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ORDINANCE NO. 348

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE

PROVIDING FOR LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING

REGULATIONS AND RELATED FUNCTIONS.

Amended Through 348.4573 - May 8, 2008

The Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside, State of California, do ordain as follows:

ARTICLE I

RIVERSIDE COUNTY LAND USE ORDINANCE

SECTION 1.1. TITLE. This ordinance shall be known as, and may be cited as, the Riverside County Land Use Ordinance.

SECTION 1.2. PLANNING AGENCY. Pursuant to Section 65100 et seq. of the Government Code, the planning agency for Riverside County shall consist of the County Board of Supervisors, the County Planning Commission, and the Planning Department. The planning agency shall perform all functions required by State law and this ordinance.

SECTION 1.3. COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. The Board of Supervisors shall consist of five members elected in the manner provided by law. The Board shall perform the duties and functions specified by State law and this ordinance including, but not limited to, the duties related to legislative matters and the duties related to the appeal of quasi-judicial matters. The Board shall also perform those planning and zoning duties and functions which are not expressly delegated or reserved to another body or officer.

SECTION 1.4. COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.

a. The County Planning Commission shall consist of five members. Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall recommend that a resident of his district be appointed to the Commission; provided, however, the appointments to the Commission shall require the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the Board.

b. Members of the Commission shall be appointed for a four year term. Notwithstanding the specified term of four years for a member of the Commission, a member shall not remain eligible to remain on the Commission should the member of the Board of Supervisors from the district which the Commission member was appointed ceases to be a member of the Board of Supervisors or if a Commission member moves his residence out of the district from which he was appointed, and in either such situation membership shall automatically terminate upon the appointment by the Board of a new member to fill the remainder of the unexpired term. The term of two Commissioners shall expire on June 30 of the same year and the term of three Commissioners shall expire on June 30, two years thereafter.

c. The Commission shall elect one member as chairman and one as vice chairman, to hold office at the pleasure of the members. Three members shall be a quorum and three affirmative votes shall be required to carry a motion. The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting per month.

d. The Commission shall perform those planning and zoning duties specified by State law or ordinance, including, but not limited to, the duties related to legislative matters and the duties related to quasi-judicial matters and appeals thereof.

e. Members of the County Planning Commission shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by or pursuant to the salary ordinance. Commission members shall also receive travel expenses for attending Commission meetings, and other authorized travel, as may be fixed by or pursuant to the salary ordinance.

SECTION 1.5. PLANNING DEPARTMENT. The Planning Department shall be headed by a Planning Director who shall be appointed by the Director of the Transportation and Land Management Agency to hold office at his pleasure, and shall include a staff of employees under his direction as provided by or pursuant to the salary ordinance. The Planning Department shall provide technical and clerical assistance to the County Planning Commission and shall perform functions related to planning, zoning and land divisions as may be required by State law, ordinance or order of the Board of Supervisors.

SECTION 1.6. NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION.

a. When a provision of this ordinance requires notice of a public hearing to be given pursuant to this Section, notice shall be published once in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the County at least 10 days prior to the hearing.

b. The notice shall include the information specified in Section 1.10 of this ordinance.

c. In addition to the notice required by this Section, the Planning Director may direct that notice of the hearing be given in any other manner deemed necessary or desirable. The failure of any person or entity to be given such optional additional notice pursuant to this subsection, or to receive any such notice, shall not constitute grounds for the invalidation of any action of the County.

d. Whenever the County considers the adoption or amendment of policies or ordinances affecting drive-through facilities, the County shall incorporate, where necessary, notice procedures to the blind, aged, and disabled communities in order to facilitate their participation. Such notice shall be satisfied by providing mailed notice of hearing to at least one organization which works with the blind community, at least one organization which works with the aged community, and at least one organization which works with the disabled community.

SECTION 1.7. NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.

a. When a provision of this ordinance requires notice of a public hearing to be given pursuant to this Section, notice shall be given in all of the following ways:

(1) Notice of the hearing shall be mailed or delivered at least 10 days prior to the hearing to the owner of the subject real property as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll. Instead of using the assessment roll, the County may use records of the County assessor or tax collector if those records contain more recent information than the information contained on the assessment roll. Notice shall also be mailed to the owner's duly authorized agent, if any, and to the project applicant.

(2) Notice of the hearing shall be mailed or delivered at least 10 days prior to the hearing to each local agency expected to provide water, sewage, streets, roads, schools, or other essential facilities or services to the project, whose ability to provide those facilities and services may be significantly affected.

(3) Notice of the hearing shall be mailed or delivered at least 10 days prior to the hearing to all owners of real property as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll within 300 feet of the real property that is the subject of the hearing. In lieu of using the assessment roll, the County may use records of the County assessor or tax collector which contain more recent information than the assessment roll. If the number of owners to whom notice would be mailed or delivered pursuant to this paragraph or paragraph (1) is greater than 1,000, the County, in lieu of mailed or delivered notice, may provide notice by placing a display advertisement of at least one-eighth page in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the County at least 10 days prior to the hearing.

(4) If the notice is mailed or delivered pursuant to paragraph (3), the notice shall also be published once in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the County at least 10 days prior to the hearing.

b. The notice shall include the information specified in Section 1.10 of this ordinance.

d. Whenever a hearing is held regarding a permit for a drive-through facility, or modification of an existing drive-through facility permit, the County shall incorporate, where necessary, notice procedures to the blind, aged, and disabled communities in order to facilitate their participation in any hearing on, or appeal of the denial of, a drive-through facility permit. Such notice shall be satisfied by providing mailed notice of hearing to at least one organization which works with the blind community, at least one organization which works with the aged community, and at least one organization which works with the disabled communities.

SECTION 1.8. REQUEST FOR NOTIFICATION. When a provision of this ordinance requires notice of a public hearing to be given pursuant to Section 1.6 or 1.7, the notice shall also be mailed or delivered at least 10 days prior to the hearing to any person who has filed a written request for notice with the Planning Director accompanied by the fees set forth in County Ordinance No. 671. Any such request for notice shall expire after one year unless renewed by the filing of a new request accompanied by the fees set forth in County Ordinance No. 671.

SECTION 1.9. FAILURE TO RECEIVE MANDATORY NOTICE; FAILURE TO GIVE OR RECEIVE OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL NOTICE. The failure of any person or entity to receive notice required to be given pursuant to this ordinance shall not constitute grounds for any court to invalidate the actions of the County for which the notice was given. The failure of any person or entity to be given optional additional notice pursuant to either subsection 1.6c or subsection 1.7c of this ordinance, or to receive any such notice, shall not constitute grounds for the invalidation of any action of the County.

SECTION 1.10. CONTENTS OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. As used in this ordinance, "notice of a public hearing" means a notice that includes the date, time, and place of a public hearing, the identity of the hearing body or officer, a general explanation of the matter to be considered, and a general description, in text or by diagram, of the location of the real property, if any, that is the subject of the hearing.

SECTION 1.11. HEARING CONTINUANCES. Any public hearing conducted under this ordinance may be continued from time to time. No additional notice of public hearing shall be required for a continued public hearing.”

Amended effective:
05-08-2008 (Ord. 348.4573) - Amended Article I in its entirety

ARTICLE II

RIVERSIDE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN AND SPECIFIC PLANS

SECTION 2.1. ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN.

a. The Riverside County General Plan or any part or element thereof, and any amendment to the plan or any part or element thereof, shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 65300 et seq. of the Government Code, as now written or hereafter amended, and this Article. No mandatory element of the General Plan shall be amended more frequently than four times during any calendar year, unless otherwise allowed by Section 65358 of the Government Code. Subject to that limitation, an amendment may be adopted at any time, as determined by the Board of Supervisors. Each amendment may include more than one change to the General Plan.

b. The initiation of proceedings for the amendment of the General Plan, or any part or element thereof, shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Article. The initiation of proceedings for the amendment of the General Plan, or any part or element thereof, shall require an order of the Board of Supervisors, adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the Board. Either the Planning Director or the Planning Commission may recommend, in the manner provided by this Article, that the Board of Supervisors initiate proceedings for the amendment of the General Plan or any part or element thereof. The owner of real property, or a person authorized by the owner, shall have the right to apply for the initiation of proceedings, in the manner provided by this Article, to amend the General Plan with respect to provisions of the General Plan affecting the use of his property. The initiation of proceedings by the Board of Supervisors for the amendment of the General Plan, or any part or element thereof, shall not imply any such amendment will be approved.

SECTION 2.2. GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY. No discretionary permit shall be approved pursuant to this ordinance unless it is determined that the permit is consistent with the General Plan.

SECTION 2.3. DEFINITIONS FOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT PROCEDURES. Capitalized terms in Section 2.4, Section 2.5, Section 2.6 and Section 2.7 shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Riverside County General Plan.

