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Rancho Palos Verdes, California · District

RM-12

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Dimensional standards

RM-12 lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA15,000 sq ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
15,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.34 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

From the ordinance

| RM-12 | 3,600 | 15,000 | 75′ | 110′ | 25′ | 10′ | 25′ | 20′ | 40 | 30′ | 1 garage space (+25% of total parking required) | 2 garage spaces (+25% of total parking required) |
Table 04-A. Multiple-Family Residential Development Standards