Moreno Valley City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 9
01 ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- § 9.01.010 Purpose and intent.
- § 9.01.020 Authority.
- § 9.01.030 Applicability.
- § 9.01.040 Enforcement.
- § 9.01.050 Conflicting regulations.
- § 9.01.060 Clarification of ambiguities.
- § 9.01.070 City to be held harmless.
- § 9.01.080 Moreno Valley general plan.
- § 9.01.090 Zoning districts.
- § 9.01.100 Planning agency.
- § 9.01.120 Project review committee.
- § 9.01.130 Community development director.
- § 9.01.140 Incorporation by reference.
- § 9.01.150 Refund of fees.
CHAPTER 9
02 PERMITS AND APPROVALS
Sections
- § 9.02.010 Purpose and intent.
- § 9.02.020 Permitted uses.
- § 9.02.030 Development review process.
- § 9.02.040 General plan amendments.
- § 9.02.050 Amendments to zoning districts or other provisions of Title 9.
- § 9.02.060 Conditional use permits.
- § 9.02.070 Plot plan.
- § 9.02.080 Administrative plot plan.
- § 9.02.090 Administrative variances.
- § 9.02.100 Variances.
- § 9.02.110 Development agreements.
- § 9.02.120 Surface mining permits.
- § 9.02.130 Home occupation permits.
- § 9.02.140 Small and large family day care home standards in residential dwelling units.
- § 9.02.150 Temporary use permits.
- § 9.02.160 Tenant improvements.
- § 9.02.170 Land use approvals.
- § 9.02.180 Legal nonconforming uses, improvements and parcels.
- § 9.02.190 Application filing.
- § 9.02.200 Public hearing and notification procedures.
- § 9.02.210 Approval to extend with land.
- § 9.02.220 Effective date of decision.
- § 9.02.230 Expiration dates and extensions of time.
- § 9.02.240 Appeals.
- § 9.02.250 New applications following denial.
- § 9.02.260 Revocation of approvals or permits.
- § 9.02.270 Reports on conformity with general plan or specific plan.
- § 9.02.280 Substantial conformance.
- § 9.02.290 Modification of conditions.
- § 9.02.300 Adult business use permit.
- § 9.02.310 Indemnification of city for discretionary approvals.
- § 9.02.320 Reasonable accommodation procedures.
CHAPTER 9
03 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
Sections
- § 9.03.010 Purpose and intent.
- § 9.03.020 Residential development districts.
- § 9.03.030 Use regulations for residential districts.
- § 9.03.040 Residential site development standards.
- § 9.03.050 Density bonus program for affordable housing.
- § 9.03.055 Density bonus program for green building and energy efficiency.
- § 9.03.060 Planned unit developments.
- § 9.03.065 Density bonus program for SB330.
- § 9.03.070 Streamlined ministerial approval process (Senate Bill 423, formerly SB 35).
- § 9.03.080 Streamlined ministerial approval process (Senate Bills 330 and 8).
- § 9.03.090 Streamlined ministerial process for parcel maps, Senate Bill 684.
CHAPTER 9
07 SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Sections
- Article I Special Districts in General
- Article II Mixed-Use Overlay Districts
- § 9.07.091 Purpose and intent.
- § 9.07.092 Applicability.
- § 9.07.093 Purposes of mixed-use overlay districts.
- § 9.07.094 Permitted uses in mixed-use overlay districts.
- § 9.07.095 Mixed-use overlay district site development standards.
- § 9.07.096 Building frontage type standards.
- § 9.07.097 Open space standards-Publicly accessible open space.
- § 9.07.098 Open space standards-Private/common open space.
- § 9.07.099 Lot area requirements and lot consolidation incentives.
CHAPTER 9
08 GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- § 9.08.010 Purpose and intent.
- § 9.08.020 Applicability.
- § 9.08.030 Accessory structures.
- § 9.08.040 Condominiums, condominium conversions and mobilehome park conversions.
- § 9.08.050 Rehabilitation of existing buildings, conversion of residential structures to nonresidential use, nonconforming uses, and additions to existing buildings or structures consistent with the requirements of a minor development review.
- § 9.08.060 Development density.
