Inglewood Municipal Code § 12-16.6 Automobile Repair Facility Regulations

The regulations specified in Sections 12-16.1, 12-16.2 and 12-16.7 are applicable to the development and/or operation of certain uses, that do not require a Special Use Permit, in any zone where these uses are permitted, unless specifically provided otherwise in this Chapter.

(Ord. 88-32 10-25-88; Ord. 90-21 8-28-90; Ord. 13-05 12-17-13)

(a) All hotel or motel facilities hereafter built shall contain no fewer guestrooms than the minimum number required by their respective zone classifications and shall occupy sites having a minimum area of twenty thousand square feet and a minimum street frontage of one hundred fifty feet. Exception: An existing nonconforming motel or hotel located on a property with a "C" (Commercial) or "M" (Manufacturing) zoning classification that does not meet at least one of the development standards of this subsection mentioned above, may add guestrooms provided the minimum number of guestrooms added is five, that the exterior of the existing motel or hotel must be renovated to ensure that the aesthetic quality of the facility is enhanced, and that the new guestrooms comply with all other applicable Municipal Code requirements. The exterior renovation must include painting and the installation of a new façade when the existing façade is in poor condition. The exterior renovation and the façade of the new guestrooms must be the same or aesthetically compatible. Additionally, new landscaping must be installed adjacent to street frontages where no landscaping previously existed. This is subject to areas being available along the street frontage for the installation of landscaping. Any nonconforming motel or hotel located in any other zone classification may not add new guestrooms.

(b) No hotel or motel structure shall be located within fifteen feet of any public street right-of-way or within five feet of any alley right-of-way. Such setbacks shall be increased, for the entire structure, by an additional two feet per story for every story above the first two stories.

(c) No hotel or motel structure shall be located within twenty feet of any abutting R or P zoned property. Such setback shall be increased, for the entire structure, by an additional two feet per story for every story above the first two stories.

(d) All structures, cumulatively, shall not occupy more than sixty-five percent of the entire hotel or motel site.

(e) One or more outdoor amenity area(s) shall be provided for each hotel or motel facility, based upon the provision of twenty-five square feet of such amenity are per guestroom, to a total maximum requirement of two thousand five hundred square feet. An amenity area may include such facilities as patios, playground equipment, a swimming pool, tennis courts, and comparable recreational installations. All amenity areas shall be landscaped.

(f) Every hotel and motel facility hereafter built or enlarged shall contain an interior lobby not less than four hundred square feet in floor area, exclusive of any office area.

(g) There shall be a minimum of three hundred twenty square feet of floor area per guestroom, inclusive of bathroom and closet(s).

(h) No kitchen facilities shall be provided in any guestroom. Kitchen facilities shall be limited to being provided in the manager's dwelling unit and any on-site development.

(i) One manager's dwelling unit shall be provided within each hotel or motel facility having fewer than one hundred guestrooms and such dwelling unit shall contain at least one bedroom but not more than two bedrooms (any den shall constitute a bedroom).

(j) All rooms used for utility, janitorial or linen storage shall have no windows.

(k) It is unlawful for any individual, partnership, company or corporation to rent any motel or hotel room by the hour or a few hours. It shall be unlawful to permit any room to be rented for any occupancy more than once per day; or to permit any guest to occupy any room more than one hundred twenty consecutive days. Guests requiring longer stays shall be relocated to another room.

(l) Every person or entity that owns or operates a hotel, motel, auto court and/or place used or intended to be used for guest sleeping purposes shall maintain on the premises at all times a permanent guest register in which shall be entered the following guest identification information:

(1) The printed name and address of each paying or nonpaying guest who rents a room or rooms in the hotel, motel, auto court and/or place used or intended to be used for sleeping purposes;

(2) The name and address of each person that will occupy the room as part of the guest's party. This may include adults and children;

(3) The guest room number and number of room(s) to be rented by the guest;

(4) The date that the west room or rooms are rented and the date of guest departure;

(5) The guest identification information shall be maintained for each reregistered paying or nonpaying guest for a minimum of ninety days. Guest identification information shall be made readily available for the review, inspection, photocopying, investigation or referral to other law enforcement agencies by the Inglewood Police Department immediately upon request.

