East Los Angeles Third Street Form-Based Code (Sections 22.410.010-22.410.150)
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Third Street
- Geographic extent
- East Los Angeles Third Street Plan Area as shown on Plan Map (Figure 1)
Uses
Permitted by right26
- Accessory Commercial Unit
- Artisan/Craft Production
- Auto-Related Commercial
- Auto-Related Industrial
- Commercial General
- Community Facility
- Community Residence
- Community Support Facility
- Entertainment
- Food Service
- Infrastructure and Utilities
- Learning Center
- Major Facility
- Manufacturing and Processing Facility
- Office
- Place of Assembly
- Products and Services Facility
- Public Parking
- Recreational Commercial
- Recreational Non-Commercial
- Religious Facility
- Research Facility
- Schools
- Shared Kitchen Complex
- Special Training/Vocational
- Storage and Distribution Facility
Conditional / special use2
Prohibited5
- Drive-Through Establishment
- Tobacco shops
- Cigar bars
- Hookah bars
- Alternative financial services (cashless transaction check-cashing stores, auto-title loan stores)
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Landscaping and lighting requirements
Project landscaping ... designed and developed to provide visual interest ... Lighting and lighting fixtures are designed to complement buildings, are of appropriate scale, avoid creating glare, and provide adequate light over walkways and parking areas
Other
- ADUAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. and affordable housing provisions supersede
Where the regulations in Section 22.140.640 ... are contrary ... the provisions in this Form-Based Code shall prevail, unless specified otherwise ... Affordable Housing ... shall supersede any contrary provisions.
When a conditional use permit is required under this Form-Based Code ... the review procedures for a conditional use permit shall be the same as those prescribed in Chapter 22.158
- Applicability to new projects
apply to all new development projects for which a complete application has been filed on or after the effective date of the ordinance
- Ministerial Site Plan Review
The Director shall have the authority to review projects subject to a Ministerial Site Plan Review for compliance with this Form-Based Code
- Modification of loading areas
only the following development standards may be modified ... Loading Areas may be modified or waived.
- Modification Review
The Hearing Officer shall have the authority to review projects requesting a modification to the development standards
- Specific Plan Substantial Conformance Review
The Hearing Officer shall have the authority to review projects subject to a Specific Plan Substantial Conformance Review
Use
- Prohibition of undefined uses
any uses or facilities not listed or defined in Section 22.410.070 of this Form-Based Code as allowed uses or facilities are prohibited.
From the ordinance
This Form-Based Code is established as the primary means to implement the East Los Angeles Third Street Plan, which is applicable to the area shown on the Plan Map (Figure 1).