CHAPTER 153: ZONING CODE

Section

153.010 General Provisions

   153.010.010   Title

   153.010.020   Purpose

   153.010.030   Terminology

   153.010.040   Relationship to General Plan

   153.010.050   Relationship to other regulations and plans

   153.010.060   Relationship to California Environmental Quality Act

   153.010.070   Minimum requirements

   153.010.080   Severability of any portion

153.020 Administration and Enforcement

   153.020.010   Composition of Baldwin Park Planning Division

   153.020.020   Responsibilities of the City Council

   153.020.030   Responsibilities of the Planning Commission

   153.020.040   Responsibilities of the Design Review Committee

   153.020.050   Responsibilities of the Zoning Administrator

   153.020.060   Responsibilities of the Director of Public Works

   153.020.070   Responsibilities of the City Planner

   153.020.080   Interpretation of the Zoning Code

   153.020.090   Enforcement and penalty for violation

153.030 Establishment of Zones

   153.030.010   Zones Established

   153.030.020   Official Zoning Map

   153.030.030   Determination of Boundaries

153.040 Residential Zones

Part 1. Permitted Uses and Development Standards

   153.040.010   Intent and purpose

   153.040.020   Use regulations

   153.040.030   Development standards

   153.040.040   Required open space

   153.040.050   Flag lots

   153.040.060   Manufactured housing

   153.040.070   Accessory structures

   153.040.080   Vehicle storage and repair

   153.040.090   Other applicable regulations

Part 2. Small-Lot Single-Family Developments

   153.040.100   Intent and purpose

   153.040.110   Development standards

Part 3. Housing Incentives

   153.040.120   Intent and purpose

   153.040.130   Density bonus incentive

   153.040.140   General requirements

   153.040.150   Development standards

   153.040.160   Resale and rental controls

Part 4. Mobile Home Parks

   153.040.170   Intent and purpose

   153.040.180   Use regulations

   153.040.190   Development standards

Part 5. Urban Development Units and Urban Lot Splits

   153.040.200   Intent and purpose

   153.040.210   Relationship to other standards and requirements

   153.040.220    Interpretations

   153.040.230   Application and review

   153.040.240   General requirements

   153.040.250   Location

   153.040.260   Number of dwelling units

   153.040.270   Separate conveyance

   153.040.280   Use limitations

   153.040.290   Housing replacement requirements

   153.040.300   Development standards

   153.040.310   Objective design standards

   153.040.320   Deed restriction

   153.040.330   Fees

   153.040.340   Expiration of approval

   153.040.350   Additional requirements for urban lot splits

153.050 Commercial and Industrial Zones

   153.050.010   Intent and purpose

   153.050.020   Use regulations

   153.050.030   Development standards

   153.050.040   Accessory uses

   153.050.050   Outdoor storage and uses

   153.050.060   Other applicable regulations

153.060 Open Space Zone

   153.060.010   Intent and purpose

   153.060.020   Use regulations

   153.060.030   Other applicable regulations

153.070 Mixed-Use Zones

   153.070.010   Intent and purpose   

   153.070.020   Use regulations

   153.070.030   Development standards

   153.070.040   Additional development standards for mixed-use developments

   153.070.050   Required residential open space

   153.070.060   Reserved

   153.070.070   Other applicable regulations

153.080 Historic Overlay Zone

   153.080.010   Intent and purpose

   153.080.020   Applicability

   153.080.030   Property maintenance

   153.080.040   Local official register

   153.080.050   Agreements by the City of Baldwin Park

153.090 Sierra Vista Overlay Zone

   153.090.010   Intent and purpose

   153.090.020   Applicability

   153.090.030   Application for approval of development plans

   153.090.040   Development standards

153.100 Planned Development Overlay Zone

   153.100.010   Intent and purpose

   153.100.020   Establishment of a planned development

   153.100.030   Use regulations

   153.100.040   Development standards

   153.100.050   Other applicable regulations

153.110 Specific Plan Zones

   153.110.010   Intent and purpose

   153.110.020   Application

   153.110.030   Minimum development site standard

   153.110.040   Specific plan requirements

   153.110.050   Other applicable regulations

153.115 Housing Element Re-Use Site Overlay Zone

   153.115.010   Intent and purpose

   153.115.020   Applicability

   153.115.030   Approval procedures

   153.115.040   Development standards

153.120 Standards for Specific Land Uses and Activities

Part 1. Adult Oriented Businesses

   153.120.010   Intent and purpose

   153.120.020   Permit requirements

