SF-R — Residential: Single Household Rural Estate
SF-R maximum building height is 45 ft. and 3 stories, with accessory buildings limited to 15 ft. (UDC 10.403.4.2). Confirm the chart cell and any overlay conditions before relying on these figures.
Building height in Hutto, TX
What the Hutto zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
SF-1 — Residential: Single Household Medium Density
SF-1 maximum building height is 35 ft. and 2.5 stories across the base and variant columns, with accessory buildings limited to 15 ft. (UDC 10.403.4.2). Confirm the chart cell for your lot variant before relying on these figures.
SF-2 — Residential: Two to Four Household
The UDC 10.403.4.2 chart lists SF-2 maximum building height as 35 ft. and 3 stories, with accessory buildings limited to 15 ft. Confirm the chart cell before relying on these figures.
MF — Residential: Multiple Household
MF maximum building height is 35 ft., rising to 45 ft. along freeways, arterials, and major non-residential collectors; accessory buildings are limited to 20 ft. (UDC 10.403.4.2). Confirm street classification with Development Services before relying on the 45 ft. figure.
MH — Residential: Manufactured Home
The UDC 10.403.4.2 chart limits MH structures to 1 story. Confirm the chart cell and manufactured home park standards (UDC 10.306.17) before relying on this figure.
B-1 — Commercial: Local/Neighborhood
B-1 maximum building height is 35 ft. per the UDC 10.403.4.2 chart. Confirm the chart cell and residential adjacency standards before relying on this figure.
B-2 — Commercial: General
B-2 maximum building height is 45 ft. per the UDC 10.403.4.2 chart. Confirm the chart cell and residential adjacency standards before relying on this figure.
LI — Industrial: Light Industry
The LI/I column of the UDC 10.403.4.2 chart lists a 60 ft. maximum building height, with the residential adjacency setback formula (2 ft. of setback per 1 ft. of height or 50 ft., whichever is greater) effectively limiting height near homes. Confirm the chart cell before relying on this figure.
I — Industrial: General Industry
The LI/I column of the UDC 10.403.4.2 chart lists a 60 ft. maximum building height, with the residential adjacency setback formula limiting height near homes. Confirm the chart cell before relying on this figure.
FBC — Form Based Code
FBC height limits are set per transect in the FBC site development standards (UDC 10.502.1.5 and related transect tables), rising with transect intensity from T-1 to T-5. Confirm the mapped transect and its table before relying on any height figure.
OT — Old Town
OT height limits vary by transect under the building form standards in UDC 10.503.4, with the downtown core transects (OT-5H and OT-5C) allowing the greatest height and OT-3 the least. Confirm the mapped transect and its table before relying on any height figure.
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