The following uses shall apply in the R-3 Multiple-Family Zone
unless provided otherwise in this Chapter.
(1)
Any
use permitted in the R-1 One-Family Zone or the R-2 Limited Multiple-Family
Zone.
(2)
Multiple-unit
dwellings.
(3)
Boarding
or lodging houses if developed in conformance with the requirements
for multiple-unit dwellings.
(4)
Day
care facilities or nursery schools (no age limitation), not located
within a residence and subject to Special Use Permit approval.
(5)
Group
home, community care facility or half-way houses not exceeding six
residents and not located within three hundred feet of any other group
home or comparable facility. Any orphanage, group home or half-way
house, if exceeding six residents, is subject to Special Use Permit
approval.
(6)
Convalescent
home (exceeding six residents) if the facility was constructed prior
to July 1, 1987. The use of an existing convalescent home for any
purpose other than the residential care of elderly persons shall require
Special Use Permit approval.
(7)
Required
parking space (See Article 19 of this Chapter). Tandem parking is
permitted only in the subterranean garages of dwelling structures
permitted for construction prior to July 1, 1990, provided also that:
(8)
Loading
space (See Article 19 of this Chapter).
(9)
Accessory
buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses
when located on the same lot.
(10)
Transitional
use subject to the following conditions:
(a)
A public parking area where the side of a lot in the R-3 Zone abuts
upon a lot zoned and utilized for commercial or industrial purposes.
In no case shall the lot, on which such transitional use is located,
have a width of more than sixty-five feet.
(b)
Development of any island, triangular or irregular shaped corner
residentially-zoned property shall be permitted where the property
abuts two or more major, minor, or collector streets, as identified
in the Comprehensive General Plan Circulation Element, with a public
or private use that provides a primary public benefit or service to
adjacent residential properties including public or private pedestrian
plazas, public or private corner parks, public or private open air,
at-grade or below-grade parking lots, public or private community
gardens, or public or private dog/animal parks. In no case shall the
transitional uses include buildings or structures that exceed the
height limit established for the residential zone and the transitional
use shall be physically separated from any abutting residential lot
by a decorative masonry wall not less than five feet nor more than
eight feet high, measured on the parking lot side; provided, however,
that any portion of such wall immediately adjacent to the front yard
of an abutting residential property shall be not be less than three
feet nor more than three and one-half feet high measured from the
parking lot side. The approval of a transitional use by the City shall
give consideration to the following:
(i)
The transitional use will provide a primary benefit or service to
an adjacent residential neighborhood.
(ii)
The transitional use will assist in meeting a goal of the Inglewood
General Plan to provide public services and uses for Inglewood residents.
(iii)
The transitional use will minimize police, fire, code enforcement
and other public service expenditures required to remove graffiti,
secure abandoned buildings, remove vagrants and vandals and to correct
other adverse conditions that could otherwise occur through, extended
property vacancy or abandonment.
(11)
Adult
schools as an accessory use to a church facility, subject to Special
Use Permit approval, provided that said facility meets the following
criteria:
(a)
For new church facilities the side yard setback to adjacent property
boundaries shall be a minimum of ten feet. For existing facilities,
the adult school shall be located in that portion of the church most
distant from neighboring residential uses.
(b)
The minimum lot size shall be thirty thousand square feet.
(c)
The height of the facility shall not exceed a maximum of two stories.
(d)
The facility shall meet minimum parking standards.
(e)
The adult school shall not operate past ten p.m.
(f)
The adult school shall not operate heavy machinery or equipment.
(12)
Private
Schools.
(a)
Private elementary and middle schools (kindergarten through eighth
grade), subject to Special Use Permit approval. The school must be
developed on a property with a minimum lot area of six thousand five
hundred square feet and must abut at least one property not zoned
for residential uses or not developed with a residential use. An adjacent
property located across an alley, not wider than twenty feet, will
be considered an abutting lot.
(b)
Private high schools (ninth through twelfth grade) when operated
by a denominational church, other religious organization or other
non-profit organization that is registered with the State of California
as a non-profit organization and subject to Special Use Permit approval.
Organizations and individuals that derive a profit or generate income
are prohibited from operating a school in the R-3 Zone. The high school
must be developed on a property with a minimum lot area of one acre
and must abut at least one property not zoned for residential uses
or not developed with a residential use. An adjacent property located
across an alley, not wider than twenty feet, will be considered an
abutting lot.
