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Manufacturing uses, research and
testing laboratories, creameries,
bottling establishments, bakeries,
canneries, printing and engraving
shops -
Medical or dental clinics and medi-
cal professional offices -'
Mortuaries or funeral homes -
Motor vehicle, machinery sales or
wholesale stores -
Offices not providing customer
services on the premises -
Retail stores, except as otherwise
specified herein -
- having not more than 5,000 sq. ft*
of floor area -
- having more than 5,000 sq. ft. but
not more than 20,000 sq. ft. of
floor area -
- having more than 20,000 sq. ft* of
floor area -
Rooming houses, lodging houses,
clubs and fraternity houses
having sleeping rooms -
Sanitariums, childrenis homes,
homes for aged, asylums, nurs-
ing homes -
Schools -
Stadiums, sports arenas, audi-
toriums (including school aud-
itoriums) and other places of
public assembly and clubs and
lodges having no sleeping quarters.
Theatres -
1 for each 3 employees on the maximum
working shift, or not less than 1 for
each 800 sq. ft. of gross floor area,
whichever amount is the greater.
1 for each 200 sq. ft. of gross floor
area.
1 for each 50 sq- ft* of floor area of
assembly rooms used for service.
1 for each 1,000 sq- ft. of gross floor
area or 1 for each 5 employees, whichever
amount is greater.
1 for each 4 employees or for each 800
sq- ft. of gross floor area, whichever
is the greater.
1 for each 300 sq- ft. of gross floor
area
17 plus 1 for each 150 sq. ft. of gross
floor area in excess of 5,000 sq. ft.
17 plus 1 for each 150 sq. ft. of gross
floor area in excess of 5,000 sq. ft*
plus 1 for each 100 sq. ft. of gross
floor area in excess of 20,000 sq. ft.
1 for each 2 sleeping rooms.
1 for each 3 beds.
1 for each 2 employees.
1 for each 5 seats and /or 1 for each
100 sq. ft. of floor area used for
assembly and not containing fixed
seats.
1 for each 5 seats up to 800 seats plus
1 for each 8 seats over 800 seats.
Transportation terminal Adequate number as determined by the
facilities - Planning Commission
Warehouses and storage 1 for each 5 employees.
buildings -
Section 1413: PARKING RMgUIREMENTS FOR USES NOT SPECIFIED. Where the
parking requirements for a use are not specifically defined herein, the parking
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1 requirements for such use shall be determined by the Planning Commission in the
2 manner set forth in Section -1402 and such determination shall be based upon the
3 requirements for the most comparable use specified herein.
4 Section 1414: PARKING PROVISIONS MAY BE WAIVED BY COMMISSION. The Commis -
5 sion may, by resolution, waive or modify the provisions as herein set forth, es-
6 tablishing required parking areas for uses such as electrical power generating
7 plants, electrical transformer stations, utility or corporation storage yards
8 or other uses of a similar or like nature requiring a very limited number of
9 persons.
10 Section 1415: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. The following general requirements
11 shall apply:
12 (1) Size and Access: Each off - street parking space shall have an
13 area of not less than one hundred seventy (170) square feet exclusive of drives
14 or aisles, and a width of not less than eight and one -half (8j) feet. Each
15 such space shall be provided with adequate ingress and egress.
16 When the required parking space is to serve a residential struc-
1 7 tune and is not to be provided in a covered garage, such space shall be not
18 less than two hundred (200) square feet and shall be so located and /or con -
19 structed that it may later be covered by a garage structure in accordance with
20 the provisions of this ordinance.
21 (2) Location: Off- street parking facilities shall be located as
22 hereinafter specified. Where a distance is specified, such distance shall be
23 the walking distance measured from the nearest point of the parking facility
24 to the nearest point of the building that such facility is required to serve;
25 (a) for one -, two-, or multiple - family dwellings, parking fac-
2 6 ilities shall be located on the same lot or building -site as the buildings they
27 are required to serve;
28 (b) for hospitals, sanitariums, homes for the aged, asylums,
29 orphanages, rooming houses, lodging houses, club rooms, fraternity and soror-
30 ity houses - not more than one hundred fifty (150) feet from the buildings
31 they are required to serve; and
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hundred (300) feet from the building they are required to serve.
