zoneoptics
Riverside, California · General provision

Chapter 19.420

All Riverside districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA21,780 sq ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
21,780 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Height & bulk

Minimum landscaping
10%

Extracted standards

3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Fencing & walls

Other

  • Maximum inoperable vehicle storage duration30 days

    Inoperable vehicles shall not be stored on the property longer than 30 days.

  • Minimum landscaped setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. adjacent to public street10 ft

    A minimum ten-foot landscaped setback shall be provided adjacent to public streets, unless the prevailing setback along the same block face is greater than ten feet, in which case the setback shall be no less than the average of the setbacks of existing buildings along the same block face.

From the ordinance

The minimum site area shall be one-half acre (net). A minimum six-foot-high decorative masonry wall shall be erected along all property lines adjacent to any property zoned for residential use or the Office (O) Zone. A minimum ten-foot landscaped setback shall be provided adjacent to public streets.
Chapter 19.420