SECTION 2.4. GENERAL PLAN TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND ENTITLEMENT/POLICY AMENDMENTS.

a. APPLICABILITY. This Section shall govern the processing of any General Plan amendment which is defined as a Technical Amendment or an Entitlement/Policy Amendment. Technical Amendments involve changes of a technical nature including, without limitation: statistical corrections; mapping error corrections; changes in spheres of influence and city boundaries; changes in Unincorporated Communities or Communities of Interest; editorial clarifications that do not change the intent of the General Plan; or appendix information useful in interpreting the General Plan but which does not change the General Plan intent. Entitlement/Policy Amendments involve changes in land use designations or policies that involve land located entirely within a General Plan Foundation Component but that do not change the boundaries of that component. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a proposed change of land use designation to properties located in Eastern Riverside County Desert Area not covered by an Area Plan shall be considered a Foundation Component Amendment and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 of this ordinance. An Entitlement/Policy Amendment may also involve a change in General Plan Policy provided it does not change the Riverside County Vision, a Foundation Component, or a General Planning Principle set forth in General Plan Appendix B.

b. INITIATION OF AMENDMENT PROCEEDINGS. The initiation of proceedings for any amendment pursuant to this Section shall require an order of the Board of Supervisors, adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the Board. The Board of Supervisors may adopt an order initiating amendment proceedings at any time. The adoption of an order by the Board initiating amendment proceedings shall not require a public hearing and shall not imply any such amendment will be approved.

c. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF AMENDMENT PROCEEDINGS. Either the Planning Director or the Planning Commission may recommend that the Board of Supervisors adopt an order initiating proceedings for an amendment pursuant to this Section. All such recommendations shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Board for placement on the agenda of the Board as a matter not requiring a public hearing. Whenever the Planning Director prepares such a recommendation, the comments of the Planning Commission shall be requested and any comments shall be included in the submission to the Board of Supervisors. No public hearing before the Planning Commission shall be required to request such comments.

d. PRIVATE APPLICATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF AMENDMENT PROCEEDINGS. The owner of real property, or a person authorized by the owner, shall have the right to request that the Board of Supervisors adopt an order initiating proceedings for an amendment pursuant to this Section. Applications shall be made to the Planning Director, on the forms provided by the Planning Department, shall supply all required information, and shall be accompanied by the filing fee set forth in County Ordinance No. 671. The Planning Director shall prepare a report and recommendation on all such applications and shall submit the report and recommendation to the Clerk of the Board for placement on the Board agenda as a matter not requiring a public hearing. Prior to submitting the report and recommendation to the Clerk of the Board, the comments of the Planning Commission shall be requested and any comments shall be included in the submission to the Board of Supervisors. No public hearing before the Planning Commission shall be required to request such comments.

e. AMENDMENT PROCEEDINGS AND HEARINGS. After adoption of an order of the Board of Supervisors initiating proceedings for an amendment pursuant to this Section, the amendment shall be processed, heard and decided in accordance with Section 2.1 and Section 2.10 of this ordinance. If the Board adopts orders initiating proceedings for several amendments pursuant to this Section, each such amendment may be processed, heard and decided separately or together with other such amendments as determined by the Planning Director.

f. FINDINGS.

(1) Technical Amendments. A Planning Commission resolution recommending approval of a Technical Amendment and a Board of Supervisors resolution approving a Technical Amendment shall include the first finding listed below and any one or more of the subsequent findings listed below:

(a) The proposed amendment would not change any policy direction or intent of the General Plan.

(b) An error or omission needs to be corrected.

(c) A land use designation was based on inaccurate or misleading information and should therefore be changed to properly reflect the policy intent of the General Plan.

(d) A point of clarification is needed to more accurately express the General Plan’s meaning or eliminate a source of confusion.

(e) A minor change of boundary will more accurately reflect geological or topographic features, or legal or jurisdictional boundaries.

(2) Entitlement/Policy Amendments. A Planning Commission resolution recommending approval of an Entitlement/Policy Amendment and a Board of Supervisors resolution approving an Entitlement/Policy Amendment shall include the first two findings listed below and any one or more of the subsequent findings listed below:

(a) The proposed change does not involve a change in or conflict with: the Riverside County Vision; any General Planning Principle set forth in General Plan Appendix B; or any Foundation Component designation in the General Plan.

(b) The proposed amendment would either contribute to the purposes of the General Plan or, at a minimum, would not be detrimental to them.

(d) A change in policy is required to conform to changes in state or federal law or applicable findings of a court of law.

(e) An amendment is required to comply with an update of the Housing Element or change in State Housing Element law.

(f) An amendment is required to expand basic employment job opportunities (jobs that contribute directly to the County’s economic base) and that would improve the ratio of jobs-to-workers in the County.

(g) An amendment is required to address changes in ownership of land or land not under the land use authority of the Board of Supervisors.

SECTION 2.5. GENERAL PLAN FOUNDATION COMPONENT AMENDMENTS - REGULAR.

a. APPLICABILITY. This Section shall govern the processing of regular Foundation Component Amendments occurring during the Five-Year General Plan Review Cycle including any General Plan amendment to change:

(1) The Riverside County Vision;

(2) The General Planning Principles set forth in General Plan Appendix B;

(3) A Foundation Component of the General Plan (except for an amendment to change property to or from the Agriculture Foundation Component which shall be processed in accordance with Section 2.7 of this ordinance); or,

(4) A proposed change to the land use designations established in the Eastern Riverside County Desert Area, not covered by an Area Plan.

b. LIMITATION ON FOUNDATION COMPONENT AMENDMENTS. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.6 and Section 2.7, no Foundation Component Amendment shall be heard or approved except as part of the Five-Year General Plan Review Cycle. The first Five-Year General Plan Review Cycle shall commence on January 1, 2008 and continue during the 2008 calendar year, and subsequent cycles shall occur at five calendar year intervals thereafter.

c. INITIATION OF AMENDMENT PROCEEDINGS. The initiation of proceedings for any amendment pursuant to this Section shall require an order of the Board of Supervisors, adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the Board. The Board of Supervisors may adopt an order initiating amendment proceedings at any time during the calendar year of a Five-Year General Plan Review Cycle. The adoption of an order by the Board initiating amendment proceedings shall not require a public hearing and shall not imply any such amendment will be approved.

d. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF AMENDMENT PROCEEDINGS. Either the Planning Director or the Planning Commission may recommend that the Board of Supervisors adopt an order initiating proceedings for an amendment pursuant to this Section. All such recommendations shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Board for placement on the agenda of the Board as a matter not requiring a public hearing. Whenever the Planning Director prepares such a recommendation, the comments of the Planning Commission shall be requested and any comments shall be included in the submission to the Board of Supervisors. No public hearing before the Planning Commission shall be required to request such comments.

e. PRIVATE APPLICATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF AMENDMENT PROCEEDINGS. The owner of real property, or a person authorized by the owner, shall have the right to request that the Board of Supervisors adopt an order initiating proceedings for an amendment pursuant to this Section. The Planning Director shall establish an application period of not less than thirty days during the calendar year of each Five-Year General Plan Review Cycle during which applications will be accepted. After this application period is established, it shall not be extended. Applications shall be made to the Planning Director, on the forms provided by the Planning Department, shall supply all required information, and shall be accompanied by the filing fee set forth in County Ordinance No. 671. The Planning Director shall prepare a report and recommendation on all such applications and shall submit the report and recommendation to the Clerk of the Board for placement on the Board agenda as a matter not requiring a public hearing. Prior to submitting the report and recommendation to Clerk of the Board, the comments of the Planning Commission shall be requested and any comments shall be included in the submission to the Board of Supervisors. No public hearing before the Planning Commission shall be required to request such comments.

f. AMENDMENT PROCEEDINGS AND HEARINGS. After adoption of an order of the Board of Supervisors initiating proceedings for an amendment pursuant to this Section, the amendment shall be processed, heard and decided in accordance with Section 2.1 and Section 2.10 of this ordinance. If the Board adopts orders initiating proceedings for several amendments pursuant to this Section, each such amendment may be processed, heard and decided separately or together with other such amendments as determined by the Planning Director. Hearings and the final decision on any amendment pursuant to this Section may occur after the calendar year during which proceedings for the amendment were initiated.

g. FINDINGS. A Planning Commission resolution recommending approval of a regular Foundation Component Amendment and a Board of Supervisors resolution approving a regular Foundation Component Amendment shall include findings, based on substantial evidence, that new conditions or circumstances disclosed during the review process justify modifying the General Plan, that the modifications do not conflict with the overall Riverside County Vision, and that they would not create an internal inconsistency among the elements of the General Plan. The foregoing requirement for findings shall not apply to any amendment to the Riverside County Vision.

