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Lindsay PO zoning: height, setbacks and lot size
In Lindsay'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 (Lindsay code, read October 2026).
Key points
- Maximum building height: 40 ft
- Minimum front setback: 15 ft (the director may approve ornamental covers such as awnings or trellises in the front yard for nonresidential uses)
- Minimum side setback: 5 ft
- Minimum rear setback: 5 ft (increased by 5 ft for each additional story when adjacent to a site in the R district)
- Minimum lot size: 5,000 sq ft (Office site)
- Maximum lot coverage: 70%
- Maximum density: 1 unit per 1,500 sq ft (Multi-family units; one-family units need 6,000 sq ft of site each)
PO (Professional Office District) is a zoning district in Lindsay. Every value below was read from the Lindsay 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 § 18.09.050 · code textThe maximum height of a permitted or conditional use shall be forty feet. |
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| Minimum front setback | 15 ft Applies: the director may approve ornamental covers such as awnings or trellises in the front yard for nonresidential uses § 18.09.050 · code textThe minimum front yard shall be fifteen feet; provided, however, the community development director may approve, under Chapter 18.16, within any part of the front yard for nonresidential uses, ornamental covers such as a sidewalk or entry awning, trellis or other similar improvement when such 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 § 18.09.050 · code textThe minimum side yard shall be five feet, subject to the following conditions and exceptions: |
| Minimum rear setback | 5 ft Applies: increased by 5 ft for each additional story when adjacent to a site in the R district § 18.09.050 · code textThe minimum rear yard shall be five feet; provided, however, that where construction involves more than one story and the site lays adjacent to a site in the R district, the rear yard shall be increased by five feet for each additional story. |
| Minimum lot size | 5,000 sq ft Applies: Office site § 18.09.050 · code textThe minimum office site shall be five thousand square feet. |
| Maximum lot coverage | 70% § 18.09.050 · code textThe maximum site area covered by structures shall be seventy percent of the total area of the site. |
| Maximum density | 1 unit per 1,500 sq ft Applies: Multi-family units; one-family units need 6,000 sq ft of site each § 18.09.050 · code textThe minimum site area per multi-family dwelling unit shall be one thousand five hundred square feet. |
When a different number applies
The code sets other values for particular lots, buildings or locations in PO:
- Minimum side setback: 10 ft — side yard provides access to more than one dwelling unit § 18.09.050
- Minimum side setback: plus 5 ft per additional story — Construction of more than one story; the street side of a corner lot need not exceed 5 ft. § 18.09.050
- Minimum rear setback: plus 5 ft per additional story — Construction of more than one story on a site next to a site in the R district § 18.09.050
Not on this page
We did not find a general stories, FAR limit for PO in the zoning tables we read. The code may still set one elsewhere — check the Lindsay Municipal Code.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the maximum building height in Lindsay's PO zone?
40 ft — Lindsay Municipal Code § 18.09.050.
What is the minimum front setback in Lindsay's PO zone?
15 ft (the director may approve ornamental covers such as awnings or trellises in the front yard for nonresidential uses) — Lindsay Municipal Code § 18.09.050.
What is the minimum side setback in Lindsay's PO zone?
5 ft — Lindsay Municipal Code § 18.09.050.
What is the minimum rear setback in Lindsay's PO zone?
5 ft (increased by 5 ft for each additional story when adjacent to a site in the R district) — Lindsay Municipal Code § 18.09.050.
What is the minimum lot size in Lindsay's PO zone?
5,000 sq ft (office site) — Lindsay Municipal Code § 18.09.050.
General information, not legal advice.
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