Marin County · Zoning setbacks
Corte Madera setback requirements
Lekua resolves a parcel’s jurisdiction and zone, then draws this envelope on the site plan with its citation in the title block. Enter a Corte Madera address and the setbacks arrive already drawn.
The envelope
What the numbers below make on the ground. Shown for the first district in the table; the rest follow the same geometry at their own dimensions.
Zone R-1 — the envelope Lekua draws on the plan.
- Front
- 20′
- Side
- 6′
- Rear
- 25′
The hatched band is the yard — ground the code gives up. Drawn not to scale: the yards are proportional to each other, so the deepest one fills the band and the rest follow. The dimensions carry the real numbers, and the export draws them on the actual parcel outline.
Corte Madera setbacks by district
Every row is produced by the same function the exporter calls, so this page cannot drift from what the drawing gets. The citation under each row is what prints on the sheet.
Corte Madera Municipal Code residential standards table, R-1 (Medium Density): front 20/side 6 for lots over 7,500 sf, 15/5 under (lot area unavailable — drawn at the >7,500 sf values); street side 15/10; rear 25 (35 w/ CUP). Street-side setbacks differ; table footnotes (1–4) not captured. Verify with Corte Madera Planning.
Corte Madera Municipal Code residential standards table, R-1-A (Low Density): front 25, side 10 (street side 20), rear 35 (45 w/ CUP). Street-side setbacks differ; table footnotes (1–4) not captured. Verify with Corte Madera Planning.
Corte Madera Municipal Code residential standards table, R-1-B (Very Low Density): front 30, side 20 (30 w/ CUP; street side 30), rear 50 (75 w/ CUP). Street-side setbacks differ; table footnotes (1–4) not captured. Verify with Corte Madera Planning.
Corte Madera Municipal Code residential standards table, R-1-C (Open Residential): front 35, side 25 (street side 25, 35 w/ CUP), rear 100. Street-side setbacks differ; table footnotes (1–4) not captured. Verify with Corte Madera Planning.
Corte Madera Municipal Code residential standards table, R-2: front 20, side 6 (10 w/ CUP; street side 15), rear 25 (35 w/ CUP). Street-side setbacks differ; table footnotes (1–4) not captured. Verify with Corte Madera Planning.
Corte Madera Municipal Code residential standards table, R-3: front 20, side 6 (10 w/ CUP; street side 15), rear 25. Street-side setbacks differ; table footnotes (1–4) not captured. Verify with Corte Madera Planning.
What the export says about this table
Corte Madera reviewed against the Town standards matrix (captured 2026-06-12): R-1 Medium Density, R-1-A/B/C and R-2/R-3. R-1 yards depend on lot area; where lot area is unknown the drawing uses the deeper (7,500 sf and over) standard, which never understates. Matrix footnotes 1-4 and conditional-use exceptions are not captured.
Printed verbatim on every Corte Madera export — the same words the reviewer signed off, not a summary of them.
Setbacks are one layer of a Corte Madera site plan
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Corte Madera setback FAQ
What are the residential setbacks in Corte Madera?
In R-1 the code sets a 20 ft front yard, 6 ft sides, and a 25 ft rear yard. The full table is below, transcribed from Corte Madera Municipal Code residential standards table, R-1 with the citation attached to every row. This table has passed independent review, so Lekua draws the setback envelope on the site plan for a Corte Madera parcel.
Does Lekua draw the setback envelope for Corte Madera?
Yes. Corte Madera is one of the jurisdictions whose table has passed review, most recently on 2026-07-24, so the envelope is drawn on the DXF and the PDF site plan with its citation in the title block.
Where do these Corte Madera setback numbers come from?
They are transcribed from the adopted code — Corte Madera Municipal Code residential standards table, R-1 — and this page renders them by calling the same function the exporter calls, so what you see here is what the drawing gets. Zoning changes; verify against the current code and with the planning department before submittal.
Can I get a CAD base map for a Corte Madera parcel?
Yes. Enter any Corte Madera address and Lekua returns a layered DXF base plan and a PDF site report — property lines, 1–2 ft contours, building footprints, CAL FIRE defensible-space zones, soil, seasonal sun, and a native plant palette matched to the parcel, alongside the zoning determination. See what else resolves in Marin County.
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