Article 4 — DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Los Angeles Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1A Part 4C Development Standards Rules
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 4C · Text as of 2026-10-04
| Div. 4C.1. Pedestrian Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20 |
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| Sec. 4c.1.1. Pedestrian Access Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20 |
| Sec. 4c.1.2. Pedestrian Bridges & tunnels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32 |
| Div. 4C.2. Automobile Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 |
| Sec. 4c.2.1. Automobile Access Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 |
| Sec. 4c.2.2. Motor vehicle Use Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41 |
| Div. 4C.3. Bicycle Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47 |
| Sec. 4c.3.1. Bicycle Parking Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47 |
| Sec. 4c.3.2. Short-term Bicycle Parking Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51 |
| Sec. 4c.3.3. long-term Bicycle Parking Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57 |
| Div. 4C.4. Automobile Parking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61 |
| Sec. 4c.4.1. Automobile Parking Stalls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61 |
| Sec. 4c.4.2. Alternative Parking Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70 |
| Sec. 4c.4.3. Parking Area Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74 |
| Sec. 4c.4.4. Parking lot Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81 |
| Sec. 4c.4.5. Parking Structure Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85 |
| Div. 4C.5. Transportation Demand Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95 |
| Sec. 4c.5.1. Small Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95 |
| Sec. 4c.5.2. Medium Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97 |
| Sec. 4c.5.3. large Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99 |
| Sec. 4c.5.4. Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101 |
| Div. 4C.6. Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102 |
| Sec. 4c.6.1. Protected vegetation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-102 |
| Sec. 4c.6.2. required trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-103 |
| Sec. 4c.6.3. Streetscape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-105 |
| Sec. 4c.6.4. Plant Design & installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-106 |
| Div. 4C.7. Fences & Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115 |
| Sec. 4c.7.1. Frontage Yard Fences & Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115 |
| Sec. 4c.7.2. Side/ |
| Sec. 4c.7.3. Fence/ |
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| Div. 4C.8. Screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . 4-120 |
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| Sec. 4c.8.1. Frontage Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-120 |
| Sec. 4c.8.2. transition Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-126 |
| Sec. 4c.8.3. Outdoor Storage Screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . 4-131 |
| Div. 4C.9. Grading & Retaining Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . 4-134 |
| Sec. 4c.9.1. Grading & Hauling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-134 |
| Sec. 4c.9.2. retaining Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-135 |
| Div. 4C.10. Outdoor Lighting & Glare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . 4-137 |
| Sec. 4c.10.1. Outdoor lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . 4-137 |
| Sec. 4c.10.2. Glare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-139 |
| Div. 4C.11. Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . 4-140 |
| Sec. 4c.11.1. General Sign rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-140 |
| Sec. 4c.11.2. temporary Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . 4-147 |
| Sec. 4c.11.3. Of-Site Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-149 |
| Sec. 4c.11.4. On-Site Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-153 |
| Sec. 4c.11.5. Sign Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . 4-155 |
| Sec. 4c.11.6. Sign types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-159 |
| Div. 4C.12. Site Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . 4-180 |
| Sec. 4c.12.1. roof-Mounted equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-180 |
| Sec. 4c.12.2. Ground-Mounted equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-182 |
| Sec. 4c.12.3. Wall-Mounted equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-186 |
| Sec. 4c.12.4. Wireless telecommunication Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-188 |
| Sec. 4c.12.5. existing Wireless telecommunications Facilities Spectrum Act compliance Handbook. . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Sec. 4c.12.6. Waste receptacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-193 |
| Sec. 4c.12.7. recycling Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .4-196 |
| Sec. 4c.12.8. Shopping cart containment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . 4-200 |
| Div. 4C.13. Environmental Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . 4-203 |
| Sec. 4c.13.1. environmental Protection Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . 4-203 |
| Sec. 4c.13.2. Freeway Adjacency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . 4-206 |
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| Div. 4C.14. Development Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-207 |
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| Sec. 4c.14.1. Development review threshold Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-207 |
| Div. 4C.15. Resident Protections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-210 |
| Sec. 4c.15.1. Housing Projects that result in the Demolition of Dwelling Units. . . .4-210 |
| Sec. 4c.15.2. Non-Housing Projects that result in the Demolition of Dwelling Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-227 |
| Sec. 4c.15.3. restricted Affordable Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-231 |
| Sec. 4c.15.4. Maintenance of Adequate Housing element Sites throughout the Housing element Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-235 |
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[ FOrM - FrONtAGe - STANDARDS ] [ USe - DeNSitY ] Div. 4C.1. (Pedestrian Access)
City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A
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