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Riverside County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.94.030

Mixed UseAll Riverside County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftRear 15 ftSide 5 ftMAX HEIGHT75 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.

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
RearSetbackThe 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 heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
75 ft

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right
Two-family
by_right
Three-family
by_right
Four-plus family
by_right

Uses

Permitted by right49

Conditional / special use14

Extracted standards

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

Design

  • Minimum ground floor retail/commercial percentage50 pct

    Any mixed-use buildings shall provide ground floor retail or commercial uses for at least fifty (50) percent of ground floor units that front a public street, sidewalk, or public use area

  • Minimum transparent wall percentage for ground floor retail50 pct

    Any ground floor retail or commercial units shall have transparent walls on at least fifty (50) percent of the wall area that fronts a public street, sidewalk, or public use area.

Height

Lighting

  • Lighting glare restriction

    All onsite lighting shall be focused, directed or arranged to prevent glare or direct illumination on adjacent residential uses.

Other

  • Common use area (CUA) per unit above 10100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    Any development with more than ten (10) multiple family dwelling units shall provide at least one hundred (100) square feet of common use area (CUA) for each unit above ten (10) units.

  • Private open area (POA) per unit50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    A development with multiple family units shall provide at least fifty (50) square feet of POA per unit.

  • Public use area (PUA) requirement1 area

    Any development with one or more non-residential building(s) with thirty thousand (30,000) square feet or greater of floor area each shall provide at least one (1) public use area (PUA)

  • Refuse and recyclable storage area required

    A refuse and recyclable material storage area shall be provided for any new multiple family, mixed-use, or commercial development, or existing multiple family mixed-use, or commercial development that will add thirty (30) percent or more units or floor area.

  • Roof-mounted equipment screening distance660 ft

    All roof-mounted equipment, excluding solar panels, shall be screened from the ground elevation view to a minimum sight distance of six hundred sixty (660) feet for residential buildings

  • Roof-mounted equipment screening distance1,320 ft

    and one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet for non-residential buildings, including mixed-use buildings.

From the ordinance

The maximum height of any buildings or structures shall be no greater than seventy-five (75) feet. ... one-family dwellings or associated structure(s), which shall have a minimum front setback of no less than twenty-five (25) feet.
17.94.030