Los Angeles County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
37 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
2Commercial
5Business Zone
Business Zone
Commercial Zone C-1
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
Commercial Zone C-3
- Max height
- 35 ft
Other
11Industrial
4M-1 (Avocado Heights CSD)
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
M-2 Zone
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 315
Industrial Zone
Mixed use
5Mixed Use Zone 1
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 5 ft
- Permitted uses
- 20
Mixed Use 2 Zone
- Max density
- 150 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 66
Mixed Use 3 Zone
- Max density
- 150 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 52
Residential
10South San Gabriel CSD - R-1
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 24
Single-Family Residential
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 14
Multi-Family Residential
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
R-4 Zone
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
High Density Multiple Residence Zone
- Max height
- 65 ft
- Permitted uses
- 8
Residential Low-Medium 1 Zone
- Max density
- 18 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 19
Residential Low-Medium 2 Zone
- Max density
- 30 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 18
Willowbrook Residential 1 Zone
- Front setback
- 6 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Willowbrook Residential 2 Zone
- Front setback
- 6 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Willowbrook Residential 3 Zone
- Front setback
- 6 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
General provisions
1,302 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Portable outdoor advertising signs may be placed and maintained in conformance with the provisions of Section 22.114.070 (Outdoor Advertising Signs—Conditions) as well as the following additional conditions of use
Business signs are permitted in Zones A-1, A-2, O-S, P-R, B-1, and W, subject to the following restrictions: ... Freestanding business signs shall not: Be placed on any property nearer than 25 feet to a lot line, other than one adjoining a street or highway; Be placed within a required front or corner side yard nearer than 10 feet to the highway line of the adjacent street, highway, or parkway.
Business signs are permitted in Zones A-1, A-2, O-S, P-R, B-1, and W, subject to the following restrictions
Business signs are permitted in Zones C-H, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-M, C-MJ, C-R, R-R, M-1, M-1.5, M-2, M-2.5, M-3, C-RU, MXD-RU, and MXD
In Zones R-R, C-H, C-1, and MXD-RU, a maximum of two square feet of wall sign area for each one linear foot of building frontage; and In Zones C-2, C-3, C-M, C-MJ, C-R, M-1, M-1.5, M-2, M-2.5, M-3, C-RU, and MXD, a maximum of three square feet of wall sign area for each one linear foot of building frontage.
In Zones R-R, C-H, C-1, and MXD-RU, a maximum of two square feet of wall sign area for each one linear foot of building frontage; and In Zones C-2, C-3, C-M, C-MJ, C-R, M-1, M-1.5, M-2, M-2.5, M-3, C-RU, and MXD, a maximum of three square feet of wall sign area for each one linear foot of building frontage.
Roof and freestanding business signs shall be permitted on any lot for each street or highway frontage having a continuous distance of 100 feet or more.
Roof and freestanding business signs shall be permitted on any lot for each street or highway frontage having a continuous distance of 100 feet or more.
Each ground-floor business may substitute projecting business sign area for wall sign area on the basis of one-half square foot of permitted projecting sign area for each one square foot of permitted wall sign area.
Each ground-floor business may substitute projecting business sign area for wall sign area on the basis of one-half square foot of permitted projecting sign area for each one square foot of permitted wall sign area.
Each business establishment shall be permitted incidental business signs, provided: That such signs are wall signs or are attached to an existing freestanding sign structure; That such signs do not exceed three feet in sign area or six square feet in total sign area; and That the sum of the sign areas of all such signs does not exceed 10 square feet.
Each business establishment shall be permitted incidental business signs, provided: That such signs are wall signs or are attached to an existing freestanding sign structure; That such signs do not exceed three feet in sign area or six square feet in total sign area; and That the sum of the sign areas of all such signs does not exceed 10 square feet.
Each business establishment shall be permitted temporary window signs, provided that such signs do not exceed 25 percent of the area of any single window or of adjoining windows on the same frontage.
Each business establishment shall be permitted temporary window signs, provided that such signs do not exceed 25 percent of the area of any single window or of adjoining windows on the same frontage.
Building identification signs are permitted in all zones, except Zones B-1 and B-2, subject to the following restrictions: In Zones R-1, R-2, R-A, A-1, A-2, O-S, R-R, and W, one wall-mounted sign, not to exceed one square foot in sign area, shall be permitted per principal use.
Building identification signs are permitted in all zones, except Zones B-1 and B-2, subject to the following restrictions
Temporary real estate signs are permitted in all zones subject to the following restrictions: In Zones R-1, R-2, R-A, A-1, A-2, O-S, R-R, and W, one wall-mounted or freestanding real estate sign shall be permitted for each street or highway frontage, provided: That such sign does not exceed six square feet in sign area or 12 square feet in total sign area on any street or highway frontage of 100 feet or less
Temporary real estate signs are permitted in all zones subject to the following restrictions
Temporary construction signs are permitted in all zones, subject to the following restrictions: In Zones R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-A, A-1, A-2, O-S, and W, one wall-mounted or freestanding construction sign shall be permitted for each street or highway frontage, provided: That such sign does not exceed six square feet in sign area or 12 square feet in total sign area on any street or highway frontage of 100 feet or less
Temporary construction signs are permitted in all zones, subject to the following restrictions
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.