Cincinnati · Residential · § 1405-07-E

RM-2.0-B — Business overlay

RM-2.0-B layers the Business overlay onto RM-2.0. Connected Communities Business overlay. Key controls include 20 ft front setback, 45 ft max height. Allows Attached Single Family, Duplex, Fourplex, Rowhouse Exterior, Rowhouse Interior. Source: § 1405-07-E.

Capacity-readyAttached Single FamilyFour FamilyRowhouseSingle Family

Business overlay status: published as an overlay explainer layered onto the base district.

Source

§ 1405-07-E

Chapter 1405 — Residential Multi-Family Mixed Districts

Capacity readiness

Capacity-ready

Open Municode

Min lot area

4,000 sf

Min lot width

25 ft

Front setback

20 ft

Rear setback

35 ft

Max height

45 ft

Parking

0 spaces for first 10 units; 0.5 spaces/unit above 10

Capacity Readiness

Capacity-ready

Zoning source coverage is sufficient for a site-specific capacity sweep. Site frontage, access, parking, utilities, and subdivision gates are still parcel-specific.

Attached Single FamilyFour FamilyRowhouseSingle FamilyThree FamilyTwo Family

Diagnostics

Other

Source Coverage

Available Conditionally: 1
Not Applicable: 1
Not Modeled: 1
Not Specified In Source: 2
Present: 9

Flagged Fields

Max Height Stories: Not Specified In Source
Max Lot Coverage Pct: Not Specified In Source
Max Far: Not Modeled

Key Development Standards

Standard	Value	Coverage note
Minimum lot area	4,000 sf	Published
Minimum lot area per unit	2,000 sf/unit	Published
Minimum lot width	25 ft	Published
Front setback	20 ft	Published
Total side setback	17 ft	Published
Rear setback	35 ft	Published
Maximum height	45 ft	Published
Maximum stories	3 stories	Derived Derived from another published zoning control.
Maximum lot coverage	Not published as a district-wide standard	Not published district-wide Current Cincinnati conventional residential source chapters do not expose a lot coverage row for these districts in either the tracked snapshots or the live Municode API payloads.
Maximum FAR	Not published as a district-wide standard	Not published district-wide § 1405-07 publishes lot area per unit, lot width, setbacks, and height; it does not publish FAR for RM/RMX districts.
Maximum dwelling units	1-3	Varies by building type Varies across 6 published building-type rows out of 8 tracked forms.
Parking per unit	0 spaces for first 10 units; 0.5 spaces/unit above 10	Overlay standard § 1403-07-E / § 1405-07-E Connected Communities: Business overlay — no parking for ≤10 units; 0.5 per unit over 10; accessory surface parking shall be located in the rear yard
Ground-floor transparency	Not used in this district	Not used here
Overlay effect	Explainer-only overlay page	Business Business mixed residential suffix does not change setbacks. Business overlay reduces but does not eliminate parking for larger residential.

Building-Type Variations

Form	Allowed types	Max units	Min lot area	Min lot width	Front setback	Total side setback	Rear setback	Max height
Single-family	Single Family	1	2,000 sf	25 ft	20 ft	5 ft total	20 ft	35 ft
Rowhouse exterior	Rowhouse Exterior	1	1,500 sf	—	20 ft	5 ft total	20 ft	35 ft
Rowhouse interior	Rowhouse Interior	1	1,500 sf	—	20 ft	0 ft total	20 ft	35 ft
Two-family	Duplex	2	4,000 sf	25 ft	20 ft	6 ft total	20 ft	35 ft
Multi-family	Fourplex	—	—	—	20 ft	17 ft total	35 ft	45 ft
Other	—	—	—	25 ft	20 ft	17 ft total	35 ft	45 ft
Attached	Attached Single Family	1	2,000 sf	25 ft	20 ft	5 ft total	20 ft	35 ft
Three-family	Triplex	3	—	—	20 ft	17 ft total	35 ft	45 ft

Allowed Building Types

Attached Single Family
Duplex
Fourplex
Rowhouse Exterior
Rowhouse Interior
Single Family
Triplex

Sources And Notes

This app page is generated from the public Cincinnati zoning catalog and verified Municode source links.

RM-2.0 is building-form-specific in § 1405-07; this flat summary row is a compatibility export, not a legal substitute for form selection.
Business mixed residential suffix does not change setbacks.
Business overlay reduces but does not eliminate parking for larger residential.