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Riverside, California · General provision

19.100.050.A.3.c

Conservation ResidentialAll Riverside districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 200 ftMIN LOT AREA5 ac
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.
217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (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.
200 ft

Servicing

Geographic extent
Land zoned RC on or after May 15, 1979 with average natural slope over 30 percent

From the ordinance

Every lot with an average natural slope over 30 percent shall have a minimum width at the building line of 200 feet and a minimum area of five acres.
19.100.050.A.3.c