD lot standards: no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table (Section 3.15.5).
1ST — 1st Avenue District
1ST lot standards: no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table; floodplain protection also applies (Section 3.16.7).
5TH — 5th Avenue North District
5TH lot standards: no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table; floodplain protection also applies (Section 3.17.6).
RC4 — Regional Commerce 4 District
RC4 lot standards: no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table (Section 3.18.5).
RC6 — Regional Commerce 6 District
RC6 lot standards: no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table (Section 3.19.5).
RC12 — Regional Commerce 12 District
RC12 lot standards: no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table (Section 3.20.5).
GO — General Office District
GO lot standards: no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table (Section 3.21.5).
LI — Light Industrial District
LI lot standards: no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table (Section 3.22.5).
HI — Heavy Industrial District
HI lot standards: no fixed minimum lot size, width, or front lot line in the district table (Section 3.23.5).
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