SECTION 2.6. GENERAL PLAN FOUNDATION COMPONENT AMENDMENTS – EXTRAORDINARY.

a. APPLICABILITY. This Section shall govern the processing of any Foundation Component Amendment not occurring during the Five-Year General Plan Review Cycle including any General Plan amendment to change:

(1) The Riverside County Vision;

(2) The General Planning Principles set forth in General Plan Appendix B;

(4) A proposed change to the land use designations established in the Eastern Riverside County Desert Area, not covered by an Area Plan.

f. FINDINGS. A Planning Commission resolution recommending approval of an Extraordinary General Plan Foundation Component Amendment and a Board of Supervisors resolution approving an Extraordinary General Plan Foundation Component Amendment shall include the first two findings listed below and any one or more of the subsequent findings listed below:

(1) The foundation change is based on substantial evidence that new conditions or circumstances disclosed during the review process justify modifying the General Plan, that the modifications do not conflict with the overall Riverside County Vision, and that they would not create an internal inconsistency among the elements of the General Plan. The foregoing requirement for findings shall not apply to any amendment to the Riverside County Vision.

(2) A condition exists or an event has occurred that is unusually compelling and can only be rectified by making changes in the current Riverside County Vision, General Planning Principles set forth in General Plan Appendix B, or Foundation Component.

(3) An unconstitutional taking of property might occur without the amendment, and the amendment alters the General Plan Foundation Component only to the extent necessary to avoid the potential taking.

(4) A natural or man-made disaster or public emergency has occurred that warrants a change in General Plan Foundation Component designations in order to protect the public health, safety or welfare.

(5) A Foundation Component Amendment is required to conform to changes in State or Federal law, or applicable findings of a court of law.

(6) An amendment is required to comply with an update of the Housing Element or change in State Housing Element law.

(7) A Foundation Component Amendment is required to significantly expand basic structural employment (such as industrial, agricultural processing, and research and development), excluding retail, service commercial, warehousing, and residential uses not ancillary to the primary employment use.

(8) A Foundation Component change is necessary to facilitate implementation of open space or transportation corridor designations arising from the adopted MSHCP or Community Environmental Transportation Acceptability Program (CETAP) programs that could not be accomplished by a lesser change in the General Plan.

SECTION 2.7. AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION COMPONENT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS.

a. APPLICABILITY. This Section shall govern the processing of any General Plan amendment to change property to or from the Agriculture Foundation Component.

b. GENERAL AUTHORIZATION FOR AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION COMPONENT AMENDMENTS.

(1) All amendments pursuant to this Section shall be assigned to a 2 ½ Year Agricultural Foundation Amendment Cycle based on the date of amendment adoption. The first 2 ½ Year Cycle commenced January 1, 2004 and ended on June 30, 2006; the second 2 ½ Year Cycle extends from July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2008; and subsequent 2 ½ Year Cycles shall continue in the same manner for 2 ½ year periods thereafter.

(2) The Planning Director shall determine the total acreage of land within the Agricultural Foundation Component as of January 1, 2004 (the “Agricultural Foundation Base Acreage”), for each of the following three areas:

(a) The area covered by the Palo Verde Valley Area Plan, the Desert Center Area Plan and the Eastern Desert Land Use Plan;

(b) The area covered by the Eastern Coachella Valley Area Plan and the Western Coachella Valley Area Plan; and,

(3) During the first 2 ½ Year Agricultural Foundation Amendment Cycle, seven percent (7%) of the Agricultural Foundation Base Acreage for each of the areas listed in paragraph (2) above shall be generally authorized for conversion from the Agriculture Foundation Component to any other Foundation Component (the “Agricultural Amendment General Authorization Acreage”). During each subsequent 2 ½ Year Agricultural Foundation Amendment Cycle, the Agricultural Amendment General Authorization Acreage for each area listed in paragraph (2) above shall consist of an acreage equal to the Agricultural Amendment General Authorization Acreage for the first 2 ½ Year Agricultural Foundation Amendment Cycle plus the Agricultural Amendment General Authorization Acreage for all subsequent 2 ½ Year Agricultural Foundation Amendment Cycles reduced by the acreage of all General Plan amendments adopted after January 1, 2004 (except General Plan amendments adopted pursuant to subsection g. below) converting land from the Agriculture Foundation Component to any other Foundation Component for each such area.

(4) Unless otherwise allowed as provided in subsection g. below, no amendment pursuant to this Section shall be approved by the Board of Supervisors if such approval would result in a conversion from the Agriculture Foundation Component to any other Foundation Component in excess of the Agricultural Amendment General Authorization Acreage, as determined under paragraph (3) above, during any 2 ½ Year Agricultural Foundation Amendment Cycle.

c. INITIATION OF AMENDMENT PROCEEDINGS. The initiation of proceedings for any amendment pursuant to this Section shall require an order of the Board of Supervisors, adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the Board. The Board of Supervisors may adopt an order initiating amendment proceedings at any time. The adoption of an order by the Board initiating amendment proceedings shall not require a public hearing and shall not imply any such amendment will be approved.

e. PRIVATE APPLICATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF AMENDMENT PROCEEDINGS. The owner of real property, or a person authorized by the owner, shall have the right to request that the Board of Supervisors adopt an order initiating proceedings for an amendment pursuant to this Section. Applications shall be made to the Planning Director, on the forms provided by the Planning Department, shall supply all required information, and shall be accompanied by the filing fee set forth in County Ordinance No. 671. The Planning Director shall prepare a report and recommendation on all such applications and shall submit the report and recommendation to the Clerk of the Board for placement on the Board agenda as a matter not requiring a public hearing. Prior to submitting the report and recommendation to the Clerk of the Board, the comments of the Planning Commission shall be requested and any comments shall be included in the submission to the Board of Supervisors. No public hearing before the Planning Commission shall be required to request such comments.

g. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION COMPONENT AMENDMENTS. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. above, the Board of Supervisors may approve an amendment which exceeds the Agricultural Amendment General Authorization Acreage for any 2 ½ Year Agricultural Foundation Amendment Cycle provided the Board first determines that any condition or circumstance including, without limitation, any business consideration or undue hardship, justifies the amendment and also determines that adequate infrastructure to serve the land use designations will be available. Prior to approving an amendment as provided in this subsection, the Board of Supervisors shall first submit the amendment to the Agricultural Task Force for the area where the property subject to the amendment is located for its review and recommendation.

h. FINDINGS. A Planning Commission resolution recommending approval of an Agricultural Foundation Component Amendment and Board of Supervisors resolution approving an Agricultural Foundation Component Amendment shall include a finding that the amendment would either contribute to the achievement of the purposes of the General Plan or, at a minimum, not be detrimental to them.

SECTION 2.8. SPECIFIC PLANS. Specific plans, and amendments thereto, shall be heard and adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 65450 et seq. of the Government Code, as now written or hereafter amended, and in accordance with Section 2.10 of this Article. The Board of Supervisors may, by affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the Board, order the preparation and hearing of a new specific plan or the amendment of any existing specific plan. Any such order for preparation and hearing shall not imply that any new specific plan or amendment to an existing specific plan will be approved.

SECTION 2.9. APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PLANS.

a. The owner of real property, or a person authorized by the owner, shall have the right to request that the County consider a specific plan or an amendment to an existing specific plan for the real property. The right to request consideration of a specific plan or a specific plan amendment does not imply that the specific plan or the specific plan amendment will be approved. Whenever any State law, the Riverside County General Plan or any ordinance requires the adoption of a specific plan as a condition to the approval of a project, an application for a specific plan shall be made pursuant to this section.

b. Applications shall be made in writing to the Planning Director on the forms provided by the Planning Department and shall be accompanied by the fee set forth in County Ordinance No. 671. The application shall supply all required information and shall include the following:

(1) Wherever a proposed specific plan is for a project subject to the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act, Public Resources Code Section 2621 et seq., a geologic report shall be submitted as required by County Ordinance No. 547.

(2) Whenever a proposed specific plan will substantially determine the location of any building sites for structures, a flood protection study shall be submitted with the specific plan along with the fee set forth in County Ordinance No. 671.

c. A specific plan shall include text and a diagram or diagrams which specify all of the following in detail:

(1) The distribution, location and extent of the uses of land, including open space, within the area covered by the plan.

(2) The proposed distribution, location and extent and intensity of major components of public and private transportation, sewage, water, drainage, solid waste disposal, energy, and other essential facilities proposed to be located within the area covered by the plan.

(3) Standards and criteria by which development will proceed, and standards for the conservation, development, and utilization of natural resources, where applicable.

(4) A program of implementation measures including regulations, programs, public works projects, and financing measures necessary to carry out paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this subsection.

d. A specific plan shall include a statement of the relationship of the specific plan to the General Plan.

