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.
No building or structure shall exceed seventy (70) feet in height. In Zone C ... buildings shall be limited to no more than three stories.
The minimum setback from a collector shall be fourteen (14) feet. The minimum setback from a local street shall be fourteen (14) feet. The minimum setback from an interior road shall be ten (10) feet. The minimum setback from the property line shall be twelve (12) feet.
The minimum lot size shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet with a minimum average width of seventy-five (75) feet... Structures shall not exceed forty (40) feet at the yard setback line. Buildings shall not exceed fifty (50) feet...
The front yard setback when facing a public street shall be twenty (20) feet minimum to right-of-way line.
Building height shall not exceed a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet.
The uses permitted in Planning Area 3 of Specific Plan No. 340 shall be the same as those permitted in Article XVI, Section 16.2 of Ordinance No. 348, except that ... In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 16.2(a) shall only include open space and trails.
The uses permitted in the residential components of Planning Areas 1, 2, and 3 shall be the same as those permitted in Article VIIId, Section 8.9.1 of Ordinance No. 348 [section 17.60.020], except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 8.91 c, d, e, and f(1) [section 17.60.020] shall not be permitted;
Minimum lot size. The minimum lot size shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet. ... Maximum height. No building or structure shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height. ... Minimum floor area. The minimum floor area for a single-family dwelling shall be one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet. ... Minimum lot width. The minimum lot width shall be sixty (60) feet. ... Minimum lot depth. The minimum lot depth shall be one hundred (100) feet.
The uses permitted in Planning Area 4 of Specific Plan No. 362 shall be the same as those permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348 [section 17.72.010], except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 9.1.a. (1), (7), (9), (13), (14), (17), (18), (19), (23), (29), (33), (42), (43), (48), (49), (51), (53), (54), (59), (61), (64), (65), (66), (69), (77), (79), (80), (82), (83), (84), (89), and (91-96) [section 17.72.010 A.]; Section 9.1.b. (3), (5-16), (18), (19), and (20) [section 17.72.010 B.]; and Section 9.1.c. (1)-(13), (16), and (18) [section 17.72.010 C.] are not permitted.
No minimum lot size is required. ... The front yard shall be not less than twenty (20) feet, measured from the existing or future right-of-way as shown on any specific plan of highways, whichever is nearer the proposed structure. ... The distance between structures shall not be less than twenty (20) feet.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 of Specific Plan No. 362 shall be the same as those permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348 [section 17.72.010], except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 9.1.a. (1), (7), (9), (13), (14), (17), (18), (19), (23), (29), (33), (42), (43), (48), (49), (51), (53), (54), (59), (61), (64), (65), (66), (69), (77), (79), (80), (82), (83), (84), (89), and (91-96) [section 17.72.010 A.]; Section 9.1.b. (3), (5-16), (18), (19), and (20) [section 17.72.010 B.]; and Section 9.1.c. (1)-(13), (16), and (18) [section 17.72.010 C.] are not permitted.
The minimum overall area for each dwelling unit, exclusive of the area used for commercial purposes and area set aside for street rights of way, but including recreation and service areas shall be three thousand (3,000) square feet. ... The front yard shall be not less than twenty (20) feet ... Side yards on interior lots shall be not less than a width of five feet. ... The rear yard shall not be less than ten (10) feet.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 11, 14, 15 and 19 of Specific Plan No. 362 shall be the same as those permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348 [section 17.72.010], except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 9.1.a. (1), (7), (9), (13), (14), (17), (18), (19), (23), (29), (33), (42), (43), (48), (49), (51), (53), (54), (59), (61), (64), (65), (66), (69), (77), (79), (80), (82), (83), (84), (89), and (91-96) [section 17.72.010 A.]; Section 9.1.b. (3), (5-16), (18), (19), and (20) [section 17.72.010 B.]; and Section 9.1.c. (1)-(13), (16), and (18) [section 17.72.010 C.] are not permitted.
Planning Area 11: The uses permitted in Planning Area 11 of Specific Plan No. 362 shall include educational uses, all uses ancillary and apportionment to educational uses.
Planning Area 14: The uses permitted in Planning Areas 14 of Specific Plan No. 362 shall include County Fire Station and appurtenances.
Planning Area 15: The uses permitted in Planning Areas 15 of Specific Plan No. 362 shall include public utilities and appurtenances.
Planning Area 19: The uses permitted in Planning Areas 19 of Specific Plan No. 362 shall include Community Centers.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 16, 17 and 18 of Specific Plan No. 362 shall be the same as those permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348 [section 17.72.010], except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 9.1.a. (1), (7), (9), (13), (14), (17), (18), (19), (23), (29), (33), (42), (43), (48), (49), (51), (53), (54), (59), (61), (64), (65), (66), (69), (77), (79), (80), (82), (83), (84), (89), and (91-96) [section 17.72.010 A.]; Section 9.1.b. (3), (5-16), (18), (19), and (20) [section 17.72.010 B.]; and Section 9.1.c. (1)-(13), (16), and (18) [section 17.72.010 C.] are not permitted.
The uses permitted in Planning Areas 16, 17, and 18 of Specific Plan No. 362 shall include parks, pools, frisbee golf courses, and other recreational appurtenances. Parking: 1 space/12,000 sq ft active, 1 space/acre passive.
The uses permitted in Planning Area 20 of Specific Plan No. 362 shall be the same as those permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348 [section 17.72.010], except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 9.1.a. (1), (7), (9), (13), (14), (17), (18), (19), (23), (29), (33), (42), (43), (48), (49), (51), (53), (54), (59), (61), (64), (65), (66), (69), (77), (79), (80), (82), (83), (84), (89), and (91-96) [section 17.72.010 A.]; Section 9.1.b. (3), (5-16), (18), (19), and (20) [section 17.72.010 B.]; and Section 9.1.c. (1)-(13), (16), and (18) [section 17.72.010 C.] are not permitted.
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