(3) Mixed Occupancies in a Buildingl In the case of mixed uses in
a building or on a lot, the total requirements for off - street parking facilities
shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately.
Off- street parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing
required parking facilities for any other use except as hereinafter specified
for joint use.
(4) Joint Use: The Planning Commission may, upon application by the
owner or lessee of any property, authorize the joint use of parking facilities
by the following uses or activities under the conditions specified herein:
(a) Up to 50% of the parking facilities required by this
Article for a use considered to be primarily a daytime use may be provided by
the parking facilities of a use considered to be primarily a nighttime use; up
to 50% of the parking facilities required by this Article for a use considered
to be primarily a nighttime use may be provided by the parking facilities of a
use considered to be primarily a daytime use, provided such reciprocal parking
area shall be subject to conditions set forth in paragraph (d) below.
(b) Up to 100% of the parking facilities required by this
Article for a church or for an auditorium incidental to a public or parochial
school may be supplied by parking facilities of a use considered to be primarily
day time use, provided such reciprocal parking area shall be subject to condi-
tions set forth in paragraph (d) below.
(c) The following uses are typical daytime uses; banks, business
offices, retail stores, personal service shops, clothing, shoe repair or ser-
vice shops, manufacturing or wholesale buildings and similar uses. The follow-
ing uses are typical of nighttime and /or Sunday uses; auditoriums incidental
to a public or parochial school, churches, dance halls, fraternal organizations,
theatres and bars.
(d) Conditions required for joint use;
(1) The building or use for which application is being made
for authority to utilize the existing off - street parking facilities provided
by another building or use, shall be located within one hundred and fifty (150)
feet of such parking facilities.
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1 (2) The applicant shall show that there is no substantial
2 conflict in the principal operating hours of the buildings or uses for which
3 the joint use of off — street parking facilities is proposed.
4 (3) Parties concerned in the joint use of off — street parking
5 facilities shall evidence agreement for such joint use by a proper legal in-
6 strument approved by the City Attorney as to form and content. Such instrument
7 when approved as conforming to the provisions of this ordinance shall be recorded
8 in the office of the County Recorder and copies thereof filed with the Building
9 Department and the Planning Commission.
10 (5) Common Facilities: Common parking facilities may be provided
11 in lieu of the individual requirements contained herein, but such facilities
12 shall be approved by the Planning Commission as to size, shape and relationship
13 to business sites to be served, provided the total of such off — street parking
14 spaces, when used together, shall not be less than the sum of the various uses
15 computed separately. When any such common facility is to occupy a site of
16 five thousand (5,000) square feet or more, then the parking requirements as
17 specified herein for each of two or more participating building or uses may be
1$ reduced not more than fifteen percent (15%) upon approval of development plans
19 by the Planning Commission in the same manner prescribed for a conditional use
20 permit as set forth in Article 179
21 (6) Plans: The plan of the proposed parking area shall be submitted
22 to the building department at the time of the application for the building per-
23 mit for the building to which the parking area is accessory. The plan shall
24 clearly indicate the proposed development, including location, size, shape,
25 design, curb cuts, lighting, landscaping, screening and other features and
26 appurtenances of the proposed parking lot.
27 All parking areas shall be subject to the same restrictions
28 governing accessory buildings as defined in the zone in which said parking area
29 is located.
30 Section 1416: COMPREHENSIVE PLANNED FACILITIES: Areas may be exempted
31 from the parking requirements as otherwise set up in this Article, provided:
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in the manner prescribed for Unclassified Uses in Article 18.
(b) No such district may be established and exempted from the provis-
ions of Section 1412 unless 60% or more of all record lots or parcels comprising
such proposed district are devoted to uses first permitted in a "C" or "M" Zone.
(c) Such exemption shall apply only to uses first permitted in the "C"
or "M" Zones.
