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Article 2 — FORM

Division 2A.2 — GENERAL RULES

Los Angeles Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1A · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Los Angeles

Sec. 2A.2.1. FORM

City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

This Article (Form) regulates the placement, scale, and intensity of buildings and structures on a lot in

order to ensure building forms are compatible with their context and promote projects that support

community goals.

Sec. 2A.2.1. (Form) | 2-12 Established by Ord. 188,418, Eff. 01/20/2025, Oper. 01/27/2025

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Div. 2A.2. (General Rules)

Sec. 2A.2.2. FORM APPLICABILITY

A. General

City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

All projects filed after the effective date of this Zoning Code (Chapter 1A) shall comply with the Form District standards in this Article (Form), as further specified in the applicability statement of

each Section in Part 2C. (Form Rules) . Form District standards only apply to the project activities

listed in each Section's applicability statement in Part 2C. (Form Rules) . For vested rights, see Sec.

1.4.5. (Vested Rights), and for continuance of existing development, see Sec. 1.4.6. (Continuance of

Existing Development) .

B. Applicable Components of Lots, Buildings, & Structures

Unless otherwise provided, Form District (Part 2B.) standards apply to all portions of a lot and all

buildings and structures on a lot.

C. Nonconformities

Article 12. (Nonconformities) may provide relief from the requirements of this Article (Form) for

existing lots, site improvements, buildings, structures, and uses that conformed to the zoning

regulations, at the time they were established, but do not conform to current district standards or

use permissions. All project activities shall conform with Form District (Part 2B.) standards unless otherwise specified by Div. 12.2. (Form Exceptions) .

Sec. 2A.2.2. (Form Applicability) | 2-13 Established by Ord. 188,418, Eff. 01/20/2025, Oper. 01/27/2025

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Contents

Part 2B. FORM DISTRICTS

City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

Div. 2B.1. Rural Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.2. Estate Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.3. House Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.4. Very Low-Rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.5. Very Low-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.6. Very Low-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.7. Very Low-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Sec. 2B.7.1. Very Low-Rise Full 1 (VF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Div. 2B.8. Low-Rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Sec. 2B.8.1. Low-Rise Narrow 1 (LN1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Div. 2B.9. Low-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Sec. 2B.9.1. Low-Rise Medium 1 (LM1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Sec. 2B.9.2. Low-Rise Medium 2 (LM2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Div. 2B.10. Low-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Sec. 2B.10.1. Low-Rise Broad 1 (LB1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Sec. 2B.10.2. Low-Rise Broad 2 (LB2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Div. 2B.11. Low-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Sec. 2B.11.1. Low-Rise Full 1 (LF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Sec. 2B.11.2. Low-Rise Full 2 (LF2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Div. 2B.12. Mid-Rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Sec. 2B.12.1. Mid-Rise Narrow 1 (MN1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Div. 2B.13. Mid-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Sec. 2B.13.1. Mid-Rise Medium 1 (MM1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Div. 2B.14. Mid-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

Sec. 2B.14.1. Mid-Rise Broad 1 (MB1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

Sec. 2B.14.2. Mid-Rise Broad 2 (MB2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Div. 2B.15. Mid-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

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Div. 2B.16. Moderate-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

Sec. 2B.16.1. Moderate-Rise Medium 1 (DM1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

Sec. 2B.16.2. Moderate-Rise Medium 2 (DM2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

Sec. 2B.16.3. Moderate-Rise Medium 3 (DM3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32

Sec. 2B.16.4. Moderate-Rise Medium 4 (DM4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33

Sec. 2B.16.5. Moderate-Rise Medium 5 (DM5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34

Div. 2B.17. Moderate-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

Div. 2B.18. Moderate-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

Sec. 2B.18.1. Moderate-Rise Full 1 (DF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

Div. 2B.19. High-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37

Sec. 2B.19.1. High-Rise Medium 1 (HM1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37

Sec. 2B.19.2. High-Rise Medium 2 (HM2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38

Div. 2B.20. High-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39

Sec. 2B.20.1. High-Rise Broad 1 (HB1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39

Sec. 2B.20.2. High-Rise Broad 2 (HB2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40

Sec. 2B.20.3. High-Rise Broad 3 (HB3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41

Sec. 2B.20.4. High-Rise Broad 4 (HB4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42

Sec. 2B.20.5. High-Rise Broad 5 (HB5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43

Sec. 2B.20.6. High-Rise Broad 6 (HB6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44

Div. 2B.21. High-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45

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▸ Contents — Los Angeles Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1A
Los Angeles Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1A
  1. Article 1
  2. ▸ Article 2 — FORM
    Overview
    1. Division 2A.1 — ORIENTATION
    2. Division 2A.2 — GENERAL RULES
    3. Division 2B.1 — RURAL FORM DISTRICTS
    4. Division 2B.2 — ESTATE FORM DISTRICTS
    5. Division 2B.3 — HOUSE FORM DISTRICTS
    6. Division 2B.4 — VERY LOW-RISE NARROW FORM DISTRICTS
    7. Division 2B.5 — VERY LOW-RISE MEDIUM FORM DISTRICTS
    8. Division 2B.6 — VERY LOW-RISE BROAD FORM DISTRICTS
    9. Division 2B.7 — VERY LOW-RISE FULL FORM DISTRICTS
    10. Division 2B.8 — LOW-RISE NARROW FORM DISTRICTS
    11. Division 2B.9 — LOW-RISE MEDIUM FORM DISTRICTS
    12. Division 2B.10 — LOW-RISE BROAD FORM DISTRICTS
    13. Division 2B.11 — LOW-RISE FULL FORM DISTRICTS
    14. Division 2B.12 — MID-RISE NARROW FORM DISTRICTS
    15. Division 2B.13 — MID-RISE MEDIUM FORM DISTRICTS
    16. Division 2B.14 — MID-RISE BROAD FORM DISTRICTS
    17. Division 2B.15 — MID-RISE FULL FORM DISTRICTS
    18. Division 2B.16 — MODERATE-RISE MEDIUM FORM DISTRICTS
    19. Division 2B.17 — MODERATE-RISE BROAD FORM DISTRICTS
    20. Division 2B.18 — MODERATE-RISE FULL FORM DISTRICTS
    21. Division 2B.19 — HIGH-RISE MEDIUM FORM DISTRICTS
    22. Division 2B.20 — HIGH-RISE BROAD FORM DISTRICTS
    23. Division 2B.21 — HIGH-RISE FULL FORM DISTRICTS
    24. Division 2C.1 — LOT SIZE
    25. Division 2C.2 — COVERAGE
    26. Division 2C.3 — AMENITY
    27. Division 2C.4 — FLOOR AREA RATIO & HEIGHT
    28. Division 2C.5 — BUILDING MASS
    29. Division 2C.6 — UPPER-STORY BULK
  3. Article 3 — FRONTAGE
  4. Article 4
  5. Article 5 — USE
  6. Article 6 — DENSITY
  7. Article 7
  8. Article 8
  9. Article 9
  10. Article 10
  11. Article 11
  12. Article 12
  13. Article 13
  14. Article 14
  15. Article 15 — FEES

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