zoneoptics
Los Angeles County Unincorporated, California · General provision

22.140.460

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA1 acMIN UNIT SIZE300 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.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum floor areaMinimum floor areaThe smallest dwelling the district permits, in square feet of living space.
300 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Servicing

Geographic extent
All zones where permitted; additional standards for Zones A-1, A-2, O-S, R-R, M-1

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Minimum distance from street20 ft

    The stand shall be a minimum of 20 feet from any street or highway that the lot fronts, or from any adjacent residences.

  • Wood-frame construction required

    The stand, except for the floor, shall be exclusively of wood-frame construction.

From the ordinance

There shall be a minimum lot size of one gross acre. The stand shall have a maximum floor area of 300 square feet. The stand shall be a minimum of 20 feet from any street or highway that the lot fronts, or from any adjacent residences. The stand, except for the floor, shall be exclusively of wood-frame construction.
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