West Covina
Zoning districts
25 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
6Residential
11Multi-Family Residential Zone MF-15
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
Multi-Family Residential Zone MF-20
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
Multi-Family Residential Zone MF-45
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 55 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 45 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
Multi-Family Residential Zone MF-8
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 10
Planned Community Development Zone
Planned Unit Development Overlay Zone
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
R-1
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-A
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 13
Mixed use
5Mixed-Use Zones
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
NMU
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
OPMU
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
RMU
- Min lot
- 1,306,800 sq ft (30 ac)
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
SMU
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
General provisions
129 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Small residential rooftop solar energy system shall mean all of the following: (a) A solar energy system that is not larger than ten (10) kilowatts alternating current nameplate rating or thirty (30) kilowatts thermal.
Private streets. Undedicated streets built to the standards and specifications as adopted from time to time by resolution of the Planning Commission and shall be not less than twenty-eight (28) feet in width between curbs.
Structure. Anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or attached to something having a location on the ground, but not including fences or walls used as fences less than six (6) feet in height.
Small collection facility ... does not occupy an area of more than five hundred (500) square feet unless operated on the same site and in conjunction with a materials recovery facility or solid waste transfer station.
COW means a 'cell on wheels' ... Under this division, the maximum time a facility can be installed to be considered a COW is five (5) days.
Substantial change shall mean the following: ... increases the height of the tower or base station by more than ten (10) percent or ten (10) feet, whichever is greater; ... involves adding an appurtenance ... protrude from the edge of the structure by more than six (6) feet; ... excavation more than twelve (12) feet from the eligible support structure is proposed;
SWF means a 'small wireless facility' ... that meet all the following conditions: ... mounted on an existing or proposed structure fifty (50) feet or less in height ... no more than ten (10) percent taller than other adjacent structures ... each antenna no more than three (3) cubic feet in volume ... all other wireless equipment no more than twenty-eight (28) cubic feet in volume
All landscape areas and irrigation systems shall be subject to the water efficiency provisions contained in article III, division 5 of this Code, and the Planning Commission Guidelines for Water Efficient Landscaping, unless specifically exempted by those water efficiency provisions.
All landscape areas and irrigations systems shall be subject to the water efficiency provisions contained in article III, division 5 of this Development Code, and the Planning Commission Guidelines for Water Efficient Landscaping.
The developer shall plant, water, and maintain each graded slope on unsold property developed with structures until all properties within the development have been occupied.
All landscape areas... shall be maintained free of litter and diseased or dead plants. Landscapes shall be maintained to ensure water efficiency...
The purchase, consumption, tasting and sales of alcoholic beverages shall be limited to only those products produced on site.
A brewery, wine blending or distillery use may not exceed production of fifteen thousand (15,000) barrels per year for breweries or one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) gallons for wine blending/distillery uses.
The outdoor dining area shall be located in a manner which will not obstruct pedestrian or vehicular line of sight, interfere with vehicular or pedestrian mobility, or impede access to City or public utilities or facilities.
The outdoor dining area shall be kept in a good state of repair and maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition at all times.
The following signs are allowed in all districts and exempt from the requirements of a sign permit provided the sign is not illuminated and does not create a public nuisance and are not located in a public right-of-way.
The following signs are prohibited except as provided in article V, division 3, nonconforming signs and section 26-104, temporary signs:
Any sign greater than six (6) square feet on property located within a residential zone, except as otherwise provided by this Development Code.
Each sign in a residential zoning district established by article II of this Development Code shall comply with the following requirements:
Sign development standards and regulations. Temporary banner signs.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.
- Chapter 26 - ZONING1.1M charsRead →