(d) Before such defined district shall be exempt as provided in this
Section, active proceedings under any applicable legislative authority shall be
instituted to assure that the exempted area shall be provided with comprehensive
parking facilities which will reasonably serve the entire district.
Section 1417: REQUIRED IMPROVEMENT AIM MAINTENANCE OF PARKING AREA AND
USED CAR SALES AREAS. Every lot or parcel of land used as a public or private
parking area and having a capacity of five (5) or more vehicles, or used car sales
areas, shall be developed and maintained in the following manner:
(1) Surfacing% Off- street parking areas and used car sales areas shall be
paved or otherwise surfaced and maintained so as to eliminate dust or mud and
shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water. In no case
shall such drainage be allowed across sidewalks.
(2) Border barricades, screening and landscaping:
(a) All parking areas and used car sales areas that are not separated
by a fence from any street or alley property line upon which it abuts, shall be
provided with a suitable concrete curb or timber barrier not less than six (6)
inches in height; located not less than four (4) feet from such street or alley
property lines and such curb or barrier shall be securely installed and maintain-
ed; provided no such curb or barrier shall be required across any driveway or
entrance to such parking area.
(b) Every parking area or used car sales area which abuts property
located in one of the "R" zones shall be separated from such property by a
solid wall, view - obscuring fence or compact evergreen hedge six (6) feet in
height measured from the grade of the finished surface of such lot closest to
the contiguous "R" zone property, except that along any street frontage on to
or from which an entrance is provided, the fence, wall or hedge shall not
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exceed thirty (30) inches in height. No such wall, fence or hedge need be
provided where the elevation of that portion of the parking area or used car
sales area immediately adjacent to an "R" Zone is six (6) feet or more below
the elevation of such "R" zone property along the common property line.
(3) Xn` ran `es and Exits: The location and design of all entrances and
exits shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer, provided no en-
trance or exit other than on or from an alley shall be closer than five (5)
feet to any lot located in an "R" Zone.
Section 1418: REQUIRED LOADING SPACE. Every main building hereafter
erected or structurally altered or designed or used for commercial purposes
in a "C" or "C-M" or "M" Zone shall be provided with loading space as follows:
(1) When such building is located upon a site contiguous to a public
alley it shall be provided with a minimum off - street or off -alley loading
space twenty (20) feet in depth, extending the entire width of the building
and which distance shall in no case be less than forty (40) feet, and four-
teen (14) feet in height.
Section 1419: ILLUMINATION OF PARKING AREAS AND USED CAR SALES AREAS.
Any lights provided to illuminate any "public parking area, "semi - public
parking area" or "used car sales area" permitted by this ordinance shall be
arranged so as to reflect the light away from any premises upon which a
dwelling unit is located.
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ARTICLE 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CONDITIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
YARDS, HEIGHT AND AREA
Section 1500: HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS ON THROUGH LOTS OR PARCELS. On through
lots or parcels one hundred fifty (150) feet or less in depth, the height of
a building on such lot or parcel may be measured f rom the sidewalk level of the
street on which the building fronts. On through lots or parcels of more than
one hundred fifty (150) feet in depth, the height regulations and basis of height
measurements for the street permitting the greater height shall apply to a
depth of not more
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hundred f if ty (150) f eet f rom that
street .
Section 1501:
HEIGHT
OF PENTHOUSES AND ROOF STRUCTURES.
Penthouses or
roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating
fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, fire
or parapet walls, skylights, towers, roof signs, flagpoles, chimneys, smoke-
stacks, wireless masts and similar structures may be erected above the height
limits by this ordinance prescribed, but no penthouse or roof structure, or any
other space above the height limit prescribed for the zone in which the building
is located shall be allowed for the purpose of providing additional floor space.
Section 1502: YARD REGULATIONS. Except as provided in this article, every
required front, side and rear yard shall be open and unobstructed from the ground
to the sky. No yard or open space provided around any building for the purpose
of complying with the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered as pro-
viding a yard or open space for any other building, and no yard or open space
on any adjoining property shall be considered as providing a yard or open space
on a building -site whereon a building is to be erected. When the common boundary
line separating two (2) contiguous lots is covered by a building or permitted
group of buildings, such lots shall constitute a single building -site and the
yard spaces as required by this ordinance shall then not apply to such common
boundary line.
