Long Beach Municipal Code § 21.39.010 Purpose

The purpose of this Chapter is to establish special building height limits to allow taller, highrise buildings to locate outside the downtown area.

(Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)

Building height restrictions within the high-rise overlay district shall be indicated on the zoning map by the high-rise overlay designation followed by a number indicating the maximum allowable height in feet, a slash, and then a number indicating the maximum number of building stories allowed, such as "CO (HR-60/6)."

Where no numbers are indicated on the zoning map, the height in both feet and stories shall be determined and specified during site plan review.

(Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)

The Commercial office (CO), commercial corridor (CC), commercial tourist (CT), commercial storage (CS), and institutional (I) districts are the only districts appropriate for the high rise overlay zone.

(ORD-25-0011 § 1, 2025; Ord. C-6684 § 5, 1990)