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(Added by Ord. No. 169,103, Eff. 11/21/93.)
The following regulations shall apply in the “CM(GM)” Commercial Manufacturing (Glencoe/Maxella) Specific Plan Zone.
A. Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section are intended to reflect the regulations contained in the Glencoe/Maxella Specific Plan Ordinance.
B. Use. No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained, except as permitted by Sections 6 and 7 of the Glencoe/Maxella Specific Plan Ordinance.
C. Area. No building or structure nor the enlargement of any building or structure shall be erected or maintained unless the yard requirements set forth in Section 6 of the Glencoe/Maxella Specific Plan are provided and maintained in connection with the building, structure or enlargement.
(Amended by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
The following purpose and regulations shall apply to “MR1” Restricted Industrial Zone:
A. Purpose:
1. To protect industrial land for industrial use, and prohibit unrelated commercial and other non-industrial uses.
2. To provide a reasonable range or interim uses in this zone, so that land owners may receive income from temporary use, while the industrial land reserve is being protected for future growth.
3. To upgrade industrial development standards,
a. so that industry will be a better neighbor to residences
b. to protect industrial investment against incompatible residential, commercial and industrial uses, and
c. to prevent future industrial blight.
4. To preserve industrial land for light industrial uses and to provide for non-retail businesses which enhance the City’s employment base. (Added by Ord. No. 169,366, Eff. 4/1/94.)
5. To reflect and accommodate the shift in industrial land use from traditional industrial activity to uses such as those involving record management, Research and Development, information processing, electronic technology, and medical research. (Added by Ord. No. 169,366, Eff. 4/1/94.)
B. Use. (Amended by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.) No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained, except for the following uses, or where a “Supplemental Use District” is created by the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter, for such uses as may be permitted therein.
1. Any use specified in Section 12.17.1 A.2., as first permitted in the CM Zone provided that all regulations of said zone are complied with.
2. (Amended by Ord. No. 156,994, Eff. 9/25/82.) Any use permitted in the C2 Commercial Zone, provided that these uses are conducted in accordance with all building enclosure and fence enclosure limitations of said C2 zone, and further provided:
(a) Any such use is devoted primarily to the manufacturing of products, or assembling, compounding, processing or treating of materials and that all retail business conducted in connection with such use is only incidental to the main use; or
(b) Any such use is devoted primarily to the development of software and other computer or media-related products or services, or (Added by Ord. No. 172,106, Eff. 8/14/98.)
(c) Any such use is conducted only as an accessory use to the main use, and provides services for those persons employed on the premises. (Renumbered by Ord. No. 172,106, Eff. 8/14/98.)
3. The following uses:
a. Farming, nurseries, aviaries and apiaries. (Amended by Ord. No. 181,188, Eff. 7/18/10.)
b. Bank.
c. Clinic.
d. Laboratory or research and development center.
e. Offices, accessory to the primary industrial use of the lot, and showrooms for products produced on the premises; provided that the total floor area of such offices and showrooms does not exceed the floor area of the primary industrial use, and that all of the merchandise sold during each calendar month is sold at wholesale. (Amended by Ord. No. 169,366, Eff. 4/1/94.)
f. Printing and publishing, wholesale.
g. Recreation facility, open or enclosed, as an accessory use incidental to the primary industrial use of the lot, provided that such recreation facility shall not exceed 10 percent of the total lot area. (Amended by Ord. No. 159,916, Eff. 7/7/85.)
h. Restaurant (including café), as an accessory use incidental to the primary industrial use of the lot and for the exclusive use of persons employed on such lot and provided that there shall be no outdoor signs advertising such restaurant. (Amended by Ord. No. 159,916, Eff. 7/7/85.)
i. Corporate headquarters, record- keeping and computer support facilities for the processing of retrievable information and systems control. (Added by Ord. No. 169,366, Eff. 4/1/94.)
j. Office buildings if used only for offices of industrial firms, industrial engineering firms, and other professional, administrative, and clerical services needed by industries in the area. (Added by Ord. No. 169,366, Eff. 4/1/94.)
k. Facilities for the development and/or production and manufacture of computer and media-related products and services, including hardware. (Added by Ord. No. 172,106, Eff. 8/14/98.)
l. Wireless antennas, including the associated equipment cabinets, located on the rooftops of buildings when established in conformance with the standards contained in Section 12.21 A.21. of this Code, and which are not located within a scenic parkway specific plan, scenic corridor specific plan, or a roadway designated as a scenic highway within a specific plan area; or on the rooftops of buildings that are designated on the National Register of Historic Places, including Contributing Buildings in National Register Historic Districts, the California Register of Historic Resources, the City of Los Angeles List of Historic-Cultural Monuments, or a Contributing Structure located in an Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) that has been established pursuant to Section 12.20.3
of this Code. (Added by Ord. No. 177,120, Eff. 12/26/05.)
