Municipality · California

La Palma

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
9
Districts
104
Extracted rules
434
Standards
1
Chapters read

Zoning districts

9 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

Sec. 44-2762 standards

Traffic safety triangles shall be developed in a manner that ensures visibility across the corners of the intersecting streets, alleys, and private driveways. ... The maximum height of any object located in the traffic safety triangle area shall be three feet.

Sec. 44-276 (referenced), Sec. 44-48710 standards

Monument signs are allowed only for frontages adjoining a public street and shall be located in compliance with the traffic safety triangle requirements of section 44-276.

Sec. 44-2773 standards

Street address numerals shall be provided pursuant to the following: Single-family units: minimum four inches in height. Multifamily units: minimum six inches. Nonresidential: minimum six inches.

Sec. 44-2781 standards

Where applicable all outdoor and exterior lighting standards shall meet the recommended illumination levels as published by the then-current edition of the Illuminating Engineer Society of North America (IESNA or IES) Lighting Handbook.

Sec. 44-3

All land and structures shall be used and constructed in compliance with regulations and requirements of this chapter

Sec. 44-3051 standards

California Government Code § 65915 ... is adopted and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth, and shall constitute the affordable housing density bonus regulations of the City.

Sec. 44-3067 standards

Supportive housing projects shall be a use permitted by right in all zones where multifamily and mixed uses are permitted. ... No minimum parking requirements shall be required for the units occupied by supportive housing residents for projects located within one-half mile of a public transit stop.

Sec. 44-3071 standards

An application to establish a low-barrier navigation shall be submitted to the Director of Community Development for review and approval. The decision to approve or deny an application shall be ministerial in nature.

Sec. 44-33517 standards

All residentially zoned properties and nonresidential zoned properties developed with residential uses shall provide landscaping as required under this section.

Sec. 44-3367 standards

Landscaping shall be provided for all setback areas adjacent to public rights-of-way, plus a minimum of three percent in the parking areas and three percent in the non-parking areas of all remaining areas of the site where no building will be located.

Sec. 44-3615 standards

Off-street parking spaces, whether in a garage, carport, or open area, shall be located so as to be accessible and usable for the parking of motor vehicles at all times.

Sec. 44-3625 standards

Parking spaces may include a two-foot overhang into landscape areas provided that concrete barriers (wheel stops) are provided and the landscaping is appropriately designed to accommodate the overhang.

Sec. 44-3638 standards

When an enclosed garage is required, the minimum interior dimension for each parking space shall be ten feet wide by 20 feet deep.

Sec. 44-3641 standards

Parking calculations for all zoning districts shall be determined by use, as identified in the following table.

Sec. 44-3655 standards

For parallel parking, the dimensions of the parking stall shall be not less than ten feet in width and 23 feet in depth.

Sec. 44-3664 standards

Every hospital, institution, hotel, commercial, or industrial building shall have and maintain off-street loading spaces in addition to required off-street parking requirements.

Sec. 44-367 to 44-3734 standards

No discretionary permit is required by the City for an electric vehicle charging station.

Sec. 44-391 to 44-39710 standards

A sign permit is required for all signs.

Sec. 44-398, 44-399, 44-40110 standards

These regulations in this division concerning signboards are established to permit larger on-site and off-site signage on properties within the freeway overlay district (FO)...

Sec. 44-425, 44-4265 standards

The provisions of this division shall apply to all development projects as follows: (1) New commercial, office/professional, business park/industrial, mixed-use, institutional, or other nonresidential use or combination thereof, at a worksite that is expected to employ 100 or more persons...

Source documents

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