Riverside County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
61 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
4- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 105 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
A-1 Light Agriculture Zone
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 17
A-2 Heavy Agriculture Zone
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
W-2 Controlled Development Areas Zone
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 30
Commercial
4C-1 General Commercial
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 108
Planning Area M-4
Planning Area 20
Planning Area 43, Specific Plan No. 260
Other
15Planning Areas 15, 20, 25, and 29
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
Planning Areas 16, 18, 19, 30, 34A and 34B
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
Planning Areas 21 and 27B
Planning Area 28
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
Planning Area 31A, Specific Plan No. 260
- Min lot
- 7,200 sq ft
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Planning Area 40
- Min lot
- 9,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
Planning Area 41 (Article VI)
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
Planning Areas 41A, 48, and 49
Planning Area 41 (Article IXb)
Planning Area 41B
Planning Areas 42, 46A, 46B, 46C, and 46D
Planning Areas 44A and 44B
Planning Areas 45A, 45B, 45C, 45D, 45E, 47A, 47B, 47C, 50C, 50I, and 51
Residential
36Planning Area 15
Planning Area 17 of Specific Plan No. 342
- Min lot
- 2,800 sq ft
- Max height
- 55 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 17
Planning Area 19
Planning Area 20 of Specific Plan No. 342
- Min lot
- 2,800 sq ft
- Max height
- 55 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 28
Planning Area 24, Specific Plan No. 260
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 12 ft
Planning Area 25, Specific Plan No. 260
- Min lot
- 3,500 sq ft
- Front setback
- 12 ft
Planning Area 28 - Attached Multiple Family Residential and Combined Multiple Family Residential/Non-Residential Development
- Min lot
- 2,800 sq ft
- Max height
- 55 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
Planning Area 31
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
Planning Areas 32 and 33B
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
Planning Area 33A
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 12 ft
Planning Area 34
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 12 ft
Planning Areas 35, 37 and 40
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 12 ft
Planning Area 36, Specific Plan No. 260
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
Planning Area 38
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 12 ft
Planning Area 39
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 12 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Planning Areas 41, 42, 45 and 46
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 12 ft
Planning Area 50C
- Min lot
- 4,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
Planning Area 52
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
Planning Area 52A
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Planning Area 58
- Min lot
- 4,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
R-1 One-Family Dwelling Zone
- Min lot
- 7,200 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 18
One-Family Dwelling Zone
- Max height
- 35 ft
R-1A One-Family Dwellings, Mountain Resort Zone
- Min lot
- 7,200 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
- Front setback
- 20 ft
Multiple-Family Dwelling Zone
- Min lot
- 7,200 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 34
Multiple-Family Dwelling Zone
- Max height
- 35 ft
R-2A LIMITED MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING ZONE
- Min lot
- 7,200 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 19
General Residential Zone
- Min lot
- 7,200 sq ft
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 25
Village Tourist Residential Zone
- Min lot
- 9,000 sq ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 39
Planned Residential Zone
- Min lot
- 3,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 7.26 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
R-5 Open Area Combining Zone, Residential Developments
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
R-6 Residential Incentive Zone
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Max density
- 4 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
R-7 Zone Highest Density Residential
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 17
Specific Plan No. 266, Planning Area 23b
- Front setback
- 5 ft
Specific Plan No. 342
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 5 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Specific Plan No. 386
- Min lot
- 4,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 26 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
General provisions
388 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Lot area shall be not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet. ... The minimum average width ... forty-five (45) feet ... depth of ninety (90) feet. ... Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than five feet in width. ... In no case shall more than fifty (50) percent of any lot be covered by buildings or structures that are single-story and forty-five (45) percent for two-story.
The permitted uses identified under Section 9.50(a) shall also include libraries, fire stations and public parks.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 1 and 2 of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article IXd, Section 9.72 of Ordinance No. 348. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 9.72.a. shall also include congregate care residential facilities, public and private recreation areas, paseos/trails...
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 1 and 2 of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article IXd, Section 9.72 of Ordinance No. 348. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 9.72.a. shall also include congregate care residential facilities, public and private recreation areas, paseos/trails...
The uses permitted in Planning Area 3 of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article XIa, Section 11.26 and 11.27 of Ordinance No. 348.
The uses permitted in Planning Area 3 of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article XIa, Section 11.26 and 11.27 of Ordinance No. 348.
