Municipality · California

Lomita

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
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Districts
172
Extracted rules
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Standards
18
Chapters read

Zoning districts

4 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

Sec. 11-1.15.12(L) (Lattice patio definition)3 standards

The maximum width of the lattice member shall not exceed two (2) inches; and The minimum separation from each parallel member shall be two (2) inches; and Such lattice patio shall remain permanently unenclosed.

Sec. 11-1.15.15(O)1 standards

Opening in reference to a subterranean garage door and/or pedestrian egress shall mean any portions of a basement with an exposed exterior wall surface daylighting more than fifty (50) percent.

Sec. 11-1.15.16(P)

Parking space shall mean a readily accessible area, but not including driveways, ramps, loading or work area maintained exclusively for the parking of one (1) motor vehicle.

Sec. 11-1.15.18(R)1 standards

Religious facility includes, without limitation, a church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or similar places for religious worship. Accessory uses on the same site associated with a religious facility are permitted...

Sec. 11-1.15.19(S)2 standards

Single-room occupancy housing unit (SRO): A residential facility where individual secure rooms are rented to a one- or two-person household. Rooms are generally one hundred fifty (150) to three hundred seventy-five (375) square feet in size...

Sec. 11-1.15.19(S)2 standards

Significant view shall mean a view that is at least forty-five (45) degrees as seen from an area not more than sixteen (16) feet above natural grade, and not in any required setback areas.

Sec. 11-1.15.19(S)1 standards

Small family day care home shall mean any residential home which provides day care, protection, and supervision for eight (8) or fewer children on a less than twenty-four (24) hours-per-day basis...

Sec. 11-1.15.19(S)1 standards

Small family home shall mean any residential home providing twenty-four (24) hours-per-day care, protection and supervision for six (6) or fewer children...

Sec. 11-1.15.19(S)1 standards

Story, half, shall mean a story with at least two (2) of its opposite sides situated immediately under a sloping roof, with the floor area of said story not in excess of two-thirds of the floor area of the floor immediately below it.

Sec. 11-1.15.19(S)1 standards

String lights shall mean two (2) or more exposed lamps, reflectorized bulbs or artificial illuminating devices which are energized. String lights strung along a glass surface of a business or when outlining a building shall be controlled in the same manner as neon tubing.

Sec. 11-1.15.20(T)1 standards

Thrift store shall mean a profit or nonprofit business or organization that engages in or specializes in the sale or resale of previously owned or used goods and merchandise from an area greater than twenty-five (25) percent of the total floor area devoted to retail sales.

Sec. 11-1.15.21(U)1 standards

Urban lot split means a ministerial application for a parcel to subdivide an existing parcel located within a single-family residential zone into two (2) parcels, as authorized by Section 66411.7 of the Government Code.

Sec. 11-1.15.22(V)2 standards

Vanpool shall mean a vehicle carrying seven (7) or more persons commuting together to and from work on a regular basis, usually in a vehicle with a seating arrangement designed to carry seven (7) to fifteen (15) adult passengers, and on a prepaid subscription basis.

Sec. 11-1.15.25(Y)1 standards

Yard, front, shall mean a landscaped yard extending across the full front width of the lot or parcel of land. The depth of a required front yard shall be a specified horizontal distance between the front lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land.

Sec. 11-1.26.061 standards

Each lot or parcel of land created in Zone O-S after the adoption of this ordinance [December 5, 1994] shall have a minimum lot area of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet. No structure in Zone O-S except historic structures shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.

Sec. 11-1.27.01 through 11-1.27.1625 standards

Dwelling unit density shall not exceed eighty-eight (88) units per acre. Maximum building height shall not exceed sixty-four (64) feet two (2) inches. Blended parking ratio no less than 1.86 spaces per unit.

Sec. 11-1.30.02, Note 10 & 112 standards

Garages shall be located a minimum of twenty (20) feet from secondary front property line. Garages must maintain a ten-foot distance from an alley centerline.

Sec. 11-1.30.02, Note 22 standards

Fifty (50) feet of frontage must be on a dedicated public or private street, except for urban lot splits (section 11-1.30.15). A lot fronting a turnaround portion of a cul-de-sac may be forty (40) feet wide.

Sec. 11-1.30.02, Note 41 standards

Setback equals ten (10) percent of the lot width, but not less than three (3) feet and need not exceed five (5) feet.

Sec. 11-1.30.02, Note 5

Residential properties located south of Pacific Coast Highway shall be limited to sixteen (16) feet, and no more than one-story, excluding basement, in height unless a height variation permit is granted.

Source documents

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