Rialto, CA Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Density Bonus Law (2026)

020 sets Rialto's general density bonus provisions. An applicant must apply on a director-approved form when submitting the entitlement application, and the bonus only applies to housing developments of five or more units. 050, when a developer commits to at least: ten percent of units for lower income households, five percent for very low income households, ten percent in a common interest development for moderate income households, a senior citizen housing development, ten percent for transitional foster youth, ten percent for disabled veterans, ten percent for homeless persons, twenty percent of student housing units for lower income students, or one hundred percent lower/moderate income units.

Continued affordability must run fifty-five years, or longer if a financing program requires it, and the city requires an equity-sharing agreement for for-sale units. 040 sets tiered incentives: one for the ten/five/ten percent tier, two for twenty/ten/twenty percent, three for thirty/fifteen/thirty percent, and four incentives plus up to a three-story or thirty-three-foot height bonus for one-hundred-percent-affordable projects near a major transit stop. 040(C).