Where is an emergency shelter allowed in Redondo Beach?

Find your lot's zone on the city zoning map, then read its row. Every status below was read from the Redondo Beach Municipal Code use tables (read October 2026). Base zones only. General information, not legal advice — check with the city before you apply.

Redondo Beach's code calls this use “Emergency shelters”. Each row links to the use table it comes from. A zone marked “see note” has a condition in the code, for example upper floors only or a larger lot.

I-1, I-1A, I-2.

• Standards for this use: § 10-2.1634 Emergency shelters.
• Low barrier navigation centers (P in MU and CR zones, 10-2.1636) and transitional/supportive housing are different uses and not used.
• State law: State law (Gov. Code § 65583, SB 2) requires every city to allow emergency shelters by right in at least one zone.
• Not covered here: P public and institutional zones (P-PRO, P-ROW, others): use table not in the packet; Coastal-only zones C-5A, MU-2 and CC-1..CC-5 (Chapter 5 coastal ordinance): their tables carry 'effective date pending subject to litigation' history notes, so no cells were taken from them; Chapter 5 (coastal) tables for zones that also exist in Chapter 2 were compared with Chapter 2; where they differ or the use is missing there, the cell is left out or noted. Chapter 2 is used for the cells.; Definitions in Section 10-4.402 (senior housing, residential care facility for the elderly, convalescent facility) are not in the packet. Overlay zones and specific plans can also change the answer.

• Single-family home
• Child care center