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.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish and implement the requirements of the Riverside County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) for airports that affect land uses within the City of Riverside.
Uses not listed in tables are prohibited unless the Community & Economic Development Department Director, or his/her designee, pursuant to Chapter 19.060, determines that the use is similar and no more detrimental than a listed permitted or conditional use.
Table 19.150.020 A. (Permitted Uses Table), Table 19.150.020 B. (Incidental Uses Table) and Table 19.150.020 C. (Temporary Uses Table) in Chapter 19.150 (Base Zones Permitted land uses) identify permitted uses, permitted accessory uses, permitted temporary uses, and uses permitted subject to the approval of a minor conditional use permit (Chapter 19.730 - Minor Conditional Use Permit), or conditional use permit (Chapter 19.760 - Conditional Use Permit), or uses requiring some other permit.
C = Subject to the granting of a conditional use permit (CUP), Chapter 19.760; MC = Subject to the granting of Minor Conditional Use Permit (MCUP), Chapter 19.730; P = Permitted; PRD = Planned Residential Development Permit, Chapter 19.780; RCP = Recycling Center Permit, Chapter 19.870; SP = Site Plan Review Permit, Chapter 19.770; X = Prohibited
Commercial Storage Facilities are permitted in all zones with the Commercial Storage Overlay Zone (Chapter 19.190).
Legal, existing duplexes built prior to the adoption of this Zoning Code are permitted in the R-1-7000 Zone see 19.100.060 D.
Allowed with a Planned Residential Development (PRD) Permit, Chapter 19.780.
One single-family detached dwelling allowed on one legal lot 0.25 acres in size or less in existence prior to January 1, 2018 subject to the development standards of the R-1-7000 Zone.
Permitted or conditionally permitted on sites that do not include a residential use.
For Clean Energy Uses and associated Outdoor Storage (Chapter 19.510) and/or Indoor Vehicle Repair (Chapter 19.420), permitted with a Minor Conditional Use Permit.
Allowed for Two-Unit Developments pursuant to Chapter 19.443.
Permitted by-right if located in an industrial or commercial zone and does not contain existing residential units, or if previously developed with a vehicle fuel station.
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) are permitted when an existing or proposed primary single-family or multi-family residential dwelling is located on the same property, pursuant to Chapter 19.422.
See exemptions noted in 19.450 - Alcohol Sales
Outdoor Sales and Display - Incidental are permitted on an intermittent basis with a TUP. See Section 19.740
Where play areas are proposed in conjunction with a new drive-thru restaurant, the play area can only be considered under the same conditional use permit required for the drive-thru business.
Non-domestic animal keeping in the RE and R-1 zones shall only permit chicken (poultry) keeping pursuant to Chapter 19.455 Animal Keeping.
Refer to Chapter 19.149 - Airport Land Use Compatibility, and applicable Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan for airport land use compatibility zones where use may be strictly prohibited.
All sites having active minor conditional use permits or conditional use permits, private schools, assemblies of people, etc.
For Exceptions, see Chapters 19.100.030 (A) - RA-5 Permitted Uses and 19.150.020.B Incidental Uses Table
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.