La Mesa
Zoning districts
1 districts, grouped by category.
General provisions
134 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The required front setback shall be reduced to fifteen feet. The required side setback from one side lot line may be reduced to a minimum of five feet for any dwelling. The side setback on the opposite side of the dwelling shall be no less than fifteen feet.
A minimum of three 36 inch boxed trees shall be planted on a lot prior to occupancy of any single family home constructed after December 1, 1985.
All uses and structures in the city regardless of zoning shall be required to have the number of parking spaces specified in the following Table of Requirements
Lots shall be a minimum of five acres and have 100 feet of frontage. Height shall not exceed 20 feet. Setbacks shall be a minimum of 10 feet from any park boundary.
This chapter establishes permission, regulations and requirements for the establishment and continuance of uses, structures and lots for industrial purposes... Zone M (Industrial Service and Manufacturing).
The construction of new or substantial improvements of permitted residential structures shall not be permitted unless the lowest floor (including basement) is elevated to or above the level of the 100 year flood.
The improvement of the building site either initially or after a principal use has been established shall not involve alteration of the surface of the land by construction, excavation, filling, or otherwise, through which trees would be removed, water courses would be altered, or earth banks exceeding 3 feet in height would be created unless the development is first submitted to and approved by the Planning Commission.
This chapter establishes standards and regulations for the reasonable development of the designated hillside areas in order to reduce the impact of such development on adjacent residential areas.
All uses and accessory uses of the underlying zone shall be permitted. All hospital uses and related office uses shall be permitted in the Grossmont Hospital area.
"Nonconforming parking" is off-street parking accessory to a land use which was developed in compliance with prior regulations but which does not comply with the current provisions of this title or with adopted city standards for parking.
All yards and other open spaces around buildings shall be kept free of waste, litter, junk, or storage of any material; provided, where outside storage is a permitted use or is a nonconforming use, such storage shall be done in an orderly manner.
Tennis, handball or similar courts. (As part of the original construction of a PRD, condominium or apartment development, such court may be approved through the normal project review, providing the judgment is made that its location, lighting and use will not be disruptive to adjacent residential properties.)
Commercial residential use within a detached single-family residence with six or fewer adult residents upon issuance of a business license, when the following provisions are met:
Small family day care homes located in a single-family residence. Large family day care homes located in a single-family residence when the following criteria are met:
Exterior lighting shall be compatible with residential use. All lighting shall be designed, installed and maintained to project the light primarily on the owner's property.
Not more than one attached accessory dwelling, one detached accessory dwelling unit, and one junior accessory dwelling unit shall be permitted on a lot with an existing or proposed single-family dwelling.
A junior accessory dwelling unit shall not exceed five hundred square feet in total floor area.
The required minimum building site area per dwelling unit for a residential project under these zones may be decreased from two thousand four hundred twenty square feet to one thousand eight hundred ninety-five square feet, according to the procedures and allowances of this section.
The required minimum building site area per dwelling unit for a residential project under these zones may be decreased from two thousand four hundred twenty square feet to one thousand eight hundred ninety-five square feet, according to the procedures and allowances of this section.
Whenever a property contains a locally designated historical landmark, the number of dwelling units permitted on a parcel under the site's zoning designation may be increased by one dwelling unit.
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