Article 7.1 — "C-2A" AIRPORT COMMERCIAL ZONE

The C-2A Zone is intended to provide additional commercial uses that are appropriate for and/or dependent upon close proximity to the Los Angeles International Airport. (Ord. 2488 11-6-84)

The following uses shall be permitted in the C-2A Airport Commercial Zone unless otherwise provided in this Chapter:

• (1) Any use permitted in the C-2 Zone.

• (2) Hotels or motels, with a minimum of fifty guestrooms per facility.

• (3) Automobile rental and leasing (including limousines) and nonambulatory transportation uses, subject to all the following conditions:

  • (a) A rental or leasing office open to the public shall be maintained on the premises: the storage of automobiles without such office is prohibited.

  • (b) The rental, leasing or storage of trucks, trailers, inoperable vehicles and/or buses is prohibited.

  • (c) The sale of used vehicles is prohibited.

  • (d) Only minor, incidental servicing of automobiles and nonambulatory vehicles is permitted on the premises and only when conducted within a fully enclosed building.

  • (e) The site shall be improved and maintained per the parking lot requirements of Article 19 of this Chapter.

• (Ord. 2488 11-6-84; Ord. 90-21 8-28-90; Ord. 98-28 12-15-98)

All requirements in the C-2A Zone for yard setbacks shall comply with said requirements of the C-2 Zone.

(Ord. 2488 11-6-84; Ord. 23-02 10-11-22)

Building Height. A maximum building height of six stories or seventy-five feet is permitted.

Exception: A building that contains a hotel with a minimum of fifty guest rooms, shall not exceed seven stories or seventy-five feet in height. Rooftop amenity areas located on the roof of the uppermost permitted story, comprised solely of shade structures and utility areas, shall be allowed subject to the following limitations:

• (1) Shade structures shall not exceed five percent of the first floor building footprint.

• (2) Rooftop amenity area must be set back ten feet from any building edge abutting residential uses.

• (3) Shade structures shall be open air on all sides except where attached to an elevator or stairwell.

• (4) Shade structures shall not exceed ten feet in height.

(5) Railings for rooftop amenity areas must be visually permeable. (Ord. 23-02 10-11-22)

All signs in the C-2A Zone shall comply with the sign regulations for the C-2 Zone. It shall be unlawful to erect or structurally alter any sign, or to maintain any sign which has been erected or structurally altered in the C-2A Airport Commercial Zone, except as permitted in Chapter 12 of this Code.

(Ord. 2488 11-6-84)

No new dwelling structure nor any increase in the number of residential units in an existing residential structure shall be permitted. Any improvement to an existing residential structure shall conform to R-3 zone requirements. Exception: A residential use can be developed when in compliance with the mixed use requirements listed in Section 12-24.8 , as applicable. (Ord. 2488 11-6-84; Ord. 87-7 5-19-87; Ord. 06-20 11-14-06)