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Los Angeles County Unincorporated, California · General provision

22.140.700

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftRear 20 ftSide 20 ftStreet side 20 ftMIN LOT AREA1 acMAX HEIGHT15 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.)

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

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

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
15 ft

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies to zones M-1, M-1.5, M-2, M-2.5

Uses

Conditional / special use1

Extracted standards

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

Noise

  • Noise standard

    The facility shall comply with the noise standards set forth in Chapter 22.108 (Noise).

Other

  • Hours of operation

    Pallet yards may operate no earlier than 8:00 a.m. and no later than 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

  • Landscape strip width10 ft

    A minimum of a 10-foot-wide landscape strip shall be provided along all property lines abutting a public right-of-way.

  • Paving

    All areas used for storage, operation, and vehicle circulation shall be paved with asphalt, concrete, or other approved impermeable surface.

  • Permit requirement

    A Minor Conditional Use Permit is required in Zones M-1 and M-1.5; a Ministerial Site Plan Review is required in Zones M-2 and M-2.5.

  • Wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft

    A solid masonry wall or solid fence, a minimum of eight feet in height, shall be provided along all property lines abutting a Residential Zone or a sensitive use.

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area for a pallet yard shall be 1 acre. All structures, storage areas, and operation areas shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from all property lines. No structure or storage of materials shall exceed a height of 15 feet.
22.140.700