A — Agricultural District
Maximum height 2.5 stories.
Building height in Melissa, TX
What the Melissa zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
SF-1 — Single-Family Residential District-1
Maximum height 3 stories.
SF-2 — Single-Family Residential District-2
Maximum height 2.5 stories.
SF-3 — Single-Family Residential District-3
Maximum height 2.5 stories.
TH — Townhome Residential District
Maximum height 40 feet, per the Sec. 21 chart cell for TH (the chart lists this row in mixed units: most residential districts as story counts, TH and MF as raw feet). Sec. 11-A.3 defers TH's height entirely to the Sec. 21 schedule, so this is the controlling figure.
MF — Multi-Family Residential District
The Sec. 21 chart lists a maximum height of 2 stories for MF. Sec. 23.1(d) gives the same cap in feet: one-story structures may not exceed 30 feet in height at any portion of the structure; two-story structures may not exceed 40 feet.
MH — Manufactured Home Park District
Maximum height 1.5 stories.
C-1 — Restricted Commercial District
Maximum height 100 feet.
C-2 — General Commercial District
Maximum height 100 feet.
I-1 — Light Industrial District
No maximum height figure is listed for I-1 in the Sec. 21 chart.
I-2 — Heavy Industrial District
No maximum height figure is listed for I-2 in the Sec. 21 chart.
PD — Planned Development District
Building height is set in the ordinance granting each specific PD District (Sec. 18(A)(3)(a)). Exact figure is review-gated per PD; confirm with the adopting ordinance.
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