4. The following uses when conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, except for incidental storage, and conducted in accordance with the limitations hereafter specified:
a. The manufacturing, compound ing, processing or treating of such products as drugs, pharmaceuticals, and perfumed toilet soap (no refining or rendering of fats or oils).
b. The manufacturing, compound ing, assembling, or treating of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials, cork, feather, fibre, hair, horn, tobacco, and paint (not employing a boiling process).
c. The manufacturing of ceramic products, provided that there is no pulverizing of clay.
d. The manufacturing of concrete or cement products.
e. The manufacturing and maintenance of electrical and neon signs, billboards, commercial advertising structures, light sheet metal products, including heating and ventilating ducts and equipment, cornices, eaves and the like.
f. The manufacturing of food products (except fish products, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast, or the rendering or refining of fats and oils), provided that no noxious or offensive odors are permitted to emanate from the premises.
g. The manufacture of machine belting from previously tanned leather.
h. The manufacturing of musical instruments, toys, novelties, and metal stamps.
i. The manufacturing of plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber products, such as washers, gloves, bathing caps, tableware, buttons, stamps, mats, and the like, not involving the use of rolling mills of more than 60 inches in length, or the use of Banbury Mills.
j. Blacksmith shops and machine shops not involving the use of drop hammers, automatic screw machines, or punch presses with a rated capacity of over 20 tons; provided, that punch presses with a rated capacity of over 20 tons may be used, if they are located within the building and are installed and cushioned in accordance with a plan which the Department of Building and Safety has determined will satisfactorily prevent the emanation of objectionable noise and vibration to adjoining property.
k. Distribution, plants, parcel delivery service, ice and cold storage plants, a bottling plants.
l. Laundry, cleaning and dyeing works, and carpet and rug cleaning plants.
m. (None)
n. Truck repairing or overhauling; wholesale automobile assembling, rebuilding or conditioning; wholesale rebuilding of automobile parts accessories or assemblies; tire retreading or recapping; battery manufacturing; and the like.
o. Veterinary, dog and cat hospitals, kennels, or facilities for breeding and boarding of animals (no outside keeping of animals - no open runs). In no case, however, shall any new kennel or animal breeding and boarding facility be constructed where any portion of the parcel is located within 500 feet of a residential zone without obtaining a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 12.24 of this Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 169,013, Eff. 9/28/93.)
p. Woodworking shops and sash and door manufacturing including only incidental mill work; provided that if a planner, router, sticker or moulder is maintained, all doors and windows in the outside walls of the room in which said machinery is located, shall be kept closed while said machinery is in use.
q. Cannery or bottling plant (except fish products or sauerkraut). (Amended by Ord. No. 148,969. Eff. 12/16/76.)
r. Cigarette factory. (Amended by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
s. Electroplating works. (Amended by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
t. Furniture manufacturing (only incidental mill work - planers, routers, stickers, and moulders operated in room with doors and windows closed). (Amended by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
u. (None)
v. Heat treating, case hardening, tempering, apply solid film lubricants and similar processing of small parts used in manufacturing of mechanical apparatus, devices or equipment. (Amended by Ord. No. 148.969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
w. Metal spinning. (Amended by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
5. The following uses when conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building or within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid wall or solid fence not less than six feet in height, when no material or equipment is stored to a height greater than that of the enclosing wall or fence and the wall or fence is maintained as provided in Section 12.21 A.9.:
a. Building material sales yard, including the sale of rock, sand, gravel and the like as an incidental part of the main business, but excluding concrete mixing.
b. Contractor’s equipment storage yard or plant.
c. Draying, freighting, or trucking yard or terminal.
d. Lumber yard, retail, including only incidental mill work; provided that any planer, router, sticker or moulder used for such mill work shall be maintained in a completely enclosed building or room within a building, and that all doors and windows in the outside walls of such building or room shall be kept closed while said machinery is in use.
e. Motion picture, television, video and other media production, with outdoor sets. (Amended by Ord. No. 172,106, Eff. 8/14/98.)
f. Open storage, not including the storage of impounded, abandoned, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked automobiles or similar equipment, or salvage, junk or scrap metal yards, provided no material or equipment is stored to a height greater than that of the wall or fence enclosing the storage area.
g. Parking of trucks or buses.
h. Public utility service yard or electrical receiving or transforming station.
i. Small boat building, except shipbuilding.
6. Other uses similar to the above, as provided in Section 12.21 A.2. but not including uses which are or may become obnoxious or offensive by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, noise, gas, fumes, cinders, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried waste, as determined by a Zoning Administrator.
7. Conditional uses enumerated in Section 12.24 when the location is approved pursuant to the provisions of said section.
9. Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, and accessory buildings when located on the same lot, provided:
a. A dwelling shall be considered to be a permissible accessory building only when it is designed for and used solely by a guard or caretaker (including the guard’s or caretaker’s family) of an industrial development or of a permitted use which requires 24-hour supervision and is located on the same lot with such development or use.
b. (Amended by Ord. No. 162,335, Eff. 6/6/87.) Open storage of materials and equipment, including used materials and equipment, shall be permitted only within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid wall or fence not less than six feet in height. No material or equipment shall be stored to a height greater than that of the wall or fence enclosing the storage area, except that storage in lumber yards may be at a height greater than said wall or fence.
The phrase “used materials and equipment” includes vehicles, boats, or airplanes which are inoperable, wrecked, damaged or unlicensed i.e. not currently licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
c. Signs or advertising structures shall indicate only the name, occupation, or nature of activities conducted, services offered or the product sold or manufactured on the premises.
d. Open storage of materials and equipment, including used materials and equipment existing on a lot when it is zoned “MR,” shall be enclosed as described herein. It shall be completely enclosed within a building or within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid wall or solid fence of a height sufficient to screen the use from public view, but in no event less than six feet in height within one year after a lot is zoned MR. The phrase “used materials and equipment” includes vehicles, boats, or airplanes which are inoperable, wrecked, damaged or unlicensed, i.e. not currently licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (Amended by Ord. No. 162,335, Eff. 6/6/87.)
C. Limitations. (Amended by Ord. No. 146,030, Eff. 7/11/74.) All required buildings and enclosing walls or fences shall be so constructed, the machinery and equipment shall be so installed and maintained, and the activity shall be so conducted, that all noise, vibration, dust, odor and all other objectionable factors, shall be confined or reduced to the extent that no annoyance or injury will result to persons residing in the vicinity.
Whenever there is any difficulty in determining the application of these provisions to any specific case, the Department of Building and Safety shall make such determinations.
D. Area. (Amended by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.) No building or structure nor the enlargement of any building or structure shall be hereafter erected or maintained unless the following yards and lot areas are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure or enlargement:
1. Front Yard – On all lots 100 feet in depth or less, 5 feet; on all lots in excess of 100 feet in depth, 15 feet. All front yards shall be suitably landscaped and maintained except for necessary driveways and walkways.
2. Side Yards – Side yards conforming to the requirements of the “R4” Zone (Section 12.11 C.2.) shall be provided and maintained in connection with buildings erected and used principally for residential purposes.
3. Rear Yard – No rear yard shall be required for buildings erected and used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes, a rear yard conforming to the requirements of the “R4” Zone (Section 12.11 C.3.) shall be provided and maintained at the floor level of the first story used in whole or in part for residential purposes.
4. Lot Area – The lot area required of the “R4” Zone (Section 12.11 C.4.) shall apply to buildings erected and used exclusively for dwelling purposes. For buildings other than those erected and used exclusively for dwelling purposes such requirements shall apply only to that portion of a building used for dwelling purposes.
E. Fence Modification. (Amended by Ord. No. 187,712, Eff. 1/23/23, Oper. 1/22/24; Ord. No. 187,930, Eff. 7/7/23.)
1. Authority of Director – The Director of Planning or the Director’s authorized representative, upon application pursuant to Sec. 13B.5.2. (Adjustment) of Chapter 1A
of this Code, may defer the wall or fence requirements of this section, for portions of walls or fences, in the following instances:
b. Where substantial fences, walls, buildings or geographic features are located on the subject property or on adjacent property and serve to enclose the subject use as well or more effectively than the wall or fence required by this section.
2. Compliance – Should the use, fence, wall or building providing justification for such modification be removed, such wall or fence shall be provided in compliance with this section within six months from the date of such removal.
F. Restriction. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,268, Eff. 7/1/00, Oper. 7/1/00.) For any lot designated as Public, Quasi-Public, Public/Quasi- Public Use, Other Public, or Open Space on the land use map of the applicable community or district plan; any lot shown on the map as having existing lakes, waterways, reservoirs, debris basins, or similar facilities; any lot shown on the map as the location of a freeway right-of-way; and any property annexed to the City of Los Angeles where a plan amendment was not adopted as part of the annexation proceedings:
Any of the uses permitted by Subsection B. of this section shall require prior approval in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.24.1 of this Code.
(Added by Ord. No. 168,861, Eff. 8/7/93.)
The following purpose and regulations shall apply in the CCS Century City South Specific Plan Studio Zone:
A. Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section are intended to reflect the regulations contained in the Century City South Specific Plan Ordinance.
B. Use. No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained, except as permitted by Section 6B of the Century City South Specific Plan Ordinance.
C. Area. No building or structure, nor the enlargement of any building or structure, shall be erected or maintained unless the yard and area requirements of Section 6B of the Century City South Specific Plan are provided and maintained in connection with the building, structure or enlargement.
(Renumbered by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
The following regulations shall apply in the “M1” Limited Industrial Zone:
A. Use. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,492, Eff. 10/10/00.) No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained, except for the following uses, and when a “Supplemental Use District” is created, for those uses as may be permitted in that district:
1. Any use permitted in the MR1 Zone provided that all regulations of the zone are complied with, except that front yard setbacks are not required.
