The intent and purpose of the R-H zone is to establish a residential zone that recognizes a particular area where the keeping or maintaining of horses and other equine for the personal use of members of the family residing on the property has become or is intended to become an integral part of the character of the area. The keeping of horses and other equine is accessory to residential use and subject to standards and conditions intended to insure compatibility with surrounding areas and within the zone itself.
(Prior code § 27-8.1; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
In an R-H zone, no building shall be erected, constructed, or structurally altered, nor shall any building or land be used for any purpose except as is by this article specifically provided and allowed; and subject to provisions of Section 17.02.205, governing precise development plans for new subdivisions of five or more lots, and any single-family dwelling proposed upon a substandard size lot or parcel.
In an R-H zone, the following uses are permitted:
A. 
One single-family dwelling subject to all conditions and requirements of the R-1 zone; and customary accessory buildings and structures, including, in addition to those permitted in the R-1 zone, stables, corrals and barns.
B. 
Such animals as are permitted under the provisions of Section 17.04.200, and other regulatory provisions of this code, subject to the conditions provided in such sections.
C. 
Parking shall be provided as specified by Chapter 17.03, Article II.
D. 
Signs shall be regulated by Chapter 17.03, Article III.
E. 
The following, subject to the issuance, existence and validity of a conditional use permit as provided for in Section 17.02.210 of this title, and full compliance with each and every condition thereof:
1. 
Schools;
2. 
Publicly owned parks and playgrounds;
3. 
Public utilities, and public services, uses, or structures;
4. 
Churches;
5. 
Other such uses as are provided for in Chapter 17.04, Article III, of this title upon the conditions therein set forth;
6. 
Building utilization of side and rear yards for specifically designed properties and developments where permanent control of both sides of an existing or proposed lot line is provided.
F. 
Home occupations shall be governed by Section 17.02.150.
G. 
Yard sales and community yard sales, pursuant to the requirements of Section 17.02.201.
H. 
An accessory dwelling unit pursuant to the requirements of Section 17.04.210.
I. 
Employee housing.
J. 
Supportive housing.
K. 
Transitional housing.
L. 
Accessory buildings and structures pursuant to the requirements of Section 17.04.205.
(Prior code § 27-8.2; Ord. 1540 §§ 3, 7, 2003; Ord. 08-1603 §§ 5, 6; Ord. 09-1617 § 3; Ord. 14-1657 § 5; Ord. 18-1701 § 9; Ord. 21-1722 § 2; Ord. 23-1746, 12/5/2023; Ord. 25-1762, 12/2/2025)
A. 
No primary building or structure in an R-H zone shall exceed two stories or 30 feet in height, whichever is the lesser.
B. 
The maximum allowable top plate height shall be 14 feet for the first story and 24 feet for the second story.
(Prior code § 27-8.3; Ord. 21-1722 § 2; Ord. 25-1762, 12/2/2025)
A. 
Every lot and every parcel in an R-H zone shall have a front yard of not less than 20% of the lot depth, but such front yard need not exceed 20 feet for the first story. The second story shall be setback an additional five feet from the first story.
B. 
Front yards shall be landscaped as required by Section 17.03.010.
(Prior code § 27-8.4; Ord. 21-1722 § 2; Ord. 25-1762, 12/2/2025)
Every lot and every parcel in an R-H zone shall have side yards as follows:
A. 
Interior lots or parcels and corner lots or parcels shall have a side yard on each side of the lot or parcel of not less than 10% of the width of the lot or parcel, provided that such side yard shall be not less than five feet in width for the first story and 10 feet in width for the second story.
B. 
Reversed corner lots or parcels shall have the following side yards:
1. 
On the side of a reversed corner lot or parcel, the side lot line of which adjoins another lot or parcel, there shall be a side yard of not less than 10% of the width of the lot or parcel, provided that such side yard shall be not less than five feet in width for the first story and 10 feet in width for the second story.
2. 
On the street side of a reversed corner lot or parcel, there shall be a side yard with a width of not less than 50% of the front yard required on the lot abutting the rear of such reversed corner lot or parcel, and no detached building on such reversed corner lot or parcel shall project closer to the street line than the rear line of the required front yard of the lot abutting the rear of such reversed corner lot or parcel.
C. 
Building utilization of required side yards is permitted, if approved by conditional use permit, for specifically designed properties and developments where permanent control of both sides of an existing or proposed lot line is provided.
D. 
Side yards abutting streets shall be landscaped as required by Section 17.03.010.
(Prior code § 27-8.5; Ord. 21-1722 § 2; Ord. 25-1762, 12/2/2025)
A. 
Every lot and every parcel in excess of 150 feet in depth shall have a rear yard with a depth of 90 feet, measured from the easterly edge of the Los Angeles Flood Control Channel; and lots and parcels less than 150 feet in depth shall have a rear yard with a depth not less than 20% of the depth of such lot or parcel, but such rear yard depth need not exceed 20 feet.
B. 
An accessory building or structure may be erected or constructed in the required rear yard, except as provided by subsection E of this section, provided that an open space, equal in area to 50% of the area of the required rear yard or 500 square feet, whichever is less, and meeting the requirements herein specified, is maintained in the rear one-half of the lot (measured along the side property lines), and in any portion of the lot more than 50 feet distant from the front lot line. Such open space shall:
1. 
Be contiguous, i.e., not separated;
2. 
Have no linear dimension at any point of less than 10 feet; and
3. 
Be located on the same lot.
C. 
Building utilization of required rear yards is permitted; except as provided by subsection E of this section, if approved by conditional use permit, for specifically designed properties and developments where permanent control of both sides of an existing or proposed lot line is provided.
D. 
No habitable building may be erected or constructed, on lots or parcels in excess of 150 feet in depth, within 90 feet of the easterly edge of the Los Angeles Flood Control Channel; nor within 20 feet of the easterly edge of such channel on lots less than 150 feet in depth.
(Prior code § 27-8.6; Ord. 21-1722 § 2; Ord. 25-1762, 12/2/2025)
The following area requirements shall apply to every lot and every parcel in an R-H zone:
A. 
The minimum required area of a lot or parcel in an R-H zone shall be 9,000 square feet; provided, however, that greater minimum required areas may be established for any lots or parcels by the adoption of official plans; and provided further, that the requirements of this section shall not apply to any lot or parcel having less area than herein required which was held and recorded under separate and different ownership from any adjacent property since July 22, 1959, the effective date of Ordinance No. 114, if such lot or parcel conformed to the minimum required area for the zone in which such lot or parcel was located immediately prior to such effective date.
(Prior code § 27-8.7; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
Every lot and every parcel created after July 22, 1959, the effective date of Ordinance No. 114, shall have and maintain a lot width of not less than 50 feet; provided, however, that minimum widths greater than 50 feet may be established as to any lots or parcels by the adoption of official plans requiring greater widths.
(Prior code § 27-8.8; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
For the purposes of this section, swimming pools, patios, pergolas, and similar type structures not enclosed on more than two sides with permanent construction and materials shall not be counted as structures.
(Prior code § 27-8.9; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)