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Riverside County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.123.040(2)

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 15 ftRear 20 ftSide 5 ftStreet side 5 ftMin width 40 ftMin depth 60 ftMIN LOT AREA4,500 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.
4,500 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.
15 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 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

Uses

Permitted by right4

Extracted standards

3 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 four thousand five hundred (4,500) square feet... The front yard shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet... Rear yards shall not be less than twenty (20) feet.
17.123.040(2)