(Ord. 90-21 8-28-90; Ord. 02-20 6-11-02; Ord. 07-10 5-15-07)

(a) Review Process.

(1) The conversion, alteration, expansion, or development of shopping centers shall be subject to Special Use Permit approval as specified in Article 25 of this Chapter except as provided in subsection (a)(2).

(2) Exceptions. The following categories of development shall be exempted from the requirements of subsection (a):

(i) Shopping centers located in the M-1L zone and subject to the requirements of Article 11.1.

(ii) The construction, demolition, or alteration of one wall only that separates one tenant space from another and minor associated exterior changes to the location of windows and doors in an existing shopping center.

(b) Design Standards.

(1) Each tenant space within a shopping center shall be separated from any abutting tenant space by not less than a full height.

(2) All individual tenant spaces within a shopping center shall have a minimum interior floor area of seven hundred fifty square feet.

(3) All public walkways, plazas or similar areas within a shopping center shall have a minimum width of eight feet to allow unobstructed passage of pedestrians, wheelchairs, shopping carts, strollers and similar appurtenances.

(4) A shopping center that has a minimum floor area of fourteen thousand square feet shall include one or more anchor tenants that offer a variety of quality services and merchandise and that serve as a primary "draw" or attraction to the shopping mall. The number of anchor tenant spaces and the total minimum percentage of the shopping center floor area occupied by anchor stores shall be based on the following criteria:

(5) All shopping centers shall provide security measures such as parking lot and individual tenant space security cameras, pedestrian and vehicle security patrol guards, dusk to dawn parking lot lighting, retractable security gates (subject to Section 12-16.5), and other similar security measures.

(6) The design shall incorporate a variety of massing and forms to add variety at the ground level and roofline of the project. All walls that face a street or parking area shall extend no more than fifty feet without incorporating a significant offset in the wall plane and shall incorporate design elements or architectural features that aesthetically enhance the walls such as arcades, colonnades, recessed entrances, window details, overhangs, cornices, trellises, projections awnings, insets, and variations in material, texture, and color. Walls that do not face a street or parking area shall incorporate design elements and/or treatment that is similar and complementary to the massing and materials applied to street and parking area facing walls.

(7) Shopping centers that contain a minimum of fourteen thousand square feet of floor area shall include active customer areas that include, but are not limited to, active display windows or doors that allow pedestrian viewing of indoor uses, outdoor fountains, gazebos, courtyards, paseos, public food courts, and similar site amenities that enhance the overall customer shopping experience.

(8) New free-standing fast-food restaurants are subject to Special Use Permit approval.

(Ord. 94-09 4-26-93; Ord. 08-20 8-26-08; Ord. 12-02 2-28-12; Ord. 12-18 8-14-12; Ord. 23-19, 9/26/2023)

It is unlawful for any person on any R-1, R-1Z or R-1½ zoned property to construct or reconstruct a second dwelling unit as specified in California Government Code Section 65852.2. A second dwelling unit constructed in all other residential zones shall comply with the provisions of this Chapter.

(Ord. 04-12 6-15-04)

(a) In Commercial (C) and Manufacturing (M) Zones, retractable security gates, window bars, or mall-style roll-up doors shall be subject to the following requirements:

(1) Within Commercial (C) and Manufacturing (M) Zones, retractable security gates, window bars, and mall-style roll-up doors shall be installed to the inside of existing windows or glass doors when a business proprietor desires to install physical security measures on a building façade. A mall-style roll-up door must not be visible during business hours. Metal gates, stored in a wall pocket or similar enclosure so as not to be visible during business hours, and scissor-style security grilles, retracted into casing during business hours, may be approved at the discretion of the Planning Division.

(b) Laminated glass or security film, when desired by a business proprietor, shall be installed to the inside of existing windows or glass doors. The laminated glass shall be a minimum of two one-eighth-inch thick pieces of glass laminated together with a minimum six one-hundredths-inch thick inner layer. The security film shall be a minimum of four ten-thousandths of an inch thick.

