INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

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City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

PREFACE

This Zoning Code (Chapter 1A) of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) serves as the new Zoning

Code, a comprehensive update of the City's zoning system. The new Zoning Code will be applied

incrementally on a geographic basis through the update of the City's Community Plans. In drafting

the revised plans, the new zoning tools provided in this Zoning Code (Chapter 1A) will be applied to

properties within each Community Plan area.

Eventually, this Zoning Code (Chapter 1A) will supersede and serve as the only Zoning Code for Los

Angeles. However in the interim, until all the Community Plans have been updated and properties

remapped using the new zoning system, properties in Community Plan areas not yet updated will be

regulated by the provisions of the Zoning Code found in existing Chapter I. (General Provisions and

Zoning) of this LAMC. Only when the entire City has been rezoned using the new zoning in this Zoning

Code (Chapter 1A) will Chapter I. (General Provisions and Zoning) be removed from the LAMC.

Preface Established by Ord. 188,418, Eff. 01/20/2025, Oper. 01/27/2025

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CONTENTS

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Div. 1.1. General Municipal Code Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Div. 1.2. Municipal Code Administrative Citations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Div. 1.3. Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Sec. 1.3.1. Zone String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Sec. 1.3.2. Non-Zone String Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Sec. 1.3.3. Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Div. 1.4. Introductory Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Sec. 1.4.1. General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Sec. 1.4.2. Applicability of this Zoning Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Sec. 1.4.3. Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Sec. 1.4.4. Successional Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

Sec. 1.4.5. Vested Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17

Sec. 1.4.6. Continuance of Existing Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18

Sec. 1.4.7. Warren E&P, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles and Oil Regulations . . . . . . . . 1-19

Div. 1.5. Zoning Code Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20

Sec. 1.5.1. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20

Sec. 1.5.2. Zoning Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22

Sec. 1.5.3. Primary Street Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26

Sec. 1.5.4. Local Affordable Housing Incentive Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27

Sec. 1.5.5. Targeted Planting Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28

Sec. 1.5.6. Hillside Area Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29

Sec. 1.5.7. Coastal Zone Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30

Sec. 1.5.8. Special Lot Line Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31

Sec. 1.5.9. Alcohol Permission Area Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32

Sec. 1.5.10. Inclusionary Housing Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33

Sec. 1.5.11. Public Access Easement Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34

Sec. 1.5.12. Public Benifits Incentive Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35

Sec. 1.5.13. Inventory of Housing Elements Sites Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-36

Sec. 1.5.14. Prior Housing Element Sites Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37

Sec. 1.5.15. Lower Income Rezoning Housing Element Sites Map . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38

Sec. 1.5.16. Transit Oriented Incentive Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39

Sec. 1.5.17. Mixed Income Housing Incentive Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-44

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Div. 1.6. Emergency Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-48

Sec. 1.6.1. Local Emergency Temporary Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-48

Sec. 1.6.2. Emergency Homeless Shelters — City Owned & Leased Property . . . . . 1-58

Sec. 1.6.3. Emergency Homeless Shelters — Charitable Organizations . . . . . . . . 1-59

Sec. 1.6.4. Temporary Residency in Residential Vehicle Pending Reconstruction of Disaster-Destroyed Dwelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-60

Sec. 1.6.5. Temporary Regulatory Relief During A Local Emergency . . . . . . . . . . 1-61

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