Los Angeles County Municipal Code § 101.3 Scope

The provisions of this Code shall apply to the repair, alteration, change of occupancy and relocation of, and to the addition to, any existing building or structure within the unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles and to such work or use by the County of Los Angeles in any incorporated city.

Exception: Detached one- and two-family dwellings, lodging houses, live/work units, townhouses not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress, and their accessory structures which are not more than three stories above grade plane in height, may be designed and constructed in accordance with the Residential Code or the Building Code, but not both, unless the proposed structure(s) or element(s) exceed the design limitations established in the Residential Code, and the code user is specifically directed by the Residential Code to use the Building Code.

(Ord. 2019-0062 § 2, 2019; Ord. 2016-0059 § 1, 2016.)

A building or portion of a building that has not been previously occupied or used for its intended purpose in accordance with the laws in existence at the time of its completion shall be permitted to comply with the provisions of the laws in existence at the time of its original permit unless such permit has expired. Subsequent permits shall comply with the Building Code or Residential Code, as applicable, for new construction.

(Ord. 2016-0059 § 1, 2016.)

The legal occupancy of any building existing on the date of adoption of this Code shall be permitted to continue without change, except as is specifically covered in this Code, the Fire Code, or as is deemed necessary by the Building Official for the general safety and welfare of the occupants and the public.

(Ord. 2016-0059 § 1, 2016.)