Article 3 — "R-2" LIMITED MULTIPLE-FAMILY ZONE

The following uses shall apply in the R-2 Limited Multiple-Family Zone unless otherwise provided in this Chapter:

• (1) Any use permitted in the R-1 One-Family Zone.

• (2) One or more one-family dwellings per lot. (3) Multiple dwellings.

• (4) Churches or other facilities for regularly scheduled religious or metaphysic meetings, subject to Special Use Permit approval.

• (5) Group home or community care facility not exceeding six residents and not located within three hundred feet of any other group home or comparable facility. Any orphanage or group home, for children only and if exceeding six residents, is subject to Special Use Permit approval.

• (6) Required parking space (See Article 19 of this Chapter).

• (7) Transitional use, subject to the following conditions:

  • (a) Transitional use for a public parking area shall be permitted where the side of a lot in the R- 2 (Limited Multiple-Family Zone abuts a lot zoned for commercial or industrial purposes and is developed as required in Article 19 of this Chapter; provided however, in no case should such a transitional use extend more than sixty feet from the site or sides of the R-2 Limited Multiple-Family Zone lot abutting upon a lot zoned for commercial or industrial purposes; or

  • (b) Development of any island, triangular or irregular shaped corner residentially-zoned property shall be permitted where the property abuts; two or more major, minor, or collector streets, as identified in the Comprehensive General Plan Circulation Element, with a public or private use that provides a primary public benefit or service to adjacent residential properties including public or private pedestrian plazas, public or private corner parks, public or private open air, at-grade or below-grade parking lots, public or private community gardens, or public or private dog/animal parks. In no case shall the transitional uses include buildings or structures that exceed the height limit established for the residential zone and the transitional use shall be physically separated from any abutting residential lot by a decorative masonry wall not less than five feet nor more than eight feet high, measured on the parking lot side; provided however, that any portion of such wall immediately adjacent to the front yard of an abutting residential property shall be not be less than three feet nor more than three and one-half feet high, measured from the parking lot side. The approval of a transitional use by the City shall give consideration to the following:

    • (i) The transitional use will provide a primary benefit or service to an adjacent residential neighborhood.

    • (ii) The transitional use will assist in meeting a goal of the Inglewood General Plan to provide public services and uses for Inglewood residents.

    • (iii) The transitional use will minimize police, fire, code enforcement and other public service expenditures required to remove graffiti, secure abandoned buildings, remove vagrants and vandals and to correct other adverse conditions that could otherwise occur through extended property vacancy or abandonment.

(8) Accessory dwelling units subject to the requirements of Article 35 of this chapter. (Ord. 1956 8-30-68; Ord. 2346 7-3-79; Ord. 87-7 5-19-87; Ord. 87-15 6-30-87; Ord. 92-22 12-22-92; Ord. 09-04 2-10-09; Ord. 24-02, 12/12/2023)

No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed two and one-half stories, or thirtyfive feet in height.

There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty-five percent of the depth of the lot provided such front yard need not exceed twenty feet except where lots comprising forty percent or more of the frontage on one side of a street between intersecting streets are developed with buildings having an average front yard with a variation of not more than six feet, no building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall project beyond the average front yard line so established.

For dwelling units hereafter constructed in the R-2 Zone, be it new construction or alterations of existing units, there shall be not less than two thousand five hundred square feet of site area for each dwelling unit on a lot having one or two units.

Additionally, there shall be not less than eight thousand square feet of site area for a lot having three dwelling units, and each dwelling unit, in excess of three, shall have an additional three thousand square feet of site area per unit.

(Ord. 1981 1-24-69; Ord. 2426 9-21-82; Ord. 88-6 5-10-88)

At the discretion of the Director of Planning and Building Department, or designee, with the concurrence of the Superintendent of Building and Safety, any applicant for a building permit to construct an accessory building on the same lot with a dwelling, or an addition to a dwelling, shall execute an agreement whereby the applicant covenants that the proposed structure will not be rented separately as a dwelling unit from the main structure or structures and that in the event of future resale, exchange, leasing or other transfer of possession of the entire property, no representation will be made by applicant or representatives that said accessory building or addition can be rented as a separate dwelling unit. Said covenant and agreement shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Los Angeles, which recording shall be accomplished at the applicant's expense and which covenant shall run with the land and be binding upon future owners, lessees, heirs or assigns, and other occupants of the premises involved. (Ord. 1313 5-29-56; Ord. 2397 5-5-81; Ord. 87-15 6-30-87; Ord. 08-05 4-22-08; Ord. 23-07 1-31-23)

Those R-2 (R-2 Limited Multiple-Family Zone Regulation) properties within the area defined by the Transit Oriented Development Plans shall be subject to the development standards and Design Guidelines contained therein. In the event of a conflict between the TOD plan provisions and the R-1 zone provisions, the TOD plan shall govern. (Ord. 22-03 12-14 21)

New construction multifamily and mixed-use developments with two or more housing units shall comply with the Objective Design Standards and Guidelines. except for projects within Specific Plan areas. New construction of commercial developments within the Transit Oriented Development plan area shall comply with the Objective Design Standards and Guidelines. The standards also apply to remodeled buildings where new floor area is added. In such a case, the standards would apply to structures and facades which are being modified in order to accommodate the new floor area; other facades or buildings on the site would not be subject to these standards. (Ord. 25-04, 1/28/2025)