Building permit issuance.
Riverside Municipal Code § 19.080.130
in effect19.080.130 - Building permit issuance.
A building permit for ordinary and routine maintenance and repair work may be issued by the building official if such maintenance and repair work will not require a structural alteration, reconstruction or enlargement of a nonconforming building or improvement or increase the floor area or cubical content of a nonconforming building or improvement. The alteration and reconstruction of a nonconforming buildings or improvements requiring building permits may be permitted subject to the granting of a conditional use permit. Within the limitations hereinafter set forth a building permit for a new building, enlargement of an existing building, or increase in floor area or cubical content may be permitted. Such building permit may be granted if all of the following conditions do exist:
A. Such expansion will protect a valuable property investment.
B. Such expansion and proposed use will not adversely affect or be mentally detrimental to the adjoining properties.
C. That there is need for relief of overcrowded conditions or for modernization in order to properly operate the use and protect valuable property rights.
(Ord. 7408 §1, 2018)
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_ARTIIINOPR_CH19.080NO_DIVIVNOSTUSRCZO_19.080.130BUPEISFetched: 11/1/2026