Setback areas according to Art. 6 BayBO

Hi!
A quick question about the distance areas in a rural residential area.

Basically, at least 3.0 m and 1H apply.

(6) 1Vor zwei Außenwänden von nicht mehr als 16 m Länge genügt als Tiefe der Abstandsflächen die Hälfte der nach Abs. 5 erforderlichen Tiefe, mindestens jedoch 3 m; das gilt nicht in Gebieten nach Abs. 5 Satz 2.

So, does that mean each of the two exterior walls can be 16 m long or only the sum of the two exterior walls?

The sixteen-meter privilege presumably refers to buildings whose side length (of one side) is less than 16 m and applies, as far as I understand, only if this is true for every side (thus not just the building side facing the relevant boundary). Then it is only half an h or at least 3 meters. The regulation probably originated from times when the residential house was still considered the head of a stable and barn building, whereas for today’s single-family house this more manageable format is rather the rule.

Basically, at least 3.0m and 1H apply.

Whether this also "basically" applies in your municipality needs to be checked. Bavaria has created an "experimental clause" with paragraph 7 of Art. 6 BayBO, based on the model building code, according to which each municipality can issue its own regulations. If there is a development plan, it can make individual stipulations that then have the highest priority.

applies, if I understand correctly, only if this applies to every side (i.e., not just the building side adjacent to the boundary in question).

No. When the narrow side privilege still existed in NRW, you could even choose any contiguous 16m section of longer walls, for which then only half the wall height applied.

I meant basically, unless otherwise specified by the development plan or municipality.

A 16m section? Or two 16m sections?

For a detached house, two 16m sections, but not to the same boundary.