Sec. 1.5.1. | Los Angeles City Law Search

ps) Sec. 1.5.1. (General) Established by Ord. 188,418, Eff. 01/20/2025, Oper. 01/27/2025 City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A Sec. 1.5.2. ZONING MAP A. Purpose 1. Zoning Districts in order to regulate the use and development of property, as provided for in this Zoning code (chapter 1A), land is designated with the following districts for zoning purposes. the zone of a lot is separated into two or more bracket sets [ ] in order to reinforce the separation of the built environment from the types of activities as two distinct permissions on a lot. the first bracket set contains the zoning districts that determine the built environment, and the second bracket set contains the zoning districts that determine the types of activities on a lot. Although the zoning districts may refer, or have standards that are tied, to other districts, each is independent and are combined in response to the variety of planning needs found throughout the city . [Form – Frontage – Standards] [Use – Density] a. Form Districts are outlined in Article 2. (Form). b. Frontage Districts are outlined in Article 3. (Frontage). c. Development Standards Districts are outlined in Article 4. (Development Standards). d. Use Districts are outlined in Article 5. (Use). e. Density Districts are outlined in Article 6. (Density). 2. Alternate Typologies the zoning districts established in this Zoning code (chapter 1A) recognize that, in general, the physical form of development need not be determined by its use. there are certain cases, however, in which the physical form that development takes is directly tied to a specific use or activity. in those cases, Article 7. (Alternate Typologies) outlines a series of regulatory solutions that overrides specific regulations otherwise addressed by zoning districts applied to a lot. each Alternate t ypology establishes eligibility parameters for each option, and what metrics it supersedes from the applicable zoning districts. 3. Specific Plans & Supplemental Dis