2. Any commercial use permitted in the C2 Zone except sanitariums and hospitals, provided that these uses are conducted in accordance with all building enclosure and fence enclosure limitations of the C2 Zone. Pet Shops in the M1 Zone or less restrictive zones are not required to comply with the standards listed in Section 12.14 A.1.(b)(4). (Amended by Ord. No. 186,372, Eff. 12/10/19.)
3. The following uses when conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, except for incidental storage.
(a) Foundry, except iron or brass; or those in which noxious fumes or odors are produced.
(b) Poultry or rabbit killing incidental to a retail business on the same premises.
(c) Rental of equipment commonly used by contractors, including rental, storage, or storage for rental purposes of household moving rental trucks and utility rental trailers or commercial vehicles of any weight.
4. Stadiums, arenas, auditoriums and the like, having a seating capacity of more than 3,000 people.
5. Other uses similar to the above, as provided for in Section 12.21 A.2., but not including uses which are or may become obnoxious or offensive by reason of omission of odor, dust, smoke, noise, gas, fumes, cinders, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried waste, as determined by a Zoning Administrator.
6. Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, and accessory buildings when located on the same lot, provided:
(a) A dwelling shall be considered to be a permissible accessory building when it is designed for and used solely by a guard or caretaker (including the guard’s or caretaker’s family) of an industrial development or of a permitted use that requires a 24-hour supervision, and is located on the same lot with the development or use;
(b) Open storage of materials and equipment, including used materials and equipment, shall be permitted only within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid wall or fence, no less than six feet in height with necessary solid gates of the same height.
The phrase “used materials and equipment” includes vehicles, boats, or airplanes which are inoperable, wrecked, damaged or unlicensed, i.e. not currently licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
7. Automobile parking spaces required for dwellings and for buildings other than dwellings, as provided for in Section 12.21 A.4.
8. Official Police Garages as designated by the Los Angeles Police Commission for the storage of impounded, abandoned or partially dismantled automobiles, subject to the following limitations:
(a) the use is located 300 feet or more from property in an A or R zone;
(b) the use is conducted wholly within an area completely enclosed with a solid masonry wall or solid fence no less than eight feet in height with necessary solid gates of the same height;
(c) no dismantling of vehicles or crushing, smashing, baling or reduction of metal takes place on the premises;
(d) all property adjacent to any street is landscaped to a minimum depth of two feet measured at a right angle from the adjacent street, and extending the full length of property contiguous to the street except for area necessary for ingress and egress; and
(e) paved off-street parking spaces are provided for buildings as required by Section 12.21 A., and in addition for all other portions of the lot, other than public parking areas, as follows:
(1) for one or fewer acres, a minimum of six spaces;
(2) for more than one acre but not more than two acres, one space for each 12,000 square feet of lot area; and
(3) for each acre exceeding two acres, one space for each acre of lot area; and
(f) no material shall be stored to a height greater than the height of the enclosing wall or fence.
9. Indoor swap meets when authorized pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.24 W.42.
10. Storage buildings for household goods, including truck rentals, provided the building or structure is more than 500 feet from an A or R Zone or residential use as measured from the lot lines, and the building or structure is no more than 37 feet in height. (Added by Ord. No. 173,979, Eff. 6/29/01.)
11. Wireless telecommunication facilities, including radio and television transmitters, which meet all the requirements of the wireless telecommunication facilities standards set forth in Section 12.21 A.20. of this Code, except when located across the street from, abutting, or adjoining a residential use or A or R Zone, including the RA zone. (Added by Ord. No. 174,132, Eff. 9/3/01.)
12. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.22 A.28. of this Code to the contrary, a primary used automobile and trailer sales area, provided that the automobile and trailer sales area is located and developed in compliance with the provisions of Section 12.21 A.6. of this Code, and that any incidental repair of automobiles or trailers is conducted wholly within a building. (Added by Ord. No. 178,382, Eff. 3/24/07.)
13. (Added by Ord. No. 178,382, Eff. 3/24/07.) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.22 A.28. of this Code to the contrary, automotive repair, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The lot containing the automotive repair use is located more than 500 feet from any school, lot with a Certificate of Occupancy for a one-family dwelling, multiple-family dwelling, or mixed use project containing a residential use, or an A or R zone. If the lot is located 500 feet or less from any school, lot with a Certificate of Occupancy for a one-family dwelling, multiple-family dwelling, or mixed use project containing a residential use, or an A or R zone, automotive repair is prohibited unless approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.24 W.4. of this Code.
(b) All automotive spray painting shall be conducted in full compliance with the provisions of Article 7, Chapter V of this Code, regulating these installations; provided further, that any spray painting shall be done within a building.
