Zoning Districts
OVERLAY DISTRICTS
LA Lake Austin Residence
District
Height: 35 feet Minimum Lot: 1 acre
Intended as an area for low density single family
residential use.
RR Rural Residence District
Height: 35 feet Minimum Lot:
1 acre
Intended as an area for very low density residential
use.
SF-1 Single Family Residence -
Large Lot
Height: 35 feet Minimum Lot:
10,000 sq. ft.
Single Family Dwelling.
SF-2 Single Family Residence -
Standard Lot
Height: 35 feet Minimum Lot:
5,750 sq. ft.
Single Family Dwelling.
SF-3 Family Residence
Height: 35 feet
Single Family Dwelling Minimum Lot: 5,750 sq. ft.
Duplex Minimum Lot: 7,000 sq. ft.
SF-4A Single Family Residence
- Small Lot
Height: 35 feet Minimum Lot:
3,600 sq. ft.
Single Family Dwelling.
SF-4B Single Family Residence
- Condominium
Height: 2 stories Minimum Lot: 3,600 sq. ft.
Minimum Site Area: 1 acre Maximum Site Area: 5 acres
Single Family Dwelling.
SF-5 Urban Family Residence
Height: 35 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 5,750 sq. ft.
Single Family Dwelling, Duplex, Townhouses, Condominiums
SF-6 Townhouse & Condominium
Residence
Height: 35 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 5,750 sq. ft.
Minimum Condominium Site Area: 14,000 sq. ft.
Single Family Dwelling, Duplex, Two Family Dwellings
(1), Townhouses, Condominiums
MF-1 Multi-Family Residence - Limited
Density
Height: 40 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 8,000 sq. ft.
Single Family Dwelling, Duplex, Two Family Dwellings,
Townhouses, Apartments up to 17 units per acre
MF-2 Multi-Family Residence - Low
Density
Height: 40 feet (2) Minimum
Lot: 8,000 sq. ft.
Single Family Dwelling, Duplex, Two Family Dwellings,
Townhouses, Apartments up to 23 units per acre
MF-3 Multi-Family Residence - Medium
Density
Height: 40 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 8,000 sq. ft.
Single Family Dwelling, Duplex, Two Family Dwellings,
Townhouses, Apartments up to 36 units per acre
MF-4 Multi-Family Residence - Moderate-High
Density
Height: 60 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 8,000 sq. ft.
Single Family Dwelling, Duplex, Two Family Dwellings,
Townhouses, Apartments up to 54 units per acre.
Floor Area Ratio: 0.75 to 1
MF-5 Multi-Family Residence - High
Density
Height: 60 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 8,000 sq. ft.
Single Family Dwelling, Duplex, Two Family Dwellings,
Townhouses, Apartments up to 54 units per acre.
Floor Area Ratio: 1 to 1
MF-6 Multi-Family Residence - Highest
Density
Height: 90 feet (2) Minimum
Lot: 8,000 sq. ft.
Single Family Dwelling, Duplex, Two Family Dwellings,
Townhouses, Apartments; unlimited density
MH Mobile Home Residence No Neighborhood Office
Height: 35 feet (2)
MH Park Minimum Site Area: 90,000 sq. ft.
MH Subdivision Minimum Site Area: 5,750 sq. ft.
NO Neighborhood Office
Height: 2 stories or 35 feet (2)
Small professional offices compatible with existing neighborhoods.
LO Limited Office
Height: 40 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 5,750 sq. ft.
Office use predominantly serving neighborhood or community needs;
such as professional, semiprofessional, medical offices
GO General Office
Height: 60 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 5,750 sq. ft.
Offices and selected commercial uses predominantly serving community
or city wide needs; such as medical or professional offices.
CR Commercial Recreation
Height: 40 feet (2) Minimum
Lot: 20,000 sq.ft.
Intended to provide for commercial services and recreational needs
of tourists and visitors to major recreational areas.
LR Neighborhood Commercial
Height: 40 feet (2) Minimum
Lot: 5,750 sq.ft.