   153.120.030   Location requirements

Part 2. Alcohol Sales

   153.120.040   Intent and purpose

   153.120.050   Permit requirements

   153.120.060   Use regulations

   153.120.070   Development standards

   153.120.080   Security regulations

   153.120.090   Abandonment of permit

Part 3. Game Arcades and Internet Cafes

   153.120.100   Intent and purpose

   153.120.110   Use regulations

   153.120.120   Development standards

Part 4. Animal Keeping

   153.120.130   Intent and purpose

   153.120.140   Permitted animals

Part 5. Billiard and Pool Halls

   153.120.150   Intent and purpose

   153.120.160   Use regulations

   153.120.170   Development standards

   153.120.180   Security regulations

Part 6. Child Day Care Facilities and Large-Family Day Care Homes

   153.120.190   Intent and purpose

   153.120.200   Use regulations

   153.120.210   Development standards

Part 7. Drive-through Establishments

   153.120.220   Intent and purpose

   153.120.230   Use regulations

   153.120.240   Development standards

Part 8. Home Occupations

   153.120.250   Intent and purpose

   153.120.260   Permit requirements

   153.120.270   Use regulations

Part 9. Hotels and Motels

   153.120.280   Intent and purpose

   153.120.290   Permit requirements

   153.120.300   Length of occupancy restriction

   153.120.310   Development standards

Part 10. Cannabis Retailers

   153.120.320   Intent and purpose

   153.120.330   Use regulations

Part 11. Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units

   153.120.350   Findings; purpose and intent; definitions

   153.120.360   Accessory dwelling units - use regulations and development standards

   153.120.370   Junior accessory dwelling units - use regulations and development standards

Part 12. Service Stations

   153.120.380   Intent and purpose

   153.120.390   Development standards

   153.120.400   Driveway regulations

   153.120.410   Landscape regulations

   153.120.420   Site development regulations

Part 13. Solar Panels

   153.120.430   Intent and purpose

   153.120.440   Development regulations

Part 14. Vehicle Storage

   153.120.450   Intent and purpose

   153.120.460   Parking regulations

Part 15. Public Telephones

   153.120.470   Intent and purpose

   153.120.480   Use regulations and development standards

   153.120.490   Abatement

Part 16. Emergency Shelters

   153.120.500   Intent and purpose

   153.120.510   Use regulations

   153.120.520   Development standards

Part 17. Massage Establishments and Services

   153.120.530   Intent and purpose

   153.120.540   Use regulations

   153.120.550   Development standards

Part 18. Medical and Adult Cannabis Cultivation, Manufacturing and Distribution

   153.120.560   Intent and purpose

   153.120.570   Use regulations

   153.120.580   Development standards

153.130 Site Planning and General Development Standards

   153.130.010   Intent and purpose

   153.130.020   Applicability

   153.130.030   Permitted projections into required yard areas

   153.130.040   Building height

   153.130.050   Architectural standards

   153.130.060   Fences and walls

   153.130.070   Refuse collection facilities

   153.130.080   Property maintenance

   153.130.090   Clear cross-visibility requirement

   153.130.100   Street dedications

   153.130.110   Colors

   153.130.120   Temporary canopies

153.135 Objective Design Standards for Multi-Family
Residential and Mixed-Use Development

   153.135.010   Intent and purpose

   153.135.020   Relationship to other standards and requirements

   153.135.030   Site design

   153.135.040   Building design

   153.135.050   Site details

   153.135.060   Additional standards for mixed-use developments

   153.135.070   Deviations from standards

153.140 Performance Standards

   153.140.010   Intent and purpose

   153.140.020   Applicability

   153.140.030   Hazardous materials and wastes

   153.140.040   Light and glare

   153.140.050   Utilities

   153.140.060   Electrical disturbance

   153.140.070   Noise

   153.140.080   Odor

   153.140.090   Vibration

153.150 Off-Street Parking and Loading

   153.150.010   Intent and purpose

   153.150.020   Applicability

   153.150.030   Parking plan review requirements

   153.150.040   Number of parking spaces required

   153.150.050   Parking development dimensions and locations

   153.150.060   Off-site parking in a residential zone associated with a commercial or industrial use

   153.150.070   Parking development and maintenance standards

   153.150.080   Parking lot and space location standards

   153.150.090   Use restrictions

   153.150.100   Parking lot and structure design standards

   153.150.110   Parking lot landscaping standards

   153.150.120   Shared parking

   153.150.130   Driveway standards