SECTION 2.10. HEARINGS ON ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN. Proposals to adopt or amend the Riverside County General Plan, or any part or element thereof, shall be heard in the following manner:

a. The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the matter. Notice of the public hearing shall be given pursuant to Section 1.6 of this ordinance. If the proposed General Plan or amendment to the General Plan would affect the permitted uses or intensity of uses of real property, notice of the public hearing shall also be given pursuant to Section 1.7 of this ordinance.

b. After closing the public hearing, the Planning Commission shall make a recommendation for approval or disapproval within a reasonable time, by resolution, including therein its findings, and transmit it to the Board of Supervisors with a copy mailed to the applicant, if any. A recommendation for approval shall be made by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the total membership of the Planning Commission. If the Commission cannot reach a decision within a reasonable time after closing the hearing, that fact shall be reported to the Board of Supervisors and shall be deemed a recommendation to deny the proposal.

c. Upon receipt of a recommendation of the Planning Commission on adoption or amendment of the General Plan, the Clerk of the Board shall set the matter for public hearing before the Board of Supervisors at the earliest convenient day and shall give notice of public hearing in the same manner as notice was given of the hearing before the Planning Commission.

d. After closing the public hearing, the Board of Supervisors shall render its decision within a reasonable time. A decision to adopt or amend the General Plan, or any part or element thereof, shall be made by resolution, which resolution shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than the majority of the total membership of the Board. The Board of Supervisors may approve, modify or disapprove the recommendation of the Planning Commission; provided, however, that any substantial modification of the Planning Commission's recommendation not previously considered by the Commission shall first be referred to the Commission for its recommendation. The Planning Commission shall not be required to hold a public hearing thereon, and failure of the Commission to report within 45 days after the reference or such longer period of time as may be specified by the Board, shall be deemed to be a recommendation for approval of the proposed modification.

e. A proposal to adopt or amend any part or element of the General Plan shall not be approved by the Board of Supervisors until all procedures required by the Riverside County CEQA implementing procedures to approve a matter have been completed.

SECTION 2.11. DETERMINATION OF PROJECT CONFORMANCE WITH ADOPTED SPECIFIC PLAN.

a. Whenever an application for an implementing project varies from and is not in substantial conformance with an adopted specific plan, an amendment to that specific plan shall be adopted pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.8 of this ordinance prior to the approval of the implementing project.

b. Whenever an application for an implementing project varies from but is in substantial conformance with the adopted specific plan, a determination of substantial conformance shall be issued as provided in this subsection prior to the approval of the implementing project.

(1) For purposes of this subsection, the term "substantial conformance" shall mean a non-substantial modification of a condition of approval, diagram, or text of the specific plan that does not change the basic design or improvements required and is consistent with the original resolution adopting the specific plan, the conditions of approval, and the specific plan text. Substantial conformance may include a modification or deletion of a condition which will not substantially or adversely affect the underlying purpose for which the condition was initially required, construction of an implementing project out of phase so long as all infrastructure and public facilities required for the intervening phases are provided, a modification of the approved land uses in a phase which does not increase the land use density or intensity in any phase or planning area beyond that allowed by the specific plan or a modification of the project design which improves circulation, protects topographic features, minimizes grading, improves drainage or improves infrastructure.

(2) An application for a determination of substantial conformance shall be made on forms provided by the Planning Department, shall be accompanied by the fee set forth in County Ordinance No. 671 and shall include the following:

(a) An accurate and complete description of the modification and how it affects the adopted specific plan, along with any necessary exhibits or diagrams.

(b) Any other information, exhibits or drawings the Planning Director may require.

(3) The Planning Director shall transmit all such applications to the appropriate agencies for review and comment and shall then forward them, along with a recommendation, to the Planning Commission for decision. A copy of the notice of decision of the Planning Commission shall be mailed to the applicant and to any person who has made a written request therefor. The Planning Director shall also file a copy of the notice of decision of the Planning Commission with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, together with a report of the proceedings, not more than 15 days after the decision. The Clerk of the Board shall place the notice of decision on the next agenda of the Board of Supervisors held five or more days after the Clerk receives the notice from the Planning Director. The decision of the Planning Commission shall be considered final unless the applicant or an interested party files an appeal with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors accompanied by the fee set forth in County Ordinance No. 671 within ten days after the notice of decision appear on the Board's agenda. If a timely appeal is filed, the Clerk shall place the matter on the next available agenda, and the Board of Supervisors shall determine whether the determination of substantial conformance should be made. An application for a determination of substantial conformance shall not require a noticed public hearing; however, if the Planning Director, the Commission, or the Board decides that notice of the application should be given, notice shall be given at the applicant's expense in the manner provided for by Section 1.6 and 1.7 of this ordinance. Whenever such a decision requiring notice is made, no further action shall be taken on the application until proper notice has been given. The Commission or Board of Supervisors may, at their discretion, allow testimony to be given on the proposed modification.

(4) An application for a determination of substantial conformance may be approved only if the following findings are made:

(a) That the project as modified meets the intent and purpose of the adopted specific plan; and,

(b) That the project as modified is consistent with the findings and conclusions contained in the resolution adopting the specific plan.

c. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section to the contrary, and even if the application for a determination of substantial conformance otherwise could be approved under this section, an applicant may be required to process a specific plan amendment pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.9 of this ordinance if it is determined that an amendment to the specific plan is required.

SECTION 2.12. REPORTS ON CONFORMITY WITH GENERAL PLAN.

a. The Planning Department is designated as the planning agency, under the provisions of Section 65402 of the Government Code, and any similar provision of State law, to report on public acquisitions, dispositions, abandonments, and construction, as to conformity with the Riverside County General Plan.

b. Whenever any County department or a public agency is processing a project that requires a report under the provisions of Section 65402 of the Government Code, or any similar provision of State law, application shall be made to the Planning Director on forms provided by the Planning Department and shall supply all requested information, including the following:

(1) The name, address and telephone number of applicant, including information regarding any cooperating or involved agencies.

(2) The legal basis for the project on an estimated time schedule for development or action to be taken.

(3) The location, address or legal description of the subject property or area, together with a site plan and description of the proposed project and uses.

(4) The location of adjacent streets, easements, utilities, and other features, both natural and constructed, that may affect or be affected by the proposal.

(5) Development plans of any proposed construction, including such structural features as may be required to determine if the proposal is in conformity with the General Plan and any specific plan in effect in the area.

c. Within 40 days after receipt of a completed application, the Planning Director shall make a report to the applicant as to the conformity of the location, purpose and extent of the proposed project with the General Plan.

d. Within ten days after the date of mailing or delivery of the report of the Planning Director, the applicant may appeal, in writing, to the Planning Commission on the form provided by the Planning Department. Upon receipt of a completed appeal accompanied by the fee set forth in Ordinance No. 671, the Planning Director shall set the matter for hearing before the Planning Commission, not less than five nor more than 35 days thereafter, and shall give written notice of the hearing, by mail, to the appellant. The decision of the Commission shall be made within 30 days following the close of the hearing, shall be final, and a copy shall be mailed to the appellant.

e. The provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 65402 of the Government Code shall not apply to:

(1) The disposition of the remainder of a larger parcel which was acquired and used in part for street purposes;

(2) Acquisitions, dispositions, or abandonments for street widening or alignment projects, provided such projects are of a minor nature.

f. The provisions of paragraph (b) of Section 65402 of the Government Code shall not apply to acquisition or abandonment for street widening or alignment projects of a minor nature.

Amended Effective:
02-03-1977 (Ord. 348.1545)
06-27-1978 (Ord. 348.1658)
05-08-1980 (Ord. 348.1785)
09-25-1980 (Ord. 348.1855)
10-23-1980 (Ord. 348.1879)
01-22-1981 (Ord. 348.1908)
07-22-1982 (Ord. 348.2088)
06-30-1983 (Ord. 348.2156)
04-04-1985 (Ord. 348.2444)
03-12-1987 (Ord. 348.2670)

Amended Effective:
03-27-1989 (Ord. 348.3418)
11-30-1995 (Ord. 348.3752)
04-19-1996 (Ord. 348.3770)
05-08-2008 (Ord. 348.4573) - Amended Article II in its entirety

ARTICLE III

ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

SECTION 3.1. ZONES. For the purpose of providing a uniform basis for zoning, the following zone classifications may be applied to the lands in the unincorporated area of the County of Riverside:

