17.136.030, 17.136.040
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.2 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Housing
Servicing
- Applies near
- Citrus Vineyard Rural Policy Area
- Geographic extent
- Citrus Vineyard Rural Policy Area of the Riverside County general plan
Uses
Permitted by right21
- one-family dwellings
- vineyards
- groves
- field crops
- flower, vegetable, and herb gardening
- orchards
- apiaries
- drying, processing and packing of fruits, nuts, vegetables
- grazing of horses, cattle, sheep, goats (excluding hogs)
- farms for breeding horses, cattle, sheep, goats
- outside storage of irrigation equipment and farming machinery
- employee housing meeting H&S Code 17021.8
- additional one-family dwellings (with plot plan)
- public utility facilities
- bed and breakfast inns (with plot plan and conditions)
- special occasion facilities (with plot plan)
- country inns (with plot plan)
- wineries with incidental uses (with plot plan)
- permanent stands for agricultural products
- 18-hole golf courses
- child day care center
Conditional / special use25
- commercial stables
- equestrian training facilities
- commercial horse, sheep, goat, cattle breeding operations
- employee housing not meeting H&S Code
- commercial wineries not meeting B5-7
- agricultural product processing facilities not meeting A2
- veterinary clinics
- animal hospitals
- kennels
- catteries
- riding academies
- dude ranches
- campgrounds
- recreational vehicle parks
- golf driving ranges
- miniature golf courses
- private clubs
- lodges
- religious institutions
- schools
- cemeteries
- utility substations
- transmission lines
- mining and quarrying
- similar uses
Prohibited2
Extracted standards
25 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Clustering density0.2 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
One dwelling unit shall be allowed for every five gross acres.
- Lodging bedrooms per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.2 bedrooms/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
A maximum of two bedrooms shall be permitted per gross acre for a lodging facility
Height
- Special occasion maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.30 ft
Maximum height for special occasion facilities shall be thirty (30) feet on a single level building pad and forty (40) feet on a terraced building pad
No building or structure shall exceed fifty (50) feet in height unless a greater height is specifically permitted
Lighting
- Outdoor lighting shielding
All outdoor lighting shall be shielded and directed away from adjacent properties;
- Nonessential lighting timer
All nonessential lighting shall be operated by a timer and shall be turned off at the close of business;
- Mt. Palomar lighting compliance
All exterior lighting shall comply with applicable requirements of Ordinance No. 655 to ensure a clear nighttime view for Mt. Palomar Observatory.
Lot
- Clustering minimum lot size43,560 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The minimum lot size shall be one gross acre.
- Minimum average lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.200 ft
Lots shall have a minimum average width of two hundred (200) feet;
- Winery minimum lot size435,600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The minimum lot size shall be ten (10) gross acres for wineries.
Other
- Minimum structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines50 ft
All structures shall be located not less than fifty (50) feet from any property line;
- Right-to-Farm covenant
All subdivisions residential developments shall record a 'Right-to-Farm' covenant, pursuant to Ordinance No. 625
- Minimum road width24 ft
roads shall have a minimum width of twenty-four (24) feet with four-foot shoulders
- Roof mechanical equipment screening1,320 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.
- Soil percolation for septic
Adequate soil percolation for septic use shall be required;
- Street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. landscaping
Landscaping shall be required along all street frontages;
- Underground utilities
All new utilities shall be installed underground except electrical lines rated at 33kV or greater;
- Vineyard planted percentage40 pct
At least forty (40) percent of the set-aside areas... shall be planted in vineyards prior to issuance of building permit
- Vineyard set-aside percentage50 pct
At least fifty (50) percent of net project area shall be set aside for planting vineyards...
- Water service
Lots shall be provided with adequate water service by either a district water system or by individual wells;
- Minimum winery capacity3,500 gallons
A winery facility shall have a capacity to produce at least three thousand five hundred (3,500) gallons of wine annually.
- Minimum winery building size1,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A winery facility (buildings or structures) shall be at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet in size.
- Winery vineyard percentage75 pct
Seventy-five (75) percent of the net lot area shall be planted in vineyards prior to issuance of a building permit.
Parking
- Parking surface material
All parking areas shall be surfaced with a dust-free material;
Signage
- Sign compliance
All signs shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 17.252;
From the ordinance
The minimum lot size shall be ten (10) gross acres except for existing nonconforming parcels and residential developments that cluster their density.