Land use · Los Angeles County Unincorporated, California

Guest house

Named in 6 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Los Angeles County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, and R-5) or superseding Title 22 regulation: **a.** Detached guest houses on the same lot as the primary residence; and **b.** Attached guest houses. (Ord. 2022-0008 § 158, 2022; Ord. 2021-0021 §

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the authority and responsibility for the operation of a licensed community care facility. ** Guest house .** Living quarters within a detached accessory building located on the same premises as the main single family dwelling on the lot,

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| CUP | SPR/CUP | CUP | CUP | Sections 22.140.240, 22.140.520 ### Guest houses | A-1 | A-2 | O-S | R-R | W | |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | SPR | SPR | - | - |

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as garages, swimming pools, fences, storage sheds, and landscaping but specifically not including guest houses or accessory self-contained residential units; b. The exemption in Subsection a, above, shall not apply to the following classes of development

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Accessory2

Allowed as a secondary activity to the main use.

Prohibited2

Expressly not allowed.