Inglewood City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 5
"R-4" MULTIPLE FAMILY ZONE
§ 12-22 R-4 Zone. Permitted Uses.
The following uses shall be permitted in the R-4 Multiple Family Zone unless otherwise provided 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)
Nursery schools for the enrollment of children six years of age or younger, subject to Special Use Permit approval.
(5)
Group home, community care facility or half-way house 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)
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses when located on the same lot.
(9)
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 lo side; provided however, that any portion of such wall immediately adjacent to the front yard of an abutting residential property shall be no 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.
(10)
Accessory dwelling units subject to the requirements of Article 35 of this chapter.
(Ord. 88-6 5-10-88; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90; Ord. 92-22 12-22-92; Ord. 95-6 2-7-95; Ord. 04-14 7-22-04; Ord. 09-04 2-10-09; Ord. 13-05 12-17-13; Ord. 15-18 8-18-15; Ord. 24-02, 12/12/2023)
§ 12-22.1 R-4 Zone. Building Height.
(1)
For lots or building sites less than twelve thousand square feet in area or less than eighty feet in width, no building hereafter erected shall exceed four stories or fifty-two feet in height.
(2)
For lots or building sites at least twelve thousand square feet in area and at least eighty feet in width, no building hereafter erected shall exceed six stories or seventy-five feet in height.
(3)
Parking facilities, when located under more than one story of dwelling unit floor area, shall be located at least one-half story below grade.
(Ord. 88-6 5-10-88; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90)
§ 12-22.2 R-4 Zone. Front Yard.
There shall be a front yard of not less than fifteen feet.
(Ord. 88-6 5-10-88)
§ 12-22.3 R-4 Zone. Side Yard.
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 stories.
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. 88-6 5-10-88; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90)
§ 12-22.4 R-4 Zone. Rear Yard.
There shall be a rear yard of not less than fifteen feet.
(Ord. 88-6 5-10-88)
§ 12-22.5 R-4 Zone. Lot Area Per Unit.
(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 area of not less than one thousand two hundred fifty 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 area of not less than eight hundred square feet of land area for each dwelling unit.
(Ord. 88-6 5-10-88)
§ 12-22.6 Accessory Building.
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. 88-6 5-10-88; Ord. 08-05 4-22-08; Ord. 23-07 1-31-23)
§ 12-22.7 Transit Oriented Development.
Those R-4 (Multiple Family Residential) properties within the area defined by the Transit Oriented Development Plans shall be subject to the development standards and Design Guidelines contained therein. In the event of a conflict between the TOD plan provisions and the R-4 zone provisions, the TOD plan shall govern.
(Ord. 17-01 11-01-16; Ord. 22-03 12-14-21)
§ 12-22.8 Objective Design Standards-Multifamily and Mixed-Use Development.
New construction multifamily and mixed-use developments with two or more housing units shall comply with the Objective Design Standards and Guidelines, except for projects within Specific Plan areas. New construction of commercial developments within the Transit Oriented Development plan area shall comply with the Objective Design Standards and Guidelines. The standards also apply to remodeled buildings where new floor area is added. In such a case, the standards would apply to structures and facades which are being modified in order to accommodate the new floor area; other facades or buildings on the site would not be subject to these standards.
(Ord. 25-04, 1/28/2025)