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Parking spaces required for homes in Inglewood

Inglewood's own rules on parking spaces required for homes, with the code text for every value.

Each rule below links to the section of the Inglewood Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Inglewood's code says

Inglewood code What Inglewood's code adds
Parking in the front yard
  • Visitor parking may not be in a required front yard or street side yard setback.
    Applies: Multiple-unit residential and live-work facilities with 6 or more units.
    § 12-43 · code text
    Shall not be located within any required front yard or street side yard setback.
  • Allowed only on properties with a building setback of at least 30 feet and frontage of at least 100 feet.
    Applies: Circular driveways in a front yard or street side yard.
    § 12-52 · code text
    A circular driveway in a front yard or a street side yard shall be limited to those properties having a building setback of not less than thirty feet and a street frontage of not less than one hundred feet.
Garage and covered spaces
  • An existing home may keep its parking if each space is at least 8 feet wide and 18 feet long.
    Applies: Existing residential buildings that are structurally altered; there must be at least 1 parking space per dwelling unit on the lot.
    § 12-42 · code text
    No such parking space is less than eight feet wide and/or eighteen feet long;
Guest parking
  • 1 additional visitor parking space for every 3 units.
    Applies: Multiple-unit residential and live-work facilities with 6 or more units.
    § 12-43 · code text
    one additional parking space for visitors shall be provided on-site for every three units
Spaces per apartment or condo
  • 2 fully enclosed parking spaces for each unit.
    Applies: Three or more dwelling units on one lot.
    § 12-43 · code text
    Two fully enclosed parking spaces for each unit, per the standards of Section 12-50 of this Article.
  • 1.50 enclosed parking spaces for each residential unit.
    Applies: Senior citizen residential facilities.
    § 12-43 · code text
    1.50 enclosed parking spaces for each residential unit per the standards of Section 12-50 of this Article.
Spaces for a single-family home
  • 2 fully enclosed parking spaces for each unit.
    Applies: One or two dwelling units on one lot.
    § 12-43 · code text
    Two fully enclosed parking spaces for each unit, per the standards of Section 12-50 of this Article.

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Frequently asked questions

How many parking spaces does a home need in Inglewood?

Inglewood's code: Visitor parking may not be in a required front yard or street side yard setback. (Multiple-unit residential and live-work facilities with 6 or more units.) (§ 12-43); Allowed only on properties with a building setback of at least 30 feet and frontage of at least 100 feet. (Circular driveways in a front yard or street side yard.) (§ 12-52).

General information, not legal advice.

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