Marin County · Zoning setbacks
Tiburon 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 Tiburon 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
- 15′
- Side
- 8′
- 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.
Tiburon 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.
Tiburon Municipal Code zoning standards table, R-1: front 15, sides 8, rear 20% of lot depth or 25 ft whichever is LESS (ring drawn at the 25 ft cap — shallower lots require less). Table footnotes (1, 5, 6) not fully captured; design review is common. Verify with Town of Tiburon Planning.
Tiburon Municipal Code zoning standards table, R-2: front 15, sides 8; rear cell shared with the R-1 column bracket (verify) — rear 20% of lot depth or 25 ft whichever is LESS (ring drawn at the 25 ft cap — shallower lots require less). Table footnotes (1, 5, 6) not fully captured; design review is common. Verify with Town of Tiburon Planning.
Tiburon Municipal Code zoning standards table, R-3/R-3-10: front 15 generally (20 to garages); interior side 20 (street side same as front); rear 20. Table footnotes (1, 5, 6) not fully captured; design review is common. Verify with Town of Tiburon Planning.
Tiburon Municipal Code zoning standards table, R-4 (setback cells bracketed with R-3 in the table — verify applicability): front 15, interior side 20, rear 20. Table footnotes (1, 5, 6) not fully captured; design review is common. Verify with Town of Tiburon Planning.
Tiburon Municipal Code zoning standards table, RO-1: front 30, sides 20, rear 20% of lot depth or 25 ft whichever is LESS (ring drawn at the 25 ft cap — shallower lots require less). Table footnotes (1, 5, 6) not fully captured; design review is common. Verify with Town of Tiburon Planning.
Tiburon Municipal Code zoning standards table, RO-2: front 30, sides 15, rear 20% of lot depth or 25 ft whichever is LESS (ring drawn at the 25 ft cap — shallower lots require less). Table footnotes (1, 5, 6) not fully captured; design review is common. Verify with Town of Tiburon Planning.
What the export says about this table
Tiburon reviewed against the TMC zoning standards table (captured 2026-06-12): RO-1, RO-2, R-1-B-A and R-1-B-2. Rear yards are drawn at the 25 ft cap (the lesser of 20% of depth or 25 ft). RPD and RMP planned districts follow the adopted plan and are not drawn. Table footnotes 1, 5 and 6 are not captured.
Printed verbatim on every Tiburon export — the same words the reviewer signed off, not a summary of them.
Setbacks are one layer of a Tiburon site plan
The same address search returns the parcel boundary, 1–2 ft contours, building footprints, CAL FIRE defensible-space zones, the soil profile, four-season sun, and a native plant palette matched to the site. See everything Lekua resolves in Marin County→
Tiburon setback FAQ
What are the residential setbacks in Tiburon?
In R-1 the code sets a 15 ft front yard, 8 ft sides, and a 25 ft rear yard. The full table is below, transcribed from Tiburon Municipal Code zoning 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 Tiburon parcel.
Does Lekua draw the setback envelope for Tiburon?
Yes. Tiburon 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 Tiburon setback numbers come from?
They are transcribed from the adopted code — Tiburon Municipal Code zoning 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 Tiburon parcel?
Yes. Enter any Tiburon 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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