AG — Agricultural
Table 07.01 lists maximum building height for AG as 36 ft. Other citywide measurement rules, overlays, PD terms, and accessory-structure limits can be more specific.
Building height in Rockwall, TX
What the Rockwall zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
SFE-1.5 — Single Family Estate 1.5
Table 07.01 lists maximum building height for SFE-1.5 as 36 ft. Other citywide measurement rules, overlays, PD terms, and accessory-structure limits can be more specific.
SFE-2.0 — Single Family Estate 2.0
Table 07.01 lists maximum building height for SFE-2.0 as 36 ft. Other citywide measurement rules, overlays, PD terms, and accessory-structure limits can be more specific.
SFE-4.0 — Single Family Estate 4.0
Table 07.01 lists maximum building height for SFE-4.0 as 36 ft. Other citywide measurement rules, overlays, PD terms, and accessory-structure limits can be more specific.
SF-1 — Single Family 1
Table 07.01 lists maximum building height for SF-1 as 36 ft. Other citywide measurement rules, overlays, PD terms, and accessory-structure limits can be more specific.
SF-16 — Single Family 16
Table 07.01 lists maximum building height for SF-16 as 36 ft. Other citywide measurement rules, overlays, PD terms, and accessory-structure limits can be more specific.
SF-10 — Single Family 10
Table 07.01 lists maximum building height for SF-10 as 36 ft. Other citywide measurement rules, overlays, PD terms, and accessory-structure limits can be more specific.
SF-8.4 — Single Family 8.4
Table 07.01 lists maximum building height for SF-8.4 as 36 ft. Other citywide measurement rules, overlays, PD terms, and accessory-structure limits can be more specific.
SF-7 — Single Family 7
Table 07.01 lists maximum building height for SF-7 as 32 ft. Other citywide measurement rules, overlays, PD terms, and accessory-structure limits can be more specific.
ZL-5 — Zero Lot Line
Table 07.01 lists maximum building height for ZL-5 as 30 ft. Other citywide measurement rules, overlays, PD terms, and accessory-structure limits can be more specific.
2F — Two-Family
Table 07.01 lists maximum building height for 2F as 32 ft. Other citywide measurement rules, overlays, PD terms, and accessory-structure limits can be more specific.
MF-14 — Multi-Family 14
Table 07.02 lists MF-14 building height at 36 ft.
RO — Residential-Office
Table 07.03 lists RO maximum building height as 36 ft. The table notes allow some height increases only through SUP for specified districts; verify the note and overlay status before relying on this number.
NS — Neighborhood Services
Table 07.03 lists NS maximum building height as 36 ft. The table notes allow some height increases only through SUP for specified districts; verify the note and overlay status before relying on this number.
GR — General Retail
Table 07.03 lists GR maximum building height as 36 ft. The table notes allow some height increases only through SUP for specified districts; verify the note and overlay status before relying on this number.
C — Commercial
Table 07.03 lists C maximum building height as 60 ft. The table notes allow some height increases only through SUP for specified districts; verify the note and overlay status before relying on this number.
HC — Heavy Commercial
Table 07.03 lists HC maximum building height as 60 ft. The table notes allow some height increases only through SUP for specified districts; verify the note and overlay status before relying on this number.
DT — Downtown
Downtown height is controlled by the Downtown District standards and any approved downtown development plan. This draft review-gates the exact height cell to the Section 04.07 snapshots and facts.md.
LI — Light Industrial
Table 07.03 lists LI maximum building height as 60 ft. The table notes allow some height increases only through SUP for specified districts; verify the note and overlay status before relying on this number.
HI — Heavy Industrial
Table 07.03 lists HI maximum building height as 60 ft. The table notes allow some height increases only through SUP for specified districts; verify the note and overlay status before relying on this number.
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