Land use · Riverside County Unincorporated, California

accessory buildings

Named in 2 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Riverside County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

"shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. The word "may" is permissive. " Accessory building ." A subordinate building on the same lot or building site, the use of which is incidental to that of the principal

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units, attached single-family residential units, residential condominium units, congregate care residential facilities, and accessory buildings to a specific permitted use, provided that the accessory building is established as an ancillary use and does not change the

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18.28.a. of Ordinance No. 348; sport courts and recreational fields and facilities; and accessory buildings to a specific use, provided that the accessory building is established as an incident to a principal use, does not change

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uses in all zoning classifications shall be construed to include accessory uses. Detached accessory buildings and structures, where the principal use of a lot includes a one-family dwelling, shall be subject to the requirements of Section

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.