Lancaster HI zoning: height, setbacks and lot size

HI is a zoning district in Lancaster. Every value below was read from the Lancaster 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 HI, or allow with a permit. Each links to its page with the code section.

• Child care center — Needs a director's review
• Church or place of worship — Needs a conditional use permit
• Growing crops — Needs a director's review
• Kennel — Needs a director's review

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

• Maximum building height: 35 ft — Commercially or industrially used building within 100 feet of any RR, SRR or R zone; whichever is less with the 2-story limit § 17.16.100
• Maximum number of stories: 2 stories — Commercially or industrially used building within 100 feet of any RR, SRR or R zone; whichever is less with the 35-foot limit § 17.16.100
• Minimum front setback: 20 ft — Adjoining a freeway, expressway, or arterial street; building is 35 feet or less in height § 17.16.130
• Minimum front setback: 25 ft or more — Adjoining a freeway, expressway, or arterial street; building is more than 35 feet in height; setback established case-by-case by the Director § 17.16.130
• Minimum rear setback: 10 ft — When adjoining freeway, expressway, or arterial streets § 17.16.130

We did not find a general stories, lot coverage, density limit for HI in the zoning tables we read. The code may still set one elsewhere — check the Lancaster Municipal Code.

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