(c) All other operations shall be conducted wholly within a building enclosed on at least three sides, except for the following activities, which may be conducted within the first 18 feet in depth in front of the garage bay door measured perpendicular to the entire length of the building wall containing a garage bay door, provided that this area does not displace any required parking:
(1) electrical diagnostics;
(2) battery charging and changing;
(3) tire removal and replacement, so long as the vehicle is elevated no more that 12 inches off the ground measured to the bottom of the tire. A portable hoist may be used for this function only.
(d) Except as provided in Paragraph (c)(3) above, automotive hoists, of any type or size, shall be located and operated only inside a building enclosed on at least three sides.
(e) A minimum of 500 square feet of storage area shall be provided (open storage shall comply with Section 12.14 A.42. of this Code);
(f) Notwithstanding Paragraphs (a) and (c) of this subdivision, an automotive sound shop or automotive alarm shop shall be permitted if it complies with the following:
(1) all operations are wholly conducted within a fully enclosed building; and
(2) no portion of the building or its associated parking area shall be within 50 feet of any school, lot with a Certificate of Occupancy for a one- family dwelling, multiple-family dwelling, or mixed use project containing a residential use, or an A or R zoned lot.
14. (Added by Ord. No. 178,382, Eff. 3/24/07.) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.22 A.28. of this Code to the contrary, automotive laundry or wash rack, in which power driven or steam cleaning machinery is used or any coin-operated automotive laundry or wash rack.
(a) Any automotive laundry or wash rack, in which power driven or steam cleaning machinery is used shall maintain noise levels below the levels provided in Table II of Section 111.03 of this Code.
(b) The comparison between the noise emanating from the automotive laundry or wash rack and from Table II shall be made in the manner set forth in Section 111.02(a) of this Code.
(c) Every wash rack shall be constructed or arranged so that entrances, exits, and openings shall not face any residentially zoned property within 100 feet of the entrances, exits or openings.
B. Restriction. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,268, Eff. 7/1/00, Oper. 7/1/00.) For any lot designated as Public, Quasi-Public, Public/Quasi-Public Use, Other Public, or Open Space on the land use map of the applicable community or district plan; any lot shown on the map as having existing lakes, waterways, reservoirs, debris basins, or similar facilities; any lot shown on the map as the location of a freeway right-of-way; and any property annexed to the City of Los Angeles where a plan amendment was not adopted as part of the annexation proceedings:
Any of the uses permitted by Subsection A. of this section shall require prior approval in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.24.1 of this Code.
C. Area – No building or structure nor the enlargement of any building or structure shall be hereafter erected or maintained unless the following yard and lot areas are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure or enlargement:
1. Front Yard – Not required.
2. Side Yard – Side yard conforming to the requirements of the “R4” Zone (Sec. 12.11 C.2.) shall be provided and maintained in connection with buildings erected and used principally for residential purposes.
3. Rear Yard – No rear yard shall be required for buildings erected a used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes. For buildings other than those erected and used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes, a rear yard conforming to the requirements of the “R4” Zone (Sec. 12.11 C.3.) shall be provided and maintained at the floor level of the first story used in whole or in part for dwelling purposes.
4. Lot Area – The lot area requirement of the “R4” Zone (Sec. 12.11 C.4.) shall apply to buildings erected and used exclusively for dwelling purposes. For buildings other than those erected and used exclusively for dwelling purpose such requirements shall apply only to that portion of a building used for dwelling purposes.
Exception to Area relations are provided for in Sec. 12.22 C.
(Renumbered by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
The following purpose and regulations shall apply in the “MR2” Restricted Light Industrial Zone.
A. Purpose.
1. To protect industrial land for industrial use, and prohibit unrelated commercial and other non-industrial uses.
2. To provide a reasonable range of interim uses in the zone, so that land owners can receive income from temporary use, while the industrial land reserve is being protected for future growth.
3. upgrade industrial development standards:
a. so that industry will be a better neighbor to residences,
b. to protect industrial investment against incompatible industry, and
c. to prevent future industrial slums.
4. To preserve industrial land for light industrial uses and non-retail businesses which will enhance the City’s employment base. (Added by Ord. No. 169,366, Eff. 4/1/94.)
5. To reflect and accommodate the shift in industrial land uses from traditional industrial activity to uses such as those involving record management, Research and Development, information processing, electronic technology, and medical research. (Added by Ord. No. 169,366, Eff. 4/1/94.)
