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Riverside, California · General provision

19.100.050.A.2

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 130 ftMIN 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.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
130 ft

Servicing

Geographic extent
Land zoned RC prior to May 15, 1979

From the ordinance

Every lot shall have a minimum width at the building line of 130 feet and a minimum area of one-half acre; provided, however, that the average lot size of the lots shown on any subdivision or parcel map shall be not less than two acres.
19.100.050.A.2