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Title 17 — ZONING

§ 17.44

Rolling Hills Estates Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Rolling Hills Estates

17.44.020 - Building setbacks.

A.

Unless otherwise noted in subsection C of this section, the highway right-of-way line on all major and secondary highways shall be established as forty-four feet from the centerline of all secondary highways and sixty feet from the centerline of all major highways referred to in this section shall be those shown on the master plan for the city.

B.

In cases where yards are required, such yards shall be calculated from the line established by the highway right-of-way by this section.

C.

For building setback requirements on special streets and highways, the following chart shall apply:

Special Building Setbacks
Street Name Location Classifcation Dimension in feet
from centerline to
right-of-way line		 Building setback in
feet from right-of-
way line
Palos Verdes Drive
North		 All in city Major 100 20
Crenshaw
Boulevard		 From Palos Verdes
Drive North to
northerly city limits		 Major 45 15
Crenshaw
Boulevard		 From Indian Peak
Road to 250 feet
north of Silver Spur
Road		 Major 40 0
Hawthorne
Boulevard		 From Indian Peak
Road to Silver Spur
Road		 Major 50 0
Narbonne Avenue From Palos Verdes
Drive North 3,000
feet		 Secondary 100 0
Palos Verdes Drive
North		 Remainder in city Secondary 50 0
Rolling Hills Road All in city Secondary 50 15
Crossfeld Drive All in city Secondary 40 0
Indian Peak Road From Hawthorne
Boulevard to
Crenshaw
Boulevard		 Secondary 40 0
Silver Spur Road From Palos Verdes
Drive North to
Hawthorne
Boulevard		 Secondary 50 15
Silver Spur Road
exclusive of
service road		 From Hawthorne
Boulevard to
Crenshaw
Boulevard		 Secondary 50 0
Silver Spur Road, a service road, Deep Valley Drive, Beach Gate Drive, Drybank
Drive and Roxcove Drive shall be considered as neither major nor secondary
highways; said Silver Spur Road, a service road, being the road set forth on tract
maps recorded in the ofce of the county recorder and being ffty-four feet in width,
excepting that portion thereof the boundary line of which immediately abuts upon
said Silver Spur Road one hundred feet wide, which portion is forty-fve feet in
width.

(Prior code § 1891)

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Rolling Hills Estates Zoning Code
  1. Title 17 — ZONING
  2. ▸ Title 17 — ZONING
    Overview
    1. § 17.02
    2. § 17.04
    3. § 17.06
    4. § 17.07
    5. § 17.08
    6. § 17.10
    7. § 17.12
    8. § 17.14
    9. § 17.15
    10. § 17.16
    11. § 17.18
    12. § 17.20
    13. § 17.22
    14. § 17.26
    15. § 17.28
    16. § 17.30
    17. § 17.36
    18. § 17.38
    19. § 17.39
    20. § 17.40
    21. § 17.42
    22. § 17.43
    23. § 17.44
    24. § 17.46
    25. § 17.47
    26. § 17.50
    27. § 17.52
    28. § 17.54
    29. § 17.55
    30. § 17.56
    31. Chapter 17.57 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
    32. Chapter 17.66 — VARIANCES
    33. Chapter 17.80 — URBAN DWELLING UNITS

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