zoneoptics
Riverside, California · General provision

19.420

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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

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

Fencing & walls

Other

  • Direct access to arterial or collector

    The facility shall have direct access to an existing or planned arterial or collector street, as designated on the General Plan - Master Plan of Roadways (Figure CCM-4).

  • Inoperable vehicle storage limit30 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 streets10 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.

  • Outdoor display prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    Outdoor display of merchandise shall not be permitted.

  • Outdoor storage screened

    Outdoor storage of merchandise and use of equipment shall be permitted if fully screened by a minimum six-foot-high decorative masonry wall and the sound of the equipment can be insulated to meet the requirements of Title 7 of the Municipal Code.

  • Repair work enclosed

    All repair work shall be conducted within an enclosed building or shall be fully screened by a minimum six-foot-high decorative masonry wall.

Parking

  • Parking and maneuvering areas

    Adequate vehicle parking and maneuvering areas shall be provided to allow for safe internal and external circulation patterns.

From the ordinance

The minimum site area shall be one-half acre (net).
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