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Riverside County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.123.020(3)

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 30 ftRear 5 ftSide 5 ftStreet side 5 ftMin width 40 ftMin depth 60 ftMIN LOT AREA3,800 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE35 ftMAX HEIGHT26 ft / 2 stories
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.
3,800 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.
40 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
35 ft
Minimum lot depth
60 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.
5 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.
5 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
26 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
2

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Building height shall not exceed two stories, with a maximum height of twenty-six (26) feet... The minimum lot area shall be three thousand eight hundred (3,800) square feet... The minimum frontage of a lot shall be thirty-five (35) feet.
17.123.020(3)