B. Use. (Amended by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.) – No structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained, except for the following uses, or, where a “Supplemental Use District” is created by the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter, for such uses as may be permitted therein:
1. Any use permitted in the MR1 Zone provided that all regulations of said zone are complied with.
2. The following uses:
a. Bag cleaning (employing tabular vacuum cleaning and efficient dust collecting equipment - in completely enclosed building).
b. Bolt or screw thread rolling or cutting.
c. Bottle washing, collection or storage (in a completely enclosed building).
d. Box factory or cooperage.
e. Brewery.
f. Canvas, cloth, cork, excelsior or textile manufacturing.
g. Carpet or rug manufacturing.
h. Coil spring manufacturing (inner springs for mattresses and upholstered furniture using only coiling and knotting machines - light weight wire).
i. Die casting.
j. Electrical equipment manufacturing.
k. Enameling works.
l. Fencing, woven wire, manufacturing (from previously fabricated material - no galvanizing).
m. Insecticide or pesticide blending or mixing (previously manufactured ingredients - cold process).
n. Liquid fertilizer manufacturing (from previously manufactured chemicals and other inorganic materials by dissolving in water).
o. Lubricating oil, canning and packaging.
p. Match manufacturing, safety paper only.
q. Mortuary or mortuary schools, embalming business or undertaking business.
r. Pickle, yeast or vinegar manufacturing (in a completely enclosed building).
s. Roll forming of metal, cold process.
t. Aircraft factory. (Added by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
u. Animal keeping or raising (no hog ranches having more than 5 swine or stockyards or cattle-feeding yard). In no case, however, shall any new animal kennel be constructed within 500 feet of a residential zone without issuance of a conditional use permit. (Amended by Ord. No. 150,138, Eff. 10/31/77.)
v. Furniture manufacturing. (Added by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
w. Oxygen or nitrogen manufacturing, compressing and bulk storage in tanks. (Added by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
x. Screw machine products manufacturing. (Added by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
y. Storage, sorting, collecting or baling of rags, paper, scrap metal or junk, when conducted wholly within an enclosed building. (Added by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
3. The following uses when conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building or within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid wall or solid fence not less than eight feet in height, when no materials or equipment is stored to a height greater than that of the enclosing wall or fence (except that in lumber yards lumber may be stored to a height greater than said wall or fence) and the wall or fence is maintained as provided in Section 12.21
A.9. (Amended by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.)
a. Building materials salvage yard.
b. Monument works.
c. Planing mill or wholesale lumber yards.
d. (Deleted by Ord. No. 171,687, Eff. 8/19/97.)
4. Other uses similar to the above as provided for in Section 12.21 A.2. but not including uses which are or may become obnoxious or offensive by emission of odor, dust, smoke, noise, gas, fumes, cinders, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried waste, as determined by a Zoning Administrator.
5. Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, and accessory buildings when located on the same lot, provided:
a. A dwelling shall be considered to be a permissible accessory building only when it is designed for and used solely by a guard or caretaker (including the guard’s or caretaker’s family) of an industrial development or of a permitted use which requires 24-hour supervision and is located on the same lot with such development or use.
b. Open storage of materials and equipment, including used materials and equipment, shall be permitted only within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid wall or solid fence not less than eight feet in height with necessary solid gates of the same height. No material or equipment shall be stored to a height greater than that of the wall or fence enclosing the storage area. However, storage in lumber yards, other than storage of used materials or equipment may be at a height greater than said wall or fence. The phrase “used materials and equipment” includes vehicles, boats, or airplanes which are inoperable, wrecked, damaged or unlicensed, i.e. not currently licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (Amended by Ord. No. 162,335, Eff. 6/6/87.)
c. Signs or advertising structures hall indicate only the name, occupation or nature of activities conducted, services offered or the products sold or manufactured on the premises.
d. Open storage of materials and equipment, including used materials and equipment, existing on a lot when it is zoned “MR,” shall be enclosed as described herein. It shall be completely enclosed within a building or within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid wall or solid fence, including necessary solid gates, of a height sufficient to screen the use from public view, but in no event less than eight feet in height, within one year after the lot is zoned MR. The phrase “used materials and equipment” includes vehicles, boats, or airplanes which are inoperable, wrecked, damaged or unlicensed, i.e. not currently licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (Amended by Ord. No. 162,335, Eff. 6/6/87.)
C. Area. (Amended by Ord. No. 148,969, Eff. 12/16/76.) No building or structure nor the enlargement of any building or structure shall be hereafter erected or maintained unless the following yards and lot areas are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure or enlargement.
1. Front Yard – On all lots 100 feet in depth or less, 5 feet; on all lots in excess of 100 feet in depth, 15 feet. All front yards shall be suitably landscaped and maintained except for necessary driveways and walkways.
2. Side Yard – Side yards conforming to the requirements of the “R4” Zone (Section 12.11 C.2.) shall be provided and maintained in connection with buildings erected and used principally for residential purposes.
3. Rear Yard – No rear yard shall be required for buildings erected and used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes. For buildings other than those erected and used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes, a rear yard, conforming to the requirements of the “R4” Zone (Section 12.11 C.3.) shall be provided and maintained at the floor level of the first story used in whole or in part for residential purposes.
4. Lot Area – The lot area requirements of the “R5” Zone (Section 12.12 C.4.) shall apply to buildings erected and used exclusively for dwelling purposes. For buildings other than those erected and used exclusively for dwelling purposes such requirements shall apply only to that portion of a building used for dwelling purposes.
D. Fence Modifications. Same as the MR1 Zone and subject to the same limitations of Section 12.17.5 E. (Added by Ord. No. 146,030, Eff. 7/11/74.)