Section 1503: COMMISSION MAY ESTABLISH FORMULA FOR MODIFYING YARD REQUIRBi-
MENTS. The Planning Commission may, by resolution, adopt a formula or establish
standard prectices by which to determine an appropriate and practical modif ica-
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1 tion of required yard depths in all residential zones where geometric shape
2 and dimensions and topography are such as to make the literal application of
3 such required yard depths impractical. After the adoption of such formula or
4 standard practices they shall be applied as an administrative act.(Plates 6 and 7)
5 Section 1504: MODIFICATION OF REQUIRED FRONT YARDS. The depth of required
6 front yards may be modified on unimproved lots intervening between lots having
7 nohconforming front yards or between a lot having a nonconforming front yard and
8 a vacant corner lot. A nonconforming front yard shall be deemed to be an area
9 between the front lot line and the closest part of the main building and which
10 is greater or less in depth than that defined in this ordinance as constituting
11 a required front yard. (Plate 6)
12 (1) The depth of a nonconforming front yard and the rear line thereof
13 shall be deemed to be coincident with that portion of the main building lying
14 closest to the front property line, provided that the degree of nonconformity
15 to be credited in adjoining front yards in either direction from the rear line
16 of the required front yard, shall in no instance exceed sixty percent (60 %)
17 of the required front yard depth.
is (2) The rear line representing the depth of a modified front yard on
19 any lot as defined in Item (1) of this Section shall be established in the
20 following manner:
21 (a) A point shall be established on each improved lot having
22 a nonconforming or conforming front yard between which are located lots needing
23 adjustment, and such point shall be located at the intersection of the rear line
24 of such front yard with a line constituting the depth of the lot.
25 (b) A straight line shall be drawn from such point across any
26 intervening unimproved lot or lots, to a point similarly established on the next
27 lot in either direction on which a main building exists which establishes a
28 conforming or nonconforming front yard.
29 (a) The depth of the modified front yard on any lot traversed
30 by the straight line defined in item (b) above, shall be established by the point
31 where said straight line intersects the line constituting the depth of each such
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I Section 1505: YARD REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPERTY ABUTTING HALF- STREETS. A
2 building or structure shall not be erected or maintained on a lot or parcel of
3 land which abuts a highway having only a portion of its required width dedicated
4 and where no part of such dedication would normally revert to said lot if the
5 highway were vacated, unless the yards provided and maintained in connection with
6 such building or structure have a width or depth of that portion of the lot or
7 parcel of land needed to complete the road width, plus the width or depth of the
8 yards required on the lot or parcel by this ordinance, if any. This section
9 applies to all zones and whether or not yards are required.
10 This section does not require a yard of such width or depth as to re-
11 duce the buildable width of a corner lot to less than forty (40) feet.
12 Section 1506: MEASUREMENT OF FRONT YARDS. Front yard requirements shall
13 be measured from the front property line or the indicated edge of a street for
14 which an official precised plan exists or from the edge of any setback established
15 by a setback ordinance, whichever is the greatest distance from the center line
16 of the street. (Plate 4).
17 Section 1507: VISION CLEARANCE, CORNER LOTS: All corner lots subject to
18 yard requirements shall maintain for safety vision purposes a triangular area
19 one angle of which shall be formed by the front and side lot lines and the sides
20 of such triangle forming the corner angle shall each be fifteen (15) feet in
21 length measured from the aforementioned angle. The third side of said triangle
22 shall be a straight line connecting the last two mentioned points, which are
23 distant fifteen (15) feet from the intersection of the front and side lot line,
24 and within the area comprising said triangle no tree, fence, shrub or other
25 physical obstruction higher than forty -two (42) inches above the established
26 curb grade shall be permitted. (Plate 8)
27 Section 1508: FRONT AND SIDE YARDS NOT REQUIRED FOR DWELLINGS AND APART-
28 MENTS OVER STORES. Front yard and side yard requirements shall not be applica-
2 9 ble to dwellings and apartments erected above stores.