(Ord. 10-09 5-25-10; Ord. 14-01 2-11-14)

(a) A new automobile repair facility or the expansion of an existing automobile repair facility in the C-3, C-S, M-1, or M-2 zones shall require a Special Use Permit.

(b) A new automobile repair facility or the expansion of an existing automobile repair facility shall be prohibited in the C-1, C-2 and C-2A zones.

(c) A new or expanded automobile repair facility property shall have a minimum separation of five hundred feet from all other properties with active, licensed automobile repair facilities within the City.

(d) All new or expanded automobile repair facilities shall provide a fully enclosed minimum storage space of fifty square feet per service bay to temporarily hold items such as discarded oil, flat tires, used parts, etc. The storage space may be provided within the main service building, within a freestanding permanent structure, or enclosed by a minimum six-foot-high decorative and landscaped wall.

(e) All automobile servicing and repair uses shall be conducted within a fully enclosed building.

(f) Service bay doors shall be oriented away from a public street when located adjacent to other commercially or industrially zoned properties. If infeasible to orient bays away from the street due to lot configuration, the minimum three-foot front yard landscaped buffer adjacent to a public street shall be increased to five feet.

(g) The dismantling of vehicles for any purpose except as required to conduct immediate repairs, shall be prohibited.

(h) New and expanded automobile repair uses shall require a minimum lot size of six thousand square feet. Exception: Existing automobile repair uses that contain less than six thousand square feet must obtain a variance in order to expand facilities.

(i) Exterior building and parking lot lighting shall be directed downwards and shielded away from surrounding properties.

(j) No vehicle rental or sales activities shall be allowed on an automobile repair site unless approved as incidental uses that cover less than thirty-five percent of the gross land area.

(k) Driveways and service areas shall be maintained and kept free of oil, grease, litter, etc.

(l) Vehicles requiring multiple days of repair must be stored overnight within a fully enclosed service bay.

(m) Vehicles under repair, vehicles slated for repair, or repaired vehicles intended for customer pick-up shall be parked on-site at all times.

(n) Automobile repair use properties shall be bound by a minimum six-foot high, decorative and landscaped wall on the interior side and rear property lines with adequate openings provided for alley ingress/egress if applicable. Barbed wire and chain link fencing shall be prohibited on an automobile repair site.

(o) Unenclosed, overnight vehicle storage shall be prohibited.

(Ord. 11-03 4-19-11)

Emergency shelters for the homeless shall be subject to the following requirements:

(1) Separation Distance. A separation distance of three hundred feet is required from similar uses, as measured from property line to property line.

(2) Capacity. A maximum capacity of one hundred single beds.

(3) Client Intake Area. Nine square feet per bed of client intake area provided indoors or in an enclosed outdoor area.

(4) Laundry Facilities. Washer and dryer pair shall be provided at a minimum rate of one pair per twenty beds. Fractions shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.

(5) Lighting. Exterior lighting that is adequate for security purposes, shielded and directed downwards, and of an appropriate brightness for the surrounding areas is required.

(6) Hours Open to the Public. The shelter shall establish and maintain set hours that it will be open to the public, which must be prominently posted on-site.

(7) An onsite manager is required twenty-four hours a day.

(8) Security. A security guard is required during the hours the facility is open to the public.

(9) Other amenities as recommended by the Planning and Building Department Director.

(10) Maximum Stay. An individual may stay in the shelter a maximum of one hundred eighty contiguous days.

(11) Supportive Services Plan Required. The operator of the shelter must provide a plan outlining procedures for individual case management and the coordination of supportive services with the goal of transitioning clients to permanent housing within one hundred eighty days.

(Ord. 13-05 12-17-13)

The Crenshaw/Imperial, Downtown Inglewood, Fairview Heights, and Westchester/Veterans Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Plans are by reference incorporated into the Zoning Code Regulations and are applicable to all properties contained within the TOD boundary. In the event of a conflict between the terms, conditions, requirements, or policies of the TOD Plans with other provisions in the Zoning Code, the TOD Plans shall govern.

