Required findings.
Riverside Municipal Code § 19.720.040
in effect19.720.040 - Required findings.
A. The Director of Community & Economic Development Department, Planning Commission or the City Council may approve a variance when special circumstances applicable to the property, including size, shape, topography, location or surroundings, deprive the property of privileges enjoyed by other property in the vicinity and under identical zoning classification.
B. The following findings are required:
1. The variance does not grant or authorize a use or activity that is not otherwise allowed in the zone.
2. There are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships created with the strict application of the code because of the physical circumstances and characteristics of the property that are not shared by other properties in the zone.
3. The variance does not grant special privileges which are not otherwise available to surrounding properties and will not be detrimental to the public welfare or to the property of other persons located adjacent to the subject property and in the vicinity.
C. Failure to make all of the required findings shall require denial of the variance.
(Ord. 7592 § 10(Exh. K), 2022; Ord. 7487 § 4, 11-5-2019; Ord. 7331 § 108, 2016; Ord. 6966 § 1, 2007)
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_ARTIXLAUSDEPEREPR_CH19.720VA_19.720.040REFIFetched: 11/1/2026