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Title 12 — Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places

La Habra Municipal Code Ch. 12.40 Setback Schedule

La Habra Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · La Habra

Cite as: La Habra Municipal Code Chapter 12.40 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 12.40.010. Designated.

No building or improvement of any kind shall be constructed on either side of the arterial highways as they exist within the city as of or after the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, closer to the centerline of those arterial highways than shown on the following schedule:

Setback Schedule

Highway Setback (feet)
Beach Boulevard: south of Whittier Boulevard:
West side 30
East side 112
Euclid Street: Whittier Boulevard to Imperial Highway 40
Euclid Street: Imperial Highway to south city limit 50
Harbor Boulevard: north city limit to Lambert Road 50
Harbor Boulevard: Lambert Road to south city limit 60
Idaho Street: Whittier Boulevard to south city limit 40
Imperial Highway:
North side 48
South side 52
La Habra Boulevard: Harbor Boulevard to west city limit 40
La Habra Boulevard: Harbor Boulevard to east city limit 50
Lambert Road: Harbor Boulevard to west city limit 50
Lambert Road: Harbor Boulevard to east city limit 60
Macy Street: Whittier Boulevard to Russell Street 40
Palm Street: Lambert Road to Whittier Boulevard 40
Russell Street: Valley Home Avenue to Macy Street 40
Whittier Boulevard:
Valley Home Avenue to Harbor Boulevard 50
Harbor Boulevard to east city limit 40

(Ord. 434 § 1, 1960; Ord. 464 § 1, 1960; Ord. 1422 § 1, 1992)

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§ 12.40.020. Zoning requirements.

In addition to the setbacks required by the schedule set out in Section 12.40.010, it shall also be required that any buildings or improvement shall set back the normal required front or side yard as provided under Title 18 of this code.

(Ord. 434 § 2, 1960)

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