R-R - Rural Residential

R-R-O - Rural Residential, Outdoor Advertising

R-1 - One-Family Dwellings

R-1A - One-Family Dwellings - Mountain Resort

R-A - Residential Agricultural

R-2 - Multiple Family Dwellings

R-2A - Limited Multiple Family Dwellings

R-3 - General Residential

R-3A - Village Tourist Residential

R-T - Mobilehome Subdivision and Mobilehome Park

R-T-R - Mobilehome Subdivision - Rural

R-4 - Planned Residential

R-5 - Open Area Combining Zone - Residential Developments

R-6 - Residential Incentive

C-1 & C-P - General Commercial

C-T - Tourist Commercial

C-P-S - Scenic Highway Commercial

C-R - Rural Commercial

C-O - Commercial Office

S-P - Specific Plan

I-P - Industrial Park

M-SC - Manufacturing - Service Commercial

M-M - Manufacturing - Medium

M-H - Manufacturing - Heavy

M-R - Mineral Resources

M-R-A - Mineral Resources & Related Manufacturing

A-1 - Light Agriculture

A-P - Light Agriculture with Poultry

A-2 - Heavy Agriculture

A-D - Agriculture - Dairy

C/V - Citrus/Vineyard

W-2 - Controlled Development Areas

R-D - Regulated Development Areas

N-A - Natural Assets

W-2-M - Controlled Development Areas with Mobilehomes

W-1 - Watercourse, Watershed and Conservation Areas

W-E - Wind Energy Resource Zone

Amended Effective:
08-30-84 (Ord. 348.2358)
04-18-86 (Ord. 348.2623)
08-28-86 (Ord. 348.2612)
07-13-89 (Ord. 348.3010)
11-08-94 (Ord. 348.3692)

SECTION 3.2. USE OF ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS. It is expressly declared that the terminology used in Section 3.1 is general only and is not intended to be descriptive of all uses allowed in the zone classifications. The zone classifications are specifically set forth in subsequent articles of this ordinance to which reference should be made to determine all the uses permitted therein. Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any zone, the following rules shall apply:

a. Where boundaries are indicated as approximately following street lines, alley lines, or lot lines, such lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

b. Where a boundary line divides a lot, the location of such boundary, unless the same is indicated by specific dimensions, shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the map.

c. If any public street, alley or other right of way is vacated or abandoned, the land formerly in such street, alley or right of way shall be included within the zone of the adjoining property on each side. In the event such street, alley or right of way was a zone boundary line, the new zone boundary line shall be the former center line of such street, alley or right of way.

Amended Effective:
02-03-77 Ord. 348.1545)

ARTICLE IV

ZONING DISTRICTS

SECTION 4.1. All the unincorporated area of the County of Riverside is placed in a series of mapped zoning districts. All those areas shown within the boundaries of the following maps are placed within the zone classifications shown on said maps, as adopted or thereafter amended:

MAP NUMBER	DATE ADOPTED	ORDINANCE
Map No. 2 - All the unincorporated area of the County of Riverside not included in one of the following mapped zoning Districts.	12-31-48	348
Map No. 3 - Whitewater District (Annexed into the City of Palm Springs)	04-18-49	348a
Map No. 4 - Cathedral City District	02-20-50	348d
Map No. 5 - University District	11-16-50	348g
Map No. 6 - Beaumont-Banning District	08-27-51	348h
Map No. 6a - Beaumont-Banning District	06-29-64	348.292
Map No. 7 - La Mesa Miravilla (Now part of Cherry Valley)	02-24-53	348j
Map No. 8 - Anza-La Sierra District	08-24-53	348m
Map No. 9 - West Corona District	07-26-54	348o
Map No. 10 - Cathedral City - Palm Desert District	01-03-55	348p
Map No. 11 - Glen Avon District	01-03-55	348q
Map No. 12 - Desert Hot Springs District	02-21-55	348r
Map No. 13 - Calimesa District	01-23-56	348z
Map No. 14 - La Quinta District	03-05-56	348dd
Map No. 15 - Rubidoux District	06-12-56	348hh
Map No. 16 - Idyllwild District	01-14-57	348tt
Map No. 17 - Hemet-San Jacinto District	08-26-57	348eee
Map No. 18 - North Valle Vista District	12-23-57	348jjj
Map No. 19 - Florence (Now Part of Cherry Valley)	10-06-58	348yyy
Map No. 20 - Indian Wells District	10-20-58	348zzz
Map No. 21 - East Valle Vista District	11-10-58	348aaaa
Map No. 22 - Thomas Mountain District	04-13-59	348hhhh
Map No. 23 - North Elsinore District	01-26-59	348iiii
Map No. 24 - Lower Berdoo CanyonDistrict	02-16-59	348jjjj
Map No. 25 - Edgemont-Sunnymead District	09-21-59	348uuuu
Map No. 26 - Pedley District No. 1 (Now Pedley)	10-13-59	348.2xxxx
Map No. 27 - Lakeland Village District	11-30-59	348.2
Map No. 28 - San Gorgonio Pass District No. 1	01-11-60	348.10
Map No. 29 - Mira Loma District No. 1 (Prado-Mira Loma)	01-11-60	348.12
Map No. 30 - Bermuda Dunes District	12-12-60	348.53
Map No. 31 - Cherry Valley District	01-23-61	348.63
Map No. 32 - Ramona District	10-09-61	348.103
Map No. 33 - Mecca District	04-02-62	348.134
Map No. 34 - Pinon Flats District	07-16-62	348.146
Map No. 35 - Little Lake District	08-06-62	348.150
Map No. 36 - Lake Mathews District	02-18-63	348.173
Map No. 37 - Norco District	02-25-63	348.175
Map No. 38 - Prado-Mira Loma District	04-01-63	348.182
Map No. 39 - Pedley District	05-06-63	348.197
Map No. 40 - Thousand Palms District	05-13-63	348.198
Map No. 41 - Lower Coachella Valley Dist.	07-01-63	348.208
Map No. 42 - North Riverside District	07-08-63	348.210
Map No. 43 - Banning Heights	05-11-64	348.282
Map No. 44 - Palm Springs Highlands	08-17-64	348.306
Map No. 45 - El Cerrito	12-14-64	348.339
Map No. 46 - Sun City	08-24-70	348.776
Map No. 47 - Blythe	06-14-65	348.376
Map No. 48 - Meadowbrook	07-06-65	348.380
Map No. 49 - East Corona	08-02-65	348.384
Map No. 50 - Painted Hills	08-16-65	348.389
Map No. 51 - Ripley	08-16-65	348.390
Map No. 52 - El Cariso	04-04-65	348.435
Map No. 53 - Quail Valley	07-05-66	348.461
Map No. 54 - Pine Cove	06-12-67	348.513
Map No. 55 - Perris Reservoir District	06-19-67	348.514
Map No. 56 - Gavilan Hills	12-08-69	348.684
Map No. 57 - Cajalco	03-09-70	348.703
Map No. 58 - Pass and Desert	03-30-70	348.712
Map No. 59 - Woodcrest	03-30-70	348.713
Map No. 60 - Sky Valley	04-27-70	348.731
Map No. 61 - Canyon Lake	08-24-70	348.775
Map No. 62 - Mead Valley	12-28-70	348.839
Map No. 63 - Valley Vista	02-22-72	348.862
Map No. 64 - Garner Valley	01-18-72	348.987
Map No. 65 - Cabazon	12-12-72	348.1118

Amended Effective:
02-03-77 (Ord. 348.1545)

ARTICLE V

R-R ZONE (RURAL RESIDENTIAL)

SECTION 5.1. USES PERMITTED

(1) One-family dwellings.

(2) Water works facilities, both public and private, intended primarily for the production and distribution of water for irrigation purposes.

(3) Nurseries, greenhouses, orchards, aviaries, apiaries, field crops, tree crops, berry and bush crops, vegetables, flower and herb gardening on a commercial scale; the drying, packing, canning, freezing and other accepted methods of processing the produce resulting from such permitted uses, when such processing is primarily in conjunction with a farming operation and further provided that the permanent buildings and structures used in conjunction with such drying, packing and processing operations are not nearer than 20 feet from the boundaries of the premises.

(4) The grazing of cattle, horses, sheep, goats or other farm stock or animals, not including hogs, including the supplementary feeding thereof, not to exceed five animals per acre of all the land available; provided however, the systematic rotation of animals with more than five animals per acre is permitted so long as the total number of permitted animals is not exceeded. For the grazing of sheep or goats, the permissible number of animals per acre may be multiplied by three, except that there shall be no limit to the permissible number of sheep which may be grazed per acre when the grazing is for the purpose of cleaning up unharvested crops, provided that such grazing is not conducted for more than four weeks in any six month period. The provisions of this paragraph apply to mature breeding stock, maintenance stock and similar farm stock, and shall not apply to the offspring thereof, if such offspring are being kept, fed or maintained solely for sale, marketing or slaughtering at the earliest practical age of maturity. In all cases the permissible number of animals per acre shall be computed upon the basis of the nearest equivalent ratio.

(5) Farms for rabbits, fish, frogs, chinchilla, or other small animals (excluding crowing fowl).

Amended Effective:
09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)

(6) Farms or establishment for the selective or experimental breeding and raising of cattle, sheep, goats, and horses, subject to the limitations set forth in Subsection a (4) of this section.

(7) The noncommercial raising of hogs, not to exceed five animals; provided, however, that the total number of animals permitted on parcels of less than one acre shall not exceed two animals except that no animals shall be permitted on lots of less than 20,000 square feet. For the purposes of determining the number of hogs on a parcel, both weaned and unweaned hogs shall be counted. (See County Ordinance No. 431 regarding hog ranches).