   153.150.140   Off-street loading standards

   153.150.150   Bicycle parking standards

   153.150.160   Parking in-lieu program

153.160 Water-Efficient Landscaping Standards

   153.160.010   Intent and purpose

   153.160.020   Applicability

   153.160.030   General landscaping standards

   153.160.040   Residential landscaping standards

   153.160.050   Nonresidential landscaping standards

   153.160.060   Landscape approval procedure

   153.160.070   Preliminary landscape design plan

   153.160.080   Elements of the landscape documentation package

   153.160.090   Landscape design plan

   153.160.100   Irrigation design plan

   153.160.110   Water efficient landscape worksheet

   153.160.120   Soil management report

   153.160.130   Grading design plan

   153.160.140   Certificate of completion

   153.160.150   Irrigation scheduling

   153.160.160   Landscape and irrigation maintenance schedule

   153.160.170   Irrigation audit report

   153.160.180   Irrigation efficiency

   153.160.190   Recycled water

   153.160.192   Graywater systems

   153.160.200   Stormwater management and rainwater retention

   153.160.210   Public education

   153.160.220   Provisions for existing landscapes

   153.160.225   Prescriptive compliance

   153.160.230   Other applicable regulations

153.165 Tree Preservation and Protection

   153.165.010   Purpose and intent

   153.165.020   Applicability

   153.165.030   Tree Advisory Board - establishment and responsibilities

   153.165.040   Tree Department - establishment and responsibilities

   153.165.050   Responsibilities of private property owners and city

   153.165.060   Tree Master Plan

   153.165.070   Public tree planting

   153.165.080   Public tree removal, trimming, maintenance, and protection

   153.165.090   Private property tree removal and trimming

   153.165.100   Exemptions from this subchapter

153.170 Sign Regulations

   153.170.010   Intent and purpose

   153.170.020   Applicability

   153.170.030   Permit requirements

   153.170.040   Exempt signs

   153.170.050   Prohibited signs

   153.170.060   Temporary signs

   153.170.070   General sign standards

   153.170.080   Signs regulations by zone

   153.170.090   Sign regulations for specific land uses

   153.170.100   Sign construction and maintenance

   153.170.110   Other applicable regulations

153.180 Wireless Communications Facilities

   153.180.010   Definitions

   153.180.020   Purpose and intent

   153.180.030   Exempt facilities

   153.180.040   Approval requirements

   153.180.050   General standards

   153.180.060   Development standards

   153.180.070   Review and approval process

   153.180.080   Satellite antennas, amateur radio communication facilities, and citizen band (CB) radio antennas

   153.180.090   Reserved

   153.180.100   Exceptions

   153.180.110   Nonconforming wireless communications facilities

   153.180.120   Abandonment of communications facilities

153.190 Trip Reduction and Transportation Demand Management

   153.190.010   Intent and purpose

   153.190.020   Applicability

   153.190.030   Review of transit impacts

   153.190.040   Development standards

   153.190.050   Maintenance

   153.190.060   Monitoring

153.200 Nonconforming Buildings, Structures, and Uses

   153.200.010   Application

   153.200.020   Definition

   153.200.030   Continuation of nonconforming uses, buildings and structures

   153.200.040   Nonconformity

   153.200.050   Abandonment, change, or increase in use

   153.200.060   Expiration of time

   153.200.070   Orders of abatement

   153.200.080   Appeals from decision of Director

   153.200.090   Appeals from Commission’s decisions

   153.200.100   Notice of decision

   153.200.110   Effective date of notice

   153.200.120   Perfecting appeals

   153.200.130   Conduct of hearings

   153.200.140   Repair; maintenance

   153.200.150   Eminent domain; public acquisition

   153.200.160   Permitted repair and/or maintenance of nonconforming buildings and structures

   153.200.170   Effect of work

   153.200.180   Exemptions and exceptions

   153.200.190   Minor additions to dwellings in R-1 Zone

   153.200.200   Consistency with general plan required

153.210 Administrative Procedures

Part 1. General Provisions

   153.210.010   Intent and purpose

   153.210.020   Designated approving authority

   153.210.030   Exemptions from permit requirements

   153.210.040   Additional required permits

   153.210.050   Burden of proof

   153.210.060   Precedence

   153.210.070   Concurrent processing of permits

   153.210.080   Application regulations

   153.210.090   General application processing procedures

   153.210.100   Notice of public hearing regulations

   153.210.110   Public hearing regulations

