Setback Requirements for the UT: Utilities District in Kissimmee

In the UT: Utilities District of Kissimmee, the standard minimum setbacks are 25 feet for the front yard, 10 feet for the side yards, and 10 feet for the rear yard. These requirements increase to 35 feet for front and street side setbacks if the property is located along a designated arterial or collector street [Table 4-5, Footnote 4]. Additionally, any UT: Utilities District development abutting a single-family residential zone must provide an enhanced setback of one foot for every one foot of building height [Section 14-4-6.C].

Standard Setback Requirements

The municipality of Kissimmee established the UT: Utilities District to accommodate large-scale utility operations. To manage the impact of these facilities, specific dimensional standards are applied to all structures within the district.

Yard Type	Minimum Setback Requirement
Front	25 feet
Side (Interior)	10 feet
Street Side	25 feet
Rear	10 feet

[Table 4-5]

Supplemental and Conditional Setbacks

Beyond the basic yard requirements, the Kissimmee Land Development Code (LDC) applies several supplemental rules based on the specific location and surroundings of a site in the UT: Utilities District.

Arterial and Collector Street Frontage

If a non-residential use in the UT: Utilities District is located on a street classified as an arterial or collector in the comprehensive plan, the minimum front and street side building setbacks are increased to 35 feet. This rule does not apply if the property is located within a form-based code area [Table 4-5, Footnote 4].

Adjacency to Residential Zoning

Kissimmee requires specific protections when the UT: Utilities District abuts residential districts (including RE, RA-1, RA-2, RA-3, RA-4, RB-1, RB-2, and MH). In these instances, the following rules apply:

Height-Based Setbacks: The development must provide a setback of one foot from the abutting residential site for every foot of building height. Developers can choose to apply this as a "step-back" for upper stories or apply the full setback to the entire building façade [Section 14-4-6.C].
Rooftop Restrictions: The first 50 feet of a rooftop closest to a single-family residential lot cannot be occupied by active uses that produce noise [Section 14-4-6.C].
Parking Area Buffer: No parking area within the UT: Utilities District may be located within 25 feet of any residentially zoned property [Table 4-5, Footnote 7].

Parking and Landscape Setbacks

The LDC also regulates the placement of parking infrastructure relative to the property lines in the UT: Utilities District:

General Parking Setback: Parking spaces must be set back at least 7 feet from the property line, or the width of the required landscape strip, whichever is greater [Table 4-5].
Landscape Strips: Along arterial or collector rights-of-way, a 10-foot landscaped strip is required. For all other rights-of-way, a 7-foot strip is required [Section 14-8-17.A].

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