Municipality · California

Lomita

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
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Districts
172
Extracted rules
974
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. 11-1.67.04(4)9 standards

Wall signs: Front wall signs flush against the face of the building... total sign area not to exceed fifteen (15) percent of the area of the front wall.

Sec. 11-1.67.04(4)26 standards

C-G, Commercial General and C-R, Commercial, Retail: (a) Wall signs: (i) Front wall signs flush against the face of the building and not projecting more than one-foot therefrom shall be permitted a total sign area not to exceed fifteen (15) percent of the area of the front wall of the building...

Sec. 11-1.67.04(4)26 standards

C-G, Commercial General and C-R, Commercial, Retail: (a) Wall signs: (i) Front wall signs flush against the face of the building and not projecting more than one-foot therefrom shall be permitted a total sign area not to exceed fifteen (15) percent of the area of the front wall of the building...

Sec. 11-1.67.04(5)3 standards

Wall signs: Front wall signs flush against the face of the building... total sign area not to exceed ten (10) percent of the area of the total building wall.

Sec. 11-1.67.04(5)5 standards

M-C, Light Manufacturing and Commercial: (a) Wall signs: (i) Front wall signs flush against the face of the building and not projecting more than one (1) foot therefrom shall be permitted a total sign area not to exceed ten (10) percent of the area of the total building wall...

Sec. 11-1.67.04(6)11 standards

Allowed sign area: Each building or tenant space shall be allowed the amount of sign area indicated below. Front wall signs: The total area of all signs on a front building wall shall not exceed one and one half (1.5) square feet of sign area for each linear foot of building wall or building frontage assigned to a tenant.

Sec. 11-1.67.04(6)30 standards

D-C, Downtown Commercial: (a) Allowed sign area: Each building or tenant space shall be allowed the amount of sign area indicated below. (i) Front wall signs: The total area of all signs on a front building wall shall not exceed one and one half (1.5) square feet of sign area for each linear foot of building wall or building frontage assigned to a tenant. The maximum front wall sign area for any building or tenant space shall be forty (40) square feet...

Sec. 11-1.67.054 standards

The following types of signs, as defined herein, are prohibited in all zones within the City of Lomita: (1) Rotating, flashing, scintillating signs...

Sec. 11-1.67.057 standards

Prohibited signs and sign restrictions. (a) The following types of signs, as defined herein, are prohibited in all zones within the City of Lomita: (1) Rotating, flashing, scintillating signs and any other signs indicating motion or change of light intensity... (2) Rectangle signs which are freestanding, "A-frame" or "sandwich" signs or other similar-type portable signs, which are either carried or freestanding.

Sec. 11-1.67.065 standards

The following temporary signs may be permitted subject to the approval of the planning director...

Sec. 11-1.67.0610 standards

Permitted temporary signs in other than residential zones. (a) General requirements: The following temporary signs may be permitted subject to the approval of the planning director or a designated representative... (c) Permitted temporary signs: (1) Window sign(s) placed on the glass surface of a building may be either temporary or permanent. However, it may not cover more than thirty-five (35) percent of the total glass surface area...

Sec. 11-1.68.022 standards

Fences, walls, gates, and other screening devices within the front yard or along the frontage of any property in a commercial zone shall not exceed forty-two (42) inches in height.

Sec. 11-1.68.022 standards

Fence, wall, gate, and other screening device height standards in commercial zones. Except as otherwise permitted in this chapter, the following requirements apply to fences, walls, gates, and other screening devices: a. Fences, walls, gates, and other screening devices within the front yard or along the frontage of any property in a commercial zone shall not exceed forty-two (42) inches in height. b. Fences, walls, gates, and other screening devices along rear and interior side property lines shall not exceed six (6) feet in height.

Sec. 11-1.68.032 standards

Three (3) feet shall be the minimum horizontal width of any required landscaping area or any form of fixed planter box...

Sec. 11-1.68.032 standards

Landscaping. In all areas subject to landscaping as required herein, the landscaping shall be developed in accordance with the provisions of this Article... 1. Dimension: Three (3) feet shall be the minimum horizontal width of any required landscaping area or any form of fixed planter box... 4. Residential front yards: ... at least fifty (50) percent of the front yard is landscaped.

Sec. 11-1.68.041 standards

A six-foot-high perimeter masonry wall shall be required adjacent to residential uses.

Sec. 11-1.68.041 standards

Assembly halls. In all zones where assembly halls are permitted, the following development standards are required for new assembly halls: (1) Parking Lot Facilities: (a) Landscaping for parking lots for new assembly halls shall be provided as required in Article 66. (b) A six-foot-high perimeter masonry wall shall be required adjacent to residential uses.

Sec. 11-1.68.052 standards

Neon tubing, color bands, string lights, outline lighting of buildings when used to accent any glass surfaces or illuminate the outline of a building...

Sec. 11-1.68.062 standards

A minimum sidewalk width of six (6) feet shall be maintained for pedestrians.

Sec. 11-1.68.063 standards

Outdoor dining. (6) Development standards. (d) A minimum sidewalk width of six (6) feet shall be maintained for pedestrians. (e) Off-street parking shall be provided at one parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of outdoor dining area. (f) Any parking space located within three (3) feet of the outdoor dining area shall include a wheel stop. (g) ... The height of these installations shall not exceed three (3) feet from the pedestrian surface to the top of the planter or other physical barrier.

Source documents

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