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Riverside County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.73.080

All Riverside County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 15 ftSide 5 ftMin width 60 ftMin depth 100 ftMIN LOT AREA7,200 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE60 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE45%
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.
7,200 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.
60 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
60 ft
Minimum lot depth
100 ft

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
15 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
5 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
45%

Extracted standards

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

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From the ordinance

Lot area shall be not less than seven thousand two hundred (7,200) square feet. ... minimum average width ... sixty (60) feet with a minimum average depth of one hundred (100) feet. ... minimum frontage ... sixty (60) feet ... front yard for living areas and porches shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet ... side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than five feet ... In no case shall more than fifty (50) percent of any lot be covered by buildings for lots with one-story buildings and in no case shall more than forty-five (45) percent ...
17.73.080