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Riverside County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.78.030

All Riverside County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETSide 5 ftStreet side 10 ftMin width 45 ftMin depth 90 ftMIN LOT AREA5,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE45 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft / 2 stories
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.
5,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
45 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
45 ft
Minimum lot depth
90 ft

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
5 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
2

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Minimum net usable pad area97 pct

    Lots shall have a minimum net usable pad area of not less than ninety-seven (97) percent of the minimum lot size

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area shall be five thousand (5,000) square feet with a minimum average width of forty-five (45) feet and a minimum average depth of ninety (90) feet; ... All buildings and structures shall not exceed two stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height.
17.78.030