zoneoptics
La Mesa, California · General provision

24.06.010, 24.06.020, 24.06.030

NeighborhoodAll La Mesa districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 10 ftRear 10 ftSide 10 ftStreet side 10 ftMin width 50 ftMin depth 100 ftMIN LOT AREA5,000 sq 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.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
5,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
50 ft
Minimum lot depth
100 ft

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft

Uses

Permitted by right9

Conditional / special use6

Accessory3

Prohibited1

From the ordinance

It is intended that light retail convenience enterprises operate and that the heavy commercial uses are prohibited. All lots within the commercial zones shall have: an area of at least five thousand square feet, a minimum width of fifty feet and a minimum depth of one hundred feet. All buildings shall be set back not less than ten feet from any zone boundary which is the side or rear lot line of an adjacent 'R' zoned lot, and ten feet from a street on which an abutting lot classified in a residential zone has frontage.
24.06.010, 24.06.020, 24.06.030