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Los Angeles Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1A Part 2B Form Districts

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 Part 2B · Text as of 2026-10-04

Div. 2B.1. Rural Form Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Div. 2B.2. Estate Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Div. 2B.3. House Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Sec. 2B.3.1. House 1 (H1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17
Sec. 2B.3.2. House 2 (H2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17
Sec. 2B.3.3. House 3 (H3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17
Div. 2B.4. Very Low-Rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Sec. 2B.4.1. Very low-rise Narrow 1 (VN1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Div. 2B.5. Very Low-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Sec. 2B.5.1. Very low-rise Medium 1 (VM1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Sec. 2B.5.2. Very low-rise Medium 2 (VM2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Div. 2B.6. Very Low-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Div. 2B.7. Very Low-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Sec. 2B.7.1. Very low-rise Full 1 (VF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Sec. 2B.7.2. Very low-rise Full 2 (VF2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Div. 2B.8. Low-Rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Sec. 2B.8.1. low-rise Narrow 1 (lN1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Div. 2B.9. Low-Rise Medium Form Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Sec. 2B.9.1. low-rise Medium 1 (lM1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Sec. 2B.9.2. low-rise Medium 2 (lM2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Sec. 2B.9.3. low-rise Medium 3 (lM3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
Sec. 2B.9.4. low-rise Medium 4 (lM4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
Sec. 2B.9.5. low-rise Medium 5 (lM5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
Sec. 2B.9.6. low-rise Medium 6 (lM6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Sec. 2B.9.7. low-rise Medium 7 (lM7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
Div. 2B.10. Low-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
Sec. 2B.10.1. low-rise Broad 1 (lB1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
Sec. 2B.10.2. low-rise Broad 2 (lB2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
Div. 2B.11. Low-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
Sec. 2B.11.1. low-rise Full 1 (lF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
Sec. 2B.11.2. low-rise Full 2 (lF2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
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Div. 2B.12. Mid-Rise Narrow Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
Sec. 2B.12.1. Mid-rise Narrow 1 (MN1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
Div. 2B.13. Mid-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
Sec. 2B.13.1. Mid-rise Medium 1 (MM1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
Div. 2B.14. Mid-Rise Broad Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
Sec. 2B.14.1. Mid-rise Broad 1 (MB1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
Sec. 2B.14.2. Mid-rise Broad 2 (MB2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Div. 2B.15. Mid-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Div. 2B.16. Moderate-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Sec. 2B.16.1. Moderate-rise Medium 1 (DM1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Sec. 2B.16.2. Moderate-rise Medium 2 (DM2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42
Sec. 2B.16.3. Moderate-rise Medium 3 (DM3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
Sec. 2B.16.4. Moderate-rise Medium 4 (DM4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44
Sec. 2B.16.5. Moderate-rise Medium 5 (DM5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Div. 2B.17. Moderate-Rise Broad Form Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46
Div. 2B.18. Moderate-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47
Sec. 2B.18.1. Moderate-rise Full 1 (DF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47
Div. 2B.19. High-Rise Medium Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
Sec. 2B.19.1. High-rise Medium 1 (HM1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
Sec. 2B.19.2. High-rise Medium 2 (HM2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49
Div. 2B.20. High-Rise Broad Form Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50
Sec. 2B.20.1. High-rise Broad 1 (HB1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50
Sec. 2B.20.2. High-rise Broad 2 (HB2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51
Sec. 2B.20.3. High-rise Broad 3 (HB3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-52
Sec. 2B.20.4. High-rise Broad 4 (HB4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53
Sec. 2B.20.5. High-rise Broad 5 (HB5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54
Sec. 2B.20.6. High-rise Broad 6 (HB6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
Div. 2B.21. High-Rise Full Form Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56
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