Los Angeles County Unincorporated, California · General provision
22.44.1770
Uses
Conditional / special use62
- Habitat preservation and passive recreation
- Habitat preservation and public recreation, including public parks, playgrounds, and beaches, with all appurtenant facilities customarily found in conjunction therewith
- Habitat preservation and permanent open space, consistent with the limitations established for the site by the terms of the applicable easement or deed restriction
- Habitat restoration and other resource dependent uses
- Grading, up to 30 cubic yards of total cut plus total fill material
- Access road and parking areas
- Camp host facilities
- Campgrounds, including low-impact campgrounds
- Cooking stations, fire-proof
- Equestrian parking and staging areas
- Grading, up to 5,000 cubic yards of total cut plus total fill material, subject to a minor CDP if involves 50-5,000 cubic yards of total grading
- Habitat restoration
- Landscaping features, fences, and shade trees
- On-site wastewater treatment systems
- Picnic areas and tables
- Shade structures, not to exceed 400 sq. ft.
- Solar energy arrays/devices (roof-mounted or ground-mounted)
- Portable fire suppression apparatus
- Potable water distribution system and storage tank(s)
- Resource-dependent uses, including riding and hiking trails, excluding trails for motor vehicles
- Restroom facilities
- Storage sheds
- Turnaround required by the Fire Department
- Visitor kiosk/information center
- Water well, permanent, to serve the principal permitted use
- Grading meeting the requirements of subsection C.1 of Section 22.44.1260 and consistent with all requirements of Section 22.44.1260
- Public park administration offices/buildings
- Refreshment stands operated in conjunction with and intended to serve the patrons of a use permitted in Zone O-S, but not as a separate enterprise
- Temporary uses, as provided in Section 22.44.1530 et seq
- Uses associated with parks, trails, trail heads, playgrounds, and beaches as set forth in subsection C of Section 22.44.1400
- Watershed, water recharge and percolation areas
- Wildlife, nature, forest, and marine preserves and sanctuaries
- Buildings, accessory, but not including buildings for permanent human occupancy
- Comfort stations
- Exploratory testing, subject to the provisions of Section 22.44.1430
- Farmers' markets, subject to the provisions of Section 22.44.1520 et seq
- Grading, meeting the requirements of subsection C.2 of Section 22.44.1260, and consistent with all requirements of 22.44.1260
- Parking lots accessory to a principal use, but excluding commercial parking lots
- Scenic turnouts, vista points and interpretive displays
- Signs, as provided in Section 22.44.1280
- Uses associated with parks, trails, trail heads, playgrounds, and beaches as set forth in subsection D of Section 22.44.1400
- Amphitheaters on a lot or parcel of land having an area of not less than one acre and within 600 feet of an approved vehicle parking area or campground, or within the fuel modification zone of an approved building permitted in the zone, and containing fewer than 100 seats
- Arboretums and horticultural gardens
- Camps, youth
- Communication equipment buildings
- Electric distribution and transmission substations, including microwave facilities used in conjunction therewith
- Gas metering and control stations, public utility
- Grading, meeting the requirements of subsection C.3 of Section 22.44.1260 and consistent with all requirements of 22.44.1260
- Menageries, zoos, animal exhibitions or other facilities for the keeping or maintaining of wild animals
- Microwave stations
- Motion picture sets, permanent, accessory use of domestic and wild animals
- Museums
- Observatories
- Publicly-owned uses necessary to the maintenance of the public health, convenience or general welfare in addition to those specifically listed in this section
- Recreational equipment rentals where in conjunction with and intended to serve patrons of a recreational use permitted in the Open Space and Open Space—Parks zone categories
- Recreational trailer parks on a lot or parcel of land having as a condition of use an area of not less than five acres
- Riding academies and/or commercial stables, and/or the boarding of horses on a lot or parcel of land having as a condition of use an area of not less than five acres
- Storage, temporary, of materials and construction equipment used in construction or maintenance of streets and highways, sewers, storm drains, underground conduits, flood control works, pipelines and similar uses for a period not to exceed one year
- Telecommunications facilities subject to the requirements of Section 22.44.1330
- Uses associated with parks, trails, playgrounds, and beaches as set forth in subsection E of Section 22.44.1400
- Water reservoirs, dams, treatment plants, gauging stations, pumping stations, tanks, wells and any use normal and appurtenant to the storage and distribution of water, including water reclamation facilities
- Youth hostels
Accessory5
- Accessory uses and structures customarily used in conjunction therewith
- Apiaries, limited to hives only
- Community gardens
- Emergency preparedness and response facilities approved by the Fire Department
- Water wells, permanent
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Design to minimize adverse impacts
The arrangement of buildings, architectural design and types of uses shall be such so as to minimize adverse impacts on adjoining properties. These impacts include, but are not limited to: noise, odors, fuel modification, maintenance of community character, and views.
Other
- Yards, walls, walks, landscaping
The development plan shall include yards, walls, walks, landscaping, and such other features as may be needed to make the development attractive, adequately buffered from adjoining more restrictive uses and compatible with the character of the surrounding area.
- Maximum shade structure area400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Shade structures, not to exceed 400 sq. ft.
- YardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. requirements reference
Property in Open Space and Open Space—Parks zone categories shall be subject to the development standards in subsection E.3 of Section 22.44.1710.
- Adequate vehicular access
Adequate provisions for vehicular access and loading shall be provided to prevent undue congestion on adjoining streets and highways, particularly on local streets.
From the ordinance
Property in the Open Space and Open Space—Parks zone categories may be used for the following, provided an administrative CDP has first been obtained... The proposed project shall meet all applicable development standards within this LIP.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"conditional_uses": [
"Access to property lawfully used outside of Open Space and Open Space—Parks zone categories, provided no other practical access to such property is available",
"Caretaker's dwelling unit, pursuant to Section 22.44.1370"
]
}
}