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Setbacks in Hutto, TX

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

SF-R — Residential: Single Household Rural Estate

The UDC 10.403.4.2 bulk chart lists SF-R minimums of 50 ft. front yard, 20 ft. side yard, and 50 ft. rear yard, with 20 ft. spacing between buildings. Riparian setbacks under UDC 10.403.4.3 and bufferyard standards under UDC 10.403.6 can add to these. Verify the chart cell and any overlay or plat conditions before design decisions.

SF-1 — Residential: Single Household Medium Density

The UDC 10.403.4.2 chart lists SF-1 base minimums of 25 ft. front yard (15 ft. on a loop lane; garage door at 25 ft., or 20 ft. side load), 5 ft. side yard, and 20 ft. rear yard. Zero lot line lots use 15 ft. front, 0 ft. on one side with 12 ft. on the other, and 10 ft. rear. Village lots use 15 ft. front, 5 ft. side, and 20 ft. rear for house and garage. Verify the variant column that applies to your lot and check bufferyard standards (UDC 10.403.6) before design decisions.

SF-2 — Residential: Two to Four Household

The UDC 10.403.4.2 chart lists SF-2 minimums of 20 ft. front yard, 5 ft. side yard (0 ft. for common walls), and 20 ft. rear yard, with 5 ft. spacing between buildings (0 ft. for common walls). Verify the chart cell and bufferyard standards (UDC 10.403.6) before design decisions.

MF — Residential: Multiple Household

The UDC 10.403.4.2 chart lists MF minimums of 25 ft. front yard, 15 ft. side yard, and 25 ft. rear yard, with 15 ft. spacing between buildings. Residential adjacency (UDC 10.403.7) and bufferyard standards (UDC 10.403.6) can add requirements next to single household areas. Verify the chart cell before design decisions.

MH — Residential: Manufactured Home

The UDC 10.403.4.2 chart lists MH site minimums of 25 ft. front, 25 ft. side, and 25 ft. rear yards for the manufactured home site. Setbacks for individual home spaces inside a park come from the park standards in UDC 10.306.17. Verify both the district chart cell and the park standards before design decisions.

B-1 — Commercial: Local/Neighborhood

B-1 minimum lot area is 43,560 sq. ft. (1 acre) with 100 ft. width at the building line (UDC 10.403.3). The 10.403.4.2 chart lists a 5 ft. front yard, side yards of 0 ft. for common walls or 10 ft. (rising to 20 ft. from SF-R or SF-1 and 10 ft. from SF-2), and a 25 ft. rear yard with larger figures next to residential districts. Residential adjacency (UDC 10.403.7) and bufferyards (UDC 10.403.6) frequently govern; verify the chart cell for your adjacency before design decisions.

B-2 — Commercial: General

B-2 minimum lot area is 43,560 sq. ft. (1 acre) with 100 ft. width at the building line (UDC 10.403.3). The 10.403.4.2 chart lists a 10 ft. front yard, side yards of 0 ft. for common walls or 10 ft. (rising to 30 ft. from SF-R or SF-1 and 20 ft. from SF-2), and a 25 ft. rear yard with larger figures next to residential districts. Verify the chart cell for your adjacency and the bufferyard standards before design decisions.

LI — Industrial: Light Industry

LI shares the LI/I column in the dimensional charts: minimum lot area 87,120 sq. ft. (2 acres) with 200 ft. width (UDC 10.403.3); 25 ft. front yard; side and rear yards of 0 ft. for common walls or 10 ft. and 25 ft. respectively, but next to residential the setback rises to 2 ft. for every 1 ft. of building height or 50 ft., whichever is greater (UDC 10.403.4.2). Verify the chart cell and bufferyard standards before design decisions.

I — Industrial: General Industry

I shares the LI/I column in the dimensional charts: minimum lot area 87,120 sq. ft. (2 acres) with 200 ft. width (UDC 10.403.3); 25 ft. front yard; side and rear yards of 0 ft. for common walls or 10 ft. and 25 ft. respectively, rising next to residential to 2 ft. for every 1 ft. of building height or 50 ft., whichever is greater (UDC 10.403.4.2). Verify the chart cell and bufferyard standards before design decisions.

PUD — Planned Unit Development

PUD dimensional standards come from the approved PUD development plan and adopting ordinance; UDC defaults apply only where the PUD is silent (UDC 10.303.11.2). There is no single setback table for PUD parcels. Obtain the adopting ordinance and any approved development plan sheets from Development Services before design decisions.

FBC — Form Based Code

FBC build-to and setback standards are set per transect in the FBC site development and building disposition standards (UDC 10.502.1.5 and 10.502.1.7), not in the conventional 10.403 charts. Bufferyard standards from 10.403.6 still apply. Obtain the transect map and the applicable transect table before design decisions.

OT — Old Town

OT setbacks and build-to standards come from the Old Town site development and building form standards (UDC 10.503.3 and 10.503.4), which vary by transect and frontage rather than a single district table. Obtain the transect map and the applicable building form table before design decisions.

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