Los Angeles Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1A Art. 2 Form
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Part 2A. Introduction
Part 2B. Form Districts Part 2c. Form Rules
Article Publication Update | August 20, 2026
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City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A
CONTENTS
| Part 2A. In |
troduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 |
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| Div. 2A.1. | Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 |
| Div. 2A.2. | General rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 |
| Part 2B. F |
orm Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . 2-14 |
| Div. 2B.1. | rural Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 |
| Div. 2B.2. | estate Form Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 |
| Div. 2B.3. | House Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . .2-17 |
| Div. 2B.4. | Very low-rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 |
| Div. 2B.5. | Very low-rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-19 |
| Div. 2B.6. | Very low-rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 |
| Div. 2B.7. | Very low-rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-22 |
| Div. 2B.8. | low-rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-24 |
| Div. 2B.9. | low-rise Medium Form Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-25 |
| Div. 2B.10. | low-rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-32 |
| Div. 2B.11. | low-rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-34 |
| Div. 2B.12. | Mid-rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-36 |
| Div. 2B.13. | Mid-rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-37 |
| Div. 2B.14. | Mid-rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-38 |
| Div. 2B.15. | Mid-rise Full Form Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-40 |
| Div. 2B.16. | Moderate-rise Medium Form Districts. . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-41 |
| Div. 2B.17. | Moderate-rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-46 |
| Div. 2B.18. | Moderate-rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-47 |
| Div. 2B.19. | High-rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-48 |
| Div. 2B.20. | High-rise Broad Form Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-50 |
| Div. 2B.21. | High-rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-56 |
| Part 2C. F |
orm Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . 2-57 |
| Div. 2c.1. | lot Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-58 |
| Div. 2c.2. | coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-61 |
| Div. 2c.3. | Amenity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-68 |
| Div. 2c.4. | Floor Area ratio & Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . 2-87 |
| Div. 2c.5. | Building Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . .2-100 |
| Div. 2c.6. | Upper-Story Bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . .2-104 |
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