What the Forney zoning ordinance says about setbacks, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
Front: 60 feet. Side: 10 percent of lot width up to a maximum of 30 feet (25 feet from a street right-of-way for a corner lot). Rear: 25 feet for the main building and any accessory building(s), 12 feet from a main building to an accessory building.
Front: 40 feet. Side: 10 percent of lot width up to a maximum of 30 feet (25 feet from a street right-of-way for a corner lot). Rear: 20 feet for main and accessory buildings, 25 feet for rear garage entry, 12 feet from a main building to an accessory building.
Front: 40 feet. Side: 10 percent of lot width up to a maximum of 30 feet (25 feet from a street right-of-way for a corner lot). Rear: 20 feet for main and accessory buildings, 25 feet for rear garage entry, 12 feet from a main building to an accessory building.
Front: 30 feet. Side: 8 feet interior (15 feet corner lot on a residential or collector street, 20 feet corner lot on an arterial street). Rear: 20 feet for main and accessory buildings, 25 feet for rear garage entry, 10 feet from a main building to an accessory building.
Front: 25 feet. Side: 6 feet interior (15 feet corner lot on a residential or collector street, 20 feet corner lot on an arterial street). Rear: 10 feet for main and accessory buildings, 25 feet for rear garage entry, 10 feet from a main building to an accessory building.
Front: 25 feet. Side: 6 feet interior (15 feet corner lot on a residential or collector street, 20 feet corner lot on an arterial street). Rear: 10 feet for main and accessory buildings, 25 feet for rear garage entry, 10 feet from a main building to an accessory building.
Front: 25 feet. Side: 6 feet interior (15 feet corner lot on a residential or collector street, 20 feet corner lot on an arterial street). Rear: 10 feet for main and accessory buildings, 25 feet for rear garage entry, 10 feet from a main building to an accessory building.
Front: 20 feet (25 feet to the garage door face for front-entry homes). Side: one side yard reduced to zero feet, the other side yard minimum 10 feet (15 feet corner lot on a residential or collector street, 20 feet corner lot on an arterial street). Rear: 10 feet for main and accessory buildings, 25 feet for rear garage entry, 10 feet from a main building to an accessory building.
Front: 20 feet (25 feet to the garage door face for front-entry homes). Side: one side yard reduced to zero feet where units join, other side minimum 6 feet (15 feet corner lot on a residential or collector street, 20 feet corner lot on an arterial street). Rear: 10 feet for main and accessory buildings, 25 feet for rear garage entry, 10 feet from a main building to an accessory building.
Front: 15 feet, staggered in 4-foot increments per block-face rules in Sec. 23.4.B.1; no front-entry garages. Side: no interior side yard between attached units (15 feet corner lot on a residential or collector street, 20 feet corner lot on an arterial street). Rear: 10 feet for main and accessory buildings, 25 feet for rear garage entry, 10 feet from a main building to an accessory building.
Front: 30 feet (all areas adjacent to a street are front yards). Side and rear: 15 feet, except when adjacent to a single-family, duplex, patio home or attached single-family district, where the setback scales with building height: 25 feet (1 story), 50 feet (2 story), 75 feet (over 2 stories).
Front: 25 feet from a dedicated street (15 feet from a private street or drive). Side: 10 feet (20 feet between units, 20 feet from a zoning district boundary; 15 feet corner lot residential/collector street, 20 feet corner lot arterial street). Rear: 10 feet (20 feet from a zoning district boundary). Garage entry side: 25 feet.
Front: 25 feet from ultimate right-of-way (all street-adjacent yards count as front yards). Side and rear: 15 feet, unless adjacent to a residential district, where the setback is 20 feet for a one-story building plus 20 feet for each additional story.
Front: 25 feet from ultimate right-of-way (all street-adjacent yards count as front yards). Side and rear: 15 feet, unless adjacent to a residential district, where the setback is 20 feet for a one-story building plus 20 feet for each additional story. No side yard required between adjacent integrated retail lots in a shopping center.
Front: 25 feet from ultimate right-of-way (all street-adjacent yards count as front yards). Side and rear: 15 feet, unless adjacent to a residential district, where the setback is 20 feet for a one-story building plus 20 feet for each additional story. No side yard required between adjacent integrated retail lots in a shopping center.
No minimum front, side, or rear yard specified for the Central Business District.
Front: 25 feet from ultimate right-of-way (all street-adjacent yards count as front yards). Side and rear: 15 feet, unless adjacent to a residential district, where the setback is 20 feet for a one-story building plus 20 feet for each additional story.
Front: 50 feet (all street-adjacent yards count as front yards). Side: 25 feet (none required between interior lots). Rear: 25 feet. Adjacent to a residential district: 60 feet if the building is over 1 story, 200 feet if over 2 stories or 35 feet in height.
Front: 50 feet from ultimate right-of-way (all street-adjacent yards count as front yards). Side and rear: 25 feet, unless adjacent to a residential district, where the setback is 40 feet for a one-story building plus 20 feet for each additional story.
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