Shopping facilities that provide limited business service and
office facilities to the residents of the neighborhood; such as
consumer repair services, food sales, pet services.
GR Community Commercial
Height: 60 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 5,750 sq.ft.
Offices or commercial uses serving neighborhoods and community
needs, including unified and individually developed shopping centers
or commercial sites; such as service stations, restaurants.
L Lake Commercial
Height: 200 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 5,750 sq.ft.
Any combination of office, retail, commercial and residential
uses within a single development. For application to areas in
proximity to Town Lake.
CBD Central Business District
Height: Varies (3)
No Lot Size Requirement
Uses intended for the core area of Austin, including residential
use types and a wide variety of office and commercial activities.
DMU Downtown Mixed Use
Height: 120 feet (2) No Lot
Size Requirement
Intended for application to areas on the periphery of the CBD,
permitting a wide variety of uses compatible with downtown Austin
and allowing intermediate densities as a transition from the commercial
core to surrounding densities.
W/LO Warehouse Limited Office
Height: 1 story or 25 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 1 acre
Intended predominantly for office and warehousing activities for
building trades and similar businesses not necessarily requiring
high visibility and having low or moderate trip generation.
CS Commercial Services
Height: 60 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 5,750 sq. ft.
Commercial or industrial activities which typically have operating
characteristics or traffic service requirements generally incompatible
with residential environments, such as equipment sales, custom
manufacturing, vehicle storage, or construction services.
CS-1 Commercial-Liquor Sales
Height: 60 feet (2) Minimum
Lot: 5,750 sq. ft.
Liquor sales is added to the permitted uses of the CS District
above; cocktail lounges are conditional uses.
CH Commercial Highway
Height: 120 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 20,000 sq. ft.
Uses intended predominately for major mixed use developments of
a service nature which typically have operating characteristics
requiring location at the intersection of State maintained highway,
excluding scenic arterial.
IP Industrial Park
Height: 60 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 1 acre
Limited commercial services, research and
development, administrative facilities, and manufacturing uses
that can meet high development and performance standards,
typically located on large site or in planned industrial parks;
such as administrative or business office, research services,
light manufacturing.
MI Major Industrial
Height: 120 feet (2) Minimum
Lot: 50 acres
Intended for commercial services, research and development, administrative
facilities, and manufacturing uses that are typically located
on large sites of 50 acres or more, planned for major industrial
development.
LI Limited Industrial Services
Height: 60 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 5,750 sq. ft.
Commercial services, basic and limited manufacturing, warehousing
and distribution.
R&D Research and Development
Height: 45 feet (2) Minimum
Lot: 5 acres Minimum Area: 25 acres
Research testing services, research warehousing services, research
assembly services. Subject to PDA (Planned Unit Development Area)
combing district.
DR Development Reserve
Height: 35 feet (2)
Minimum Lot: 10 acres
Intended to prevent premature land uses or land development for
which adequate public services and facilities are unavailable.
AV Aviation Services
Height: Varies (3).
Uses are limited to aviation activities, business,
and services dependent upon direct access to airport facilities.
AG Agricultural District
Height: 60 feet (2).
Stables, animal and crop production, and support
housing, on sites of 10 acres or more which preserve open space
and valuable farming lands.
P Public District
Height: Varies (3).
Land owned or leased by federal, state, county, or
city government.
PUD Planned Unit Development
Height: Varies (3).
Planned Unit Development allows for cluster development
and alternate design standards.
Minimum Site Areas:
Inside City - 10 acres recommended.
Outside City - 250 acres required.
TOD Transit-Oriented Development
Height varies (3)
TOD allows for a mix of uses and development that is compatible with and supportive of public transit and a pedestrian-oriented environment.
NBG North Burnet/Gateway District
Height varies (3)
NBG is the designation for an identified area subject to the approved North Burnet/Gateway Master Plan. It allows higher density and urban mixed-use development that is pedestrian and transit-friendly.
OVERLAY
DISTRICTS
THESE DESIGNATIONS MAY BE USED IN ADDITION TO BASE
ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS.
