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Part 4A. Introduction

Part 4B. Development Standards Districts

Part 4C. Development Standards Rules

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Contents

CONTENTS

City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

Part 4A. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Div. 4A.1. Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Div. 4A.2. General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Part 4B. Development Standards Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Div. 4B.1. Development Standards District Group "A" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Div. 4B.2. Development Standards District Group "B" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Div. 4B.3. Development Standards District Group "C" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Div. 4B.4. Development Standards District Group "D" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Div. 4B.5. Development Standards District Group "E" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Part 4C. Development Standards Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Div. 4C.1. Pedestrian Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Div. 4C.2. Automobile Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32

Div. 4C.3. Bicycle Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45

Div. 4C.4. Automobile Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59

Div. 4C.5. Transportation Demand Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93

Div. 4C.6. Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100

Div. 4C.7. Fences & Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113

Div. 4C.8. Screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118

Div. 4C.9. Grading & Retaining Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132

Div. 4C.10. Outdoor Lighting & Glare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135

Div. 4C.11. Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138

Div. 4C.12. Site Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-178

Div. 4C.13. Environmental Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-201

Div. 4C.14. Development Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-202

Div. 4C.15. Resident Protections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-205

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Contents

Part 4A. INTRODUCTION

City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A

Div. 4A.1. Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Sec. 4A.1.1. Relationship to Zone String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Sec. 4A.1.2. How to Use Article 4. (Development Standards) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Sec. 4A.1.3. Development Standards District Naming Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Div. 4A.2. General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Sec. 4A.2.1. Development Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Sec. 4A.2.2. Development Standards Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

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Div. 4A.1. (Orientation)