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 six thousand (6,000) square feet, unless cluster development subject to the development standards set forth in subsection AA. through GG. of this section is utilized. ... The minimum average width of that portion of a lot to be used as a building site shall be sixty (60) feet, with a minimum average depth of one hundred (100) feet ... The minimum frontage of a lot shall be sixty (60) feet ... Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than ten (10) percent of the width of the lot, but not less than three feet in width in any event, and need not exceed a width of five feet ... The rear yard shall not be less than ten (10) feet ... In no case shall more than sixty (60) percent of any lot be covered by buildings or structures.
The development standards for Planning Area A-4 of Specific Plan No. 303 shall be the same as those standards identified in Article XII, Section 12.4 of Ordinance No. 348, provided however that Article XII, Section 12.4(b)(3) shall apply only to setbacks calculated from public streets. Article XII, Section 12.4.a. is modified to provide that the minimum lot area shall be seven thousand (7,000) square feet with no minimum average width. There shall be no minimum setback from any private street. Article XII, Section 12.4c.(2) is modified to provide that an observation tower built within Planning Areas A-4 and built as part of a large scale recreational use shall not exceed seventy (70) feet in height and sports lighting, consisting of exterior nighttime lighting for ballfields, racetracks and other sporting activities, shall not be permitted.
The uses permitted in Planning Area A-4 of Specific Plan 303 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article XII, Section 12.2 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 12.2.c. (3), (7), (11) and (12); Section 12.2.d.; Section 12.2.e., 12.2.f. and 12.2.g. shall not be permitted. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 12.2.b. shall include water wells and appurtenant facilities, facilities related to large scale recreational uses such as golf courses and a motor sports race track and facilities related thereto, including but not limited to race track, private garages, clubhouse, tuning shop, observation tower, museum, vehicle display areas, underground fuel storage and ancillary uses in support thereof; and when the gross acre of a lot is twenty (20) acres or greater, the uses identified under Article XIII, Section 13.1.a. and b. of Ordinance No. 348 shall also be included, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 13.1.a.(15) shall not be permitted. ... The development standards for Planning Area A-4 of Specific Plan No. 303 shall be the same as those standards identified in Article XII, Section 12.4 of Ordinance No. 348, provided however that Article XII, Section 12.4(b)(3) shall apply only to setbacks calculated from public streets. Article XII, Section 12.4.a. is modified to provide that the minimum lot area shall be seven thousand (7,000) square feet with no minimum average width. There shall be no minimum setback from any private street. Article XII, Section 12.4c.(2) is modified to provide that an observation tower built within Planning Areas A-4 and built as part of a large scale recreational use shall not exceed seventy (70) feet in height and sports lighting, consisting of exterior nighttime lighting for ballfields, racetracks and other sporting activities, shall not be permitted.
The development standards for Planning Areas A-6, E-2, and E-4 of Specific Plan No. 303 shall be the same as those standards identified in Article XII, Section 12.4 of Ordinance No. 348 except those development standards set forth in Article XII, a, b, c(2), and k shall be deleted and replaced by the following: a. Lot Size: Minimum lot area shall be seven thousand (7,000) square feet with no minimum average width. b. Standard Setbacks: 1. Where the front, side, or rear yard adjoins a street, the minimum setback shall be twenty-five (25) feet from any public street. 2. No minimum setback is required from any private street. 3. Front yard: No minimum. 4. Rear yard: No minimum. 5. Side yard: No minimum. c. Height Requirements: Buildings shall not exceed fifty (50) feet unless a height up to seventy-five (75) feet is approved pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 18.34. An observation tower built as part of large scale recreational use shall not exceed seventy (70) feet in height. d. Lighting: All lighting fixtures ... shall be focused, directed, and arranged to prevent glare or direct illumination on streets or adjoining property. Sports lighting ... shall not be permitted.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas A-6, E-2 and E-4 of Specific Plan No. 303 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1a of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Article IX, Sections 9.1.a. (17), (23), (25), (27), (29), (32), (42), (51), (52), (61), (65), (67), (73), (83), (93) and (96-within Airport Land Use Compatibility Zone C); permitted under Sections 9.1.b. (7), (9), (10), (11.c), (13), (14), (15), (16), (18), (19), and (20); and permitted under Sections 9.1.d. (2), (4), (5), (9), (10), (12), (13), and (16) shall not be permitted; and uses permitted pursuant to Article IX, Section 9.1.a (35) shall not be permitted in Planning Areas E-2 and E-4. ... Minimum lot area shall be seven thousand (7,000) square feet with no minimum average width. ... Front yard: No minimum. Rear yard: No minimum. Side yard: No minimum. ... Buildings shall not exceed fifty (50) feet unless a height up to seventy-five (75) feet is approved pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 18.34.
