AG — Agricultural
Street (ROW): 50 feet. Rear: 50 feet. Side: 20 feet. Accessory buildings: 20 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
Setbacks in Round Rock, TX
What the Round Rock zoning ordinance says about setbacks, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
SF-R — Single-Family - Rural
Street (ROW): 50 feet. Rear: 50 feet. Side: 20 feet. No accessory buildings are permitted in any street yard (Sec. 2-13(c)). Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
SF-1 — Single-Family - Large Lot
Street (ROW): 30 feet. Rear: 20 feet. Side: 5 feet. Garage: 35 feet from the street. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
SF-2 — Single-Family - Standard Lot
Conventional lot: street 20 feet, rear 20 feet, side 5 feet. Zero lot line: street 15 feet, rear 15 feet, side 0 or 12 feet. Village residential: street 15 feet, rear 50 feet, side 5 feet. Garage: 25 feet, or 15 feet in the listed cases in the Sec. 2-26 chart. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
SF-3 — Single-Family - Mixed Lot
Estate lot: street 20 feet, rear 20 feet, side 5 feet. Standard lot: street 15 feet, rear 10 feet, side 5 feet. Small lot: street 15 feet, rear 10 feet, side 5 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
SF-D — Single-Family - Downtown
Street (ROW): contextual, based on the established neighborhood pattern. Rear: 5 feet. Side: 5 feet. Garage: 50 feet from the street. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
MH — Manufactured Housing
Street (ROW): 20 feet. Rear: 20 feet. Side: 5 feet. Garage: 25 feet, or 15 feet in the listed cases in the Sec. 2-26 chart. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
TF — Two-Family
Street (ROW): 20 feet. Rear: 20 feet. Side: 0 or 5 feet (common wall lots use the 0 foot side). Garage: 25 feet from the street. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
TH — Townhouse
Street (ROW): 15 feet. Rear: 20 feet. Side: 5 to 20 feet depending on lot type, per the Sec. 2-26 chart. Garage: 25 feet from the street. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
SR — Senior
Street (ROW): 25 feet. Rear: 25 feet. Side: 25 feet. Larger rear and side setbacks apply next to SF or TF lots depending on building height and fence type, per the Sec. 2-26 chart. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
MF-1 — Multifamily - Low Density
Street (ROW): 20 feet. Rear: 20 feet. Side: 10 feet. Larger rear and side setbacks apply next to SF or TF lots depending on stories and fence type (for example 25 feet for one story with a precast concrete panel fence), per the Sec. 2-26 chart. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
MF-2 — Multifamily - Medium Density
Street (ROW): 15 feet. Rear: 25 feet. Side: 25 feet. Larger rear and side setbacks apply next to SF or TF lots depending on stories and fence type, up to 100 feet for four story buildings, per the Sec. 2-26 chart. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
MF-3 — Multifamily - Urban
Setbacks are set in each approved PUD, not in the citywide chart (Sec. 2-24(c)). Check the adopting PUD ordinance for the property. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
C-1 — General Commercial
Street (ROW): 15 feet, or 25 feet on IH-35 or SH-45 frontage. Rear and side: 0 or 10 feet. Next to SF or TF lots: 50 feet with a precast concrete panel fence, 40 feet with a masonry fence. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
C-1a — General Commercial - Limited
Street (ROW): 15 feet, or 25 feet on IH-35 or SH-45 frontage. Rear and side: 0 or 10 feet. Next to SF or TF lots: 50 feet with a precast concrete panel fence, 40 feet with a masonry fence. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
C-2 — Local Commercial
Street (ROW): 20 feet. Rear and side: 0 or 10 feet. Next to SF or TF lots: 50 feet for one story buildings and 100 feet for two or more stories with a precast concrete panel fence, or 40 and 80 feet with a masonry fence. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
OF-1 — General Office
Street (ROW): 20 feet. Rear and side: 0 or 10 feet. Next to SF or TF lots: 50 feet for one story and 100 feet for two or more stories with a precast concrete panel fence, or 40 and 80 feet with a masonry fence. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
OF-2 — Mid-Rise Office
Street (ROW): 25 feet. Rear and side: 0 or 10 feet. Minimum lot size is 2 acres (Sec. 2-49 chart). Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
BP — Business Park
Street (ROW): 25 feet. Rear and side: 0 or 10 feet. Next to SF or TF lots: 50 feet with a precast concrete panel fence, 40 feet with a masonry fence. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
LI — Light Industrial
Street (ROW): 25 feet. Rear and side: 0 or 10 feet. Next to SF or TF lots: 100 feet with a precast concrete panel fence, 80 feet with a masonry fence. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
I — Industrial
Street (ROW): 25 feet. Rear and side: 0 or 10 feet. Next to SF or TF lots: 50 feet with a precast concrete panel fence, 40 feet with a masonry fence. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
PF-1 — Public Facilities - Low Intensity
Street (ROW): 15 feet, or 25 feet on IH-35 or SH-45 frontage. Rear and side: 0 or 10 feet. Next to SF or TF lots: 50 feet with a precast concrete panel fence, 40 feet with a masonry fence. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
PF-2 — Public Facilities - Medium Intensity
Street (ROW): 15 feet, or 25 feet on IH-35 or SH-45 frontage. Rear and side: 0 or 10 feet. Next to SF or TF lots: 50 feet with a precast concrete panel fence, 40 feet with a masonry fence. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
PF-3 — Public Facilities - High Intensity
Street (ROW): 15 feet, or 25 feet on IH-35 or SH-45 frontage. Rear and side: 0 or 10 feet. Next to SF or TF lots: 50 feet with a precast concrete panel fence, 40 feet with a masonry fence. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
MU-1 — Mixed-Use Historic Commercial Core
Maximum front setback from the street: 0 feet (build-to). Rear: 0 feet with an alley, 5 feet without. Side: 0 feet. Accessory buildings: 5 feet. Where the H (Historic Overlay) (Sec. 2-86), CT (Chisholm Trail Overlay) (Sec. 2-87), or PV (Palm Valley Overlay) (Sec. 2-88) district applies, the overlay's regulations control over these MU-1 setbacks, even where the overlay standard is stricter. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
MU-2 — Mixed-Use Downtown Medium Density
Maximum front setback: 10 feet for building types 2 through 4, 15 feet for building type 1. Rear: 5 feet. Side: 2.5 feet, or 0 feet for common-wall construction. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
MU-L — Mixed-Use Limited
Maximum front setback: 25 feet, and no less than 15 feet. Rear: 5 feet with an alley, 20 feet without. Side: 5 feet. Garages and carports: 5 foot rear setback. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
MU-R — Mixed-Use Redevelopment and Small Lot
Maximum front setback: 10 feet, or contextual. Rear: 5 feet, and 10 feet where sharing a common lot line with an existing single-family use. Side: 0 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
MU-G — Mixed-Use Greenfield and Large Lot
Maximum front setback: 10 feet on internal streets, 50 feet on arterial streets, 100 feet on freeways. Rear: 5 feet. Side: 0 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
PUD — Planned Unit Development
Setbacks and other dimensional standards come from the PUD adopting ordinance; where that ordinance is silent, the underlying code standards apply (Sec. 2-76(d)). Confirm the current zoning map, any overlay district, PUD or development agreement conditions, and the cited section text before acting.
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