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SEC. 91.7201. GENERAL.

Los Angeles Building Code — LAMC Chapter IX · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-09 · Los Angeles

  • 91.7201.1 Fire District No. 1 Boundaries. Fire District No. 1 shall include:

  • I. Downtown. All of the territory bounded by the following streets or freeways:

  1. Harbor Freeway from the Santa Monica Freeway to the Santa Ana Freeway;

  2. Santa Ana Freeway from the Harbor Freeway to Alameda Street;

  3. Alameda Street from the Santa Ana Freeway to Fourth Street;

  4. Fourth Street from Alameda Street to Central Avenue;

  5. Central Avenue from Fourth Street to the Santa Monica Freeway; and

  6. Santa Monica Freeway from Central Avenue to the Harbor Freeway.

  • II. Hollywood. All of the territory bounded by the following streets:
  1. Yucca Street from Highland Avenue to Gower Street;

  2. Gower Street from Yucca Street to De Longpre Avenue;

  3. De Longpre Avenue from Gower Street to Vine Street;

  4. Vine Street from De Longpre Avenue to Fountain Avenue;

  5. Fountain Avenue from Vine Street to Wilcox Avenue;

  6. Wilcox Avenue from Fountain Avenue to Sunset Boulevard;

  7. Sunset Boulevard from Wilcox Avenue to Highland Avenue;

  8. Highland Avenue from Sunset Boulevard to Hollywood Boulevard;

  9. Hollywood Boulevard from Highland Avenue to Orchid Avenue;

  10. Orchid Avenue from Hollywood Boulevard to Franklin Avenue;

  11. Franklin Avenue from Orchid Avenue to Highland Avenue;

  12. Highland Avenue from Franklin Avenue to Yucca Street;

  13. All of the territory within 100 feet of Hollywood Boulevard between Hillhurst Avenue and La Brea Avenue; and,

  14. All of the territory within 100 feet of Sunset Boulevard between Hillhurst Avenue and the city boundary line 190 feet west of Havenhurst Drive.

III. Wilshire. All of the territory bounded by the following streets:

  1. Sixth Street from Western Avenue to Commonwealth Avenue;

  2. Commonwealth Avenue from Sixth Street to Wilshire Boulevard;

  3. Wilshire Boulevard from Commonwealth Avenue to Catalina Street;

  4. Catalina Street from Wilshire Boulevard to Eighth Street;

  5. Eighth Street from Catalina Street to Mariposa Avenue;

  6. Mariposa Avenue from Eighth Street to Seventh Street;

  7. Seventh Street from Mariposa Avenue to Ardmore Avenue;

  8. Ardmore Avenue from Seventh Street to Wilshire Boulevard;

  9. Wilshire Boulevard from Ardmore Avenue to Western Avenue;

  10. Western Avenue from Wilshire Boulevard to Sixth Street; and

  11. All of the territory within 100 feet of Wilshire Boulevard between the eastern city boundaries of the City of Beverly Hills and the Harbor Freeway, with the exception of the territory within 100 feet of Wilshire Boulevard located between Wilton Place and Highland Avenue.

IV. Beverly Fairfax. All of the territory bounded by the following streets:

  1. Beverly Boulevard from Fairfax Avenue to a point 120 feet west of Gardner Avenue;

  2. A line 120 feet west of and parallel to Gardner Avenue from Beverly Boulevard to Third Street;

  3. Third Street from a point 120 feet west of Gardner Avenue to Fairfax Avenue; and

  4. Fairfax Avenue from Third Street to Beverly Boulevard.

V. Crenshaw. All of the territory bounded by the following streets:

  1. Crenshaw Boulevard from Thirty-ninth Street to Stocker Street;

  2. Stocker Street from Crenshaw Boulevard to Rosalia Drive;

  3. Rosalia Drive from Stocker Street to Marlton Avenue;

  4. Marlton Avenue from Rosalia Drive to Thirty-ninth Street; and

  5. Thirty-ninth Street from Marlton Avenue to Crenshaw Boulevard.

VI. Century City. All of the territory bounded by the following streets:

  1. Santa Monica Boulevard between Century Park West and the westerly city boundary of the City of Beverly Hills;

  2. The westerly city boundary of the City of Beverly Hills from Santa Monica Boulevard to Olympic Boulevard;

  3. Olympic Boulevard from the westerly city boundary of the City of Beverly Hills to Century Park West; and

  4. Century Park West from Olympic Boulevard to Santa Monica Boulevard.

Excepting that portion of the above-described territory described as follows:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the center line of Olympic Boulevard and Century Park West, thence northwesterly along center line of Century Park West 791 feet, thence N50o 29'00" E822.21 feet, thence S39o 29'13" E9.63 feet, thence S84o 29'13" E29.59 feet, thence N50o 30'47" E19.00 feet, thence S39o 29'13" E295.17 feet, thence S35 38'00" E to the center line of Olympic Boulevard thence southwesterly along said center line to the point of beginning.