   153.210.120   Permit implementation and time limits

   153.210.130   Permit modification

   153.210.140   Permit revocation

   153.210.150   Appeals

Part 2. Design Review

   153.210.160   Intent and purpose

   153.210.170   Applicability

   153.210.180   Determination

   153.210.190   Record of review

Part 3. Zoning Clearance

   153.210.200   Intent and purpose

   153.210.210   Applicability

   153.210.220   Determination

   153.210.230   Record of clearance

Part 4. Sign Permit

   153.210.240   Intent and purpose

   153.210.250   Applicability

   153.210.260   Determination

   153.210.265   Time for determination

   153.210.270   Record of permit

Part 5. Temporary Use Permit

   153.210.280   Reference

Part 6. Zoning Code Interpretation

   153.210.320   Intent and purpose

   153.210.330   Determination

   153.210.340   Record of interpretation

Part 7. Administrative Adjustment

   153.210.350   Intent and purpose

   153.210.360   Applicability

   153.210.370   Proceedings

   153.210.380   Determination

   153.210.390   Record of permit

Part 8. Variance

   153.210.400   Intent and purpose

   153.210.410   Applicability

   153.210.420   Proceedings

   153.210.430   Determination

   153.210.440   Record of permit

Part 9. Conditional Use Permit

   153.210.450   Intent and purpose

   153.210.460   Applicability

   153.210.470   Proceedings

   153.210.480   Determination

   153.210.490   Limited time approval

   153.210.495   Expiration for non-use

   153.210.500   Record of permit

Part 10. Historic Designation

   153.210.510   Intent and purpose

   153.210.520   Applicability

   153.210.530   Proceedings

   153.210.540   Determination

   153.210.550   Record of designation

Part 11. Historic Structure Work Permit

   153.210.560   Intent and purpose

   153.210.570   Proceedings

   153.210.580   Record of permit

Part 12. Historic Structure Demolition Permit

   153.210.590   Intent and purpose

   153.210.600   Proceedings

   153.210.610   Record of permit

Part 13. Wireless Facility Encroachment Permit

   153.210.620   Intent and purpose

   153.210.630   Proceedings

   153.210.640   Determination

   153.210.650   Record of permit

Part 14. Specific Plan

   153.210.660   Intent and purpose

   153.210.670   Specific plan initiation

   153.210.680   Proceedings

   153.210.690   Determination

   153.210.700   Record of plan

   153.210.710   Specific plan amendments

Part 15. Zoning Code Text and Zoning Map Amendments

   153.210.720   Intent and purpose

   153.210.730   Amendment initiation

   153.210.740   Proceedings

   153.210.750   Determination

   153.210.760   Record of amendment

Part 16. General Plan Text and Map Amendments

   153.210.770   Intent and purpose

   153.210.780   Amendment initiation

   153.210.790   Proceedings

   153.210.800   Determination

   153.210.810   Record of amendment

Part 17. Development Agreement

   153.210.820   Intent and purpose

   153.210.830   Development agreement application

   153.210.840   Contents of agreement

   153.210.850   Proceedings

   153.210.860   Determination

   153.210.870   Recordation of filing agreement

   153.210.880   Amendment or cancellation

   153.210.890   Periodic review

Part 18. Downtown Overlay

   153.210.900   Intent and purpose

   153.210.910   Applicability

   153.210.920   Proceedings

   153.210.930   Determination

   153.210.940   Record of overlay

Part 19. Development Plan (Planned Development Overlay)

   153.210.950   Intent and purpose

   153.210.960   Proceedings

   153.210.970   Required findings for approval

   153.210.980   Record of plan

Part 20. Reasonable Accommodation

   153.210.990   Intent and purpose

   153.210.1000   Applicability

   153.210.1010   Proceedings

   153.210.1020   Findings

   153.210.1030   Determination

   153.210.1040   Record of reasonable accommodation

153.220 Definitions

   153.220.010   Intent and purpose

   153.220.020   A definitions

   153.220.030   B definitions

   153.220.040   C definitions

   153.220.050   D definitions

   153.220.060   E definitions

   153.220.070   F definitions

   153.220.080   G definitions

   153.220.090   H definitions

   153.220.100   I definitions

   153.220.110   J definitions

   153.220.120   K definitions

   153.220.130   L definitions

   153.220.140   M definitions

   153.220.150   N definitions

   153.220.160   O definitions

   153.220.170   P definitions

   153.220.180   Q definitions

   153.220.190   R definitions

   153.220.200   S definitions

   153.220.210   T definitions

   153.220.220   U definitions

   153.220.230   V definitions

   153.220.240   W definitions

   153.220.250   X definitions

   153.220.260   Y definitions

   153.220.270   Z definitions

   Appendix:    Zoning Map