30 Section 1509: CORNICES, EAVES, ETC., MAY PROJECT INTO YARDS. Cornices,
31 eaves, belt courses, sills, buttresses or other similar architectural features
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1 one (1) foot of the width of such side yard and may extend or project into a
2 front or rear yard not more than thirty (30) inches.
3 Section 1510: FIREPLACES MAY PROJECT INTO SIDE YARDS. Fireplace structure
4 not wider than eight (8) feet measured in the general direction of the side
5 lot line upon which it faces, and which is incorporated as a part of the side
6 of the main building, may project into the required side yard a distance of
7 eighteen (18) inches, provided such extension of such fireplaces does not reduce
8 the remaining side yard to less than three (3) feet.
9 Section 1511: FIRE ESCAPES MAY PROJECT INTO YARDS. A fire escape may ex-
10 tend or project into any front, side or rear yard not more than four (4) feet.
11 Section 1512: STAIRWAYS AND BALCONIES MAY PROJECT INTO FRONT YARDS. An
12 open unenclosed stairway or balcony not covered by a roof or canopy may extend
13 or project into a required front yard not more than thirty (30) inches.
14 Section 1513: UNCOVERED PORCHES AND PLATFORMS MAY PROJECT INTO YARDS.
15 An uncovered porch, platform or landing place which does not extend above the
16 level of the first floor of the building may extend or project into any re-
17 quired front or side yard not more than six (6) feet or into a required rear
18 yard without limitation as to area, provided such structure in a side yard shall
19 not reduce to less than three (3) feet the unobstructed pedestrian way or side-
20 walk on ground level.
21 Section 1514: GUARD RAILINGS MAY PROJECT INTO YARDS. Guard railings for
22 safety protection around depressed ramps, open work fences, hedges or landscape
23 architectural features not more than forty -two (42) inches in height may be lo-
24 cated in any front, side or rear yard.
25 Section 1515: PERMISSIBLE COVERAGE OF REQUIRED REAR YARD. Open, unenclosed
26 stairways or balconies, canopies, solid or louvered, or roofs connecting the
27 main building with the accessory building may extend into the required rear yard;
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29 cent (30 %) of the required rear yard, and the horizontal area of any two (2)
30 or more in combination, including accessory buildings, shall not exceed fifty
31 percent (50;x) of the area of the required rear yard.
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hedge forty -two (42) inches in height may be located and maintained on any
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part of a lot. On an interior lot a wall, Bence or hedge not more than six
(6) feet in height may be located anywhere on the lot to the rear of the rear
line of the required front yard. On corner lots a six (6) foot fence may be
located anywhere on the lot to the rear of the rear line of the required front
yard except that on the side street side of the lot a fence, wall or hedge not
more than forty -two (42) inches in height may be maintained from the rear line
of the required side yard to the front lot line. On a reversed corner lot a
wall, fence or hedge not more than six (6) feet in height may be maintained
anywhere on the lot to the rear of the rear line of the required front yard
except that on the side street side of such lot such six (6) foot fence, wall
or hedge may not be located closer to the side street lot line than a distance
representing the depth of the front yard on the adjoining lot to the rear.
Where a retaining wall protects a cut below the natural grade, and is
located on the line separating lots or parcels, such retaining wall may be top-
ped by a fence, wall or hedge of the same height that would otherwise be per-
mitted at the location if no retaining wall existed. Where a retaining wall
contains a fill, the height of the retaining wall built to retain the fill shall
be considered as contributing to the permissible height of a fence, solid wall
or hedge, provided that in any event a protective fence or wall not more than
forty -two (42) inches in height may be erfeted at the top of the retaining
wall. (Plate 9)
Section 1517: TREES, SHRUBS AND FLOWERS PERMITTED IN YARDS. Subject
to restrictions contained in Section 1507 and 1516, trees, shrubs, flowers,
and plants shall be permitted in any required yard.
