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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
3900 MAIN STREET
RIVERSIDE, CA 92522
(951) 826-5567
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 17.28 OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING MINIMUM GRADI NG STANDARDS AND GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS.
The City Council of the City of Riverside does ordain as follows:
Section 1: Section 17.28.020 of the Riversid e Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
“Section 17.28.020 Minimum Grading Standards and General Requirements.
The following supplementary regu lations shall apply to the grading of hillsides and arroyos.
A. Grading requirements . Where grading is propo sed on any parcel havi ng an average natural slope of ten percent or greater, or which is zoned Residential Conservation (RC), or which is located within or adjacent to the Mockingbird Canyon, Woodcrest, Prenda, Alessandro, Tequesquite, or Sprin gbrook Arroyos, or a blue line st ream identified on USGS Maps, or other significant arroyo, the grading must be confined pe r this chapter and limited to the minimum grading necessa ry to provide for a housean approved dw elling unit or units , driveway, garage and limited leve l yard. The ungraded terrain mu st be left in its natural form for the remainder of the site. All h illside/arroyo grading shall conform to the following genera l requirements:
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8. Streets shall be de signed to generally fo llow the natural contour s and land form in order to minimize cut and fill.
9. Pad s sizes for any development in single family residential zones development shall be limited as follows:
a. Multiple pads may be allowed provided al l other standards relate d to grading, slopes and retaining walls are met and that they do not exceed the maximum pad si ze limits below. b. Pad sizes shall be limited as follows:
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i. Under ten percent average na tural slope within the area to be graded - No limit
ii. Ten percent to 15 percent av erage natural slope within the area to be graded - 27,000 square feet
iii. Fifteen percent to 30 perc ent average natural slope within the area to be graded - 21,000 square feet
iv. Thirty percent to 40 percent average natural slope within the area to be graded - 18,000 square feet
v. Over 40 percent average na tural slope - no grading per 17.28.020 A. 12. . . .”
Section 2: The City Counc il has reviewed the matter and, based upon the facts and information contained in the staff reports, admi nistrative record, and wr itten and oral testimony, hereby finds that this ordinance is not subject to CEQA pursuant to Se ction 15061(b)(3) (General Rule), as it can be seen with certainty that appr oval of the project will not have an effect on the environment; and further that the adoption of an ordinance to implement Sections 65852.21 and 64411.7 of the California Government Code (SB 9) is not a Project and th erefore not subject to CEQA.
Section 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with Section 414 of the Charter of the City of Riverside. This ordinance shall b ecome effective on the 30th da y after the date of its adoption.
ADOPTED by the City Council this _________ day of _____________, 2022.
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PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
Attest:
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
(951) 826-5567
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at a mee ting of the City Council on the _______ day of _______________, 2022, and that thereafter the said ordinance was duly and regularly adopted at a mee ting of the City Council on the _________day of _____________, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ________ day of ______________, 2022.
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City Clerk of the City of Riverside
CA 22-0855
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