- § 9.08.070 Fences and walls.
- § 9.08.080 Grading.
- § 9.08.090 Hazardous materials management.
- § 9.08.100 Lighting.
- § 9.08.110 Manufactured home requirements.
- § 9.08.120 Permitted outdoor uses.
- § 9.08.130 Reservation of lands for public facilities.
- § 9.08.140 Relocated buildings.
- § 9.08.150 Screening requirements.
- § 9.08.160 Geologic/seismic hazards.
- § 9.08.170 Solar energy design.
- § 9.08.180 Storage.
- § 9.08.200 Street improvements for residential lots.
- § 9.08.210 Changes in product sizes in existing single-family residential tracts.
- § 9.08.220 Improvement security.
- § 9.08.230 Landscaping requirements.
- § 9.08.240 Undergrounding of utilities.
- § 9.08.250 Construction and dedication of telecommunications network facilities.
- § 9.08.260 Shopping cart containment and retrieval requirements.
- § 9.08.270 Security plan and on-site security requirements.
- § 9.08.280 Maintenance of parkways by property owners.
CHAPTER 9
09 SPECIFIC USE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- § 9.09.010 Purpose and intent.
- § 9.09.020 Applicability.
- § 9.09.030 Adult businesses.
- § 9.09.040 Communication facilities, antennas and satellite dishes.
- § 9.09.050 Arcades and video machines.
- § 9.09.060 Automobile dealerships, automobile rental and the display of vehicles, vessels and other personal property.
- § 9.09.070 Vehicle repair facilities.
- § 9.09.080 Drive-in, drive-through, fast food and take-out restaurants.
- § 9.09.090 Agricultural and animal uses.
- § 9.09.100 Outdoor recreational facilities.
- § 9.09.110 Recycling facilities.
- § 9.09.130 Accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
- § 9.09.140 Self-storage warehouses.
- § 9.09.150 Senior citizen housing.
- § 9.09.160 Residential care facilities.
- § 9.09.170 Emergency shelters.
- § 9.09.180 Employee housing.
- § 9.09.190 Single room occupancy (SRO) facility.
- § 9.09.200 Service stations.
- § 9.09.201 Sidewalk cafés.
- § 9.09.202 Swimming pools, spas and recreational courts.
- § 9.09.203 Mobile home parks.
- § 9.09.204 Wind energy systems.
- § 9.09.205 Model homes.
- § 9.09.206 Monument signage.
- § 9.09.207 Indoor malls.
- § 9.09.250 Live-work development.
- § 9.09.260 Mixed-use development.
- § 9.09.270 Outdoor dining.
- § 9.09.280 Smoke shops.
- § 9.09.290 Commercial cannabis activities.
- § 9.09.300 SB 9 Two-unit residential developments.
- § 9.09.310 Supportive and transitional housing.
- § 9.09.320 Low barrier navigation centers.
- § 9.09.330 Group homes.
- § 9.09.340 Motion picture/film studio.
- § 9.09.350 Affordable housing units on religious facility sites.
- § 9.09.360 Extremely affordable adaptive reuse projects.
- § 9.09.370 Community clinic.
CHAPTER 9
10 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Sections
- § 9.10.010 Purpose and intent.
- § 9.10.020 Applicability.
- § 9.10.030 Exemptions.
- § 9.10.040 Administration.
- § 9.10.050 Air quality.
- § 9.10.060 Electrical or electronic interference.
- § 9.10.070 Fire and explosive hazards.
- § 9.10.080 Liquid and solid wastes.
- § 9.10.090 Radioactive wastes.
- § 9.10.100 Heat and cold.
- § 9.10.110 Light and glare.
- § 9.10.120 Maintenance of open areas.
- § 9.10.130 Mechanical and electrical equipment.
- § 9.10.140 Noise and sound.
- § 9.10.150 Odors.
- § 9.10.160 Outdoor storage, trash areas and service areas.
- § 9.10.170 Vibration.
CHAPTER 9
11 PARKING, PEDESTRIAN AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- § 9.11.010 Purpose and intent.
- § 9.11.020 Applicability.
- § 9.11.030 General regulations.
