Hawthorne Municipal Code Ch. 17.01 General Provisions

This Title may be known and referred to as "the Zoning Ordinance," "Ordinance 811" or as the "zoning law."

(Prior code § 12-100; Ord. 2263, 6/23/2026[1])

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Editor's Note: This chapter was renumbered from Ch. 17.02.

The purpose of this Title is to classify uses and to regulate the location of such uses in such manner as to group as nearly as possible those uses which are mutually compatible, and to protect each such group of uses from the intrusion of incompatible uses which would destroy the security and stability of land and improvements and which would prevent the greatest practical convenience and service to the citizens of the city; to make it possible to more efficiently and economically design and install all physical public service facilities in terms of size and capacity to adequately and permanently meet the ultimate requirements resulting from a defined intensity and type of land use; to require essential related facilities with particular reference to the traffic pattern and well-located and well-designed off-street parking and, through the medium of the map which is a part of this Title, to establish the geographical location and boundaries of the areas or zones to which the different classifications will apply.

A further purpose of this Title is to establish required minimum lot areas, yards and open spaces as a means of providing a suitable environment for living, business and industry and to maintain reasonable population densities and reasonable intensities of land use, all for the general purpose of conserving public health, safety, morals, convenience and general welfare.

(Prior code § 12-101; Ord. 2263, 6/23/2026)