The uses permitted in Planning Area 5 of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article XI, Sections 11.2 and 11.3 of Ordinance No. 348, except that uses pursuant to Section 11.2.b.(1)e.1., 3. and 4., Section 11.2.b.(1)g.5. and Section 11.2.d. shall not be permitted.
The uses permitted in Planning Area 5 of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article XI, Sections 11.2 and 11.3 of Ordinance No. 348, except that uses pursuant to Section 11.2.b.(1)e.1., 3. and 4., Section 11.2.b.(1)g.5. and Section 11.2.d. shall not be permitted.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 6, 22, 42 and 54A of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348, except that uses pursuant to Section 9.1.a.(7), and Section 9.1.d.(4) and (6) shall not be permitted.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 6, 22, 42 and 54A of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348, except that uses pursuant to Section 9.1.a.(7), and Section 9.1.d.(4) and (6) shall not be permitted.
Building height shall not exceed two stories with a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet. Lot area shall be not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet. The minimum average width ... fifty (50) feet, with a minimum average depth of ninety (90) feet. The minimum frontage of a lot shall be forty (40) feet... The front yard shall be not less than eighteen (18) feet... Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than five feet. Side yards on corner and reverse corner lots shall not be less than ten (10) feet... Lot coverage shall not exceed fifty (50) percent for one-story and forty (40) percent for two-story buildings.
Building height shall not exceed two stories with a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet. Lot area shall be not less than four thousand (4,000) square feet. ... The minimum average width ... shall be forty (40) feet, with a minimum average depth of ninety (90) feet. ... The front yard shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet... side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than five feet. ... Lot coverage shall not exceed seventy (70) percent for one-story and sixty (60) percent for two-story buildings.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 8A and 8B of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article VI, Section 6.1 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 6.1.a. (2) and (3), and Section 6.1.b.(1) and (3) shall not be permitted.
Building height shall not exceed two stories with a maximum height of forty (40) feet. Lot area shall be not less than three thousand nine hundred (3,900) square feet. The minimum average width ... forty (40) feet, with a minimum average depth of eighty (80) feet. The front yard shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet... Side yards on interior and through lots shall not be less than five feet. Side yards on corner and reverse corner lots shall be not less than eight feet... Lot coverage shall not exceed seventy (70) percent. The minimum private yard area shall be not less than two hundred fifty (250) square feet per dwelling unit...
Building height shall not exceed two stories with a maximum height of forty (40) feet. Lot area shall be not less than three thousand nine hundred (3,900) square feet. ... The front yard shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet... Side yards on interior and through lots shall not be less than five feet. ... Lot coverage shall not exceed seventy (70) percent. ... The minimum private yard area shall be not less than two hundred fifty (250) square feet per dwelling unit...
Building height shall not exceed two stories with a maximum height of forty (40) feet. Lot area shall be not less than three thousand (3,000) square feet. The minimum average width ... forty (40) feet, with a minimum average depth of seventy-five (75) feet. The front yard shall be not less than twelve (12) feet... Side yards on interior and through lots shall not be less than five feet. Side yards on corner and reverse corner lots shall be not less than eight feet... Lot coverage shall not exceed eighty (80) percent. The minimum private yard area shall be not less than two hundred (200) square feet...
Building height shall not exceed two stories with a maximum height of forty (40) feet. Lot area shall be not less than three thousand (3,000) square feet. ... The front yard shall be not less than twelve (12) feet... Side yards on interior and through lots shall not be less than five feet. ... Lot coverage shall not exceed eighty (80) percent. ... The minimum private yard area shall be not less than two hundred (200) square feet...
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 10A and 10B of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article VIIIe, Section 8.100 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 8.100.a.(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9); Section 8.100.b.(1); and Section 8.100.c.(1) shall not be permitted. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 8.100.a. shall also include green belts and open space.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 10A and 10B of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article VIIIe, Section 8.100 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 8.100.a.(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9); Section 8.100.b.(1); and Section 8.100.c.(1) shall not be permitted. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 8.100.a. shall also include green belts and open space.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 18, 38A, 38B, 39, 43, 53, and 57 of Specific Plan No. 293 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article VIII, Section 8.1 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 8.1.d.(1) shall not be permitted. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 8.1.a. shall also include non-commercial community association recreation and assembly buildings and facilities, libraries, daycare centers, and churches. No lot shall have more than eighty (80) percent of its net area covered with buildings or structures.
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