Section 1518: REQUIRED INCREASE OF SIDE YARD WHM REAR OF DWELLINGS
ABUT SIDE YARD. Where two - family dwellings or multiple - family dwellings, group
houses, court apartments or row dwellings are arranged so that the rear of such
dwellings abut upon the side yards, the required side yards to the rear of such
dwellings shall be increased by one (1) foot for each dwelling unit having an
entrance or exit opening into or served by such yard; provided, such increase
need not exceed five (5) feet. Open, unenclosed porches not extending above
the level of the first floor may project into the required width of such side
yard; provided such porches shall not reduce to less than three (3) feet the
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unobstructed pedestrian way or sidewalk at the ground level.
Section 1519: REQUIRED INCREASE OF SIDE YARD WHERE MULTIPLE OR ROW
DWELLINGS FRONT UPON A SIDE YARD. The minimum width of the side yard upon
which dwellings front shall be not less than one and one -half (1 -1/2) times the
width of the side yard to the rear of such dwellings. Open, unenclosed porches
not extending above the level of the first floor may project into the side yard
upon which such dwellings front a distance of not more than twenty percent
(20 %) of the width of such side yard.
Section 1520: REQUIRED YARDS FOR SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND INSTITUTIONS
IN ALL "R" ZONES. In all "R" zones, no building shall be erected, structur-
ally altered or used for a school, church, institution or other similar use
permitted under the use regulations of this ordinance unless such buildings
are removed at least fifteen (15) feet from every boundary line of property
included in any "R" zone.
Section 1521: ALLEY MAY APPLY TO DEPTH OF REAR YARD IN CERTAIN
CASES. Where a rear yard opens onto an alley, one -half (1/2) of the width
of said alley may be considered as applying to the depth of the rear yard.
(Plate 4).
Section 1522: IF ONLY ONE BUILDING ON A LOT OR BUILDING -SITE, IT
CONSTITUTES A MAIN BUILDING. Any building which is the only building on a
lot or building -site is a main building unless authorized by variance.
Section 1523: THROUGH LOTS MAY BE DIVIDED IN CERTAIN CASES. Through
lots one hundred eighty (180) feet or more in depth may be improved as
two (2) separate lots, with the dividing line midway between the street
frontages, and each resulting one -half (1/2) shall be subject to the control
applying to the street upon which such one -half (1/2) faces. If each re-
sulting one -half (1/2) be below the minimum lot area as determined by this
ordinance, then no division may be made, then only one (1) single - family
dwelling may be erected on such lot. If the whole of any through lot is
improved as one building -site, the main building shall conform to the zone
classification of the frontage occupied by such main building and no ac-
cessory building shall be located closer to either street than the distance
constituting the required front yard on such street.
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1 Section 1524: LOT AREA NOT TO BE REDUCED. No lot area shall be so
2 reduced or diminished that the lot area, yards or other open spaces shall be
3 smaller than prescribed by this ordinance, nor shall the density of population
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6 Section 1525: GREATER LOT AREA MAY BE REQUIRED. Greater Lot areas
7 than those prescribed in the various zones may be required when such greater
8 areas are established by the adoption of an official plan in the manner prescrib-
9 ad by law, designating the location and size of such greater required areas.
10 Section 1526: SUBSTANDARD LOTS. When a lot or parcel has less than the
11 minimum required area or width as set forth in any of the zones contained here-
12 in, or in an official precised plan, and was of record on February 22, 1947, such
13 lot or parcel shall be deemed to have complied with the minimum required lot or
14 parcel area or width as set forth in any each zone or official precised plan.
15 The area per dwelling unit shall, however, remain as specified in each zone,
16 except that each substandard lot or parcel shall qualify for one single - family
17 residence.