E. Restriction. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,268, Eff. 7/1/00, Oper. 7/1/00.) For any lot designated as Public, Quasi-Public, Public/Quasi- Public Use, Other Public, or Open Space on the land use map of the applicable community or district plan; any lot shown on the map as having existing lakes, waterways, reservoirs, debris basins, or similar facilities; any lot shown on the map as the location of a freeway right-of-way; and any property annexed to the City of Los Angeles where a plan amendment was not adopted as part of the annexation proceedings:
Any of the uses permitted by Subsection B. of this section shall require prior approval in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.24.1 of this Code.
(Added by Ord. No. 168,870, Eff. 8/9/93.)
The following regulations shall apply in the “WC” Warner Center Specific Plan Zone:
A. Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section are intended to reflect the regulations contained in the Warner Center Specific Plan Ordinance.
B. Use. No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained, except as permitted by Sections 7 and 10 of the Warner Center Specific Plan Ordinance.
C. Area. No building or structure shall be erected or maintained nor shall the enlargement of any building or structure be erected or maintained unless the yard, lot area, setback and loading spaces required by Sections 7 and 10 of the Warner Center Specific Plan are provided and maintained in connection with the building, structure or enlargement.
(Amended by Ord. No. 146,030, Eff. 7/11/74.)
The following regulations shall apply to the “M2” Light Industrial Zone:
A. Use – No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged, or maintained, except for the following uses, and, when a “Supplemental Use District” is created by the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter, for such uses as may be permitted therein:
1. Any open lot use permitted in an “A” or “R” Zone, which does not involve the use of buildings or structures other than accessory buildings incident to the use of the land.
1.5. (Amended by Ord. No. 146,030, Eff. 7/11/74.) Any use permitted in the M1 or MR2 Zone, whether conducted within or without a building or enclosed area, but not including any of the following:
(a) Any building, structure or portion thereof permitted in any “R” Zone, other than accessory buildings which are incidental to the use of the land.
(b) Any building containing dwelling units or guest rooms.
(c) The storage, display, processing or sales of second-hand boxes, crates, barrels, drums, furniture, or household appliances unless conducted in accordance with the limitations specified in Subsection A.4(b) of this section.
(d) The storage of impounded, abandoned, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked automobiles unless conducted in accordance with the limitations specified in Subsection A.4(b) of this section.
(e) The open air sale of merchandise from a privately owned vacant lot or drive- in theater. (Added by Ord. No. 156,684, Eff. 6/19/82.)
(f) Concrete or cement products manufactured in the open. (Added by Ord. No. 158,939, Eff. 6/21/84.)
(g) The open storage of materials and equipment, including used materials and equipment unless conducted in accordance with the limitations specified in Subsection A.4(b) of this section. The phrase “used materials and equipment” includes vehicles, boats, or airplanes which are inoperable, wrecked, damaged or unlicensed, i.e. not currently licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (Added by Ord. No. 162,335. Eff. 6/6/87.)
(h) (Amended by Ord. No. 173,492, Eff. 10/10/00.) Indoor swap meets unless authorized pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.24 W.42.
2. (None)
3. Airport or aircraft landing field.
3.5. (None)
4. The following uses when conducted in accordance with the limitations hereafter specified:
(a) Types of Use. (Amended by Ord. No. 152,770, Eff. 9/15/79.)
(1) Automobile dismantling yard.
(2) Junk yard.
(3) Storage, display, processing or sales of second-hand furniture and appliances.
(4) Storage, display, processing, or sales of second-hand boxes, crates, barrels, drums, or similar containers. (Added by Ord. No. 158,939, Eff. 6/21/84.)
(5) The open storage of materials and equipment, including used materials and equipment. The phrase “used materials and equipment” includes vehicles, boats, or airplanes which are inoperable, wrecked, damaged or unlicensed, i.e. not currently licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (Added by Ord. No. 162,335, Eff. 6/ 6/87.)
(b) Limitations.
(1) No crushing, smashing, baling or reduction of metal is conducted on the premises unless such is conducted without producing substantial amounts of dust and is so conducted that the noise emanating therefrom, as measured from any point on adjacent property shall be no more audible than the noise emanating from ordinary street traffic and from other commercial or industrial uses measured at the same point on said adjacent property; provided, however, that such noise shall be permitted in the event it does not exceed the levels provided in Section 111.03 of this Code as measured from any point on adjacent property in an “A”, “R”, “C”, “P” or “M” zone. (Amended by Ord. No. 156,363, Eff. 3/29/82.)
(2) The use is conducted wholly within an enclosed building or within an area completely enclosed with a solid masonry wall not less than eight feet in height with necessary solid gates of like height; or within an area completely enclosed with a solid fence not less than eight feet in height with necessary solid gates of like height. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,470, Eff. 11/29/68.)
