Vallejo RLD zoning: height, setbacks and lot size

RLD (Residential Low Density) is a zoning district in Vallejo. Every value below was read from the Vallejo 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.

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.

Uses the code's use tables allow in RLD, or allow with a permit. Each links to its page with the code section.

• Duplex — Allowed — see note
• Bed and breakfast — Needs a minor use permit
• Church or place of worship — Allowed
• Private school — Needs a minor use permit — see note

The code sets other values for particular lots, buildings or locations in RLD:

• Minimum front setback: 60 ft — Yards abutting streets for structures to contain animals § 16.202.02
• Minimum side setback: 20 ft — Other yards for structures to contain animals, plus two feet for each foot of building height over fourteen feet § 16.202.02
• Minimum side setback: 10 ft — One interior side yard on interior lots; the other is five feet plus two feet for each foot of building height over twenty-four feet § 16.202.02
• Minimum rear setback: 10 ft — If the rear setback for abutting lots is ten feet § 16.202.02

We did not find a general stories, rear setback, FAR limit for RLD in the zoning tables we read. The code may still set one elsewhere — check the Vallejo Municipal Code.

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