18 Section 1527: DIVISION OF LOTS CR PARCELS CONTAINING MCRE THAN MINIMM
19 REQUIRED AREA. When any lot or parcel in any zone contains a greater area
20 than the required minimum area of the zone in which it is contained, then each
21 unit of the required minimum area contained in such lot or parcel may be utilised
22 as a separate lot or parcel, provided that any division does not create more
23 than four (4) lots or parcels and that each each lot or parcel thus created has
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ARTICLE 16
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CONDITIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
NONCONFORMING BUILDINGS AND USES
Section 1600: NONCONFORMING USE LI.(ITS OTHER USES. While a nonconform-
ing use exists on any lot, no new use may be established thereon even though
such other use would be a conforming use.
Section 1601: NONCONFORMING BUILDING IN "C" OR "M" ZONES. A nonconforming
building in any of the "C" or "M" zones may be continued provided no additions
or enlargements are made thereto and no structural alterations are made therein,
except those required by law, ordinance or regulation. If any such nonconform-
ing building is removed, every future use of the land on which the building was
located shall conform to the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 1602: NONCONFORMING USE OF CONFORMING BUILDING. The nonconforming
use of a conforming building existing on February 22nd, 1947 may be continued,
provided such nonconforming use shall not be expanded or extended into any
ether portion of the conforming building nor shall any structural alterations
except those required by law be made, and if such nonconforming use is discon-
tinued, any future use of such building shall conform to the provisions of
this ordinance; and provided further, that all nonconforming uses of a conform-
ing building in any of the "R" zones shall be discontinued not later than three
(3) years from the date the provisions of Ordinance 306 became applicable.
Section 1603: NONCONFORMING USE OF A NONCONFORMING BUILDING. The non-
conforming use of a nonconforming building may be continued and may be expanded
or extended throughout such building provided no structural alterations except
those required by law are made therein. If no structural alterations are made
or required, a nonconforming use of a nonconforming building may be changed to
another use of the same or more restricted classification. If the nonconform-
ing use is replaced by a more restrictive nonconforming use the occupancy there-
after may not revert to a less restrictive use.
Section 1604: CHANGE IN STATUS OF NONCONFORMING USE. If a nonconforming
use is vacated and is succeeded by another and more restrictive use it is evi-
dence that the heavier nonconforming use was ended and thereupon immediately
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1 loses any vested right as such. If the substitute use is itself nonconforming,
2 the degree of nonconformity may not subsequently be increased b'g changing to a
3 less restricted use.
4 Section 1605: REQUIRED REMOVAY+ OF NONCONFOFMING BUILDINGS AND USES.
5 A. Every nonconforming building in any of the "R" zones, except
6 residential buildings, churches and schools, which nonconforming building was
7 designed or intended for a use not permitted in the "R" zone in which it is lo-
8 cated, shall be completely removed or altered to structurally conform to the
9 uses permitted in the zone in which it is located within the herein specified
10 times upon notice from the Planning Commission, which time is measured from
11 the date of construction. In no case shall this period of time be less than
12 five (5) years from date of notification by the Planning Commission. As used
13 in this Section, the designations "Type 1 building ", "Type 2 building ", "Type
14 3 building ", "Type 4 building" and "Type 5 building" are employed as defined in
15 Ordinance No. 362.
16 (1) Where property is unimproved, one (1) year.
17 (2) Type 4 or Type 5 buildings (light incombustible frame and
18 wood frame) twenty (20) years.
19 (3) Type 2 or Type 3 buildings (heavy timber construction and
20 ordinary masonry).
21 (a) Apartments, offices, hotels or residences having stores
22 or offices below and apartments or offices above, thirty -five (35) years.
23 (b) Warehouses, stores, garages, lofts, thirty -five (35)years.
24 (c) Factories and industrial, forty -five (45) years.
25 (4) Type 1 buildings (fire resistant).
26 (a) Offices and hotels, forty -five (45) years.
27 (b) Theatres, fifty (50) years.
28 (c) Warehouses, lofts, stores, garages, forty -five (45)years.
29 (d) Industrial, thirty -five (35) years.
30 B. Every nonconforming building or use in the M -1 and M -2 zones
31 which is used for, or devoted to, any residential purpose, hospital (except
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Consultants - Planning and Government
4313 LEIMERT BLVD. • LOS ANGELES 8, CALIFORNIA