Los Angeles County Unincorporated, California · General provision
Chapter 22.126
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Minimum shade coverage for parking lots50 percent
a minimum of 50 percent shade coverage of the uncovered parking area within 15 years
- Minimum tree size15 gallons
Required trees shall be a minimum size of 15 gallons
- Minimum trees for non-residential or mixed-use3 trees per 10,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. developed lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
a minimum of three trees shall be planted for every 10,000 square feet of developed lot area
- Minimum trees for residential with 3 or fewer units2 trees per lot
a minimum of two trees shall be planted on each lot
- Minimum trees for residential with 4+ units1 tree per 5000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. building footprint
a minimum of one tree shall be planted for every 5,000 square feet of building footprint per lot
From the ordinance
For projects that are primarily residential with three or fewer units per lot, a minimum of two trees shall be planted on each lot; for projects with four or more units, one tree per 5,000 sq ft of building footprint; for non-residential, three trees per 10,000 sq ft of developed lot area.