zoneoptics
Los Angeles County Unincorporated, California · District

M-2

M-2 Zone
IndustrialAll Los Angeles County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

M-2 lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA15,000 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.
15,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.34 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Servicing

Geographic extent
Florence-Firestone Community

Uses

Permitted by right315

Accessory5

  • Accessory automobile body and fender repair, painting, and upholstering at new automobile dealerships
  • Accessory automobile washing, waxing, and polishing at automobile service stations
  • Manufacturing, processing, treating, packing, and storage, accessory to a business on the premises
  • Construction Material Yards, including Landscaping, plumbing & other related construction uses
  • Living quarters for persons employed and deriving a major portion of their income on the premises

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • CUP required for outdoor businesses within 250 ft of residential250 ft

    All principal business activities, except plant nurseries, parking lots, and customer parking, conducted outside an enclosed structure within 250 feet of a Residential Zone or sensitive use shall require a Conditional Use Permit.

  • Landscaped buffer along residential5 ft

    Properties that adjoin a Residential Zone or sensitive use shall have a minimum five-foot landscaped buffer along the common property line.

  • Loading spaces prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. along residential

    No loading space shall be permitted along a property line that adjoins a Residential Zone.

  • Recycling processing facilities prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. adjacent to residential

    Recycling processing facilities shall not be permitted on properties adjoining a Residential Zone or sensitive use.

  • Truck access from street furthest from residential

    Industrial properties with multiple street frontages shall permit truck access only from the street that is furthest from any adjacent or nearby Residential Zone.

From the ordinance

Except for lots legally created prior to the effective date of the ordinance establishing this Specific Plan, the minimum lot size shall be 15,000 square feet. Properties that adjoin a Residential Zone or sensitive use shall have a minimum five-foot landscaped buffer along the common property line.
22.418.120.H

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "accessory_uses": [
      "**Parking.** Accessory emergency shelters shall be subject to Subsection E.1.a, above.",
      "**Outdoor lighting.** Accessory emergency shelters shall be subject to Subsection E.1.b, above.",
      "**On-site management.** Accessory emergency shelters shall be provided at all times for shelters with more than five occ"
    ],
    "conditional_uses": [
      "**Compact Lot Subdivisions.** Any Specific Plan provisions pertaining to a required yard shall apply to the equivalent p",
      "**Green Zone.** Where the regulations in Chapter 22.84 (Green Zone) are contrary to the provisions in a Specific Plan, t",
      "**Nonconforming Uses and Structures.** Except as specified otherwise in a specific plan, the nonconforming use and struc",
      "**Oak Tree Regulations.** This Specific Plan shall supersede and replace the regulations in Division 1, Chapter 22.56, P",
      "**Alcoholic Beverages Regulations.** This Specific Plan shall modify the applicability of the regulations in Section 22.",
      "**Live Entertainment/Public Dancing/Night Clubs.** This Specific Plan shall supersede and replace the regulations in Sec",
      "**Wireless/Communications Facilities.** This Specific Plan shall supersede and replace the regulations in Division 1, Ch",
      "**Parking Requirements.** This Specific Plan shall modify the applicability of the regulations in Division 1, Chapter 22",
      "**Lighting Requirements.** This Specific Plan shall supersede and replace any regulations in Division 1, Chapter 22.52, ",
      "**Grading/Off-site Export/Import.** This Specific Plan shall supersede and replace the regulations in Sections 22.56.210",
      "**Yard Requirements.** This Specific Plan shall supersede and replace the regulations in Sections 22.48.050 through 22.4",
      "**Projections Between Buildings.** This Specific Plan shall supersede and replace Section 22.48.130.A.3 of the Zoning Co",
      "**Green Building Development Standards.** This Specific Plan shall modify the applicability of the Green Building Develo",
      "**Drought Tolerant Landscaping Requirements.** This Specific Plan shall modify the applicability of the Drought Tolerant",
      "**Low Impact Development Standards.** This Specific Plan shall modify the applicability of the Low Impact Development St"
    ]
  }
}