La Palma
Zoning districts
9 districts, grouped by category.
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6General provisions
95 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
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.
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.
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.
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.
All land and structures shall be used and constructed in compliance with regulations and requirements of this chapter
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.
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.
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.
All residentially zoned properties and nonresidential zoned properties developed with residential uses shall provide landscaping as required under this section.
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.
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.
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.
When an enclosed garage is required, the minimum interior dimension for each parking space shall be ten feet wide by 20 feet deep.
Parking calculations for all zoning districts shall be determined by use, as identified in the following table.
For parallel parking, the dimensions of the parking stall shall be not less than ten feet in width and 23 feet in depth.
Every hospital, institution, hotel, commercial, or industrial building shall have and maintain off-street loading spaces in addition to required off-street parking requirements.
No discretionary permit is required by the City for an electric vehicle charging station.
A sign permit is required for all signs.
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)...
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.
- Chapter 44 - ZONING707.5K charsRead →