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Riverside County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.76.070

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaRear 20 ftSide 5 ftStreet side 10 ftMin width 50 ftMin depth 80 ftMIN LOT AREA5,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE40 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE50%
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.
5,000 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.
50 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
40 ft
Minimum lot depth
80 ft

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

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.
10 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
50%

Servicing

Geographic extent
Planning Areas 7, 10A, 11, 19, 31, 39, 42 of Specific Plan No. 286

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Chimney and fireplace encroachment into side yards2 ft

    Chimneys and fireplaces shall be allowed to encroach into side yards a maximum of two feet.

From the ordinance

Lot area shall be not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet. The minimum average width of that portion of a lot to be used as a building site shall be fifty (50) feet with a minimum average depth of eighty (80) feet.
17.76.070