County (unincorporated) · California

Los Angeles County Unincorporated

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
37
Districts
1,341
Extracted rules
7,516
Standards
11
Chapters read

Zoning districts

37 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

1,302 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

22.140.520.F.7.b5 standards

All primary buildings shall include a minimum of two materials, colors, or textures along façades. One of the two materials, colors, or textures shall be used on a minimum of 10 percent of the building façade.

22.140.520.F.7.e.i5 standards

The exterior glazed surface area shall be a minimum of 10 percent of the floor area of the attached rooms or a minimum area of 10 square feet, whichever is larger.

22.140.520.F.8.b.i19 standards

A minimum of 20 percent of the lot area not used for buildings and structures, such as setbacks and open space, and up to 5,000 square feet shall be landscaped with a combination of trees, ground cover, shrubbery, planters, or flowers.

22.140.520.F.8.b.i11 standards

A minimum of 20 percent of the lot area not used for buildings and structures, such as setbacks and open space, and up to 5,000 square feet shall be landscaped with a combination of trees, ground cover, shrubbery, planters, or flowers.

22.140.520.G.6.b.i6 standards

The façade wall shall include at least two articulation or architectural detailing strategies and shall include an additional articulation or architectural detailing strategy for every 30 linear feet of horizontal building façade, distributed across the width of each street, highway, or alley-facing building façade utilizing the strategies in Table 22.140.520-G, below.

22.140.520.G.8.c.iv6 standards

Balconies shall be a minimum of five feet deep; The height of the balcony area shall not be less than the ceiling height of the adjoining floors; and The number of bedrooms in the attached unit shall determine the minimum square footage of each balcony, as defined in Table 22.140.520-I, below.

22.140.520.G.9.b.i38 standards

A minimum of 20 percent of the lot area not used for buildings and structures, such as setbacks and open space, shall be landscaped with a combination of trees, ground cover, shrubbery, planters, or flowers.

22.140.520.G.9.b.i19 standards

A minimum of 20 percent of the lot area not used for buildings and structures, such as setbacks and open space, shall be landscaped with a combination of trees, ground cover, shrubbery, planters, or flowers.

22.140.520.H.4.c36 standards

Where not already required by the underlying zoning, developments adjacent to limited secondary highways shall provide the following front yard setbacks: (1) R-5 and MXD Zones. (a) For buildings with a height less than 35 feet, no minimum setback at the ground floor is required, unless the total width of the sidewalk and parkway is narrower than 10 feet. (b) For buildings with a height greater than 35 feet, a setback of at least five feet at the ground floor shall be provided. (c) No building shall have a setback greater than 10 feet at the ground floor. (2) In All Other Zones. The setback at the ground floor shall be a maximum of 15 feet.

22.140.520.H.4.c.i13 standards

For buildings with a height less than 35 feet, no minimum setback at the ground floor is required, unless the total width of the sidewalk and parkway is narrower than 10 feet. For buildings with a height greater than 35 feet, a setback of at least five feet at the ground floor shall be provided. No building shall have a setback greater than 10 feet at the ground floor.

22.140.520.H.5.e.i5 standards

Buildings with residential uses at the ground floor shall have a minimum transparency of 30 percent along the ground level façade facing a street or internal courtyard.

22.140.540.C3 standards

When adjacent to a residential use or Residential Zone, hours of operation shall be limited to 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., daily. ... one Type A loading space is required per shared kitchen complex tenant ... On-site sales shall be prohibited.

22.140.5503 standards

A residential use, accessory or otherwise, is prohibited on the same lot as a secondhand store, unless the residential use is within a mixed use development ... The areas of a secondhand store for donation drop-off, sorting, storing, and distributing shall be located entirely within an enclosed building.

22.140.5609 standards

The minimum lot size shall be one acre ... Total lot coverage by buildings shall not exceed 50 percent. ... All buildings and structures shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from the front lot line, except where abutting a Residential Zone, where they shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet.

22.140.5701 standards

This Section applies to shared water wells as an accessory use in Zones A-1, A-2, R-A, R-1, and R-2. ... the notification radius shall be 1,000 feet from the exterior boundaries of the lots that propose to share a water well.

22.140.5804 standards

A single-family residence shall be not less than 20 feet wide. ... A single-family residence shall have a floor area of not less than 800 square feet.

22.140.580 (Subsection F)28 standards

Required perimeter front and corner side yards... shall be entirely permeable and of that area, at least 75 percent landscaped with drought-tolerant plants.

22.140.580.G

In Zones C-H, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-M, and C-R, single-family residences shall comply with the following standards: 1. Height. Maximum height shall be 35 feet.

22.140.5857 standards

A single-family residence on a compact lot shall have a floor area of not less than 575 square feet. ... A single-family residence on a compact lot shall not exceed two stories and 35 feet above grade in height.

22.140.58543 standards

A single-family residence on a compact lot shall have a floor area of not less than 575 square feet. ... shall not exceed two stories and 35 feet above grade in height.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.