(3) In the event the use is conducted in an area enclosed by a wall or fence as hereinabove provided, no material shall be stored to a height greater than the height of the enclosing wall or fence, except that the storage of empty second-hand wooden boxes and at when located at least 300 feet from a more restrictive zone or use, may be permitted an additional foot above the enclosing wall or fence for each two feet such boxes are set back from said enclosing wall or fence; provided that such stacking shall not exceed 18 feet in height. In no event shall such stacks violate the limitations imposed by Section 57.315.4.2 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 165,342, Eff. 1/19/90.)
(4) (Amended by Ord. No. 145,040, Eff. 1/15/73.) Paved off- street parking spaces are provided for buildings as required by Section 12.21 A. of this Code, and for all other portions of the lot, other than public parking areas, as follows:
(i) For up to the first acre a minimum of six spaces;
(ii) For the second acre – one space for each 12,000 square feet of lot area; and
(iii) For each acre exceeding two – one space for each acre of lot area.
(5) In the event the use is conducted in an area enclosed by a wall or fence as hereinabove provided, all property adjacent to any street is landscaped to a minimum depth of two feet measured at a right angle from the adjacent street and extending the full length of the property contiguous to such street except for areas necessary for ingress and egress. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,470, Eff. 11/29/68.)
5. Cemetery, columbarium, crematory or mausoleum.
6. Circus quarters, menagerie or keeping of wild animals.
7. (None)
8. Morgue.
9. Riding academy or stable.
10. Rifle range.
11. (None)
12. Other uses similar to the above, as provided in Section 12.21 A.2. but not including use which are or may become obnoxious or offensive by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, noise, gas, fumes, cinders, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried waste, as determined by the Administrator.
13. Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses and accessory buildings, when located on the same lot. A dwelling shall be considered to be a permissible accessory building only when it is designed for a used solely by a guard or caretaker (including the guard’s or caretaker’s family) of an industrial development or of a permitted use which requires 24-hour supervision and is located on the same lot with such development or use.
15. Curing, composting and mulching facilities, including all accessory buildings, as well as chipping and grinding facilities when conducted within a wholly enclosed building. (Added by Ord. No. 170,054, 11/13/94.)
16. Cargo container storage yard, when located in whole or in part within the boundaries of the Port of Los Angeles Community Plan area. (Added by Ord. No. 177,244, Eff. 2/18/06.)
B. Restriction. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,268, Eff. 7/1/00, Oper. 7/1/00.) For any lot designated as Public, Quasi-Public, Public/Quasi-Public Use, Other Public, or Open Space on the land use map of the applicable community or district plan; any lot shown on the map as having existing lakes, waterways, reservoirs, debris basins, or similar facilities; any lot shown on the map as the location of a freeway right-of-way; and any property annexed to the City of Los Angeles where a plan amendment was not adopted as part of the annexation proceedings:
Any of the uses permitted by Subsection A. of this section shall require prior approval in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.24.1 of this Code.
C. Area. No building or structure nor the enlargement of any building or structure shall be hereafter erected or maintained unless the following yards and lot areas are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure or enlargement.
1. Front Yard – Not required.
2. Side Yard – Side yards conforming to the requirements of the “R5” Zone (Sec. 12.12 C.2.) shall be provided and maintained in connection with buildings erected and used principally for residential purposes.
3. Rear Yard – No rear yard shall be required for buildings erected used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes. For buildings other than those erected and used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes, a rear yard conforming to the requirements of the “R4” Zone (Sec. 12.11 C.3.) shall be provided and maintained at the floor level of the first story used in whole or in part for dwelling purposes.
4. Lot Areas – The lot area requirements of the “R5” Zone Sec. 12.12 C.4. shall apply to buildings erected and used exclusively for dwelling purposes. For buildings other than those erected and used exclusively for dwelling purposes such requirements shall apply only to that portion of a building used for dwelling purposes.
Exceptions to area regulations are provided for in Sec. 12.22 C.
(Added by Ord. No. 176,343, Eff. 1/20/05.)
The following regulations shall apply in the “LAX” Los Angeles International Airport Specific Plan Zone:
A. Purpose. This section creates a new LAX Zone and the regulations set forth in this section refer to the regulations contained in the LAX Specific Plan.
B. Use. No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged, or maintained, except as permitted by the LAX Specific Plan.
C. Area. No building or structure, nor the enlargement of any building or structure, shall be erected or maintained unless the requirements of the LAX Specific Plan are met and maintained in connection with the building, structure or enlargement.
D. The provisions of this section apply only to properties owned by the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) or which LAWA has the right to possess. Properties not owned by LAWA or which LAWA does not have the right to possess shall only be subject to the LAX Zone regulations if and when LAWA either obtains ownership or the right to possession. Until that time, the property shall retain the zoning in effect at the time this ordinance becomes effective and shall not be subject to the LAX Zone regulations. If and when LAWA does become the owner or obtains the right to possess, the LAX Zone shall immediately become operative for that property.
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