Riverside
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Industrial
4Residential
4- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
R-3 Zone
- Min lot
- 5,499 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Very High-Density Residential Zone
- Front setback
- 1 ft
- Max density
- 5 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 1
Residential Agricultural Zone
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 40 ft
- Max density
- 0.2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 22
General provisions
559 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
A pedestrian mall sidewalk sign may not exceed 12 square-feet in overall area, nor a maximum height or width of four feet. ... extend no more than ten feet into the public right-of-way, and not closer than 35 feet from the curb face of any cross-street open to vehicular traffic.
A pedestrian mall sidewalk sign may not exceed 12 square-feet in overall area, nor a maximum height or width of four feet. ... A pedestrian mall sidewalk sign shall be located in front of the business and extend no more than ten feet into the public right-of-way, and not closer than 35 feet from the curb face of any cross-street open to vehicular traffic.
Each display face shall not exceed 750 square feet. The maximum number of display faces shall be two. The height shall not exceed 50 feet above the elevation of the freeway travel lane nearest to the sign location.
Each display face shall not exceed 750 square feet. The maximum number of display faces shall be two. The height shall not exceed 50 feet above the elevation of the freeway travel lane nearest to the sign location.
Any sign projecting into the public right-of-way, or into public property, is subject to an encroachment permit.
Where a lot or parcel of land at the junction of two intersecting streets in any residential zone has frontage on each street over 130 feet in length, front yards of the depth required in the appropriate zone shall be required on both frontages.
Through lots. The front yard setback on the street side of a through lot is a line parallel to the property line abutting both streets. In other words, a through lot has two front yards. ... The rear setback building line is a line parallel to the rear property line, at a minimum distance specified by the base zone measured at right angles from the rear property line, that extends between the side yards, except as follows: ... Cornices, eaves, belt courses, sills bay windows, buttresses, or other similar architectural features may project up to four feet into a required front yard area and may project into a required side or rear yard area up to four inches per one foot of width of such yard. ... No more than 1,000 square feet of the rear yard shall be paved, or 25 percent of the rear yard area, whichever is less, for parking purposes.
For the R-1-7000 Zone, where lots comprising 50 percent or more of the frontage on one side of a street between intersecting streets are developed with front yards setbacks of a greater depth. The average of such front yard setbacks shall establish the front yard setback for the entire frontage on that side of the street within that block. ... interior side yard setbacks may be reduced to five feet provided a minimum distance of 15 feet is maintained between adjacent dwellings. ... a garage that is an integral part of the main dwelling may be located not closer than five feet to any interior side lot line.
Cornices, eaves, belt courses, sills bay windows, buttresses, or other similar architectural features may project up to four feet into a required front yard area and may project into a required side or rear yard area up to four inches per one foot of width of such yard.
In the R-1-7000 Zone, interior side yard setbacks may be reduced to five feet provided a minimum distance of 15 feet is maintained between adjacent dwellings. ... In the R-1-7000 Zone, a garage that is an integral part of the main dwelling may be located not closer than five feet to any interior side lot line.
For lawfully established dwellings that do not conform to the side yards required in the RC, RR, RE and R-1 Zones additions may be constructed within such required side yards if such additions are located not closer to the side lot line than the existing dwelling; provided, that in no case shall such additions be located closer than five feet to interior side lot lines or ten feet to street side lot lines.
For lawfully established dwellings that do not conform to the side yards required in the RC, RR, RE and R-1 Zones additions may be constructed within such required side yards if such additions are located not closer to the side lot line than the existing dwelling; provided, that in no case shall such additions be located closer than five feet to interior side lot lines or ten feet to street side lot lines.
For lawfully established dwellings that do not conform to the side yards required in the RC, RR, RE and R-1 Zones additions may be constructed within such required side yards if such additions are located not closer to the side lot line than the existing dwelling; provided, that in no case shall such additions be located closer than five feet to interior side lot lines or ten feet to street side lot lines.
No more than 1,000 square feet of the rear yard shall be paved, or 25 percent of the rear yard area, whichever is less, for parking purposes.
A maximum increase of ten percent in the allowed sign area and height. b. A maximum decrease of 20 percent in the required setbacks, except in no case shall this provision permit a setback of fewer than five feet. c. A maximum decrease of 20 percent in the required distance between structures on the same site on multifamily lots. d. A maximum decrease of ten percent in the required parcel dimensions (area, depth, and width). e. A maximum decrease of five percent or one space, whichever is greater, in the required parking spaces. f. A maximum decrease of ten percent in required landscaped dimensions (area, depth, or width). g. Any other standards not addressed by these provisions may be permitted up to a ten percent adjustment
These provisions shall not apply in the Residential Conservation (RC) and Residential Agricultural (RA-5) zones, or in an industrial zone where located within 200 feet of a sensitive receptor as defined by Section 19.130.030.
Whenever an application or portion of an application has been denied or revoked and the denial or revocation becomes final, no new application for the same or similar request may be accepted within one year of the date of the action to deny or revoke
Public notice of the consideration of a proposed minor conditional use permit in all zones shall be provided by the Community & Economic Development Department Director, or his/her designee, by mailing such notice to the property owners within 300 feet of the exterior boundaries of the property under consideration
All owners of real property on the latest records of the County Assessor within 300 feet of the real property.
Pursuant to the California Streets and Highways Code (Section 8310 et seq.), the public hearing shall not be held less than 15 days after the adoption of the resolution of intent to hold a public hearing.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.