Building on your lot in El Segundo

A wall or fence 42 inches in height may be located on any part of a lot.

On an interior or corner lot, a wall or fence up to six feet in height may be located anywhere on the lot behind the required front yard.

On a reversed corner lot, a wall or fence up to six feet in height may be maintained anywhere on the lot behind the required front yard except within the required triangular open area at the rear constituting a part of the required side yard of the street side.

A wall or fence up to eight feet in height may be allowed in residential zones subject to the approval of an adjustment, pursuant to chapters 22 and 23 of this title.

A wall or fence 42 inches in height may be located on any part of a lot.

A retaining wall that protects a cut slope located in a required front or streetside setback is limited to three feet in height.

In a required front setback, a six-inch wall or fence may be erected on top of a wall which retains a maximum of three feet.

However, the maximum height of the fence and/or wall including a required openwork fence or guardrail is limited to six feet six inches.

Except as permitted in Chapter 15-4E related to accessory dwelling units, detached accessory buildings are limited to two (2) stories, and may include an attic, which may be used for storage purposes only

All detached accessory structures may not exceed 1,200 square feet gross floor area in aggregate per parcel;

Detached accessory structures are allowed zero setback on the rear property line and on one interior lot side line in the rear one-third of the lot.

On the rear third of a reversed corner lot, a detached accessory structure may be built to the interior lot side line, but no building shall be erected closer than five feet to the property line of any abutting lot to the rear.

Rear Yard: A minimum of five feet. Detached accessory structures are allowed zero setback on the rear property line.

Detached accessory structures, including garages, must maintain a minimum side yard setback of 10 percent of the width of the lot, but may not be less than three feet and need not be more than six feet on the first floor.

The second floor of a detached accessory structure, including garages, must maintain a minimum side yard setback of 10 percent of the width of the lot plus an additional setback of two feet, but must not be less than five feet and need not be more than eight feet.

Detached accessory structures, including garages, located in the rear third of the lot, must maintain a minimum side yard setback of two feet on the first floor and five feet on the second floor.

Detached accessory structures must maintain a minimum rear yard setback of three feet on the first floor and five feet on the second floor.

On the rear third of a reversed corner lot a single-story detached accessory structure may be built to the interior lot side line, but no building may be erected closer than five feet to the property line of any abutting lot to the rear.

Every person engaged in a "home occupation", as defined by the Zoning Ordinance of the City in Section 15-1-6 of this Code, shall pay a business license tax of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per year.

A. Parking of any mobile home, camper, house trailer or other habitable vehicle outside of an authorized mobile home park or licensed recreational vehicle parking facility is prohibited except that such vehicles may be parked on any public property or right-of-way subject to any applicable parking restrictions of this Code, or on any developed residential lot as long as the vehicle, if parked in a front yard, is parked on a nonporous surface pad adequate to accommodate the parked vehicle.

A. Parking of any mobile home, camper, house trailer or other habitable vehicle outside of an authorized mobile home park or licensed recreational vehicle parking facility is prohibited except that such vehicles may be parked on any public property or right-of-way subject to any applicable parking restrictions of this Code, or on any developed residential lot as long as the vehicle, if parked in a front yard, is parked on a nonporous surface pad adequate to accommodate the parked vehicle.

B. A habitable vehicle parked on private property may be occupied for residential purposes for no longer than seventy two (72) hours (outside of an authorized mobile home park) within any thirty (30) day period.

If the application meets the requirements of the approved checklist and standards, and the proposed charging station does not pose any specific, adverse impact upon public health or safety, the building official must approve the application and issue any required, nondiscretionary permits.

The building official must notify an applicant whether the application has been approved and that a nondiscretionary permit will be issued, or, alternatively, whether the applicant must obtain an electric vehicle charging station use permit, within thirty (30) days after the submission of a complete application.

The director must issue a ministerial building permit on the same day for over the counter applications or within three (3) business days for electronic submittals, upon receipt of a complete application that meets the requirements of the approved checklist and standard plan.

The director must issue a ministerial building permit on the same day for over the counter applications or within three (3) business days for electronic submittals, upon receipt of a complete application that meets the requirements of the approved checklist and standard plan.

A maximum of three bee hives may be maintained on any single-family zoned property, in the rear yards only, for noncommercial purposes.

Hives shall be located at least five feet from all property lines.

Any person intending to place and maintain any bee hive on a single-family residential zoned property within the City must first register with County Agricultural Commissioner.