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ZONING CODE CLEAN UP
PR-2023-001625 (AMD) – ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT
City Council
March 12, 2024
Community & Economic Development Department
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2 Implement City Council directionImplement City Council direction Clarify, streamline and correct Zoning
Code language
PURPOSE
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3 • Ten Zoning Code Chapters CODE
SECTION
• Required for multi-family projects
• Provisions require that facility
management or property owner
participate
CURRENT
• Program discontinued per City Council
Direction
• Strike reference to the Program
throughout Title 19
PROPOSED
AMENDMENT 1: CRIME FREE MULTI HOUSING PROGRAM
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4 • Chapter 19.455 – Animal Keeping (Site
location, operation and development
standards)
• Section 19.150.020.B Incidental Uses Table
CODE
SECTION
• Noncommercial keeping of chickens
limited to RR, RA-5, and RC Zones
• Prohibited in R-1 and RE Zones
CURRENT
• Per direction of Land Use Committee
• Permit no more than 5 chickens (hens
only) within RE and R-1 Zones
• Enclosure and distance requirements
• Reorganization to provide clarity
PROPOSED
AMENDMENT 2: NON-DOMESTIC ANIMAL KEEPING OF POULTRY
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5 • Chapter 19.330 – Hotel/Motel,
Long-Term
• Section 19.910.090 "H" Definitions.
CODE
SECTION
• Limitation on period of occupancy
is ambiguous as written
• Definition is redundant
CURRENT
• Clarify definition
• Modify period of occupancy to be
consistent with definition
PROPOSED
AMENDMENT 3: LONG TERM STAY HOTELS
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6 • Section 19.550.025 Monitored Electrified
Fence Systems (Fences, Walls, and
Landscape Materials)
CODE
SECTION
• Electric fence to be 10 feet or 2 feet
higher than perimeter barrier (whichever
is lower)
CURRENT
• Remove “or 2 feet higher than perimeter
barrier”
• Minor clarifications to streamline
language
PROPOSED
AMENDMENT 4: MONITORED ELECTRIFIED SECURITY FENCE SYSTEMS 5 6
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7 • Section 19.440.030 (Site location,
operation and development
standards.)
CODE
SECTION
• Prohibited within front yard setback
• May not exceed front most wall
closest to front lot line
CURRENT
• Permit open-sided accessory
structures in front of primary dwelling
when outside of front yard setback
• Minimum ½-acre lot size
• Reorganization to provide clarity
PROPOSED
AMENDMENT 5: ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
R-1-1/2 Acre: 30’ Front Yard Setback
Permitted Location for
Accessory Structure
30’ Front Yard
Setback
5’ Setback
from Primary
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8 • Chapter 19.442 (Accessory Dwelling
Units)
CODE
SECTION
• Cites an incorrect CA Building Code
section for minimum unit size for ADU,
JADU and MADU.
CURRENT
• Correct CA Building Code citationPROPOSED
AMENDMENT 6: ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
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9 • Table 19.620.080.C (Special Use Signs)CODE
SECTION
• Signage requirements for various sign
types are ambiguous and lack clarityCURRENT
• Revise signage provisions to
streamline review and processing of
sign applications
• Organize sign type provisions within
existing table
• Make consistent with allowed
signage for other businesses
PROPOSED
AMENDMENT 7: GENERAL SIGN PROVISONS – VEHICLE FUEL STATIONS RiversideCA.gov
10 • Table 19.150.020.A Permitted Uses CODE
SECTION
• Table lists the same permit
requirements for major and minor
outdoor vehicle repair facilities on
different rows
CURRENT
• Consolidate permit requirements
for major and minor outdoor
vehicle repair facilities
PROPOSED
AMENDMENT 8: VEHICLE REPAIR FACILITIES
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11 • Section 19.650.030 (Designated
approving authority.)
CODE
SECTION
• Section title is incorrectly titled the
same as Section 19.650.020
• Provisions differ between two
sections
CURRENT
• Revise 19.650.030 to be consistent
with subsection provisionPROPOSED
AMENDMENT 9: APPROVING AND APPEAL AUTHORITY
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12 STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Strategic Priority 5 – High
Performing Government
Goal 5.3 – Demonstrates adaptivity as an
organization and enhances
communication and collaboration with
community members to improve
transparency, building public trust, and
encourage shared decision making.
Cross Cutting Threads
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13 RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. DETERMINE that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (General Rule) of the CEQA Guidelines and;
2. APPROVE Planning Case PR-2023-001625 (AMD) based on the findings outlined in the staff report.
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14 REFERENCE SLIDE: ACCESSORY STRUCTURES
Permitted location for
open-sided accessory
structures
30’ Front Yard
Setback
5’ Setback
from Primary
R-1-1/2 Acre: 30’ Front Yard Setback
Permitted
Location for
Accessory
Structure
30’ Front Yard
Setback
Current Proposed
Cannot be closer to
front than primary
dwelling
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15 REFERENCE SLIDE: SFR ½ ACRE PROPERTIES
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