Division 2A.2 — GENERAL RULES

City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

This Article (Form) regulates the placement, scale, and intensity of buildings and structures on a lot in

order to ensure building forms are compatible with their context and promote projects that support

community goals.

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Div. 2A.2. (General Rules)

A. General

City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

All projects filed after the effective date of this Zoning Code (Chapter 1A) shall comply with the Form District standards in this Article (Form), as further specified in the applicability statement of

each Section in Part 2C. (Form Rules) . Form District standards only apply to the project activities

listed in each Section's applicability statement in Part 2C. (Form Rules) . For vested rights, see Sec.

1.4.5. (Vested Rights), and for continuance of existing development, see Sec. 1.4.6. (Continuance of

Existing Development) .

B. Applicable Components of Lots, Buildings, & Structures

Unless otherwise provided, Form District (Part 2B.) standards apply to all portions of a lot and all

buildings and structures on a lot.

C. Nonconformities

Article 12. (Nonconformities) may provide relief from the requirements of this Article (Form) for

existing lots, site improvements, buildings, structures, and uses that conformed to the zoning

regulations, at the time they were established, but do not conform to current district standards or

use permissions. All project activities shall conform with Form District (Part 2B.) standards unless otherwise specified by Div. 12.2. (Form Exceptions) .

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Contents

Part 2B. FORM DISTRICTS

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Div. 2B.1. Rural Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.2. Estate Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.3. House Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.4. Very Low-Rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.5. Very Low-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.6. Very Low-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Div. 2B.7. Very Low-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Sec. 2B.7.1. Very Low-Rise Full 1 (VF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Div. 2B.8. Low-Rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Sec. 2B.8.1. Low-Rise Narrow 1 (LN1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Div. 2B.9. Low-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Sec. 2B.9.1. Low-Rise Medium 1 (LM1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Sec. 2B.9.2. Low-Rise Medium 2 (LM2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Div. 2B.10. Low-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Sec. 2B.10.1. Low-Rise Broad 1 (LB1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Sec. 2B.10.2. Low-Rise Broad 2 (LB2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Div. 2B.11. Low-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Sec. 2B.11.1. Low-Rise Full 1 (LF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Sec. 2B.11.2. Low-Rise Full 2 (LF2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Div. 2B.12. Mid-Rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Sec. 2B.12.1. Mid-Rise Narrow 1 (MN1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Div. 2B.13. Mid-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Sec. 2B.13.1. Mid-Rise Medium 1 (MM1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Div. 2B.14. Mid-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

Sec. 2B.14.1. Mid-Rise Broad 1 (MB1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

Sec. 2B.14.2. Mid-Rise Broad 2 (MB2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Div. 2B.15. Mid-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

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Div. 2B.16. Moderate-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

Sec. 2B.16.1. Moderate-Rise Medium 1 (DM1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

Sec. 2B.16.2. Moderate-Rise Medium 2 (DM2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

Sec. 2B.16.3. Moderate-Rise Medium 3 (DM3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32

Sec. 2B.16.4. Moderate-Rise Medium 4 (DM4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33

Sec. 2B.16.5. Moderate-Rise Medium 5 (DM5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34

Div. 2B.17. Moderate-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

Div. 2B.18. Moderate-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

Sec. 2B.18.1. Moderate-Rise Full 1 (DF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

Div. 2B.19. High-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37

Sec. 2B.19.1. High-Rise Medium 1 (HM1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37

Sec. 2B.19.2. High-Rise Medium 2 (HM2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38

Div. 2B.20. High-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39

Sec. 2B.20.1. High-Rise Broad 1 (HB1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39

Sec. 2B.20.2. High-Rise Broad 2 (HB2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40

Sec. 2B.20.3. High-Rise Broad 3 (HB3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41

Sec. 2B.20.4. High-Rise Broad 4 (HB4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42

Sec. 2B.20.5. High-Rise Broad 5 (HB5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43

Sec. 2B.20.6. High-Rise Broad 6 (HB6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44

Div. 2B.21. High-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45

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