Site location, operational and additional standards.
Riverside Municipal Code § 19.435.050
in effect19.435.050 - Site location, operational and additional standards.
A. Health Risk Assessment. A Health Risk Assessment (HRA) shall be prepared in accordance with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Guidelines when the following apply:
1. The new development or substantial enlargement of a warehousing and distribution facility is within 1,000 feet of a sensitive receptor.
2. The new development or substantial enlargement of a warehousing and distribution facility generates 150 or more truck trips per day, as determined by the most recent Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Rate for the specific proposed land use.
B. Specific Plan Consistency. For new development within 1,500 feet of sensitive receptor in a specific plan district requiring a Minor Conditional Use Permit or Conditional Use Permit, the development standards of Table 19.435.030.A and Table 19.435.030.B shall prevail unless the specific plan district standards are more restrictive.
C. Walls. Wherever a lot or parcel in any industrial zone abuts a sensitive receptor or abuts an alley that separates the industrial zone from a sensitive receptor, a minimum ten-foot-high solid masonry wall shall be constructed along the property line or alley right-of-way line separating the project site from the sensitive receptor. Wall height shall be measured from the finished grade of the adjacent sensitive receptor.
1. Such wall shall be limited in height to three feet in any required front yard or street side yard setback area.
2. Such wall shall not be required until the industrially zoned lot or parcel is developed with a permitted use.
D. Outdoor display and storage. Except for the outdoor storage and display of aircraft, outdoor display and storage shall not be permitted except as specified in 19.285 (Outdoor Storage Yard), 19.500 (Outdoor Display of Incidental Plant Materials), 19.505 (Outdoor Display and Sales - Incidental) and 19.510 (Outdoor Storage—Incidental).
E. Use of interior rear and side yards for off-street parking and loading. Except for required landscape areas, required interior rear yards and side yards may be used for off-street parking, off-street loading, outdoor storage incidental to a permitted use, and any use permitted in the required front yard area; provided such loading, parking and storage areas are acoustically shielded and screened from adjacent Residential Zones or uses and the public right-of-way, to the satisfaction of the Community & Economic Development Director or his/her designee.
F. Lighting. Lighting for signs, structures, landscaping, parking areas, loading areas and the like, shall comply with the regulations set forth in Section 19.590.070 (Light and Glare) and the provisions of Chapter 19.556 (Outdoor Lighting).
G. Screening of mechanical equipment. All roof-supported or ground-supported mechanical equipment and utility equipment shall comply with the regulations set forth in Chapter 19.555 (Outdoor Equipment Screening).
H. Landscaping.
1. Front and side yard areas.
a. Landscaping adjacent to streets and sensitive receptors shall be suitably landscaped and continuously maintained as set forth in Chapter 19.570 (Water Efficient Landscaping and Irrigation).
b. Such landscape areas shall not be used for off-street parking, loading, storage or accessory buildings.
2. Buffering between uses.
a. Any new or modified warehousing and distribution facility shall provide a landscaped buffer whenever a project site is within 900 feet of a sensitive receptor per California Government Code § Section 65098.
I. Performance standards. All warehousing and distribution facilities shall comply with the performance standards set forth in Chapter 19.590 (Performance Standards) for industrial uses.
J. Parking and loading requirements. Parking areas shall be provided as set forth in Chapter 19.580 (Parking and Loading).
K. Trash receptacles and enclosures.
1. All trash storage areas shall be located so as to be convenient to the users and where associated odors and noise will not adversely impact the users.
2. The provisions of Chapter 19.554 (Trash/Recyclable Materials Collection Area Enclosures) regarding requirements for the screening of trash receptacles shall apply.
L. Truck Routing Plan. Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, the development operator shall establish and submit for approval to the Approving Authority, a truck routing plan to and from the state highway system based on the latest truck route map of the City as determined by the City's General Plan Circulation Element.
M. Project Notification Requirements.
a. The notification radius for any new warehousing and distribution facility shall be extended to 1,000 feet.
b. All other project notification requirements shall abide by the standards set forth in Chapter 19.670 - Public Hearings and Notice Requirements.
N. Replacement Housing. Replacement housing and rental assistance shall be required per California Government Code § Section 65098.6.
(Ord. 7755, § 12(Exh. F), 2026)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT19ZO_ARTVIISPLAUSPR_CH19.435WADIFA_19.435.050SILOOPADSTFetched: 11/1/2026