Riverside County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.96.040

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftRear 15 ftSides 10 ft totalMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT50 ftMIN UNIT SIZE125 sq ft
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.

Uses

Permitted by right47

Conditional / special use5

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • Glare prevention

    All lighting... shall be focused, directed, and arranged to prevent glare or direct illumination on streets or adjoining property.

Other

  • A minimum of twenty (20) feet of the setback shall be landscaped, unless a tree screen is approved...

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential or commercial zoned property50 ft

    A minimum fifty (50) foot setback shall be required on any boundary where the industrial property abuts a residential or commercially zoned property.

  • Maximum beds near airport11 beds

    The maximum number of beds in an emergency shelter shall be eleven (11) when the emergency shelter is located within twenty-one thousand five hundred (21,500) feet of any point on the centerline of a runway of a public-use airport or located within forty-three thousand three hundred (43,300) feet of any point on the centerline of a runway of a military airport.

  • Maximum beds (otherwise)75 beds

    In all other instances, the maximum number of beds in an emergency shelter shall be seventy-five (75).

  • Maximum consecutive client stay180 days

    ...or more than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.

  • Maximum client stay (12-month period)300 days

    No client shall be allowed to stay more than three hundred (300) total days within any twelve-month period...

  • Minimum distance between shelters300 ft

    No emergency shelter shall be located on a lot where any lot line of such lot is within three hundred (300) feet of any lot line of a lot where another emergency shelter is located.

  • The minimum exterior waiting and client intake area for a shelter with fourteen (14) or fewer beds shall be four hundred fifty (450) square feet.

  • The minimum exterior waiting and client intake area for a shelter with fifteen (15) or more beds shall be nine hundred (900) square feet.

  • A minimum of one hundred twenty-five (125) square feet of floor area shall be provided for each client served (eating, showering or sleeping) at any one time.

  • The minimum interior waiting and client intake area for a shelter with fourteen (14) or fewer beds shall be one hundred twenty-five (125) square feet.

  • The minimum interior waiting and client intake area for a shelter with fifteen (15) or more beds shall be two hundred (200) square feet.

  • Outside storage screening

    Outside storage shall be screened with structures or landscaping.

  • Roof mechanical equipment screening distance1,320 ft

    All roof mounted mechanical equipment shall be screened from the ground elevation view to a minimum sight distance of one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet.

  • Screening of parking, loading, trash and service areas

    Parking, loading, trash and service areas shall be screened by structures or landscaping.

  • Separate facilities for men and women

    If the emergency shelter accommodates both men and women, separate sleeping, lavatory and bathing areas shall be provided for men and for women.

  • Staffing requirement

    An emergency shelter shall have a manager and at least one (2) other staff member present on site during all hours of operation.

  • Landscaped strip adjacent to street10 ft

    A minimum ten (10) foot strip adjacent to the street line shall be appropriately landscaped and maintained, except for designated pedestrian and vehicular accessways.

  • Underground utilities

    All new utilities shall be underground.

From the ordinance

The minimum lot size shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet with a minimum average lot width of one hundred (100) feet. The maximum height of all structures, including buildings, shall be thirty-five (35) feet at the yard setback line. ... All buildings and structures shall not exceed fifty (50) feet in height... A minimum fifteen (15) percent of the site shall be landscaped... A minimum twenty-five (25) foot setback shall be required on any street. ... The minimum sideyard setback shall equal not less than ten (10) feet for the two side lot areas combined. The minimum rear yard setback shall be fifteen (15) feet.
17.96.040

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "permitted_uses": [
      "mobilehomes, provided they are kept mobile and licensed pursuant to state law, when used for construction offices and caretaker's quarters on construction sites for the duration of a valid building permit"
    ]
  }
}