zoneoptics
Los Angeles County Unincorporated, California · General provision

22.22.090

Planned IndustrialAll Los Angeles County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA5 acMAX FAR1
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.
217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Height & bulk

Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
1

Uses

Permitted by right1

  • Any nonresidential use permitted in Zone R-A, subject to the same limitations and conditions

Conditional / special use2

  • A planned industrial development in which the Commission or Hearing Officer may approve any use permitted in Zone M-1.5
  • Child care centers

Prohibited1

  • Oil wells and production facilities, in accordance with Section 22.140.400

Extracted standards

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

Design

  • Design compatibility required

    Structural improvements shall not detract from the established or anticipated character of the surrounding area.

Other

  • Maximum ground-floor area percentage60 pct

    The ground-floor area of buildings shall not exceed 60 percent of the gross area of the lot.

  • Underground utilities required

    Applicant shall make arrangements with serving utilities to install underground all new facilities necessary to furnish service in the development.

From the ordinance

Planned industrial development shall include a minimum lot area of five acres; FAR not greater than 1.0; ground-floor area not exceed 60% of gross lot area.
22.22.090