Article 2 — FORM

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Part 2A. Introduction

Part 2B. Form Districts

Part 2C. Form Rules

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Contents

CONTENTS

City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

Part 2A. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Div. 2A.1. Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Div. 2A.2. General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Part 2B. Form 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Part 2C. Form Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46

Div. 2C.1. Lot Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47

Div. 2C.2. Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50

Div. 2C.3. Amenity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56

Div. 2C.4. Floor Area Ratio & Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-75

Div. 2C.5. Building Mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-88

Div. 2C.6. Upper-Story Bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-93

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Contents

Part 2A. INTRODUCTION

City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

Div. 2A.1. Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Sec. 2A.1.1. Relationship to Zone String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Sec. 2A.1.2. How to Use Article 2. (Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Sec. 2A.1.3. Form District Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Sec. 2A.1.4. Form District Naming Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Div. 2A.2. General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Sec. 2A.2.1. Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Sec. 2A.2.2. Form Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

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Div. 2A.1. (Orientation)