What the Melissa zoning ordinance says about setbacks, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
Front yard: 50 feet. Rear yard: 25 feet. Side yard: no fixed figure is listed in the Sec. 21 chart for the A district; footnote (a) sets the minimum side yard on each side of the lot at not less than 15 percent of the lot width or 50 feet, whichever is less.
Front yard: 30 feet. Rear yard: 25 feet. Side yard, interior lot: 10 feet. Side yard, corner lot: 25 feet (reducible by 10 feet if adjacent to a minimum 10 foot wide HOA-maintained common area lot, footnote i). No garage or porch setback figure is listed for SF-1 in the Sec. 21 chart.
Front yard: 25 feet. Garage setback: 27 feet. Porch setback: 20 feet. Rear yard: 20 feet (or 22 feet if a rear-entry dwelling). Side yard, interior lot: 7.5 feet. Side yard, corner lot: 20 feet (reducible by 10 feet if adjacent to a minimum 10 foot wide HOA-maintained common area lot, footnote i).
Front yard: 20 feet. Garage setback: 23 feet. Porch setback: 16 feet. Rear yard: 20 feet. Side yard, interior lot: 5 feet. Side yard, corner lot: 15 feet (reducible by 10 feet if adjacent to a minimum 10 foot wide HOA-maintained common area lot, footnote i).
Front yard: 25 feet. Garage setback: 28 feet. Porch setback: 21 feet. Rear yard: 20 feet. Side yard, interior lot: 8 feet. Side yard, corner lot: 15 feet.
The Sec. 21 chart lists a base front yard of 25 feet and a base rear yard of 20 feet for MF; side yard interior lot is footnote (g), which refers to Sec. 23.3. Sec. 23.2(i), 23.3(d) and 23.4(b) layer adjacency-based setbacks on top of (and in some cases superseding) these base figures: for a multi-family structure adjacent to a single-family, townhome, duplex district or an area shown single-family on the Future Land Use Plan, minimum front yard is 30 feet (one- or two-story); minimum side yard is 25 feet for one story or 50 feet for two stories (reducible to 25 feet next to a golf course or named creek if a 150 foot setback from the single-family lot line is kept); minimum rear yard is 25 feet for one story or 75 feet for two stories (reducible to 50 feet under the same golf-course or creek condition). Adjacent to a non-residential or multi-family district, minimum front, side and rear yards are each 25 feet. Confirm which figure controls for a specific parcel with Development Services.
Front yard: 25 feet. Rear yard: 20 feet. Side yard, interior lot: 7.5 feet. Side yard, corner lot: 20 feet.
Front, side (interior and corner) and rear yard setbacks for C-1 are all marked footnote (d) in the Sec. 21 chart, not fixed figures: no yard setback is required for a building already in existence when the ordinance passed, but new construction in the district must keep at least 10 feet from the property line on every yard. Where a C-1 lot abuts a residential district boundary, Sec. 23.3(c) separately requires a minimum 10 foot side yard on the non-residential property plus a 6 foot opaque wood fence or masonry wall on the shared line.
Front yard: 20 feet. Side yard, interior lot: 10 feet. Side yard, corner lot: 25 feet. Rear yard: 20 feet. Where a C-2 lot abuts a residential district boundary, Sec. 23.3(c) requires a minimum 10 foot side yard plus a 6 foot opaque wood fence or masonry wall on the shared line.
Front yard: 20 feet. Side yard, interior lot: minimum 10 feet from the property line, or minimum 20 feet where the lot abuts a residential district boundary (footnote e). Side yard, corner lot, and rear yard: minimum 20 feet from the property line, or minimum 50 feet where the lot abuts a residential district boundary (footnote f). Where an I-1 lot abuts a residential district boundary, Sec. 23.3(c) also requires a 6 foot opaque wood fence or masonry wall on the shared line.
Front yard: 20 feet. Side yard, interior lot: minimum 10 feet from the property line, or minimum 20 feet where the lot abuts a residential district boundary (footnote e). Side yard, corner lot, and rear yard: minimum 20 feet from the property line, or minimum 50 feet where the lot abuts a residential district boundary (footnote f, which applies the same base/residential-adjacency figures to both). Where an I-2 lot abuts a residential district boundary, Sec. 23.3(c) also requires a 6 foot opaque wood fence or masonry wall on the shared line.
Development standards including yard depths and widths are set in the ordinance granting each specific PD District (Sec. 18(A)(3)(a)); the PD conforms to all other sections of the Zoning Ordinance unless specifically exempted in the granting ordinance. Exact figure is review-gated per PD; confirm with the adopting ordinance.
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