Division 7 — GENERAL DESIGN STANDARDS›Chapter 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 |
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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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- Division 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Division 2 — REVIEWING AUTHORITIES
- Division 3 — PROCEDURES
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- Division 5
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- Division 4 — LAND USES
- Division 6 — PLANNING AREAS
▸Division 7 — GENERAL DESIGN STANDARDS
Overview- 87.0101 Intent.
- 87.0105 Modification of Standards.
- Chapter 2 — DEDICATIONS AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS
- Chapter 3 — LOT AREA
- Chapter 4 — HEIGHT REGULATIONS
▸Chapter 5 — PROJECTIONS INTO YARDS
- Chapter 6 — PARKING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 7 — SIGN REGULATIONS
- Chapter 8 — GENERAL SETBACK REGULATIONS
- Chapter 9 — PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Chapter 10 — CONDITIONAL GRADING COMPLIANCE
- Chapter 11 — REGULATION OF HILLSIDE AND/OR RIDGELINE DEVELOPME…
- Chapter 12 — CITYWIDE DESIGN GUIDELINES
- Chapter 13 — LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS
- Division 8 — SPECIFIC USE DESIGN STANDARDS
- Division 9 — PLANT PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT
- Division 10 — SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
- Division 11 — PUBLIC FACILITIES FINANCING