RE — One-Family Residential Estate
Maximum 2 stories or 35 feet. Height measurement exceptions are listed in § 138-5.202.
Building height in Rochester Hills, MI
What the Rochester Hills zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
R-1 — One-Family Residential
Maximum 2 stories or 35 feet. Height measurement exceptions are listed in § 138-5.202.
R-2 — One-Family Residential
Maximum 2 stories or 35 feet. Height measurement exceptions are listed in § 138-5.202.
R-3 — One-Family Residential
Maximum 2 stories or 30 feet. On lots of 13,500 square feet or more, height may rise to 35 feet with extra side setbacks. On lots 60 feet wide or less, height is capped at 24 feet.
R-4 — One-Family Residential
Maximum 2 stories or 30 feet. On lots of 13,500 square feet or more, height may rise to 35 feet with extra side setbacks. On lots 60 feet wide or less, height is capped at 24 feet.
R-5 — One-Family Residential
Maximum 2.5 stories or 35 feet.
RM-1 — Multiple-Family Residential
Maximum 2.5 stories and 30 feet.
NB — Neighborhood Business
Maximum 2 stories or 30 feet.
CB — Community Business
Maximum 2 stories or 30 feet.
HB — Highway Business
Maximum 3 stories or 42 feet.
BD — Brooklands District
Maximum 2 stories or 30 feet. Up to 3 stories or 45 feet by conditional approval, with the top floor stepped back 10 feet.
O — Office Business
Maximum 3 stories or 42 feet. Taller buildings need conditional use approval on sites under 5 acres or Planning Commission approval on larger sites, with extra setbacks next to residential.
I — Industrial
Maximum 3 stories or 42 feet.
SP — Special Purpose
Maximum 2 stories or 30 feet.
EC — Employment Center
Maximum 3 stories or 42 feet, with the same tall-building approval path as the O district.
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