(8) Future Farmers of America (FFA) or 4-H projects conducted by the occupants of the premises. Provided, however, if the project involves crowing fowl, an unexpired crowing fowl affidavit form describing the project must be on file with the Planning Director. Affidavit forms are available at the Planning Department and may be filed free of charge.

Amended Effective:
09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)
12-21-00 (Ord. 348.3966)

(9) A temporary stand for the display and sale of the agriculture produce of any permitted use that is produced upon the premises where such stand is located or upon contiguous lands owned or leased by the owner or occupant of the premises. Off-street parking shall be as required in Section 18.12 of this ordinance, except that no paving shall be required.

(10) A sign, single or double faced, not exceeding 12 square feet in area per face, not exceeding 12 square feet in area per face, advertising only the sale of the services or the products produced on the premises. The sign shall not be lighted or have flashing objects or banners.

(11) Mobilehome, used as a one-family residence, subject to the following conditions:

a. Mobilehome shall have a floor area of not less than 450 square feet.

b. The area between the ground level and the floor of the mobilehome shall be screened from view by an opaque skirt entirely around the mobilehome.

Amended Effective:
07-23-99 (Ord. 348.3881)

(12) Home occupations.

(13) Planned residential developments, provided a land division is approved pursuant to the provisions of County Ordinance No. 460 and the development standards in Section 18.5 or 18.6 of this ordinance.

(14) Kennels and catteries are permitted provided they are approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.45 of this ordinance.

(15) Mining operation that is subject to the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 is a permitted provided that the operator thereof holds a permit to conduct surface mining operations issued pursuant to County Ordinance No. 555, which has not been revoked or suspended.

(16) The noncommercial raising of not more than (5) miniature pigs on lots of not less than 20,000 square feet, subject to the following conditions:

a) Any person owning or having custody or control of a miniature pig over the age of four (4) months shall pay for and obtain a license from the Animal Control Department.

b) Any miniature pig kept or maintained on a lot with a use permitted under section 5.1.a.(1) shall be spayed or neutered as a condition of being licensed. No license shall be issued unless the owner or custodian of the miniature pig presents a valid certificate from a veterinarian. All unaltered miniature pigs shall be subject to immediate impoundment.

c) No miniature pig may weigh more than two hundred (200) pounds.

d) Any person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any miniature pig shall keep such pig exclusively upon his or her own premises, provided, however, such pig may be off such premises if under restraint of a competent person.

e) The miniature pig must be kept in an enclosure that is no closer than thirty (30) feet from the front property line, fifteen (15) feet from any side or rear property line and no closer than thirty-five (35) feet of any dwelling unit other than the dwelling unit on the subject lot.

Added Effective:
02-12-99 (Ord. 348.3857)

(17) The keeping or raising of not more than 12 mature female crowing fowl on lots or parcels between 20,000 square feet and 39,999 square feet or not more than 50 mature female crowing fowl and 10 mature male crowing fowl on lots of 40,000 square feet or more for the use of the occupants of the premises. The crowing fowl shall be kept in an enclosed area located not less than 20 feet from any property line and not less than 50 feet from any residence and shall be maintained on the rear portion of the lot in conjunction with a residential use.

(18) The outside storage of materials on improved lots or parcels of one-half acre to one acre provided the amount is limited to one hundred (100) square feet with a maximum height of three (3) feet and on improved lots or parcels of one acre or more provided the amount is limited to two hundred (200) square feet with a maximum height of three (3) feet.

Amended Effective:
09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)
02-24-04 (Ord. 348.4087)

b. PUBLIC UTILITY USES.

(1) Structures and installations necessary to the conservation and development of water such as dams, pipelines, water conduits, tanks, canals, reservoirs, wells and the necessary pumping and water production facilities.

(2) Structures and the pertinent facilities necessary and incidental to the development and transmission of electrical power and gas such as hydroelectric power plants, booster or conversion plants, transmission lines, pipelines and the like.

(3) Radio broadcasting stations.

(4) Telephone transmission lines, telephone exchanges and offices.

(5) Railroads, including the necessary facilities in connection therewith.

(6) Television broadcasting stations, antennas, and cable installations, and microwave relay stations.

c. The following uses are permitted provided approval of a plot plan shall first have been obtained pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.30 of this ordinance.

(1) Fishing lakes, commercial and noncommercial.

(2) Guest ranches and motels.

(3) Educational institutions, libraries, museums and post office.

(4) Golf, tennis, polo or country clubs, archery and golf and driving ranges.

(5) Commercial uses for the convenience of and incidental to any of the above permitted uses when located upon the same lot or parcel of land.

(6) Feed and grain sales.

(7) Garden supply stores.

(8) Pet shops and pet supply shops.

(9) Real estate offices.

(10) Signs, 0n-site advertising.

(11) Arts, crafts and curio shops.

(12) Fraternal lodges, including grange halls.

(13) Repealed.10-21- 99 (Ord. 348.3888)

(14) Private schools.

(15) A permanent stand for the display and sale of the agriculture product of any permitted use that is produced upon the premises where such stand is located or upon contiguous lands owned or leased by the owner or occupant of the premises.

(16) An additional one family dwelling (including mobilehomes), excluding the principal dwelling, shall be allowed for each ten acres gross being farmed. Said additional dwelling units shall be located on a parcel being farmed and occupied by the owner, operator or employee of the farming operation as a one family residence provided that:

a) The mobilehome shall have a floor area of not less than 450 square feet.

b) The dwellings are not rented or held out for lease to anyone other than an employee of the farming operation.

c) The dwellings are located not less than 50 feet from any property line.

d) The dwellings are screened from view from the front property line by shrubs or trees.

e) The arrangement of the dwellings, sanitary facilities and utilities conforms with all of the requirements of the County Health Department, the County of Building and Safety Department, and State law.

f) The number of dwellings for employees shall not exceed four per established farming operation.

(17) Beauty shops, including beauty shops operated from a home by its inhabitants where no assistants are employed and the on-site sign is unlighted and does not exceed two square feet in area.

(18) Winery and appurtenant and incidental uses with established on-site vineyard.

(19) Temporary real estate tract offices located within a subdivision, to be used only for and during the original sale of the subdivision, but not to exceed a period of two years in any event.

(20) Public parks and public playgrounds, golf courses with standard length fairways, and county clubs.

Amended Effective:
07-23-99 (Ord. 348.3881)
09-10-99 (Ord. 348.3883)

d. The following uses are permitted provided a conditional use permit has been granted:

(1) Airport or landing field.

(2) Auto wrecking yards.

(3) Any mining operation which is exempt from the provisions of the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 and Riverside County Ordinance No. 555.

(4) Cemetery, pet or human.

(5) Commercial fairgrounds.

(6) Commercial stables and riding academies.

(7) Antique shops.

(8) Automobile service stations and repair garages with or without the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption.

(9) Bakery shops, including baking only when incidental to retail sales on the premises.

(10) Barber shops and beauty shops.

(11) Bars and cocktail lounges.

(12) Billiard and pool halls.

(13) Cleaning and dyeing shop.

(14) Retail pharmacies.

(15) Equipment rental services, including rototillers, power mowers, sanders, power saws, cement and plaster mixers not exceeding ten cubic feet in capacity, and other similar equipment.

(16) Food, meat, poultry and produce markets.

(17) Frozen food lockers.

(18) Hardware stores.

(19) Laundries and laundromats.

(20) Liquid petroleum service stations, with or without the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption, provided that if storage tanks are above ground, the total capacity of all tanks shall not exceed 10,000 gallons. Storage tanks shall be painted a neutral color and shall not have any advertising painted or placed on their surface.

(21) Liquor stores pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.48 of this ordinance.

(22) Parking lots and parking buildings, pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.12 of this ordinance.

(23) Professional offices.

(24) Refreshment stands.

(25) Restaurants and other eating establishments.

(26) Shoe stores and repair shops.

(27) Stations, bus, railroad and taxi.

(28) Tire sales and service.

(29) Tourist information centers.

(30) Underground bulk fuel storage.

(31) Auction houses and yards.

(32) Dune buggy parks.

(33) Fruit and vegetable packing plants and similar uses.

(34) Hog ranches, subject to the provisions of County Ordinance No. 431.

(35) Hunting clubs.

(36) Lumber production of a commercial nature, including commercial logging or commercial development of timber and lumber mills.

(37) Machine shops.

(38) The manufacture of:

a) Brick, tile or terra-cotta.

b) Cement and cement products.

c) Gypsum.

d) Lime or lime products.

(39) Menageries.

(40) Migrant agricultural workers mobilehome parks.

(41) Pen fed cattle operations, livestock sale-yard, livestock auction yards, and dairy farms.

(42) Race tracks, including but not limited to contests between automobiles, horses, go-carts, and motorcycles, but not including contests between human beings only.