(13)
Accessory dwelling units subject to the requirements of Article 35
of this chapter.
(Ord. 87-15 6-30-87; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90; Ord. 92-22 12-22-92; Ord. 95-6 2-7-95; Ord. 1829 10-1-65; Ord. 87-7 5-19-87; Ord. 93-12 6-29-93; Ord. 97-22 10-21-97; Ord. 04-14 7-22-04; Ord. 08-17 7-1-08; Ord. 09-04 2-10-09; Ord. 12-20 10-9-12; Ord. 13-05 12-17-13; Ord. 15-18 8-18-15; Ord. 24-02, 12/12/2023)
No building hereafter erected in the R-3 Zone shall exceed three
stories or forty feet in height, provided also that:
(a)
Parking
facilities, when located under more than one story of dwelling unit
floor area, shall be located at least one-half story below grade.
(b)
Any
multiple-unit dwelling structures, not solely comprised of townhouse
units, shall be limited to two stories in height for any portion of
such structure that is located within ten feet of any required front
yard building line or any required street side yard building line.
(Ord. 88-6 5-10-88; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90)
There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty percent
of the depth of the lot, provided the front yard need not exceed twenty
feet. In the case of a key lot, whether separated from the corner
lot by an alley or not, the front yard need not exceed fifteen feet.
Provided, however, any garage which faces a street shall be set back
not less than twenty-two feet from the front property line.
(Ord. 88-6 5-10-88)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12-21.2, there shall be a front yard of not less than thirty feet for all properties on the east side of Locust Street between Regent Street and Grace Avenue.
(Ord. 1489 11-3-59; Ord. 88-6 5-10-88)
For a building not more than two and one-half stories in height,
there shall be a side yard for such building of not less than seven
feet in width. For a building three or more stories in height, the
side yard shall be increased three feet for each story over two. Exception:
Detached single-family residences not exceeding two stories in height
may be built in conformance with the side yard requirements of the
R-1 (One-Family) Zone.
(Ord. 1471 7-15-59; Ord. 88-6 5-10-88; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90)
There shall be a rear yard of not less than twenty percent of
the lot, provided such rear yard need not exceed twenty feet. Exception:
detached single-family residences located on a corner lot may be built
in conformance with the rear yard requirements of the R-1 (One-Family)
Zone.
(Ord. 88-6 5-10-88; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90; Ord. 98-28 12-15-98)
(1)
For
lots or building sites less than twelve thousand square feet in area
or less than eighty feet in width, each dwelling unit hereafter constructed,
be it new construction or alterations, shall have a building site
of not less than one thousand four hundred square feet of land area
for each dwelling unit.
(2)
For
lots or building sites at least twelve thousand square feet in area
and at least eighty feet in width, each dwelling unit hereafter constructed,
be it new construction or alterations, shall have a building site
of not less than one thousand one hundred square feet of land area
for each dwelling unit.
(Ord. 1829 10-1-65; Ord. 88-6 5-10-88; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90)
At the discretion of the Director of Planning and Building Department,
or designee, with the concurrence of the Superintendent of Building
and Safety, any applicant for a building permit to construct an accessory
building on the same lot with a dwelling, or an addition to a dwelling,
shall execute an agreement whereby the applicant covenants that the
proposed structure will not be rented separately as a dwelling unit
from the main structure or structures and that in the event of future
resale, exchange, leasing or other transfer of possession of the entire
property, no representation will be made by applicant or representatives
that said accessory building or addition can be rented as a separate
dwelling unit. Said covenant and agreement shall be recorded in the
office of the County Recorder of the County of Los Angeles, which
recording shall be accomplished at the applicant's expense and which
covenant shall run with the land and be binding upon future owners,
lessees, heirs or assigns, and other occupants of the premises involved.
(Ord. 1313 5-29-56; Ord. 2397 5-5-81; Ord. 87-15 6-30-87; Ord. 08-05 4-22-08; Ord. 23-07 1-31-23)
Those R-3 (Multiple Family Residential) properties within the
area defined by the Transit Oriented Development Plans shall be subject
to the development standards and Design Guidelines therein. In the
event of a conflict between the TOD plan provisions and the R-3 zone
provisions, the TOD plan shall govern.
(Ord. 88-6 5-10-88; Ord. 17-01 11-01-16; Ord. 22-03 12-14-21)
