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Riverside County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.73.150

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaSide 5 ftMin width 50 ftMin depth 80 ftMIN LOT AREA5,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE45 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.
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.
50 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
45 ft
Minimum lot depth
80 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

Height & bulk

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

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Chimneys and fireplaces encroachment2 ft

    Chimneys and fireplaces shall be allowed to encroach into side yards a maximum of two feet.

From the ordinance

Lot area shall be not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet. ... minimum average width ... fifty (50) feet with a minimum average depth of eighty (80) feet. ... minimum frontage ... forty-five (45) 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 ...
17.73.150