Westlake Village
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Residential
3Mobile Home Park
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 12,000 sq ft (0.28 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 3
Residential Planned Development
- Min lot
- 12,000 sq ft (0.28 ac)
- Max height
- 18 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
General provisions
61 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Residential zone directional signs; construction temp sign max 35 sq ft, height 5 ft, setback 10 ft; real estate signs max 6 sq ft.
Commercial/industrial/public institutional signage: monument signs max 35 sq ft, height 5 ft; wall signs up to 70 sq ft; accessory signs 4 sq ft; directional signs 4 sq ft; construction temp 35 sq ft.
High school digital signs: one digital sign visible from public right-of-way, max 85 sq ft, no audio, no flashing, etc.
Exempt temporary signs: election signs max 6 sq ft, height 5 ft; real estate signs max 6 sq ft (individual) or 35 sq ft (multi-unit), height 5 ft.
Prohibited signs include portable, flashing, revolving, etc.; illumination shall not cause glare; signs must be maintained; non-commercial message substitution allowed.
Minimum parking spaces per use: single-family 2 covered, apartments 1 covered+1 uncovered for 2+BR, restaurants 1 per 45 sf customer area, etc.
Parking design standards: stall dimensions, landscaping, lighting, slope, screening, location requirements.
Service stations require conditional use permit; min parcel 15,000 sq ft, frontage 150 ft; setbacks 10 ft from residential; landscaping 10%; lighting max 15 ft.
Protected tree permit required for altering/removing oak or heritage trees; approval requires findings.
Prior to occupancy of a nonresidential development that equals or exceeds twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of gross floor area, the developer shall provide... a bulletin board, display case, or kiosk displaying transportation information...
Decisions to approve or deny a zone clearance for an adult entertainment business shall be made by the Director without a public hearing.
The public artwork requirement shall apply to commercial, industrial, office, or other nonresidential development projects with a project cost of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for which a building permit is required.
The Building Superintendent shall not issue a demolition permit... unless a landscaping, fencing and maintenance agreement for vacant property... has been executed.
The City shall grant a density bonus, the amount of which shall be as specified in Government Code Section 65915(f).
Commercial cannabis land use is a prohibited use in every zone.
No person shall engage in commercial cannabis activity. A property owner shall not rent, lease or otherwise permit any person to engage in commercial cannabis activity on such owner's property.
No person shall cultivate cannabis outdoors. No person shall cultivate cannabis unless such cultivation is in compliance with Health and Safety Code sections 11362.1 and 11362.2. No person shall cultivate cannabis unless such cultivation occurs indoors.
The Westlake North Specific Plan is set forth in Chapter 9.24 of this Title. The area covered by the Westlake North Specific Plan shall be established as Multiple Use (MU) Zone, and shall be designated on the zoning map by the designation 'MU—SP No. 1.'
The North Business Park Specific Plan ... facilitates the redevelopment of an aging business park into mixed use, residential, and commercial development, located on approximately two hundred (200) acres of property just north of the 101 Freeway, south of Thousand Oaks Boulevard, east of the City limits, and west of Lindero Canyon Road. The area covered by the North Business Park Specific Plan shall be established as the North Business Park Specific Plan (SP No. 2) Zone, and shall be designated on the Zoning Map by the designation 'SP No. 2.'
Transitional and supportive housing shall be permitted in any zone that allows residential uses, and subject only to the provisions and development standards applicable to residential uses of the same type in the same zone. Supportive housing shall be permitted with a zoning clearance ... in any zone where multifamily and mixed uses are permitted if the proposed housing development satisfies all of the requirements of California Government Code Section 65651(a). If the supportive housing development is located within one-half mile of a public transit stop, no parking spaces are required for the units occupied by supportive housing residents per Government Code Section 65654.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.
- ARTICLE 10. - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS14.7K charsRead →
- ARTICLE 9. - ZONING REGULATIONS496.2K charsRead →