(43) Recreational vehicle parks.

(44) Rifle, pistol, skeet, or trapshooting ranges.

(45) Rodeo arenas.

(46) Trail bike parks.

(47) Trailer and boat storage.

(48) Disposal service operations.

(49) Meat cutting and packaging plants, provided there is no slaughtering of animals or rendering of meat.

(50) Outdoor film studios

(51) Water well drilling, operations and service.

(52) Mobilehome parks, developed pursuant to Section 19.93 of this ordinance.

(53) Community auction and sales yards.

(54) Farm labor camp.

(55) Feed stores.

(56) Packaged dry fertilizer storage, not including processing.

(57) Oil production, not including refining or processing.

(58) Mink farms.

(59) Both large and small animal hospitals.

(60) Commercial breeding operations.

e. Any use that is not specifically listed in Subsections b., c. and d. may be considered a permitted or conditionally permitted use provided that the Planning Director finds that the proposed use is substantially the same in character and intensity as those listed in the designated subsections. Such a use is subject to the permit process which governs the category in which it falls.

f. Subject to the provisions of Section 18.28b, the number of mature crowing fowl may be increased up to 50% over each (male and female) of the permitted numbers.

Amended Effective:
11-11-82 (Ord. 348.2104)
12-23-82 (Ord. 348.2140)
08-02-84 (Ord. 348.2338)
04-04-87 (Ord. 348.2669)
06-30-88 (Ord. 348.2856)
05-04-89 (Ord. 348.3023)
07-20-89 (Ord. 348.3043)
11-13-90 (Ord. 348.3217)
07-16-98 (Ord. 348.3828)
07-16-98 (Ord. 348.3828)

Amended Effective:
02-12-99 (Ord. 348.3857)
07-23-99 (Ord. 348.3881)
09-10-99 (Ord. 348.3883)
10-21-99 (Ord. 348.3888)
09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)

SECTION 5.2. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. Where a structure is erected or a use is made in the R-R Zone that is first specifically permitted in another zone classification, such structure or use shall meet the development standards and regulations of the zone in which such structure or use is first specifically permitted, unless such requirements are hereafter modified.

a. One family residences shall not exceed forty (40) feet in height. No other building or structure shall exceed fifty (50') feet in height, unless a greater height is approved pursuant to Section 18.34 of this ordinance. In no event, however, shall a building exceed seventy-five (75') feet in height or any other structure exceed one hundred five (105') feet in height, unless a variance is approved pursuant to Section 18.27 of this ordinance.

Amended Effective:
5-24-01 (Ord. 348.3990)

b. Lot Area. One-half acre, with a minimum average width of 80 feet, including the area to the center of adjacent streets, shall be the minimum size of any lot except as follows:

(1) Public utilities, 20,000 square feet with a minimum average lot width and depth of 100 feet.

c. Automobile storage space shall be provided as required by Section 18.12 of this ordinance.

Formerly Article III - renumbered Article V and amended:
05-04-72 (Ord. 348.1023) | 08-09-73 (Ord. 348.1189)
05-30-74 (Ord. 348.1327) | 06-20-74 (Ord. 348.1340)
11-07-74 (Ord. 348.1377) | 03-20-75 (Ord. 348.1429)
07-10-75 (Ord. 348.1458) | 10-02-75 (Ord. 348.1470)
12-10-75 (Ord. 348.1481) | 02-03-77 (Ord. 348.1545)
04-21-77 (Ord. 348.1564) | 09-08-77 (Ord. 348.1588)
04-12-79 (Ord. 348.1688) | 11-29-79 (Ord. 348.1729)
07-02-81 (Ord. 348.1968) | 11-11-82 (Ord. 348.2104)
12-23-82 (Ord. 348.2140) | 05-19-83 (Ord. 348.2162)
08-02-84 (Ord. 348.2338) | 10-06-89 (Ord. 348.3053)
09-10-99 (Ord. 348.3883) | 02-12-99 (Ord. 348.3857)
07-23-99 (Ord. 348.3881) | 09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)
05-24-01 (Ord. 348.3990)

Amended Effective:
09-04-62 (Ord. 348.----) | 06-16-65 (Ord. 348.371)
09-15-65 (Ord. 348.391) | 01-19-66 (Ord. 348.422)
05-31-67 (Ord. 348.506) | 08-02-67 (Ord. 348.518)
07-16-69 (Ord. 348.638) | 06-10-70 (Ord. 348.737)
09-23-70 (Ord. 348.777)| 09-30-70 (Ord. 348.783)
08-11-71 (Ord. 348.905)

ARTICLE Va

R-R-O ZONE (RURAL RESIDENTIAL, OUTDOOR ADVERTISING)

SECTION 5.25. USES PERMITTED.

a. Any use permitted in the R-R Zone, subject to all of the regulations and procedures of the R-R Zone applicable to such use.

b. Deleted:

Subsection b. of Section 5.25 of Ordinance No. 348 is hereby deleted. Because the deletion of Subsection b. of Section 5.25 makes the uses permitted in that section the same as the uses permitted in Section 5.1 of this ordinance, on the effective date of this ordinance, all areas designated as being in the R-R-O (Rural Residential, Outdoor Advertising) Zone (Section 5.25 of this ordinance) shall hereafter be designated as being in the R-R (Rural Residential) Zone (Section 5.1 of this ordinance), and the uses permitted in the R-R Zone shall be the only uses permitted, and shall be subject to the same development standards.

Amended Effective:
09-04-62
06-16-66 (Sections 3.26 and 3.27 Repealed)
07-16-85 (Ord. 348.2496)
(Formerly Article IIIa - renumbered Article Va and amended):
05-04-72 (Ord. 348.1023)
02-03-77 (Ord. 348.1545)

ARTICLE VI

R-1 ZONE (ONE-FAMILY DWELLINGS)

SECTION 6.1. USES PERMITTED.

a. The following uses shall be permitted in the R-1 Zone:

(1) One-family dwellings.

(2) Field crops, flower and vegetable gardening, tree crops, and greenhouses used only for purposes of propagation and culture, including the sale thereof from the premises and one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to the sale of products.

(3) The noncommercial keeping of horses on lots not less than 20,000 square feet in area and 100 feet in width, provided they are kept not less than 100 feet from any street and 20 feet from any property line. A maximum of two horses per 20,000 square feet and, in any event, not more than four horses on a lot will be permitted. If a lot is one acre or more in area, poultry, crowing fowl (chickens only), rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs, parakeets and small fowl may be kept for the use of the occupants of the premises only. The poultry, crowing fowl, rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs, parakeets and small fowl shall be kept in an enclosed area located not less than 20 feet from any property line and not less than 50 feet from any residence and shall be maintained on the rear portion of the lot in conjunction with a residential use. If a lot is two acres or more in area, two sheep or goats or combination thereof may be kept in addition thereto provided they are kept not less than 100 feet from any street, 20 feet from any property line and 50 feet from any residence.

Amended Effective:
02-12-99 (Ord. 348.3857)
09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)

(4) Home occupations.

Amended Effective:
(Ord. 348.3928)

(5) The keeping or raising of not more than four (4) mature female crowing fowl (chickens only) on lots or parcels between 7,200 square feet and 39,999 square feet or not more than 12 mature female crowing fowl (chickens only) on lots of 40,000 square feet or more for the use of the occupants of the premises. The crowing fowl shall be kept in an enclosed area located not less than 20 feet from any property line and not less than 50 feet from any residence and shall be maintained on the rear portion of the lot in conjunction with a residential use.

Amended Effective:
09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)

(6) Planned residential developments, provided a land division is approved pursuant to the provisions of County Ordinance No. 460 and the development standards in Section 18.5 or 18.6 of this ordinance.

(7) The noncommercial raising of not more than one (1) miniature pig on lots from 7,200 to 19,999 square feet or not more than two (2) miniature pigs on lots of not less than 20,000 square feet, subject to the following conditions:

a. Any person owning or having custody or control of a miniature pig over the age of four (4) months shall pay for and obtain a license from the Animal Control Department.

b. Any miniature pig kept or maintained on a lot with a use permitted under section 6.1.a.(1) shall be spayed or neutered as a condition of being licensed. No license shall be issued unless the owner or custodian of the miniature pig presents a valid certificate from a veterinarian. All unaltered miniature pigs shall be subject to immediate impoundment.

c. No miniature pig may weigh more than two hundred (200) pounds.

d. Any person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any miniature pig shall keep such pig exclusively upon his or her own premises, provided, however, such pig may be off such premises if under restraint of a competent person.

e. The miniature pig must be kept in an enclosure that is no closer than thirty (30) feet from the front property line, fifteen (15) feet from any side or rear property line and no closer than thirty-five (35) feet of any dwelling unit other than the dwelling unit on the subject lot.

