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Los Angeles Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1A Art. 11 Division of Land

Los Angeles Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1A · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Los Angeles

Cite as: Los Angeles Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1A Article 11 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Article Publication Update | May 27, 2026

Division of Land | Article 11 Contents

City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

CONTENTS

Div. 11.1. General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
Sec. 11.1.1. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-3
Sec. 11.1.2. Advisory Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-5
Sec. 11.1.3. Subdivision Design Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-6
Div. 11.2. Tentative Tract Maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-22
Sec. 11.2.1. tentative tract Map Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-22
Sec. 11.2.2. Vesting tentative tract Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-25
Div. 11.3. Final Tract Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26
Sec. 11.3.1. Final tract Map Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26
Sec. 11.3.2. Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-30
Sec. 11.3.3. Subdivision improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-31
Sec. 11.3.4. Private Streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-37
Sec. 11.3.5. reversion to Acreage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-38
Sec. 11.3.6. Merger & resubdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-39
Sec. 11.3.7. Maps, local Drainage Districts, exemption From Fees . . . . . . . . . . . 11-40
Sec. 11.3.8. Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-41
Sec. 11.3.9. Subdivision requiring import or export of earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-42
Sec. 11.3.10. Modification of recorded Final tract Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-43
Div. 11.4. Parcel Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-44
Sec. 11.4.1. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-44
Sec. 11.4.2. Preliminary Parcel Map Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-49
Sec. 11.4.3. Vesting Parcel Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-52
Sec. 11.4.4. Preliminary Parcel Map review considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-53
Sec. 11.4.5. Final Parcel Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-56
Sec. 11.4.6. Approval of Map Does Not Authorize Violation of Other laws . . . . . . 11-58
Sec. 11.4.7. Modification of recorded Parcel Maps, review considerations. . . . . . 11-59
Sec. 11.4.8. Sales contrary to Parcel Map regulations are Voidable . . . . . . . . . . 11-60
Div. 11.5. Condominiums, Community Apartments, & Stock Cooperatives 11-61
Sec. 11.5.1. conversion: residential; residential to commercial/industrial . . . . . . 11-61
Sec. 11.5.2. conversion: commercial/industrial; commercial/industrial to residential 11-71
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