The development standards for all uses in Planning Areas E-2A and E-2B of Specific Plan No. 303 except racetrack recreational units shall be the same as those standards identified in Article XII, Section 12.4 of Ordinance No. 348, except those development standards set forth in a., b., c.2., c.3., and k. shall be deleted and replaced by the following: a. Lot Size: Minimum lot area shall be seven thousand (7,000) square feet with no minimum average width. b. Standard Setbacks: 1. Where the front, side, or rear yard adjoins a public street, the minimum setback shall be twenty-five (25) feet from the property line. 2. No minimum setback is required from any private street. 3. Front yard: No minimum. 4. Rear yard: No minimum. 5. Side yard: No minimum. c. Height Requirements: Buildings shall not exceed fifty (50) feet unless a height up to seventy-five (75) feet is approved pursuant to Ordinance No. 348 Article XVIII,
The uses permitted in Planning Areas E-2A and E-2B of Specific Plan No. 303 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1.a of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Article IX, Sections 9.1.a. (17), (23), (25), (27), (29), (32), (35), (42), (51), (52), (61), (65), (67), (72), (73), (83), (93) and (96); Sections 9.1.B. (7), (9), (10), (11.a,) (11.b), (11.c), (13), (14), (15), (16), (18), (19), and (20); Sections 9.1.D. (2), (4), (5), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), and (16); and Sections 9.1.f.1.e. shall not be permitted. ... Minimum lot area shall be seven thousand (7,000) square feet with no minimum average width. ... Front yard: No minimum. Rear yard: No minimum. Side yard: No minimum. ... Buildings shall not exceed fifty (50) feet unless a height up to seventy-five (75) feet is approved pursuant to Ordinance No. 348 Article XVIII
The development standards for Planning Area E-6 of Specific Plan No. 303 shall be the same as those standards identified in Article XII, Section 12.4 except those development standards set forth in Article XII, a, b, c(2), and k shall be deleted and replaced by the following: a. Lot Size: If residential uses are located contiguous to nonresidential uses, then the following standards shall apply: 1. Minimum lot area shall be seven thousand (7,000) square feet with no minimum average width. b. Standard Setbacks: 1. Where the front, side, or rear yard adjoins a street, the minimum setback shall be twenty-five (25) feet from any public street. 2. No minimum setback is required from any private street. 3. Front yard: No minimum. 4. Rear yard: No minimum. 5. Side yard: No minimum. c. Building Height: Buildings shall not exceed fifty (50) feet unless a height up to seventy-five (75) feet is approved pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 18.34. An observation tower built within as part of large scale recreational use shall not exceed seventy (70) feet in height. d. Lighting: All lighting fixtures ... shall be focused, directed, and arranged to prevent glare or direct illumination on streets or adjoining property. Sports lighting ... shall not be permitted.
The uses permitted in Planning Area E-6 of Specific Plan No. 303 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Article IX, Sections 9.1.a. (17), (23), (25), (27), (29), (32), (42), (51), (52), (61), (65), (67), (73), (83), and (93); allowed under Sections 9.1.b. (7), (9), (10), (11.c), (13), (14), (15), (16), (18), (19), and (20); and allowed under Sections 9.1.d. (2), (4), (5), (9), (10), (12), (13), and (16) shall not be permitted.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas E-5, E-7 and E-8 of Specific Plan No. 303 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Article IX, Sections 9.1.a. (17), (23), (25), (27), (29), (32), (35), (42), (51), (52), (61), (65), (67), (73), (83), (93), and (96); Sections 9.1.b. (7), (9), (10), (11.a), (11.b), (11.c), (13), (14), (15), (16), (18), (19), and (20); and Sections 9.1.d. (2), (4), (5), (9), (10), (12), (13), and (16) shall not be permitted.
Minimum lot area shall be seven thousand (7,000) square feet with no minimum average width. Buildings shall not exceed fifty (50) feet unless a height up to seventy-five (75) feet is approved.
Minimum lot area shall be seven thousand (7,000) square feet with no minimum average width. ... Front yard: No minimum. Rear yard: No minimum. Side yard: No minimum. ... Buildings shall not exceed fifty (50) feet unless a height up to seventy-five (75) feet is approved pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 18.34.
The uses permitted in Planning Area M-4 of Specific Plan No. 303 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article VI, Section 6.1 of Ordinance No. 348. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.a. shall include government offices, courthouses, police stations, fire stations, libraries, museums, and public schools.
The minimum front and rear yard setbacks shall be ten (10) feet. ... No lot shall have more than eighty (80) percent of its net area covered with buildings or structures. All buildings and structures shall not exceed eighty (80) feet in height.
The minimum lot area for the individual lots used as a residential building site shall be two thousand (2,000) square feet. ... Residential lots shall provide a minimum yard setback of fifteen (15) feet for front yards, five feet for side yards and ten (10) feet for rear yards and street-side side yards.
No minimum lot size. No minimum yard depths.
There is no minimum lot area. ... All buildings and structures shall not exceed seventy (70) feet in height. In Zone C ... buildings shall be limited to no more than three stories.
All buildings and structures shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height. Lot area shall be no less than two thousand (2,000) square feet. ... In no case shall more than seventy (70) percent of any lot be covered by buildings.
The minimum setback from an arterial (Varner Road) shall be ten (10) feet. ... structures and buildings shall not exceed sixty (60) feet. In Zone C ... buildings shall be limited to no more than three stories.
The minimum setback from an arterial (Varner Road) shall be twenty (20) feet. ... No building or structure shall exceed seventy (70) feet in height. In Zone C ... buildings shall be limited to no more than three stories.
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