M-1
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 10%
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Avocado Heights CSD
Uses
Permitted by right1
Conditional / special use26
- agricultural contractor equipment, sale or rental, or both
- baseball park
- billboards, the manufacture of
- bottling plant
- carnivals, commercial or otherwise
- cellophane products, the manufacture of
- electrical transformer substations
- ferris wheels
- fruit packing plants
- heating equipment, the manufacture of
- ink, the manufacture of
- iron, ornamental iron works, but not including a foundry
- laboratories for testing experimental motion picture film
- motors, the manufacture of electric motors
- plaster, the storage of
- riding academies
- rubber, the processing of raw rubber if the rubber is not melted and, where a banbury mixer is used, the dust resulting therefrom is washed
- rug cleaning plant
- shell products; the manufacture of
- stables, private, for the raising and training of racehorses
- starch, the mixing and bottling of
- stove polish, the manufacture of
- tire yards and retreading facilities
- trucks, the parking, storage, rental, and repair of
- ventilating ducts, the manufacture of
- wallboard, the manufacture of
Prohibited25
- boat building
- breweries
- bus storage
- canneries
- car barns for buses and streetcars
- casein, the manufacture of casein products
- cesspool pumping, cleaning, and draining
- dextrine, the manufacture of
- engines, the manufacture of internal combustion and steam engines
- fox farms
- fuel yard
- incinerators, the manufacture of
- lubricating oil
- machinery, the repair of farm machinery
- marine oil service stations
- moving van storage and operating yards
- presses, hydraulic presses for the molding of plastics
- produce yards, terminals, and wholesale outlets
- refrigeration plants
- sand, the washing of sand to be used in sandblasting
- sodium glutamate, the manufacture of
- valves, the storage and repair of oil well valves
- wharves
- wood yards, the storage of wood or a lumberyard
- yarn, the dyeing of yarn
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Solid wall/fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. along residential/school/park8 ft
Properties that adjoin a Residential Zone, school, or park shall have a minimum of eight-foot-high solid wall or solid fence along the common property line
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (within 250 ft of residential)45 ft
all new structures shall have a maximum height of 45 feet above grade, if located within 250 feet of a Residential Zone
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (otherwise)90 ft
and 90 feet above grade otherwise
Other
- Buffer tree requirement15 gallon
One 15-gallon tree for every 100 square feet of landscaped area shall be planted equally spaced in the buffer strip.
- Buffer width along residential/school/park10 ft
Properties adjoining a residential zone, school, or park shall have a minimum 10-foot landscaped buffer along the common property line.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. (adjoining residential/school/park)20 ft
All new buildings that adjoin or face a Residential Zone, school, or park shall have a minimum setback of 20 feet from the front or side property line.
- Loading dock prohibition along residential
No loading dock shall be permitted along a property line that adjoins a Residential Zone.
All new structures shall have a maximum of 70 percent lot coverage.
- Minimum landscaped area10 pct
At least 10 percent of the net lot area shall be landscaped with lawns, shrubbery, flowers, or trees.
- Minimum lot size20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Except for lots legally created prior to June 20, 2024, the minimum lot size shall be 20,000 square feet.
- Outdoor business CUP requirement
All principal business uses conducted outside an enclosed structure within 500 feet of a Residential Zone, school, or park shall require an approved conditional use permit
- Outdoor storage visibility
outside storage shall not be publicly visible to anyone in an adjoining Residential Zone.
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. (adjoining residential/school/park)20 ft
All new buildings that adjoin or face a Residential Zone, school, or park shall have a minimum setback of 20 feet from the front or side property line.
From the ordinance
Properties adjoining a residential zone, school, or park shall have a minimum 10-foot landscaped buffer along the common property line. ... Except for lots legally created prior to June 20, 2024, the minimum lot size shall be 20,000 square feet. ... All new buildings that adjoin or face a Residential Zone, school, or park shall have a minimum setback of 20 feet from the front or side property line. ... All new structures shall have a maximum of 70 percent lot coverage. At least 10 percent of the net lot area shall be landscaped. ... all new structures shall have a maximum height of 45 feet above grade, if located within 250 feet of a Residential Zone, and 90 feet above grade otherwise.