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Kingsburg PO zoning: height, setbacks and lot size
In Kingsburg's PO zone, generally buildings can be up to 40 ft tall, the front setback is 15 ft and the minimum lot size is 5,000 sq ft, with the conditions listed below (Kingsburg code, read October 2026).
Key points
- Maximum building height: 40 ft
- Minimum front setback: 15 ft (the building official may approve ornamental covers such as awnings or trellises in the front yard for non-residential uses)
- Minimum side setback: 5 ft
- Minimum rear setback: 5 ft (increased by 5 ft for each additional story when the site is adjacent to an R district)
- Minimum lot size: 5,000 sq ft (minimum office site)
- Maximum lot coverage: 65%
PO (Professional Office District) is a zoning district in Kingsburg. Every value below was read from the Kingsburg 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 PO
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 | 40 ft § 17.36.050 · code textThe maximum height of a permitted or conditional use shall be forty (40) feet. |
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| Minimum front setback | 15 ft Applies: the building official may approve ornamental covers such as awnings or trellises in the front yard for non-residential uses § 17.36.050 · code textThe minimum front yard shall be fifteen (15) feet; provided, however, the building official may approve, under Chapter 17.64, within any part of the front yard for non-residential uses, ornamental covers such as a sidewalk or entry awning, trellis or other similar improvement when said improvement is intended solely as an improved passageway or for aesthetic purposes, providing architectural integrity with the building to which it is attached. |
| Minimum side setback | 5 ft § 17.36.050 · code textThe minimum side yard shall be five (5) feet, subject to the following conditions and exceptions: |
| Minimum rear setback | 5 ft Applies: increased by 5 ft for each additional story when the site is adjacent to an R district § 17.36.050 · code textThe minimum rear yard shall be five (5) feet; provided however, that where construction involves more than one story and the site lays adjacent to a site in an R district, the rear yard shall be increased by five (5) feet for each additional story. |
| Minimum lot size | 5,000 sq ft Applies: minimum office site § 17.36.050 · code textThe minimum office site shall be five thousand (5,000) square feet. |
| Maximum lot coverage | 65% § 17.36.050 · code textThe maximum site area covered by structures shall be sixty-five percent (65%) of the total area of the site. |
When a different number applies
The code sets other values for particular lots, buildings or locations in PO:
- Minimum side setback: add 5 ft for each additional story — buildings of more than one story; the street side of a corner lot need not exceed 5 ft § 17.36.050
- Minimum side setback: 10 ft — side yard providing access to more than one dwelling unit § 17.36.050
- Minimum rear setback: add 5 ft for each additional story — buildings of more than one story on a site next to an R district § 17.36.050
- Maximum density: 1 unit per 6,000 sq ft — minimum site area per one-family dwelling unit § 17.36.050
- Maximum density: 1 unit per 2,000 sq ft — minimum site area per multi-family dwelling unit § 17.36.050
Not on this page
We did not find a general stories, FAR, density limit for PO in the zoning tables we read. The code may still set one elsewhere — check the Kingsburg Municipal Code.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the maximum building height in Kingsburg's PO zone?
40 ft — Kingsburg Municipal Code § 17.36.050.
What is the minimum front setback in Kingsburg's PO zone?
15 ft (the building official may approve ornamental covers such as awnings or trellises in the front yard for non-residential uses) — Kingsburg Municipal Code § 17.36.050.
What is the minimum side setback in Kingsburg's PO zone?
5 ft — Kingsburg Municipal Code § 17.36.050.
What is the minimum rear setback in Kingsburg's PO zone?
5 ft (increased by 5 ft for each additional story when the site is adjacent to an R district) — Kingsburg Municipal Code § 17.36.050.
What is the minimum lot size in Kingsburg's PO zone?
5,000 sq ft (minimum office site) — Kingsburg Municipal Code § 17.36.050.
General information, not legal advice.
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