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Riverside County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.82.150

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 30 ftRear 20 ftSide 20 ftStreet side 25 ftMin width 100 ftMin depth 200 ftMIN LOT AREA40,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE70 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft / 2 storiesMAX LOT COVERAGE25%
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.
40,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.92 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.
100 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
70 ft
Minimum lot depth
200 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.
30 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 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
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
25%

From the ordinance

Building height shall not exceed two stories with a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet... Lot area shall be not less than forty thousand (40,000) square feet... The minimum average width ... one hundred (100) feet, with a minimum average depth of two hundred (200) feet... The minimum frontage of a lot shall be seventy (70) feet... The front yard shall be not less than thirty (30) feet... Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than twenty (20) feet... Side yards on corner and reverse corner lots shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet... The rear yard shall not be less than twenty (20) feet... No lot shall have more than twenty-five (25) percent of its net buildable area covered by buildings or structures...
17.82.150