(9) The outside storage of materials on improved lots or parcels of one-half acre to one acre provided the amount is limited to one hundred (100) square feet with a maximum height of three (3) feet and on improved lots or parcels of one acre or more provided the amount is limited to two hundred (200) square feet with a maximum height of three (3) feet.

Amended Effective:
02-12-99 (Ord. 348.3857)
09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)
12-21-00 (Ord. 348.3966)
02-24-04 (Ord. 348.4180)

b. The following uses are permitted provided a plot plan has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.30 of this ordinance:

(1) Beauty shops operated from a home by its inhabitants where no assistants are employed and the on-site sign is unlighted and does not exceed two square feet in area.

(2) Temporary real estate tract offices located within a subdivision, to be used only for and during the original sale of the subdivision, but not to exceed a period of two years in any event.

(3) Nurseries, horticultural.

(4) Public parks and playgrounds, golf courses with standard length fairways, and country clubs.

(5) Class 1 kennels and catteries are permitted provided they are approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.45 of this ordinance.

Added Effective:
07-23-99 (Ord. 348.3881)

c. The following uses are permitted provided a conditional use permit has been granted pursuant to Section 18.28 of this ordinance:

(1) Mobilehome parks, developed pursuant to Section 19.92 of this ordinance.

d. Deleted.

e. The following uses are permitted provided a public use permit has been granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.29 of this ordinance:

(1) Churches, temples and other places of religious worship.

Amended Effective:
12-23-82 (Ord. 348.2140)
06-28-84 (Ord. 348.2341)
04-04-87 (Ord. 348.2669)
02-12-99 (Ord. 348.3857)
09-10-99 (Ord. 348.3883)
10-21-99 (Ord. 348.3888)

SECTION 6.2. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. The following standards of development shall apply in the R-1 Zone, except that planned residential developments shall comply with the development standards contained in Section 18.5 of this ordinance.

a. Building height shall not exceed three stories, with a maximum height of 40 feet.

b. Lot area shall be not less than 7200 square feet. The minimum lot area shall be determined by excluding that portion of a lot that is used solely for access to the portion of a lot used as a building site.

c. The minimum average width of that portion of a lot to be used as a building site shall be 60 feet with a minimum average depth of 100 feet. That portion of a lot used for access on flag lots shall have a minimum width of 20 feet.

d. The minimum frontage of a lot shall be 60 feet, except that lots fronting on knuckles or cul-de-sac may have a minimum frontage of 35 feet. Lot frontage along curvilinear streets may be measured at the building setback in accordance with zone development standards.

e. Minimum yard requirements are as follows:

(1) The front yard shall be not less than 20 feet, measured from the existing street line or from any future street line as shown on any specific plan of highways, whichever is nearer the proposed structure.

(2) Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than ten 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. Side yards on corner and reversed corner lots shall be not less than ten feet from the existing street line or from any future street line as shown on any specific plan of highways, whichever is nearer the proposed structure, upon which the main building sides, except that where the lot is less than 50 feet wide the yard need not exceed 20 percent of the width of the lot.

(3) The rear yard shall not be less than ten feet.

(4) No structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, side or rear yard except as provided for in Section 18.19 of this ordinance. f. Automobile storage space shall be provided as required by Section 18.12 of this ordinance. g. Lot Coverage: In no case shall more than 50% of any lot be covered by dwelling.

Amended Effective:
01-15-64 (Ord. 348.251) | 07-06-89 (Ord. 348.3032)
05-06-64 (Ord. 348.275) | 07-16-98 (Ord. 348.3828)
04-17-68 (Ord. 348.556) | 02-12-99 (Ord. 348.3857)
03-11-70 (Ord. 348.700) | 07-23-99 (Ord. 348.3881)
09-23-70 (Ord. 348.777) | 09-10-99 (Ord. 348.3883)
05-04-72 (Ord. 348.1023) | 10-21-99 (Ord. 348.3888)
10-19-74 (Ord. 348.1091) | 04-14-00 (Ord. 348. 3928)
09-13-73 (Ord. 348.1201) | 09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)
05-30-74 (Ord. 348.1327) | 12-21-00 (Ord. 348.3966)
05-01-75 (Ord. 348.1443)
04-12-79 (Ord. 348.1688)
07-02-81 (Ord. 348.1965)
03-16-82 (Ord. 348.2074)
12-23-82 (Ord. 348.2140)
05-19-83 (Ord. 348.2162)
08-29-85 (Ord. 348.2510)

ARTICLE VIa

R-1A ZONE (ONE-FAMILY

DWELLINGS - MOUNTAIN RESORT)

The following regulations shall apply in all R-1A Zones:

SECTION 6.25. USES PERMITTED.

(1) One-family dwellings.

(2) Field crops, flower and vegetables gardening, tree crops, and greenhouses used only for purposes of propagation and culture, including the sale thereof from the premises and one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to the sale of products.

(3) The noncommercial keeping of horses on lots not less than 20,000 square feet in area and 100 feet in width, provided they are kept not less than 100 feet from any street and 20 feet from any property line. A maximum of two horses per 20,000 square feet and, in any event, not more than four horses on a lot will be permitted. If a lot is one acre or more in area, poultry, crowing fowl (chickens only) , rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs, parakeets and other small fowl may be kept for the use of the occupants of the premises only. The poultry, crowing fowl, rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs, parakeets and small fowl shall be kept in an enclosed area located not less than 20 feet from any property line and not less than 50 feet from any residence and shall be maintained on the rear portion of the lot in conjunction with a residential use. If a lot is two acres or more in area, two sheep or goats or combination thereof may be kept in addition thereto provided they are kept not less than 100 feet from any street, 20 feet from any property line and 50 feet from any residence.

Amended Effective:
02-12-99 (Ord. 348.3857)
09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)

(4) The keeping or raising of not more than four (4) mature female crowing fowl (chickens only) on lots or parcels between 7,200 square feet and 39,999 square feet or not more than 12 mature female crowing fowl (chickens only) on lots of 40,000 square feet or more for the use of the occupants of the premises. The crowing fowl shall be kept in an enclosed area located not less than 20 feet from any property line and not less than 50 feet from any residence and shall be maintained on the rear portion of the lot in conjunction with a residential use.

Amended Effective:
09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)

(5) Home occupations.

(7) Real estate offices and insurance offices conducted as home occupations.

(8) Deleted.

Amended Effective:
07-16-98 (Ord. 348.3828)

(9) The noncommercial raising of not more than one (1) miniature pig on lots from 7,200 to 19,999 square feet or not more than two (2) miniature pigs on lots of not less than 20,000 square feet, subject to the following conditions:

a. Any person owning or having custody or control of a miniature pig over the age of four (4) months shall pay for and obtain a license from the Animal Control Department.

b. Any miniature pig kept or maintained on a lot with a use permitted under section 6.25.a.(1) shall be spayed or neutered as a condition of being licensed. No licensed shall be issued unless the owner or custodian of the miniature pig presents a valid certificate from a veterinarian. All unaltered miniature pigs shall be subject to immediate impoundment.

c. No miniature pig may weigh more than two hundred (200) pounds.

Added Effective:
02-12-99 (Ord. 348.3857)

(10) Future Farmers of America (FFA) or 4-H projects conducted by the occupants of the premises. Provided, however, if the project involves crowing fowl, an unexpired crowing fowl affidavit form describing the project must be on file with the Planning Director. Affidavit forms are available at the Planning Department and may be filed free of charge.

(11) The outside storage of materials on improved lots or parcels of one-half acre to one acre provided the amount is limited to one hundred (100) square feet with a maximum height of three (3) feet and on improved lots or parcels of one acre or more provided the amount is limited to two hundred (200) square feet with a maximum height of three (3) feet.

Amended Effective:
09-15-00 (Ord. 348.3954)
12-21-00 (Ord. 348.3966)
02-24-04 (Ord. 348.4087)

b. The following uses are permitted provided a plot plan has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Sections 18.30 of this ordinance:

(1) Beauty shops operated from a home by its inhabitants where no assistants are employed and the on-site sign is unlighted and does not exceed two square feet in area.

(2) Temporary real estate tract offices located within a subdivision, to be used only for and during the original sale of the subdivision, but not to exceed a period of two years in any event.

(3) Nurseries, horticultural.

(4) Public parks and public playgrounds, golf courses with standard length fairways, and county clubs.

Added Effective:
07-23-99 (Ord. 348.3881)

(5) Class 1 kennels and catteries are permitted provided they are approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.45 of this ordinance.

c. The following uses are permitted provided a conditional use permit has been granted pursuant to Section 18.28 of this ordinance:

(1) Mobilehome parks, developed pursuant to Section 19.92 of this ordinance.

d. The following uses are permitted provided a public use permit has been granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.29 of this ordinance:

(1) Churches, temples and other places of religious worship.

Amended Effective:
07-16-98 (Ord. 348.3828)
02-12-99 (Ord. 348.3857)
09-10-99 (Ord. 348.3881)
10-21-99

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