Chapter 17.291 — COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS

Chapter 17.291 - COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS

The board of supervisors has adopted the following provisions to establish minimum development standards and requirements for cottage food operations in residential dwellings in the unincorporated areas of Riverside County. It is the intent of the board of supervisors in adopting this chapter 17.291 that cottage food operation uses shall not alter or disturb the residential nature of the premises or its surrounding. These requirements are to provide for appropriate land use and zoning standards for cottage food operations and to protect the public health, safety and welfare.

(Ord. No. 348.4755, § 2, 4-2-2013)

Subject to the limitations, standards and requirements of this section, cottage food operations are permitted as an accessory use in all lawfully constructed and occupied one-family, multiple family, factory built or manufactured dwelling units in any zone. As used in section 17.291.030 hereinafter, dwelling unit is limited to one-family, multiple family, factory built or manufactured dwelling units as each are defined in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 348.4755, § 2, 4-2-2013)

Cottage food operations shall be subject to the following standards and requirements:

1.

A cottage food operation shall comply with all development standards of the zone where the dwelling unit is located.

A cottage food operation shall comply with all permitting or licensing requirements of the county department of environmental health and is subject to Riverside County Ordinance No. 916.

3.

The site of the cottage food operation must be a principal residence of a person engaged in and the owner of the cottage food operation.

4.

No more than one full-time equivalent cottage food employee may engage in cottage food operation activities on the site of the cottage food operation at any one time.

5.

A cottage food operation shall be incidental and accessory to the principal residential use of a dwelling unit.

6.

There shall be no outside storage related to the cottage food operation on the site.

7.

The cottage food operation activities shall be conducted entirely within a primary dwelling unit.

8.

There shall be no outside activities or uses which indicate the presence of a cottage food operation nor shall the cottage food operation alter or disturb the area in which the dwelling unit is located.

9.

The residential character of the exterior of the dwelling unit shall not be changed.

10.

Notwithstanding subsection 9. hereinabove, no signs other than one unlighted identification sign, not more than two square feet in area, shall be erected on the premises in which the dwelling unit is located and shall only be attached to the dwelling unit or placed in a window the dwelling unit.

11.

Except for cottage food products that have been prepared for sale in the kitchen of a cottage food operation, direct retail sales of any other products at the site of the cottage food operation are prohibited.

12.

A maximum of one customer vehicle may be parked at the site of a cottage food operation at any given time. A maximum of two customers may visit the site of a cottage food operation at any given time.

13.

A maximum of one vehicle not larger than ten thousand (10,000) pounds gross vehicle weight rating, used in conjunction with a cottage food operation, may be parked at the cottage food operation site.

14.

A cottage food operation shall not be conducted so it creates or results in noise, glare, smoke, dust, vibration, fumes, odor, electrical interference, radio interference, television interference, fire hazard, significant vehicular or pedestrian traffic or any other hazard or nuisance disruptive to reasonable use of surrounding properties.

15.

The use or storage of any flammable, combustible or toxic material in conjunction with a cottage food operation shall be limited to materials and quantities allowed for a residential use pursuant to applicable law.

(Ord. No. 348.4755, § 2, 4-2-2013)

Cottage food operations shall not be permitted in any second unit, guest quarter, accessory building, ADU or junior ADU.

(Ord. No. 348.4755, § 2, 4-2-2013; Ord. No. 348.4926, § 10, 8-25-2020)