AG — Agricultural District
AG principal-building setbacks: front 225 ft, side 50 ft, rear 100 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.2.5).
What the Franklin zoning ordinance says about setbacks, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
AG principal-building setbacks: front 225 ft, side 50 ft, rear 100 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.2.5).
ER principal-building setbacks: front 150 ft, side 35 ft, rear 65 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.3.5).
R1 principal-building setbacks: front 60 ft, side 25 ft, rear 50 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.4.5).
R2 principal-building setbacks: front 20 ft, side 10 ft, rear 40 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.5.5).
R3 principal-building setbacks: front 20 ft, side 10 ft, rear 30 ft; alley garage setbacks come from the building type. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.6.5).
R4 principal-building setbacks: contextual front setback based on existing buildings on the block face, side 7 ft, rear 20 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.7.5).
R6 principal-building setbacks: contextual front setback based on existing buildings on the block face and not less than 10 ft, side 5 ft, rear 15 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.8.5).
MR has separate dimensional tables. Houses and multiplexes use 10 ft front, 5 ft side, and 15 ft rear setbacks; duplexes and townhouses use 8 ft front, 0 ft on common-wall side lot lines, 5 ft on other side lines, and 15 ft rear. Alley garage setbacks come from the building type.
PD dimensional standards follow the approved development plan. Do not use a neighboring base district standard unless the approved plan or ordinance says so.
OR principal-building setbacks: front 10 ft or no closer than the closest adjacent building, whichever is larger; side 7 ft; rear 30 ft; alley garage setbacks come from the building type. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.11.5).
CI principal-building setbacks: front 25 ft abutting a local or collector street, 75 ft abutting an arterial street; side 25 ft; rear 25 ft. Appurtenance encroachments are limited to the front yard, 6 ft max (Section 3.12.5).
NC principal-building setbacks: front 10 to 45 ft, side 5 ft minimum, rear 25 ft minimum. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.13.5).
CC principal-building setbacks: front 5 to 25 ft, Franklin Road front 20 ft minimum, side 5 ft minimum, rear 20 ft minimum. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.14.5).
DD principal-building setbacks: front within the range of historic structures on the block face; side 0 ft for commercial/mixed-use and 10 ft for others; rear 5 ft for commercial/mixed-use and civic, 15 ft for others. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.15.5).
1ST principal-building setbacks: front 10 to 20 ft, Bridge Street 0 to 10 ft, side 7 ft, Main Street side 0 to 10 ft, rear 15 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.16.7).
5TH principal-building setbacks: front 0 to 25 ft, side 0 ft minimum, rear 5 ft minimum. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.17.6).
RC4 principal-building setbacks: front 5 to 30 ft on collector/local/internal drives, 20 to 85 ft on arterials, side 15 ft, rear 25 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.18.5).
RC6 principal-building setbacks: front 5 to 30 ft on collector/local/internal drives, 20 to 85 ft on arterials, side 15 ft, rear 25 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.19.5).
RC12 principal-building setbacks: front 5 to 30 ft on collector/local/internal drives, 20 to 85 ft on arterials, side 15 ft, rear 25 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.20.5).
GO principal-building setbacks: front 25 ft, side 25 ft, rear 40 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.21.5).
LI principal-building setbacks: front 30 ft, side 10 ft, rear 25 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.22.5).
HI principal-building setbacks: front 30 ft, side 15 ft, rear 25 ft. Appurtenances and steps have separate encroachment allowances in the same section (Section 3.23.5).
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