Locate information about permitted uses, and general requirements for commercial zones within the City.
View this document to determine setbacks, building height requirements, landscaping requirements, and lot coverage standards for commercial zones.
View this document to verify what uses are allowed in each commercial district.
View this document to see what the parking requirements are for commercial uses.
Interested in redesigning your parkway? Review the City's Parkway Design Guidelines. For more information, or to obtain an encroachment permit to alter the parkway, call the Public Works Department at (310) 973-3260.
1. Space Dimensions
9' x 20' with no obstruction
10' x 20' with no obstruction
17' x 20' for Handicap parking (see ADA requirements)
2. R-2-P, R-3-P Zones (Multiple Family Residential/Parking Zones)
Any R-2-P and R-3-P parcels used for the purpose set forth above must be contiguous to the commercially zoned parcel for which it is to provide the required parking and under the same ownership or in the possession of the same claimant or person pursuant to a recorded lease with a term of not less than twenty years.
The term contiguous as used in this section shall include properties across an alley having at least ten feet of common frontage along the centerline of such alley.
3. Landscaping
Additional 2% minimum of the total lot area must be within the required dedicated parking area.