Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 22.400 Specific Plans

This Chapter is established to provide procedures for consideration of Specific Plans as authorized by Article 8, Chapter 3, Division 1, Title 7, and other applicable provisions of the California Government Code. It is also the intent to describe the relation between an adopted Specific Plan and the provisions of this Title 22.

(Ord. 2022-0008 § 161, 2022.)

Specific Plans, including any associated regulations, conditions, programs and proposed legislation shall be adopted by ordinance according to the procedures established in Article 8, Chapter 3, Division 1, Title 7, and other applicable provisions of the California Government Code. Any amendments to such Specific Plans or regulations shall also be adopted in accordance with the applicable Government Code provisions. No amendment to a Specific Plan certified as part of a Local Coastal Program shall be effective in the Coastal Zone until the amendments are certified by the California Coastal Commission, pursuant to section 30514 of the California Public Resources Code.

(Ord. 2022-0008 § 161, 2022.)

A.

General Specific Plans and associated regulations shall be administered in accordance with Article 8, Chapter 3, Division 1, Title 7, and other applicable provisions of the California Government Code. Such plans and regulations may reference existing provisions and procedures of this Title 22, or they may develop different administrative procedures to use in the implementation of the Specific Plan.

B.

Relationship to Other Title 22 Provisions. Except as otherwise expressively provided in a Specific Plan, property within the boundary of a Specific Plan may be subject to all of the standards and requirements of the basic zone and other provisions of this Title 22.

Base Zones. Where the regulations of a Specific Plan differ from the provisions of the basic zone, such regulations shall supersede the provisions of the basic zone, as specified in the Specific Plan.

Planning Area Standards Districts (PASDs) and Community Standards Districts (CSDs). Except as specified otherwise, regulations in a Specific Plan shall supersede any contrary provisions in Division 10.

Supplemental Districts. Except as specified otherwise, regulations in a Specific Plan shall supersede any contrary provisions in a Supplemental District listed in Table 22.06.040-A.

Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units. Where the regulations in Section 22.140.640 (Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units) are contrary to the provisions in a Specific Plan regulating the same matter, the provisions in the Specific Plan shall prevail, unless specified otherwise in Section 22.140.640 (Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units).

Affordable Housing and Senior Citizen Housing. Property within the boundary of a Specific Plan may be subject to Chapter 22.119 (Affordable Housing Replacement), Chapter 22.120 (Density Bonus), Chapter 22.121 (Inclusionary Housing), Chapter 22.128 (Supportive Housing), and Chapter 22.166 (Housing Permits), where applicable.

Compact Lot Subdivisions. Any Specific Plan provisions pertaining to a required yard shall apply to the equivalent perimeter yard of a compact lot subdivision, pursuant to Section 22.140.585.F.18 (Yard Provisions in Specific Plans, Planning Area

Standards Districts, and Community Standards Districts).

Green Zone. Where the regulations in Chapter 22.84 (Green Zone) are contrary to the provisions in a Specific Plan, the more restrictive provisions shall prevail, except that any required perimeter identification signs or informational signs shall contain information required by both Section 22.84.040.C.1.j (Perimeter Identification Sign) and the Specific Plan.

Nonconforming Uses and Structures. Except as specified otherwise in a specific plan, the nonconforming use and structure provisions in Chapter 22.172 (Nonconforming Uses, Buildings and Structures) shall apply to all uses and structures in the area governed by a specific plan that were legally established or built prior to the effective date of the specific plan.

(Ord. 2025-0008 § 7, 2025; Ord. 2024-0032 § 32, 2024; Ord. 2022-0008 § 161, 2022.)

The following Specific Plans are added by reference, together with all maps and provisions pertaining thereto:

(Ord. 2023-0013 § 3, 2023; Ord. 2022-0008 § 161, 2022.)