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Riverside County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.82.180

Single FamilyAll Riverside County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 15 ftSide 5 ftStreet side 10 ftMin width 50 ftMin depth 80 ftMIN LOT AREA5,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE40 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft / 2 storiesMAX LOT COVERAGE60%
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.
40 ft
Minimum lot depth
80 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
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
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
60%

Uses

Permitted by right1

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 five thousand (5,000) square feet. The minimum average width ... fifty (50) feet with a minimum average depth of eighty (80) feet. The minimum frontage of a lot shall be forty (40) feet... The front yard shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet... Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than five feet. Side yards on corner and reverse corner lots shall be not less than ten (10) feet... Lot coverage shall not exceed sixty (60) percent for one-story and fifty (50) percent for two-story buildings.
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