Marin County · Zoning setbacks
Sausalito 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 Sausalito 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
- —
- Side
- 5′
- Rear
- 15′
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.
Sausalito 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.
Sausalito SMC §10.22.040 Table 10.22-2, R-1 (suffix unknown — drawn at R-1-6/8 values; R-1-20 requires side 10/rear 20): front 0 (no ring drawn), side 5, rear 15. Front is 0 except where the zoning map designates 10-ft Special Setback Lines (§10.40.070E.4); standards are not entitlements — design review may require greater setbacks (Table note 1); overlay districts may modify. Verify with Sausalito CDD.
Sausalito SMC §10.22.040 Table 10.22-2, R-2: front 0 (no ring drawn), side 5, rear 15. Front is 0 except where the zoning map designates 10-ft Special Setback Lines (§10.40.070E.4); standards are not entitlements — design review may require greater setbacks (Table note 1); overlay districts may modify. Verify with Sausalito CDD.
Sausalito SMC §10.22.040 Table 10.22-2, R-1-6/R-1-8: front 0 (no ring drawn), side 5, rear 15. Front is 0 except where the zoning map designates 10-ft Special Setback Lines (§10.40.070E.4); standards are not entitlements — design review may require greater setbacks (Table note 1); overlay districts may modify. Verify with Sausalito CDD.
Sausalito SMC §10.22.040 Table 10.22-2, R-1-6/R-1-8: front 0 (no ring drawn), side 5, rear 15. Front is 0 except where the zoning map designates 10-ft Special Setback Lines (§10.40.070E.4); standards are not entitlements — design review may require greater setbacks (Table note 1); overlay districts may modify. Verify with Sausalito CDD.
— means the code sets no fixed minimum for that yard. It never means “build to the line”: the citation on that row says what governs instead — a block-contextual front, a formula on lot width, or a standard measured somewhere other than the property line.
What the export says about this table
Sausalito reviewed against SMC §10.22.040 Table 10.22-2 (captured 2026-06-12). The front yard is 0 citywide except where a map-designated 10 ft Special Setback Line applies; those lines are not mapped here. Standards are subject to design-review discretion (Table note 1). Confirm Special Setback Lines and overlays with Planning.
Printed verbatim on every Sausalito export — the same words the reviewer signed off, not a summary of them.
Setbacks are one layer of a Sausalito site plan
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Sausalito setback FAQ
What are the residential setbacks in Sausalito?
In R-1 the code sets no fixed front yard, 5 ft sides, and a 15 ft rear yard. The full table is below, transcribed from Sausalito SMC §10.22.040 Table 10.22-2, 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 Sausalito parcel.
Does Lekua draw the setback envelope for Sausalito?
Yes. Sausalito is one of the jurisdictions whose table has passed review, most recently on 2026-07-23, so the envelope is drawn on the DXF and the PDF site plan with its citation in the title block.
Where do these Sausalito setback numbers come from?
They are transcribed from the adopted code — Sausalito SMC §10.22.040 Table 10.22-2, 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 Sausalito parcel?
Yes. Enter any Sausalito 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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