Article 17.6 — "TCO" TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR OVERLAY ZONE

§ 12-38.101. Purpose. ¶

The Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone ("Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone") is established to provide for the orderly development of a fixed guideway public mass transit facility extension of approximately 1.6 miles to connect (and allow for the transfer of passengers between) the Metro K Line and the major employment, housing, and activity centers located along South Prairie Avenue between Manchester Boulevard (to the north) and West 104th Street (to the south). The Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone's establishment is informed by the unique nature of the transit project, including its expanse over multiple underlying zones and the need for integration into various public rights-of-way. Realization of this key transit facility connection will result in new economic and air quality benefits, facilitate one of the largest economic development programs in Los Angeles County, improve mobility, reduce vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions, and offer a major regional economic stimulus through job creation and workforce development opportunities. (Ord. 22-09 4-19-22)

§ 12-38.102. Applicability. ¶

The intent of this Article is to allow for the additional Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone Uses (as such term is defined in Section 12-38.103 ) within the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone and to establish development standards applicable to such uses. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the provisions of the Inglewood Municipal Code, Chapter 12, Planning and Zoning, shall apply. This Article shall prevail in the event of a conflict with other provisions of Chapter 12. The development and continuation of all uses other than the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone Uses shall be governed by the applicable provisions of Chapter 12, including those of the applicable underlying zoning district.

(Ord. 22-09 4-19-22)

§ 12-38.103. Definitions. ¶

"Automated transit system" (ATS) means a fixed guideway system that operates fully automated, driverless vehicles along an exclusive right-of-way.

"ITC design guidelines" means the Inglewood Transit Connector Design Standards and Guidelines.

"Maintenance and storage facility" means the location(s) where regular and preventive maintenance of ATS components is performed and transit vehicle fleet is stored, which may also include operations control center(s) where automated train operations are monitored and controlled.

"Mobility hubs and multimodal pick-up and drop-off facilities" means a facility that provides passengers with access to several modes of transportation which may include, but is not limited to,

an ATS, light rail transit, municipal bus, bicycles, shuttles, taxis, commercial and shared ride vehicles.

"Station" means a place designated for the purpose of loading and unloading passengers, including patron service areas and ancillary spaces associated with the same structure. (Ord. 22-09 4-19-22)

§ 12-38.104. Permitted Uses. ¶

Properties in the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone may be used for the following additional permitted uses (collectively, the "Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone Uses"):

(A) The construction, operation and maintenance of a fixed guideway transportation system, including, without limitation, light rail (which may consist of an automated people mover system, automated guideway transit, monorail, and/or any other comparable system that may be steelwheel/steel rail, rubber tired or magnetically levitated, supported on rail(s) from below, straddling, or suspended from overhead beam(s) from above), trolley, busway (including rapid transit), and/or comparable transit or transportation system, including public and private rightsof-way, easements, underground utilities, tracks, spurs, guideways, footings, support columns, support beams, and any appurtenant facilities, improvements, and equipment, including stations (which may be at-grade or elevated and comprise of one or multiple levels), maintenance facilities, storage facilities, operations control centers, related administrative and office facilities, restrooms, vertical and horizontal circulation elements (such as stairs, escalators, elevators, and pedestrian bridges and walkways), plazas or similar open space areas, platforms, signals, utility and storage areas, power distribution elements, electrical or traction power substations, rolling stock, and the like, that are necessary and related to the operation, maintenance and security of the transportation system.
(B) Parking facilities (surface, subsurface, or structured) for transportation facilities (including such facilities' employees and users) or for use by adjacent businesses or public facilities.
(C) Mobility hubs (which may be co-located with parking facilities) and multimodal pick-up and dropoff facilities.
(D) In conjunction with the uses permitted in subsections A through C of this Section, property in the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone may be landscaped and otherwise improved with ornamental fencing, ornamental lighting, directional and informational signage, public information and communications signage systems and all related facilities, fiberoptics, emergency lighting, security systems, rest areas and seating, café or food service carts, service kiosks or structures, retail, and other similar streetscape improvements, public amenities or other uses typically found in public transit stations.
(E) Station sites and maintenance or storage facility sites in the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone may be jointly developed with station facilities and commercial, residential, public facility, or mixed uses.
(F) As interim uses only during periods of construction, construction staging and laydown (including storage of all equipment and materials), fencing, construction-related office and employee space (which may include restrooms and a canteen and/or food vendor area), interim parking, and ancillary temporary structures and any other temporary use approved by the Director of Public Works as reasonably related to any of the foregoing temporary or permanent uses or otherwise in the public interest.
(Ord. 22-09 4-19-22)

