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Setbacks in Celina, TX

What the Celina zoning ordinance says about setbacks, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.

CCOLO — Collin County Outer Loop Overlay

District boundary: 750 feet from the right-of-way line of the Collin County Outer Loop service roads, plus property beyond that line with direct access to the Outer Loop. Single-family subdivisions approved or platted before the adopting ordinance (October 8, 2019) are excluded.

SF-R — Single-Family Residential Detached

Combined front and rear (sliding) setback: 40 feet total, excluding the garage, with a minimum of 10 feet on either side. Garage setback: 20 feet minimum (to allow tandem parking). Side yard: 5 feet. Side yard on a corner (measured from curb): 15 feet, or 10 feet from the pavement edge if there is no curb.

SF-A — Single-Family Residential Attached

Combined front and rear (sliding) setback: 30 feet total, excluding the garage, minimum 10 feet on either side. Garage setback: 20 feet minimum. Side yard: 5 feet for buildings of 3 to 6 units, 10 feet for 7 to 10 units. Side yard on a corner: 15 feet.

SF-M — Single-Family Manufactured Home

Front yard: 25 feet. Side yard: 5 feet (15 feet on a corner). Rear yard: 10 feet.

DNTO — Dallas North Tollway Overlay

Suburban Subzone: 1,000 feet from the frontage road right-of-way along the Dallas North Tollway. High-Rise Subzone: a 2,500-foot band from the northern limit of Mobberly Road (CR 8) to the southern limit of Punk Carter Parkway (CR 7). Subzones may expand 20 percent to accommodate a more intense project. Single-family subdivisions platted before Ordinance 2018-63 (11/13/18) are excluded from the overlay.

SF-E — Single-Family Residential Estate

Front yard: 40 feet. Side yard: 20 feet (30 feet on a corner lot). Rear yard: 25 feet. Gated entry driveways must set the gate back 25 feet from the edge of pavement.

MF-1 — Multi-Family, Garden Style

Where a multi-family development is adjacent to a single-family district or land planned single-family: 1-2 story buildings need a 40-foot setback (20-foot landscape buffer within it); 3-story buildings need 60 feet (30-foot buffer); 4+ story buildings need 100 feet (40-foot buffer). Buildings on the same parcel: minimum 50 feet face-to-face, 30 feet face-to-end, corner-to-face/end, and end-to-end (Sec. 14.02.302(c)(7), Table 3).

MF-2 — Multi-Family, Urban Edge

Where adjacent to a single-family district or land planned single-family: 1-2 story buildings need 40 feet (20-foot buffer); 3-story need 60 feet (30-foot buffer); 4+ story need 100 feet (40-foot buffer). Buildings must be a minimum of 2 stories and courts between opposite walls must be at least 30 feet apart (Sec. 14.02.303(c)(2)-(3)).

MF-3 — Multi-Family, Urban Living

Where adjacent to a single-family district or land planned single-family: 1-2 story buildings need 40 feet (20-foot buffer); 3-story need 60 feet (30-foot buffer); 4+ story need 100 feet (40-foot buffer).

CF — Community Facilities

Minimum front yard 20 feet. Other setbacks (adjacent to single-family or other district types) follow the citywide non-residential adjacency tables in Sec. 14.02.401(c)(2)-(3): 40 feet (1-2 story) to 100 feet (4+ story) next to single-family, or 10 feet next to non-single-family districts.

C — Commercial, Office, & Retail

Minimum front yard 20 feet. Other setbacks (adjacent to single-family or other district types) follow the citywide non-residential adjacency tables in Sec. 14.02.401(c)(2)-(3): 40 feet (1-2 story) to 100 feet (4+ story) next to single-family, or 10 feet next to non-single-family districts.

I — Industrial

Minimum front yard 20 feet. Other setbacks (adjacent to single-family or other district types) follow the citywide non-residential adjacency tables in Sec. 14.02.401(c)(2)-(3): 40 feet (1-2 story) to 100 feet (4+ story) next to single-family, or 10 feet next to non-single-family districts.

AG — Agricultural

Minimum front yard 50 feet. Agricultural accessory structures housing livestock must be set back at least 100 feet from any single-family district. Other setbacks follow the citywide non-residential adjacency tables in Sec. 14.02.401(c)(2)-(3).

MU — Mixed-Use

Height, area, lot, and setback standards are set 'in keeping with the urban character sought in the development' rather than a fixed citywide chart (Sec. 14.02.406(c)); exact figures are set per Planned Development. Get the adopting PD ordinance for the specific MU property.

PD — Planned Development

Setbacks, lot area, lot width, lot depth, building height, building materials, lot coverage, and other dimensional standards are set individually in each PD's adopting ordinance; standards not addressed there default to the base Zoning Ordinance (Sec. 14.02.501(f)(5)).

PRO — Preston Road Overlay

District boundary: 750 feet from the right-of-way line on both sides of State Highway 289 (Preston Road), plus any property beyond 750 feet with access to Preston Road (Sec. 14.02.502(c)). Buildings, parking, and drive aisles: minimum 40 feet setback from Preston Road (Sec. 14.02.502(d)(2)).

OT-R — Old Town Residential

Using The Verandas District as the closest Downtown Code analogue to OT-R: front setback is a build-to-zone of 20 to 30 feet (buildings should be set back consistently within that range); side and rear setbacks are a minimum of 10 feet from the property line. Corner building street facades, porches, and fences must build to the setback range within 15 feet of the corner (or the corner lot width, whichever is less). Maximum lot coverage 60 percent; minimum landscape area 25 percent. This is a form-based, place-type standard, not a numeric match to OT-R by name; confirm the parcel's Downtown Code district on the Regulating Plan before relying on these figures.

OT — Old Town / Downtown District

Using Patio Commons as the closest Downtown Code analogue to OT's mixed-use core: front setback is a build-to-zone (see Downtown Code p. 2-18); rear setback minimum 5 feet; side setback not applicable in this district's block form. No fixed maximum lot coverage or minimum landscape area is stated for Patio Commons (both listed as not applicable, reflecting the district's near-full lot coverage urban form). Corner building facades, porches, and fences build to the setback range within 15 feet of the corner or the corner lot width, whichever is less. This is a form-based, place-type standard; confirm the parcel's actual Downtown Code district before relying on these figures, since OT parcels away from the original square may fall in The Bricks, Entertainment, Preston Streams, or Gateway East instead, each with its own envelope.

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