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La Mesa, California · General provision

Chapter 24.04 (Parking)

All La Mesa districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 5 ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
5 ft

Servicing

Geographic extent
Citywide

Extracted standards

15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

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Other

  • Parking reduction for multiple-unit residential on historical landmark2 spaces

    the parking requirements for a multiple-unit residential project may be reduced by two spaces.

  • Loading docks screened from view

    All loading docks shall be screened from view to persons on adjacent streets or adjacent residential sites.

  • Maximum parking in driveway without adjustment72 hours

    Parking of vehicles for seventy-two hours or less may be located in an access driveway or aisle to other parking.

  • Maximum in-lieu parking spaces per project in CD zone60 spaces

    The maximum number of in-lieu parking spaces allowed for a non-residential development shall be limited to 60 spaces per project

  • Maximum pedestrian route length for off-site parking300 ft

    there is a traversable pedestrian route not more than three hundred feet in length

  • Maximum paved area in front/side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.50 pct

    Paved areas shall not exceed fifty percent of the lot area located between the front property line and the front setback line or fifty percent of the area between a side property line and a side setback line when located adjacent to a public street.

  • Minimum truck loading spaces1 spaces

    All commercial and industrial buildings, hotels, hospitals or institutions utilizing truck delivery service ... shall be required to provide at least one truck loading space.

  • Minimum front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for parking areas5 ft

    Each parking area shall have a front setback of not less than the required front setback for a principal building or five feet whichever is greater.

  • Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. of recreational vehicles from curb10 ft

    set back at least ten feet from the existing or planned face of curbs of adjacent streets

  • Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. of recreational vehicles from adjacent dwelling windows/doors10 ft

    In no case shall a vehicle over six feet in height be located within ten feet in any direction from a doorway or window of the habitable area of a dwelling unit located on an adjacent property.

  • Vehicles not required to back onto public street

    All parking spaces, except for one- and two-family dwellings on separate lots, shall be arranged so that vehicles are not required to back onto any public street for either ingress or egress.

  • No parking in required front yards for multiple unit dwellings

    No parking space shall be located within required front yards. Parking visible from the street shall be screened by an ornamental fence.

  • Required parking for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. and duplexTwo-family dwellingTwo dwelling units in one building — a duplex. must be in private garage

    All required parking spaces shall be provided within a private garage.

  • Residential parking physically separated from other uses

    Where residential uses are permitted in connection with any other use, the required parking shall be physically separated from other required parking and made exclusively available for the residential use.

From the ordinance

All uses and structures in the city regardless of zoning shall be required to have the number of parking spaces specified in the following Table of Requirements
Chapter 24.04 (Parking)

Parking requirements

{
  "residential": "1 space per dwelling unit plus 0.4 space per dwelling unit for guests (total 1.4 spaces per unit)",
  "residential_CD": "1.5 spaces per dwelling unit (25% transit reduction)",
  "non_residential_CD": "In-lieu parking fee option, max 60 spaces per project",
  "commercial_industrial": "At least 1 truck loading space for buildings with truck delivery"
}