What the Royse City zoning ordinance says about setbacks, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
A setbacks: front 25 ft (front street) and 25 ft (side street) as the minimum street yard, side 15 ft, rear 20 ft. Confirmed against snapshot table-004-1.png. Check corner lots, accessory structures, overlays, and site plan conditions before using these numbers for a permit layout.
SF-1 setbacks: front and side street (minimum street yard) 25 ft each, side yard interior 15 ft, rear 20 ft. Confirmed against snapshot table-005-1.png. Check corner lots, accessory structures, overlays, and site plan conditions before using these numbers for a permit layout.
SF-2 setbacks: front 25 ft, side 8 ft interior (25 ft on a street side), rear 20 ft. Confirmed against snapshot table-006-1.png. Check corner lots, accessory structures, overlays, and site plan conditions before using these numbers for a permit layout.
MH setbacks: front 25 ft, side 8 ft (25 ft on a corner lot street side, same as front), rear 10 ft. Confirmed against snapshot table-007-1.png. Check corner lots, accessory structures, overlays, and site plan conditions before using these numbers for a permit layout.
MF-1 setbacks: street yard 25 ft on all streets, side 20 ft, rear 20 ft. Minimum distance between buildings is 40 ft, or 20 ft if all facing walls of the adjacent buildings have no door or window openings. Confirmed against snapshot table-008-1.png. Check corner lots, accessory structures, overlays, and site plan conditions before using these numbers for a permit layout.
MF-2 setbacks: street yard 25 ft on all streets, side 20 ft, rear 20 ft. Minimum distance between buildings is 40 ft, or 20 ft if all facing walls of the adjacent buildings have no door or window openings. Confirmed against snapshot table-009-1.png. Check corner lots, accessory structures, overlays, and site plan conditions before using these numbers for a permit layout.
C1 setbacks: street yard 20 ft front street and 15 ft side street. Side and rear yards are 25 ft only where the lot abuts a residential district; otherwise no side or rear yard is set in the table. Confirmed against snapshot table-010-1.png. Check corner lots, accessory structures, overlays, and site plan conditions before using these numbers for a permit layout.
C2 setbacks: street yard 20 ft front yard and 15 ft side street. Side and rear yards are 25 ft only where the lot abuts a residential district; otherwise no side or rear yard is set in the table. Confirmed against snapshot table-011-1.png. Check corner lots, accessory structures, overlays, and site plan conditions before using these numbers for a permit layout.
I setbacks: street yard 25 ft front street and 25 ft side street. Side and rear yards are 50 ft only where the lot abuts a residential district; otherwise no side or rear yard is set in the table. Confirmed against snapshot table-012-1.png. Check corner lots, accessory structures, overlays, and site plan conditions before using these numbers for a permit layout.
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