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Building height in Kyle, TX

What the Kyle zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.

CBD-2 — Central Business District 2

Chart 1 height limit is 45 feet. Lot coverage may reach 100 percent (chart 2) and the floor area ratio limit is 2.5:1 (chart 3). Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

A — Agricultural District

Chart 1 height limit is 45 feet. Sec. 53-33(c)(2) exempts towers, spires, tanks, chimneys, flagpoles, and similar appurtenances, and allows public or semipublic buildings, institutions, or schools to 60 feet and places of worship to 75 feet where each required yard is increased one foot for each two feet of added height. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

UE — Urban Estate District

Chart 1 height limit for UE is 45 feet, subject to the general exceptions in Sec. 53-33(c)(2). Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

R-1 — Single-Family Residential (legacy)

Chart 1 height limit is 35 feet. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

R-1-1 — Single-Family Residential 1

Chart 1 height limit is 35 feet. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

R-1-2 — Single-Family Residential 2

Chart 1 height limit is 35 feet. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

R-1-3 — Single-Family Residential 3

Chart 1 height limit is 35 feet. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

R-1-A — Single-Family Attached District (Garden Home)

Chart 1 height limit is 35 feet. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

R-1-T — Residential Townhouse District

Chart 1 height limit is 35 feet. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

R-1-C — Residential Condominium District

Chart 1 height limit is 45 feet. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

R-2 — Residential Two-Family District (Duplex)

Chart 1 height limit is 35 feet. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

R-3-1 — Multifamily Residential 1

Chart 1 height limit is 35 feet and note 6 caps buildings at two stories. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

R-3-2 — Multifamily Residential 2

Chart 1 height limit is 45 feet and note 7 caps buildings at three stories. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

R-3-3 — Apartments Residential 3

Chart 1 height limit is 45 feet and note 7 caps buildings at three stories. Sec. 53-295(b)(4) repeats the three story, 45 foot limit for income-restricted exception projects. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

M-1 — Manufactured Home District (legacy overlay)

Chart 1 height limit is 35 feet. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

M-2 — Manufactured Home Subdivision District

Chart 1 height limit is 35 feet. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

M-3 — Manufactured Home Park District

Height and placement follow chart 1 per Secs. 53-384(1) and 53-387; the M-2 limit is 35 feet. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

CBD-1 — Central Business District 1

Chart 1 lists a 35 foot height limit for CBD-1, with note 8 providing that the chart standards of the district governing the proposed base use apply. Lot coverage is 65 percent, or 70 percent for buildings that existed when the area was zoned CBD-1 (chart 2 note 1), and the floor area ratio limit is 1.8:1 (chart 3). Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

RS — Retail and Services District

Chart 1 height limit is 45 feet. Lot coverage is capped at 80 percent (chart 2) and floor area ratio at 1.8:1 (chart 3). Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

B — Billboard District

Chart 1 defers District B height to chapter 29 (Sign Standards and Permits). Check the current sign ordinance for structure height and spacing limits. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

W — Warehouse District

Chart 1 height limit is 45 feet. Lot coverage is capped at 75 percent (chart 2) and floor area ratio at 1.5:1 (chart 3). Performance standards in Sec. 53-530 set decibel, vibration, odor, and emissions limits at the property line. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

CM — Construction and Manufacturing District

Chart 1 height limit is 45 feet. Lot coverage is capped at 75 percent (chart 2) and floor area ratio at 1.2:1 (chart 3). Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

E — Entertainment District

Chart 1 height limit is 45 feet for buildings; the chart notes leave height for amusement rides to case by case determination. Lot coverage is capped at 75 percent (chart 2) and floor area ratio at 1.8:1 (chart 3). Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

TU — Transportation and Utilities District

Chart 1 defers TU height to planning commission site review (note 10). Wireless telecommunication towers carry their own setback and height limitations in article XI (Secs. 53-1263, 53-1264). Lot coverage is as determined by the planning commission during site review (chart 2). Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

HS — Hospital Services District

Chart 1 allows up to 100 feet for the main hospital building and 75 feet for any other building; no portion of a building within 100 feet of a single-family residential property line may exceed 35 feet. Heights may exceed the chart maximum only where structured parking covering at least one third of required spaces is built in the same phase. Lot coverage is 80 percent (chart 2) and floor area ratio 1.8:1 (chart 3). Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

NC — Neighborhood Commercial District

Sec. 53-662 caps NC buildings at two stories. Chart 2 caps lot coverage at 80 percent, and Sec. 53-664 requires at least 25 percent of the lot in drought tolerant landscaping. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

CC — Community Commercial District

Sec. 53-669 caps CC buildings at three stories, stepped down to two stories within 150 feet of single-family property and three stories between 150 and 300 feet. A story may not exceed 14 feet floor to ceiling; a taller floor counts as two stories. Chart 2 caps lot coverage at 80 percent. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

MXD — Mixed-Use Zoning District

Sec. 53-683 caps buildings at 55 feet and five stories; the council may approve more by conditional use permit after planning and zoning commission recommendation. Lot coverage may not exceed 90 percent (Sec. 53-689) and floor area ratio is capped at 2:1 for mixed-use buildings (Sec. 53-681). Minimum dwelling sizes are 650, 800, and 1,000 square feet for one, two, and three bedroom units (Sec. 53-688). Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

O/I — Office/Institutional District

Sec. 53-693.5 caps height at 55 feet, with council approval by conditional use permit for more. Next to land zoned or used exclusively for one and two family dwellings, a structure may not exceed half the number of feet it is set back from that property line. Maximum impervious coverage is 80 percent and floor area ratio 2.0:1. Confirm the current text and any overlay, PUD condition, or plat note with the Kyle Planning Department before relying on this cell.

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