Inglewood Municipal Code § 12-22.20 R-M Zone. Permitted Uses

The following uses shall be permitted in the R-M Residential and Medical Zone, unless otherwise provided in this Chapter:

(1) Any use permitted in the R-3 Multiple-Family Zone.

(2) Hospitals, convalescent facilities, hospitals and other long term health facilities, residential care facilities for persons with chronic life threatening illnesses, residential care facilities for the elderly, licensed residential hospices and home health agencies, subject to Special Use Permit approval. Exception: Existing convalescent facilities, regardless of any cessation of operation, that provide residential care for elderly persons shall not require subsequent Special Use approval to reestablish operation unless they intend to dispense marijuana for medical purposes or otherwise. The out-patient sale or dispensing of marijuana for medical purposes or otherwise shall be prohibited.

(3) Medical clinics, medical laboratories and pharmacies. Exception: the out-patient sale or dispensary of marijuana for medical purposes or otherwise shall be prohibited.

(4) Medical and dental offices and related professional services. Exception: the out-patient sale or dispensary of marijuana for medical purposes or otherwise shall be prohibited.

(5) Restaurants and retail stores whose merchandise is supplemental to medical care, only when located in the first floor of a medical office or clinic structure having two or more stories.

(6) Legal, real estate, limited financial and insurance offices.

Exception: Check cashing services, bail bonds services, banks and savings and loans shall be prohibited.

(7) Parking structures.

(8) Orphanages, group homes or half-way houses, subject to Special Use Permit approval if exceeding six residents.

(9) Nursery schools for the enrollment of children six years of age or younger, subject to Special Use Permit approval.

(10) Acupuncture and Chiropractor Facilities. Acupuncture and chiropractor facilities shall be subject to Special Use Permit approval in those instances where they offer on-site massage or acupressure therapy. Massage and acupressure services are not allowed in this zone at all unless they are provided as an incidental service of the acupuncture or chiropractor facility.

(11) Commercial and residential uses permitted in the R-M zone may be located in the same structure if such structure has four or more stories and if not less than twenty percent and not more than fifty percent of the floor area is used exclusively for office or related commercial uses.

(12) Accessory dwelling units subject to the requirements of Article 35 of this chapter.

(Ord. 2421 6-22-82; Ord. 87-7 5-19-87; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90; Ord. 95-6 2-7-95; Ord. 98-16 8-18-9; Ord. 01-14 10-20-01; Ord. 02-33 11-12-02; Ord. 04-14 7-22-04; Ord. 08-19 8-19-08; Ord. 13-05 12-17-13; Ord. 15-18 8-18-15; Ord. 24-02, 12/12/2023)

The following uses are prohibited and no applications shall be accepted or permits issued to otherwise allow such uses:

Tanning salons, arcades, tattoo parlors, automobile sales or repair, swap meets, liquor stores, pawn shops, rent-to-own uses, automotive parts, paint sales, check cashing services, bail bonds services, adult theaters, adult clubs or other adult businesses and any other uses that the City of Inglewood Development Services Department deem to be inconsistent with the intent of the R-M Zone.

(Ord. 26-07, 5/12/2026)

No building hereafter erected in the R-M Zone shall exceed six stories or seventy-five feet in height, provided that any structure containing only residential units shall conform to the height regulations of the R-3 (Multiple Family) Zone.

Exception: Hospital structures may exceed six stories in height subject to Special Use Permit approval.

(Ord. 2421 6-22-82; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90)

There shall be a front yard of not less than fifteen feet in the R-M zone except that, when built in conformance with the provisions of the R-3 Zone, there shall be a front yard of not less than twenty feet.

(Ord. 2421 6-22-82; Ord. 88-6 5-10-88)

There shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet, except when built in conformance with the provisions of the R-3 Multiple Family Zone.

(Ord. 2421 6-22-82)

There shall be a rear yard of not less than twenty feet.

(Ord. 2421 6-22-82; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90)

No minimum lot area requirement for residential units located in structures having four or more stories; otherwise residential units shall be built in conformance with the provisions of the R-3 Multiple Family Zone.

(Ord. 2421 6-22-82)

Main and accessory buildings shall not cover more than sixty percent of the lot when the tallest building does not exceed six stories in height. Allowed lot coverage shall be decreased by four percent for each additional story above six stories, except for those residential buildings built in conformance with the provisions of the R-3 Multiple Family Zone.

(Ord. 2421 6-22-82)

No parking is permitted in any front yard or any side yard abutting a street.

(Ord. 2421 6-22-82)

The conversion of any residential structures to medical, office or commercial use is permitted only when the structure is in compliance with parking and setback requirements for the conversion use.

(Ord. 2421 6-22-82)

Note: Section 12-22.29, Medical Enterprise Overlay Zone Standards, derived from Ord. 08-26; Ord. 20-06; and Ord. 22-09, was repealed by Ord. 26-07, 5/12/2026.