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Division 7 — GENERAL DESIGN STANDARDSChapter 5 — PROJECTIONS INTO YARDS

87.0510 Table of Projections into Yards and Courts.

Yucaipa Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-10 · Yucaipa

Facilities Front and Street Side
Yards and Courts
Interior Side Yards Rear Yard
(a) Eaves; awnings, canopies, louvers, and
similar shading devices; sills, cornices, planting
boxes, cantilevered closet and bay windows on
first floor similar features; skylights, flues and
chimneys; similar architectural features
4 feet 2 feet 4 feet
(b) Evaporative coolers, air conditioner
compressors, and pool equipment when screened
from view
4 feet 2 feet 15 feet
(c) Propane tanks sited per Uniform Fire Code
and Fire Hazard Design Standards specified by
Chapter 9 of this Division
Not allowed Not allowed 4 feet
(d) Attached patio roofs and similar residential
structures having open, unwalled sides along not
less than 50% of their perimeters, including top
deck, with minimum 5-foot separation from rear
lot line
4 feet Not allowed 15 feet
(e) Breezeways and similar roofed passageways
projecting from a residential building
4 feet Allowed 2 feet
(f) Cantilevered or supported decks; and
cantilevered bay windows, provided the total
width of bay windows on any one story does not
exceed 50% of the length of the wall containing
them; bay windows are to have no liveable area
except a bench seat
4 feet 3 feet 4 feet
(g) Roofed stairways, landings, corridors, and
fire escapes that are enclosed
5 feet 3 feet 10 feet
(h) Porches, platforms, or stairways that are
uncovered or landings of average height, not
greater than 4 feet above required yard or court
level, plus railings up to 4 feet high
4 feet 4 feet 10 feet
(i) Open storage of boats, R.V.’s, trailers,
appliances and similar materials and temporary
trash storage not within ten feet of structures
Not Allowed Allowed Allowed
(ii) Commercial trash bins for the temporary
storage of trash on single-family residential land
uses. Must be fully screened and accessible from
driveway
Allowed subject to special permit Allowed subject to special
permit
Allowed subject to
special permit
(j) Slides, clotheslines and similar equipment and
radio or television masts or satellite dish
antennas

Not Allowed
Not Allowed Allowed
Facilities
(k) Garages, carports, sheds and other detached,
enclosed accessory buildings which occupy no
more than 25% of yard
(l) Unroofed parking and loading areas
regulations
Front and Street Side
Yards and Courts
Not Allowed
As specified by the parking
regulations(87.0601 et seq.)
Interior Side Yards
Not Allowed
Allowed
Rear Yard
Allowed
Allowed
(m) Covered, underground or partially excavated
structures, such as adjoining garages, fallout
shelters, wine cellars, basements and public
utility or telephone/cable TV vaults
Allowed, provided that the
facilities do not extend more than
30 inches above the average
finished grade level
(n) Fences, screening, safety guard rails, walls,
and dense hedges along property lines
Allowed
Allowed
Allowed
(1) Industrial Land Use Districts.
6 feet maximum height
10 feet maximum height
10 feet maximum
height
(2) Commercial Land Use Districts.
4 feet maximum height
10 feet maximum height
10 feet maximum
height
(3) All Other Land Use Districts.
4 feet maximum height
6 feet maximum height
6 feet maximum
height

Fence heights in excess of these standards may be allowed by an approved Conditional Use Permit or Variance or when required by the City for reasons of the health and safety of the general public. In the RC and RL Land Use Districts, open fences may go up to a maximum of five feet in the front yard and street side yards.

Facilities Front Street Side Interior Rear
Yards Courts Side Yards Yard
(o) Trees, shrubs and landscaping, other than Allowed Allowed Allowed Allowed
dense hedges with a screening effect, sculpture
and similar decorations; flagpoles; unroofed
paving; driveways; walkways, and utility poles
and lines located along property lines no closer
than one foot from property line.
(p) Signs Allowed, subject to Sign
Design Standards
(q) Swimming pools, spas no closer than five feet Not Allowed Allowed Not Allowed Allowed
to any property line

(Amended by Ord. 253 § 12, 2006)

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