Yucaipa City Zoning Code

This division provides land use regulations as part of the Official Land Use Plan of the City of Yucaipa for the incorporated area in said City. The purpose of these regulations is to respect and preserve the distinct planning areas within the City.

Except as otherwise provided in the Development Code, when a building, structure or land use is within the incorporated portion of the City the following shall apply:

The Planning Areas Map showing the Official Land Use Plan, classifications, and boundaries of planning areas and all notations, references, and other information shown thereon, after final adoption in the manner required by law, shall thereafter be as much a part of the Development Code as if all the matters and information set forth by said maps were fully described herein.

The boundaries of such areas shown on any Planning Areas Map adopted by the Development Code and General Plan or amendment thereto are hereby adopted and approved. The regulations of the Development Code governing the use of land, buildings, structures, the height of buildings and structures, the sizes of yards about buildings and structures, and other matters as hereinafter set forth, are hereby established and declared to be in effect upon all land included within the boundaries of each and every area shown upon the Planning Areas Map.

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any areas shown on the Planning Areas Maps, the following rules shall apply.

The City Council may act upon changes in classification of property from one or more adopted planning areas to other adopted planning areas and upon amendments to the text of planning areas at any time.

Dunlap Acres should receive landscape treatments to enhance the rural village character of the area. Appropriate design elements include deciduous flowering trees, evergreen windrows, split-rail fencing and plantation-type tree massings. Large spreading canopy street trees should be used extensively to establish unity in the residential areas where a wide variety of architectural treatments prevail.

The Central Core area is the most intensively used area of the City, and the landscape treatment here should reflect this condition. Landscape features should be arranged in more formal patterns than elsewhere in the City. Hardscape elements should also be more refined and more apparent. Design elements appropriate to this area include a variety of distinctive street trees, decorative lighting, enhanced paving, flowering accents and the generous use of evergreens to help set the theme for the rest of the City and frame the City’s picturesque mountain backdrop. Traditional plant material such as the cedars, Texas Umbrella, fruit trees, Date Palms, California Pepper, Eucalyptus and Juniper which have been established in the older areas of the Central Core area should be preserved whenever possible and reinforced with similar plantings.

Wildwood Canyon has a strong existing natural scenic quality which should be enhanced and reinforced with naturalistic landscaping. Oaks, sycamore, native shrubs and ground covers and rock outcroppings are appropriate for this area. Man-made elements should be rustic in appearance and kept to a minimum.

North Bench is an area of large, estate-type residential use. This is compatible with the transitional landscape theme for the area. The transitional concept attempts to create a zone between the naturally landscaped mountains north and east of the City and the more domesticated landscapes of the Central Core and Dunlap Acres. Design elements in the North Bench area should include flowering deciduous trees and vertical coniferous evergreens, as well as rustic fencing and hardscape, but with a distinctly untamed, naturalistic appearance.