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Highland MU zoning: height, setbacks and lot size
In Highland's MU zone, generally buildings can be up to 65 ft tall, the front setback is 5 ft and the minimum lot size is No minimum, with the conditions listed below (Highland code, read October 2026).
Key points
- Maximum building height: 65 ft (Attached mixed use structures; habitable space; 70 ft for architectural features such as clock towers, spires or corner features)
- Minimum front setback: 5 ft (Attached mixed use; 0 ft if front-yard public plaza is at least 400 sq ft and 15 ft in each direction)
- Minimum lot size: No minimum (Attached mixed use structures)
- Maximum lot coverage: 100% (Attached mixed use structures)
- Maximum floor area ratio (FAR): 1.0 (Nonresidential floor area in attached mixed use structures; 0.5 for separated multiple use projects)
- Maximum density: 18 DUs per gross acre (Attached mixed use structures)
MU (Mixed Use District) is a zoning district in Highland. Every value below was read from the Highland 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 MU
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 | 65 ft Applies: Attached mixed use structures; habitable space; 70 ft for architectural features such as clock towers, spires or corner features § 16.22.040 · code textTable row “b. Commercial/office”, column “MU”: 35 ft. if adjacent to residential uses, otherwise 60 ft. |
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| Minimum front setback | 5 ft Applies: Attached mixed use; 0 ft if front-yard public plaza is at least 400 sq ft and 15 ft in each direction § 16.22.040 · code textTable row “6. Minimum front yard setback”, column “MU”: • 0 ft. if public plaza of at least 400 square ft. and a minimum dimension of 15 ft. in each direction provided in front yard |
| Minimum lot size | No minimum Applies: Attached mixed use structures § 16.22.040 · code textTable row “3. Minimum building site (net area in sq. ft.)”, column “MU”: None |
| Maximum lot coverage | 100% Applies: Attached mixed use structures § 16.22.040 · code textTable row “10. Maximum lot coverage”, column “MU”: 100% |
| Maximum floor area ratio (FAR) | 1.0 Applies: Nonresidential floor area in attached mixed use structures; 0.5 for separated multiple use projects § 16.22.040 · code textTable row “2. Maximum nonresidential intensity (F.A.R.)”, column “MU”: 1.0 |
| Maximum density | 18 DUs per gross acre Applies: Attached mixed use structures § 16.22.040 · code textTable row “1. Maximum residential density (DUs per gross acre)”, column “MU”: 18 |
When a different number applies
The code sets other values for particular lots, buildings or locations in MU:
- Maximum building height: 35 ft — Separated multiple use projects; detached and attached residential § 16.22.040
- Maximum building height: 35 ft — Separated multiple use projects; commercial/office adjacent to residential uses § 16.22.040
- Maximum number of stories: 2-1/2 stories — Separated multiple use projects; detached and attached residential; whichever is greater with 35 ft. § 16.22.040
- Minimum front setback: 10 ft — Separated multiple use projects; detached residential § 16.22.040
- Minimum front setback: 15 ft average; 10 ft minimum — Separated multiple use projects; attached residential § 16.22.040
- Minimum front setback: 20 ft average; 15 ft minimum — Separated multiple use projects; commercial/office § 16.22.040
- Minimum side setback: None required — Attached mixed use structures; adjacent to commercial or office uses § 16.22.040
- Minimum side setback: 5 ft — Separated multiple use projects; detached residential § 16.22.040
- Minimum side setback: 15 ft — Separated multiple use projects; attached residential adjacent to commercial § 16.22.040
- Minimum side setback: 10 ft — Separated multiple use projects; attached residential adjacent to residential uses and 2 stories or less § 16.22.040
- Minimum rear setback: None required — Attached mixed use structures; adjacent to commercial or office uses § 16.22.040
- Minimum rear setback: 15 ft — Separated multiple use projects; detached residential § 16.22.040
- Minimum rear setback: 10 ft — Separated multiple use projects; attached residential adjacent to residential uses and 2 stories or less § 16.22.040
- Minimum rear setback: 15 ft — Separated multiple use projects; attached residential adjacent to residential uses and 3 or more stories § 16.22.040
- Minimum lot size: 4,000 sq ft — Separated multiple use projects; detached residential § 16.22.040
Not on this page
We did not find a general stories, side setback, rear setback limit for MU in the zoning tables we read. The code may still set one elsewhere — check the Highland Municipal Code.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the maximum building height in Highland's MU zone?
65 ft (attached mixed use structures; habitable space; 70 ft for architectural features such as clock towers, spires or corner features) — Highland Municipal Code § 16.22.040.
What is the minimum front setback in Highland's MU zone?
5 ft (attached mixed use; 0 ft if front-yard public plaza is at least 400 sq ft and 15 ft in each direction) — Highland Municipal Code § 16.22.040.
What is the minimum lot size in Highland's MU zone?
No minimum (attached mixed use structures) — Highland Municipal Code § 16.22.040.
What is the maximum lot coverage in Highland's MU zone?
100% (attached mixed use structures) — Highland Municipal Code § 16.22.040.
What is the maximum floor area ratio (far) in Highland's MU zone?
1.0 (nonresidential floor area in attached mixed use structures; 0.5 for separated multiple use projects) — Highland Municipal Code § 16.22.040.
General information, not legal advice.
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