(Ord. 17-01 11-01-16; Ord. 22-03 12-14-21)

(a) "Tailgating" shall be subject to the following requirements:

(1) Shall only be permitted on non-residential developed properties with a valid license approved by the Permits and Licenses Committee for parking for major event patrons per Section 12-42(G), subject to rights provided by any applicable development agreement;

(2) Shall be subject to Permits and Licenses Committee approval for tailgating;

(3) Shall only be permitted on surface lots; not permitted in any parking structures or garages;

(4) All amplified sound shall comply with the City of Inglewood Noise Regulations (Chapter 5, Article 2);

(5) No amplified sound shall be permitted after the scheduled event at the major sports or entertainment facility has ended;

(6) Shall not encroach in or obstruct any public right-of-way, including public streets, alleys, sidewalks, or parkways;

(7) Shall not obstruct any required parking spaces or access to required parking spaces;

(8) Shall be restricted to start no earlier than seven a.m. or four hours prior to the start time of a scheduled event at a major sports or entertainment facility, whichever is earlier, and to end one hour after the scheduled event has ended;

(9) All tailgating areas shall be cleared one hour after the end of the scheduled major sports or entertainment facility event;

(10) All tailgating areas shall be cleaned by eleven fifty-nine p.m. on the same day as the major sports or entertainment facility event;

(11) Prohibited items and/or activities shall include:

(i) Vehicles exceeding a size of nine feet by eighteen feet,

(ii) Overnight parking,

(iii) Drinking games,

(iv) Kegs,

(v) Glass containers. All drinks shall be placed in plastic or other non-breakable cups or cans,

(vi) Generators (greater than 600W),

(vii) Charcoal grills of all assortments,

(viii) Any cooking that results in substantive amounts of smoke,

(ix) Deep fryers or any oil-based cooking,

(x) Open fires or flames,

(xi) Drones,

(xii) Megaphones, airhorns, and other noise making devices,

(xiii) Sale of food or beverage items, and

(xiv) Sale of items or soliciting of any promotional or marketing activities.

(b) "Tailgating Events" shall be permitted subject to the following requirements:

(1) Subject to rights provided by any applicable development agreement, shall only be permitted on non-residential developed properties with a valid license approved by the Permits and Licenses Committee for parking for major event patrons per Section 12-42 (G) and that are contained within a continuous block that is located within one mile of Hollywood Park, subject to the following site specific requirements:

(i) On sites with two hundred ninety-nine or fewer major event parking spaces that comply with Section 12-42 (G), shall only be permitted in conjunction with sporting events to be held at SoFi Stadium; or

(ii) On sites with three hundred or more major event parking spaces that comply with Section 12-42(G), shall be permitted in conjunction with events held at a major sports or entertainment facility in Inglewood.

(2) Shall be subject to Permits and Licenses Committee approval for tailgating events;

(3) Shall only be permitted on surface parking lots and open air rooftop levels of parking structures;

(4) All amplified sound shall comply with the City of Inglewood Noise Regulations (Chapter 5, Article 2);

(5) No amplified sound shall be permitted after the scheduled event at the major sports or entertainment facility has ended;

(6) Shall not encroach in or obstruct any public right-of-way, including public streets, alleys, sidewalks, or parkways;

(7) Shall not obstruct any required parking spaces or access to required parking spaces;

(8) Shall be restricted to start no earlier than seven a.m. or four hours prior to the start time of a scheduled event at a major sports or entertainment facility, whichever is earlier, and to end one hour after the scheduled event has ended;

(9) All tailgating areas shall be cleared one hour after the end of the scheduled major sports or entertainment facility event;

(10) All tailgating areas shall be cleaned by eleven fifty-nine p.m. on the same day as the major sports or entertainment facility event;

(11) Prohibited items and/or activities shall include:

(i) Overnight parking,

(ii) Drinking games,

(iii) Charcoal grills of all assortments,

(iv) Any cooking that results in substantive amounts of smoke,

(v) Drones, and

(vi) Megaphones, airhorns, and other noise making devices.

(Ord. 21-12 8-10-21)