Signal Hill
Zoning districts
40 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
10- Max height
- 90 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
- Max height
- 90 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
- Max height
- 90 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
- Max height
- 70 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
Town Center East Specific Plan
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 48
SP-12 Gateway Center North Specific Plan - Area One
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
Town Center West Specific Plan District
Auto Center Specific Plan
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
Commercial Corridor Specific Plan
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 44
Industrial
3Other
4Residential
18Planned Development District 2
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 10 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 6
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 12
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Hathaway Ridge Residential Specific Plan
- Max height
- 34 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 8.33 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 5
Cityview Residential Specific Plan
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Max density
- 25.8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
Villagio Residential Specific Plan
- Max height
- 36.5 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Crescent Square Residential Specific Plan
- Max height
- 38.5 ft
- Front setback
- 7 ft
- Max density
- 8.81 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
SP-18 PacificWalk Residential Specific Plan
- Max height
- 37 ft
- Front setback
- 12 ft
- Max density
- 24 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 5
Hilltop Specific Plan District
SP-20 Freeman Heights Residential Specific Plan
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
The Courtyard Specific Plan
- Max height
- 23 ft
- Front setback
- 26.75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Summerland Residential Specific Plan
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 2 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
California Crown Specific Plan
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Signal Hill Village Specific Plan
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 3.5 ft
- Max density
- 14.55 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
Bixby Ridge Specific Plan District
Mixed use
2Heritage Square Central Business District Specific Plan
- Min lot
- 191,664 sq ft (4.4 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 17.65 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 8
Town Center Northwest Specific Plan
- Max height
- 60 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Max density
- 66.75 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 41
General provisions
78 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Double-faced signs shall count as one sign. Signs located at the intersection of any two streets... shall be placed so as not to create a visual blockage... Signs shall be maintained in a neat, clean, orderly and safe manner at all times. In each instance and under the same conditions in which this chapter permits any sign, a noncommercial sign constructed to the same physical dimensions and characteristics shall be permitted in lieu of that sign.
Major highways as designed on the 'Official Plan Lines Map of the City of Signal Hill' shall have a minimum right-of-way width of one hundred feet.
Secondary highways as designated on the 'Official Plan Lines Map of the City of Signal Hill' shall have a minimum right-of-way width of eighty feet.
Secondary modified highways as designated on the 'Official Plan Lines Map of the City of Signal Hill' shall have a minimum right-of-way width of seventy feet.
Local streets as designated on the 'Official Plan Lines Map of the City of Signal Hill' shall have a minimum right-of-way width of sixty feet.
Alleys as designated on the 'Official Plan Lines Map of the City of Signal Hill' shall have a minimum right-of-way width of twenty feet.
Pedestrian Connection as designated on the 'Official Plan Lines Map of the City of Signal Hill' shall include public right-of-way for pedestrian access.
Development in each study area shall include a complete traffic analysis of the study area, prepared by a registered traffic engineer for review and approval by the city engineer.
No building, structure or other improvement, whether publicly or privately owned, shall be erected, altered, moved in or placed within the official plan lines of streets and highways as adopted by this chapter.
The city engineer may make minor reductions to any of the standards contained herein of up to five percent of the right-of-way width, except for the drivable width of streets and alleys.
When practical difficulties, unnecessary hardships or results inconsistent with the general purpose of this chapter occur through a strict interpretation of the provisions hereof, the planning commission may initiate proceedings for consideration of a variance from the terms of this chapter.
An urban lot split must satisfy each of the following requirements: ... Lot size: The lot to be split must be at least 2,400 square feet. The resulting lots must each be at least 1,200 square feet.
five hundred sixty square feet of land per single-family dwelling unit and three hundred eighty-five square feet of land per multiple-family dwelling unit shall be dedicated.
A preliminary soils report... shall be required for every subdivision for which a final tract or final parcel map is required.
Security to guarantee the performance of any act or agreement shall be in the following amounts: An amount determined by the city engineer equal to one hundred percent of the total estimated cost...
Any use not specifically listed shall be prohibited. No place of public assemblage, institution, or school shall be erected within three hundred feet of any oil well that has not been abandoned.
In each residential district, each lot shall comply with lot area and dimension standards contained in Chapter 20.66, and shall have the minimum area and dimensions shown below.