§ 12-38.105. Development Guidelines Review. ¶

(A) Development of the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone Uses within the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone shall be subject to the Inglewood Transit Connector Design Standards & Guidelines (the "ITC Design Guidelines") adopted by City Council Resolution, as such ITC Design Guidelines may be amended from time to time as provided therein.
(B) The ITC Design Guidelines establish specific design standards for the development of the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone Uses within the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone and the review and permitting process for the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone Uses.
(C) The ITC Design Guidelines include, with respect to project design, standards for site design, features and design elements for buildings, structures, transit system elements, streetscapes, landscaping, lighting, parking, and sustainability. With respect to the development of the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone Uses within the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone, the ITC Design Guidelines shall apply in lieu of any contrary provisions in the Inglewood Municipal Code, the Downtown Inglewood and Fairview Heights Transit Oriented Development Plan, or the Hollywood Park Specific Plan, including without limitation the Site Plan Review process in Article 18.1 of this Chapter and any other design, plan review, or permit process described in any of the foregoing documents. Compliance with the review process as specified in the ITC Design Guidelines shall be required prior to the issuance of building permit(s) for the development of the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone Uses within the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone to the full extent detailed in the ITC Design Guidelines. Plans submitted under the ITC Design Guidelines shall be approved unless materially inconsistent with the applicable standards established in this Article and the ITC Design Guidelines, as more particularly provided therein.
(Ord. 22-09 4-19-22)

§ 12-38.106. Setbacks. ¶

(A) No setback shall be required for the uses permitted under Section 12-38.104 .
(B) To the extent that any minimum setback required under the C-2, C-R or HPSP Zones is located within the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone on the date of its establishment, such land shall continue to be treated as legal setback areas and, as such, shall continue to be counted within any floor area ratio or density calculations under the C-2, C-R or HPSP Zones irrespective of whether such property is developed with the uses permitted under Section 12-38.104 or dedicated as public right-of-way. Such treatment shall not cause any building or use otherwise lawfully erected, altered, or maintained in portions of the C-2, C-R, or HPSP Zones adjoining the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone to be classified as a nonconforming building or nonconforming use under Section 12-60 of this Chapter.
(Ord. 22-09 4-19-22)

§ 12-38.107. Height Limits. ¶

No new building, tent, structure or equipment (whether fixed or movable) permitted under Section 12-38.106 shall be constructed or erected within this zone which exceeds:

(A) For stations sites and all appurtenant facilities and improvements, one hundred and ten feet above finished grade.
(B) For maintenance and storage facility sites, seventy-five feet above finished grade.
(C) For all other improvements structures, and elements of the proposed project which include the guideway, seventy-five feet above finished grade.
(Ord. 22-09 4-19-22)

§ 12-38.108. Street Frontage. ¶

Minimum street frontage requirements shall not apply to the development of any Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone Uses within the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone. (Ord. 22-09 4-19-22)

§ 12-38.109. Parking Requirements. ¶

Parking requirements and standards as they apply to the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone Uses in the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone shall be as set forth in the ITC Design Guidelines. (Ord. 22-09 4-19-22)

§ 12-38.110. Public Art. ¶

The provision of Section 12-4.1 shall not apply to development of the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone Uses in the Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone. The location of any public art to be provided shall be determined as specified under the ITC Design Guidelines. (Ord. 22-09 4-19-22)

§ 12-38.111. Boundary. ¶

The Transportation Corridor Overlay Zone boundaries include the following:

(A) All parcels on which property rights are anticipated to be acquired to site project infrastructure components, plus
(B) Along the portion of Prairie Avenue where roadway realignment is occurring, the additional width of Prairie Avenue plus an additional thirty feet of depth into the parcels directly east of those portions of Prairie Avenue, plus
(C) To the extent not covered by the above, an additional buffer of thirty feet around the anticipated envelope of project infrastructure components.
(Ord. 22-09 4-19-22)