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City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

PREFACE

this Zoning code (chapter 1A) of the los Angeles Municipal code (lAMc) serves as the new Zoning code, a comprehensive update of the city's zoning system. the new Zoning code will be applied incrementally on a geographic basis through the update of the city's community Plans. in drafting the revised plans, the new zoning tools provided in this Zoning code (chapter 1A) will be applied to properties within each community Plan area.

eventually, this Zoning code (chapter 1A) will supersede and serve as the only Zoning code for los Angeles. However in the interim, until all the community Plans have been updated and properties remapped using the new zoning system, properties in community Plan areas not yet updated will be regulated by the provisions of the Zoning code found in existing Chapter I. (General Provisions and Zoning) of this lAMc. Only when the entire city has been rezoned using the new zoning in this Zoning code (chapter 1A) will Chapter I. (General Provisions and Zoning) be removed from the lAMc.

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Preface Established by Ord. 188,418, Eff. 01/20/2025, Oper. 01/27/2025

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Div. 1.1. Ge	neral Municipal Code Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Div. 1.2. Mu	nicipal Code Administrative Citations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Div. 1.3. Or	ientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Sec. 1.3.1.	Zone String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Sec. 1.3.2.	Non-Zone String Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Sec. 1.3.3.	relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Div. 1.4. Int	roductory Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Sec. 1.4.1.	General rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Sec. 1.4.2.	Applicability of this Zoning code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Sec. 1.4.3.	Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-15
Sec. 1.4.4.	Successional rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-16
Sec. 1.4.5.	Vested rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-17
Sec. 1.4.6.	continuance of existing Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-18
Sec. 1.4.7.	Warren e&P, inc. v. city of los Angeles and Oil regulations . . . . . . . . .1-19
Div. 1.5. Zo	ning Code Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Sec. 1.5.1.	General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Sec. 1.5.2.	Zoning Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
Sec. 1.5.3.	Primary Street Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
Sec. 1.5.4.	local Affordable Housing incentive Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-27
Sec. 1.5.5.	targeted Planting Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28
Sec. 1.5.6.	Hillside Area Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
Sec. 1.5.7.	coastal Zone Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30
Sec. 1.5.8.	Special lot line Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-31
Sec. 1.5.9.	Alcohol Permission Area Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
Sec. 1.5.10.	inclusionary Housing Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33
Sec. 1.5.11.	Public Access easement Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34
Sec. 1.5.12.	Public Benefits incentive Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
Sec. 1.5.13.	inventory of Housing elements Sites Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-36
Sec. 1.5.14.	Prior Housing element Sites Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-37
Sec. 1.5.15.	lower income rezoning Housing element Sites Map . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38
Sec. 1.5.16.	transit Oriented incentive Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39
Sec. 1.5.17.	Mixed income Housing incentive Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-44
Sec. 1.5.18.	Major transit Stop Area Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-48
Sec. 1.5.19.	Freeway Adjacency Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-49
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Div. 1.6. Em	ergency Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 1-50
Sec. 1.6.1.	local emergency temporary regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 1-50
Sec. 1.6.2.	emergency Homeless Shelters — city Owned & leased Property . . .	. 1-60
Sec. 1.6.3.	emergency Homeless Shelters — charitable Organizations . . . . . . .	. .1-61
Sec. 1.6.4.	temporary residency in residential Vehicle Pending reconstruction
	of Disaster-Destroyed Dwelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 1-62
Sec. 1.6.5.	temporary regulatory relief During A local emergency . . . . . . . .	. 1-63
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