VII. Westwood. All of the territory bounded by the following streets:

  1. Le Conte Avenue from Levering Avenue to Tiverton Avenue;

  2. Tiverton Avenue from Le Conte Avenue to the intersection of Lindbrook Drive and Glendon Avenue;

  3. Glendon Avenue from the intersection of Lindbrook Drive and Tiverton Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard;

  4. Wilshire Boulevard from Glendon Avenue to Gayley Avenue;

  5. Gayley Avenue from Wilshire Boulevard to the alley 200 feet north of Wilshire Boulevard;

  6. The alley directly west of Gayley Avenue from a point 200 feet north of Wilshire Boulevard and Weyburn Avenue;

  7. Weyburn Avenue from the alley west of Gayley Avenue to Gayley Avenue;

  8. Gayley Avenue from Weyburn Avenue to Levering Avenue;

  9. Levering Avenue from Gayley Avenue to Le Conte Avenue; and

  10. All of the territory within 100 feet of Wilshire Boulevard between Veteran Avenue and the westerly city limits of the City of Beverly Hills; and

  11. All of the territory within 100 feet of Wilshire Boulevard between Centinela Avenue and Federal Avenue.

VIII. Van Nuys. All of the territory bounded by the following streets:

  1. Vesper Avenue from Calvert Street to Victory Boulevard;

  2. Victory Boulevard from Vesper Avenue to Sylmar Avenue;

  3. Sylmar Avenue from Victory Boulevard to Calvert Street;

  4. Calvert Street from Sylmar Avenue to Vesper Avenue; and

  5. All of the territory within 100 feet of Van Nuys Boulevard between Victory Boulevard and Sherman Way.

IX. Venice. All of the territory bounded by the following streets:

  1. Horizon Avenue from Ocean Front Walk to Pacific Avenue;

  2. Pacific Avenue from Horizon Avenue to Eighteenth Avenue;

  3. Eighteenth Avenue from Pacific Avenue to Ocean Front Walk; and

  4. Ocean Front Walk from Eighteenth Avenue to Horizon Avenue.

  • X. San Pedro. All of the territory bounded by the following streets:
  1. Fourth Street from Pacific Avenue to Harbor Boulevard;

  2. Harbor Boulevard from Fourth Street to Seventh Street;

  3. Seventh Street from Harbor Boulevard to Beacon Street;

  4. Beacon Street from Seventh Street to Eighth Street;

  5. Eighth Street from Beacon Street to Pacific Avenue; and

  6. Pacific Avenue from Eighth Street to Fourth Street.

Excepting that portion of the above-described territory described as follows:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the easterly line of Mesa Street and the southerly line of Fourth Street; thence southerly along said easterly line of Mesa Street to the northerly line of the alley running parallel to said Fourth Street and distant 155 feet southerly of the center line of said Fourth Street; thence along the northerly line of said alley to a point 498 feet from the easterly line of said Mesa Street; thence south 10 feet and thence easterly to the westerly line of Centre Street; thence northerly along said westerly line to the southerly line of said Fourth Street; thence westerly along said southerly line to the point of beginning.

91.7201.2. Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.) The Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone shall be considered a Fire District. The Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone shall be all of the territory so designated by the boundaries shown on the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map as established in LAMC Sections 57.4908 et seq. and adopted by the City Council.

91.7201.3. Buildings Overlapping Fire District Boundaries. (Renumbered and Amended by Ord. No. 179,324, Eff. 12/10/07, Oper. 1/1/08.) Every building or structure having any part of the building within a fire district shall be deemed to be entirely in that fire district.

A building or structure located partly within two or more fire districts shall comply throughout with the more restrictive provisions of each fire district.

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Contents — Los Angeles Building Code — LAMC Chapter IX
Los Angeles Building Code — LAMC Chapter IX
  1. Chapter IX
  2. Chapter IX — BUILDING REGULATIONS
  3. Division 1
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  6. Division 4
  7. Division 5
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  57. Division 5 — REGISTRATION
  58. Division 16A
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  63. Division 21
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  65. Division 18
  66. Division C
  67. Division D

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