- § 9.11.040 Off-street parking requirements.
- § 9.11.050 Schedule of off-street loading requirements.
- § 9.11.060 Off-street bicycle parking requirements.
- § 9.11.070 Adjustments to off-street parking requirements.
- § 9.11.080 Design standards.
- § 9.11.090 Subterranean, semisubterranean and aboveground parking structures.
- § 9.11.100 Circulation-Pedestrian.
CHAPTER 9
12 SIGN REGULATIONS
Sections
- § 9.12.010 Purpose and intent.
- § 9.12.020 Applicability.
- § 9.12.030 Sign area calculations.
- § 9.12.040 Exempt signs.
- § 9.12.050 Prohibited signs.
- § 9.12.060 Permitted signs.
- § 9.12.070 Sign program.
- § 9.12.080 Outdoor advertising displays.
- § 9.12.090 Construction specifications, safety and maintenance.
- § 9.12.100 Illumination of signs.
- § 9.12.110 Discontinued uses.
- § 9.12.120 Signs required to be removed.
- § 9.12.130 Inventory and abatement of illegal and abandoned signs.
CHAPTER 9
13 SPECIFIC PLANS
Sections
- § 9.13.010 Purpose and intent.
- § 9.13.020 Authority.
- § 9.13.030 Applicability.
- § 9.13.050 Specific plan requirements.
- § 9.13.060 Minimum design standards.
- § 9.13.070 Requirements not specified.
- § 9.13.080 Adoption/amendment procedure.
- § 9.13.090 Required findings.
- § 9.13.100 Public benefits.
- § 9.13.110 Findings for projects within an approved specific plan.
CHAPTER 9
14 LAND DIVISIONS
Sections
- § 9.14.010 Authority.
- § 9.14.020 Standards of land division.
- § 9.14.030 Tentative maps-General.
- § 9.14.040 Tentative maps-Information required.
- § 9.14.050 Processing of tentative maps.
- § 9.14.060 Processing of vesting tentative maps.
- § 9.14.065 Finance and conveyance maps.
- § 9.14.070 Denial of tentative land division maps.
- § 9.14.080 General regulations.
- § 9.14.090 Final land division maps.
- § 9.14.100 Land division dedications, improvements, fees and reservations.
- § 9.14.110 Flood control and tract drainage.
- § 9.14.120 Dry sewers.
- § 9.14.130 Electrical and communication facilities.
- § 9.14.140 Street trees.
- § 9.14.150 Lot line adjustments.
- § 9.14.160 Certificate of compliance.
- § 9.14.170 Merger of lots.
- § 9.14.180 Reversion to acreage.
- § 9.14.190 Enforcement and penalties.
- § 9.14.200 Supplemental improvement reimbursement agreement.
- § 9.14.210 Improvement security.
- § 9.14.220 Amount of security.
- § 9.14.230 Improvement security release.
- § 9.14.240 Parcel maps for urban lot splits.
CHAPTER 9
16 DESIGN GUIDELINES
Sections
- Article I Introduction and Scope of Guidelines
- Article II Principles of Design
- Article III Applications for Site Design and Architecture
- Article IV Applications for Hillside Development
- Article V Applications for Signs
- Article VI Applications for Lighting
CHAPTER 9
17 LANDSCAPE AND WATER EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- § 9.17.010 Purpose and intent.
- § 9.17.020 Applicability.
- § 9.17.030 Landscape and irrigation design standards.
- § 9.17.040 Street trees.
- § 9.17.050 Parking and drive-through landscape areas.
- § 9.17.060 Wall treatment.
- § 9.17.070 Single-family residential development.
- § 9.17.080 Multifamily residential development.
- § 9.17.090 Commercial, industrial, public and quasi-public development.
- § 9.17.100 Reverse frontage parkways and medians.
- § 9.17.110 Erosion control/slope planting.
- § 9.17.120 Public parks/recreation areas.
- § 9.17.130 Water quality landscape designs.
- § 9.17.140 Freeway frontage.
- § 9.17.150 Water efficiency requirements.
- § 9.17.160 Landscape water use efficiency enforcement.
- § 9.17.170 Severability.