Riverside County Municipal Code § 17.168.040 Development standards

The board of supervisors finds that it is in the best interest of the county to encourage specific plans of land use for the development of large property holdings, which are otherwise eligible for development under the Riverside County general plan. The board further finds that land use allocations assigned to property under a specific plan are based on a variety of environmental and planning factors that may provide for balanced development but may not conform entirely to the zoning classifications contained in this title. It is the intent of the board in adopting this chapter to provide a zoning classification tailored to specific plans of land use, and require implementing development to comply with the development standards contained in the adopted specific plan text.

(Ord. 348.3928 § 2 (part), 2000: Ord. 348 § 17.25)

The specific plan zone shall be applied only to property for which a specific plan of land use has been adopted; provided, however, that the specific plan zone may be adopted concurrently with a specific plan. The zone shall be applied only upon a finding that the specific plan of land use contains definitive development standards and requirements relating to land use, density, lot size and shape, siting of buildings, setbacks, circulation, drainage, landscaping, architecture, water, sewer, public facilities, grading, maintenance, open space, parking, and other elements deemed necessary for the proper development of the property.

(Ord. 348.3928 § 2 (part), 2000: Ord. 348 § 17.26)

A. The following uses may be permitted in the SP zone, subject to the zoning requirements contained in the adopted specific plan and the procedural requirements of subsection B of this section:

1. Residential uses including single-family and multifamily dwellings;

2. Commercial and office uses;

3. Manufacturing uses and industrial parks;

4. Open space, recreation areas, and parks;

5. Public facilities, including but not limited to, schools, libraries, government buildings, and water and sewer facilities;

6. Health and community service facilities;

7. Other uses adopted within the specific plan;

8. Dry farming and field crops as interim uses;

9. Uses incidental to the above;

10. Child day care center.

B. Any use permitted within a specific plan shall be subject to the permit requirements specified in the plan. Whenever the specific plan does not specify a procedure or lacks specificity with respect to the requirements for approval of any use, the use shall be subject to the most restrictive permit procedures contained in any zoning classification in which the use is listed.

(Ord. 348.3928 § 2 (part), 2000: Ord. 348 § 17.27)

(Ord. No. 348.4596, § 30, 2-10-2009)

Uses shall conform to the development standards, conditions and any special restrictions contained in the adopted specific plan and any amendments thereto; provided, however, that if the specific plan lacks one or more standards, the applicable standards from the zoning classification which most closely fits the land use assigned to the site shall be utilized.

(Ord. 348.3928 § 2 (part), 2000: Ord. 348 § 17.28)