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Healdsburg CS zoning: height, setbacks and lot size
In Healdsburg's CS zone, generally buildings can be up to 50 ft tall, the front setback is None required and the minimum lot size is 10,000 sq. ft., with the conditions listed below (Healdsburg code, read October 2026).
Key points
- Maximum building height: 50 ft (Sites that do not abut or face an R-1 or multi-family zone; less near those zones)
- Minimum front setback: None required
- Minimum side setback: None required (Interior side yard)
- Minimum rear setback: 10 ft
- Minimum lot size: 10,000 sq. ft.
- Maximum lot coverage: 60%
- Maximum floor area ratio (FAR): 80%
- Maximum density: 1 unit per 2,700 sq ft (Residential dwellings on commercially zoned property; density bonuses can change this)
CS is a zoning district in Healdsburg. Every value below was read from the Healdsburg Municipal Code and links to its section (read October 2026). State laws such as the ADU and SB 9 rules can allow more on a residential lot. General information, not legal advice — read the code text and check with the city before you build.
Development standards in CS
The general rule for a typical lot in this zone. Zoning tables often attach notes, such as rules for corner lots, lots next to a residential zone, or new subdivisions only. Open “code text” under a value to see the table cell or sentence it was read from.
| Maximum building height | 50 ft Applies: Sites that do not abut or face an R-1 or multi-family zone; less near those zones § 20.08.170 · code textFifty feet in all other instances. |
|---|---|
| Minimum front setback | None required § 20.08.160 · code textTable row “CS”, column “Front”: none |
| Minimum side setback | None required Applies: Interior side yard § 20.08.160 · code textTable row “CS”, column “Side Yard Interior”: none |
| Minimum rear setback | 10 ft § 20.08.160 · code textTable row “CS”, column “Rear”: 10 feet |
| Minimum lot size | 10,000 sq. ft. § 20.08.160 · code textTable row “CS”, column “Minimum Lot Area”: 10,000 sq. ft. |
| Maximum lot coverage | 60% § 20.08.165 · code textTable row “CS”, column “Max. Site Coverage”: 60% |
| Maximum floor area ratio (FAR) | 80% § 20.08.165 · code textTable row “CS”, column “Max. Floor Area Ratio (FAR)”: 80% |
| Maximum density | 1 unit per 2,700 sq ft Applies: Residential dwellings on commercially zoned property; density bonuses can change this § 20.08.175 · code textSite area per dwelling: 2,700 square feet, except where density bonuses apply as provided in HMC § 20.20.035. |
Uses in CS
Uses the code's use tables allow in CS, or allow with a permit. Each links to its page with the code section.
- Live-work unit — Allowed
- Church or place of worship — Needs a conditional use permit
- Kennel — Needs a conditional use permit
When a different number applies
The code sets other values for particular lots, buildings or locations in CS:
- Maximum building height: 35 ft — When a site abuts or is directly across a street or an alley from a site zoned R-1. § 20.08.170
- Maximum building height: 40 ft — When a site abuts or is directly across a street or an alley from any zone that allows multi-family housing as a primary use, to include the RM, ORM, RMP and DR zoning districts. § 20.08.170
Not on this page
We did not find a general stories limit for CS in the zoning tables we read. The code may still set one elsewhere — check the Healdsburg Municipal Code.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the maximum building height in Healdsburg's CS zone?
50 ft (sites that do not abut or face an R-1 or multi-family zone; less near those zones) — Healdsburg Municipal Code § 20.08.170.
What is the minimum front setback in Healdsburg's CS zone?
None required — Healdsburg Municipal Code § 20.08.160.
What is the minimum side setback in Healdsburg's CS zone?
None required (interior side yard) — Healdsburg Municipal Code § 20.08.160.
What is the minimum rear setback in Healdsburg's CS zone?
10 ft — Healdsburg Municipal Code § 20.08.160.
What is the minimum lot size in Healdsburg's CS zone?
10,000 sq. ft. — Healdsburg Municipal Code § 20.08.160.
General information, not legal advice.
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