All storage yards and outdoor storage areas shall be enclosed by a fence, wall, or gate... Fences shall be new six to eight foot high chain link fences... Storage shall be setback a minimum five feet from the property line when adjacent to residential zones.
The following standards shall apply to all trucking yards: ...
Purpose: ... accessory uses on properties outside of the SP-4 Auto Center Specific Plan ... in the industrial zoning districts.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.
- CHAPTER 20.25 SP-25 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ACADEMY (AUHS/AURA) SPECIFIC PLAN8.4K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 20.26 SP-23 HERITAGE SQUARE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN47K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 20.33 SP-13 CHERRY AVENUE CORRIDOR RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN25.7K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 20.34 SP-14 HATHAWAY RIDGE RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN13.3K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 20.35 SP-15 CITYVIEW RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN12.3K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 20.36 SP-16 VILLAGIO RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN13.5K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 20.38 SP-18 PACIFICWALK RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN12.7K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 20.39 SP-19 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL SPECIFIC PLAN20.4K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.04 GENERAL PROVISIONS1.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.08 REQUIRED MAPS1.1K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.12 PRELIMINARY AND TENTATIVE MAPS--FILING AND REVIEW PROCEDURES12.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.13 FINANCE AND CONVEYANCE MAPS9.8K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.14 VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS6.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.16 FINAL MAPS8.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.20 EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVERS3.3K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.24 LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS2.8K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.26 URBAN LOT SPLITS35.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.28 MERGER OF PARCELS*11.8K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.32 DEDICATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, REQUIREMENTS15.1K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.36 REQUIREMENTS2K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.40 BONDING AND IMPROVEMENT SECURITY8.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 18.44 ENFORCEMENT4K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.02 GENERAL PROVISIONS3.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.04 DEFINITIONS101K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.06 ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAP5.1K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.08 GENERAL CONDITIONS4.3K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.09 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AUTHORIZATION8K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.10 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS*56.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.14 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT20.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.16 PD-2 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT22.3K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.18 OPEN SPACE DISTRICT22.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.20 COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS69.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.21 ORANGE AVENUE OVERLAY DISTRICT8K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.22 STORAGE YARDS AND OUTDOOR STORAGE AREAS14.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.23 TRUCKING YARD PERFORMANCE STANDARDS9.1K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.24 AUTO CENTER ACCESSORY USES22K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.27 SP-22 SUMMERLAND RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN11.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.28 SP-21 THE COURTYARD SPECIFIC PLAN16K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.29 SP-20 FREEMAN HEIGHTS RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN13.2K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.30 SP-10 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY SPECIFIC PLAN40.2K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.31 SP-11 CRESCENT HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN4.2K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.32 SP-12 GATEWAY CENTER NORTH SPECIFIC PLAN45.2K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.37 SP-17 CRESCENT SQUARE RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN13.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.40 SP-1 TOWN CENTER EAST SPECIFIC PLAN28.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.41 SP-7 SPECIAL PURPOSE HOUSING SPECIFIC PLAN120.4K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.42 SP-2 HILLTOP SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICT4.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.43 SP-8 SIGNAL HILL VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN14.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.44 SP-9 BIXBY RIDGE SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICT5.3K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.45 SP-3 TOWN CENTER WEST SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICT4.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.46 SP-24 TOWN CENTER NORTHWEST SPECIFIC PLAN41.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.47 SP-4 AUTO CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN14.1K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.48 SP-5 CALIFORNIA CROWN SPECIFIC PLAN4.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.49 SP-6 COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN27K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.50 CONDOMINIUMS18.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.51 TENNIS COURT AND SIMILAR RECREATIONAL COURT REGULATIONS2.8K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.52 SITE PLAN AND DESIGN REVIEW*48.4K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.56 RECYCLING FACILITIES21.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.57 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES11.8K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.58 SIGNS*52.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.64 USES SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS11.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.65 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION PROCEDURE10K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.66 PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS19.3K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.70 OFF-STREET PARKING*20K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.72 OFFICIAL PLAN LINES*11.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.80 CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY4.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.82 NONCONFORMING LOTS, BUILDINGS, AND USES*9.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.84 VARIANCES12.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.86 AMENDMENTS8.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.88 FILING FEES797 charsRead →
- Chapter 20.98 PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS1.2K charsRead →