Chapter 1A Zoning Code

Sec. 1.3.1.

IP TO THE STREET DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS PERMITTED USES NUMBER OF UNITS | 1-5 Introductory Provisions | Article 1 Div. 1.3. (Orientation) Sec. 1.3.1. (Zone String) Established by Ord. 188,418, Eff. 01/20/2025, Oper. 01/27/2025 City of Los Angeles Zoning Code Chapter 1A 1. Article 2. (Form) regulates the placement, scale, and intensity of buildings and structures on a lot to ensure building forms are compatible with their context and to promote projects that support community goals. 2. Article 3. (Frontage) regulates the portions of a lot and exterior building facades that impact the public realm. Frontage Districts (Part 3B.) help ensure that projects respond to the public realm in a contextually appropriate manner. the regulations in Frontage Districts (Part 3B.) range from minimal standards for Warehouse Frontages to a robust set of standards for Shopfront Frontages which require projects to support a high-quality public realm that is active, comfortable, safe, and visually interesting, with strong connections between the public realm and uses inside buildings. 3. Article 4. (Development Standards) regulates site design, including location and characteristics of access, parking, landscape, and other site features. Development Standards Districts (Part 4B.) consist of regulations that are appropriate to a variety of contexts such as city centers, suburban neighborhoods, and rural hillsides. 4. Article 5. (Use) establishes Use Districts (Part 5B.), Use Standards (Part 5C.), and Use Definitions (Part 5D.) that regulate the activities on a lot and to mitigate any potential impacts within a lot and on surrounding property as a result of those activities. 5. Article 6. (Density) establishes Density Districts (Part 6B.), which regulate the number of household dwelling units or efficiency dwelling units permitted on a lot, otherwise known as density. Density Districts (Part 6B.) allow for a wide variety of zoning approaches to housing. c. Specific Plans & Supplemental Distr