Sec. 4C.2.2. | Los Angeles City Law Search

tion of elements, including fences, walls, trees and other plants, along a frontage lot line that conceals, obstructs or protects the public realm from adjacent uses, activities, or site elements. A. Intent the intent of the standards of this Section (Frontage Screens) is to mitigate negative impacts from subject uses, activities, or site elements with significant impacts on the public realm, promoting visual interest and increasing comfort for users of the public realm. B. Applicability Frontage screen standards apply to specified project activities when required by this Zoning code (chapter 1A), including, but not limited to, the applied Use District (Part 5B.), Sec. 4C.2.2. (Motor Vehicle Use Area), Sec. 4C.2.2.C.3. (Drive-Through Facilities), Sec. 4C.2.2.C.2. (Freight Loading Areas), Sec. 4C.4.4. (Parking Lot Design) or Sec. 4C.4.5. (Parking Structure Design). c. Standards 1. General a. required frontage screens shall be located between the use, area, or site element subject to screening requirements and all frontage lot lines. Any wall and planting area required by the frontage screen type shall be continuous with the following exceptions: i. Openings in a required frontage screen accommodating pedestrian accessways are allowed for a width no greater than eight feet in width for each individual pedestrian accessway. Where an opening in the frontage screen accommodates both pedestrian and automobile access, the maximum allowable opening width is eight feet greater than the maximum allowed driveway width. ii. Openings in a required frontage screen accommodating automobile access are allowed for a width no greater than the maximum allowed driveway width allowed by the applied Development Standards District (Part 4B.). iii. For portions of frontage lot lines where a building of at least 10 feet in height is located between the frontage lot line and the use, area, or site element subject to frontage screening requirements, no wall is required as part of the frontage