Manhattan Beach City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
PART I
—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Chapter 10.01 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 10.04 - DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 10.08 - USE CLASSIFICATIONS
- 10.08.010 - Purpose and applicability.
- 10.08.020 - Uses not classified.
- 10.08.030 - Residential use classifications.
- 10.08.040 - Public and semipublic use classifications.
- 10.08.050 - Commercial use classifications.
- 10.08.060 - Industrial use classifications.
- 10.08.070 - Accessory use classifications.
- 10.08.080 - Temporary use classifications.
PART II
—BASE DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- Chapter 10.12 - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- Chapter 10.16 - C COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
- Chapter 10.20 - I INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
- Chapter 10.24 - OS OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
- Chapter 10.28 - PS PUBLIC AND SEMIPUBLIC DISTRICT
- Chapter 10.32 - PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
- 10.32.010 - Specific purposes.
- 10.32.020 - Land use regulations.
- 10.32.030 - Development regulations.
- 10.32.040 - Initiation.
- 10.32.050 - Required plans and materials.
- 10.32.060 - Planning Commission action.
- 10.32.070 - Lapse of approval; renewal; revision.
- 10.32.080 - Status of specific plan.
- 10.32.090 - Zoning map designation.
- 10.32.100 - Building permits to conform to adopted plan.
PART III
—OVERLAY DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- Chapter 10.36 - IS INTERIM STUDY OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 10.40 - NC NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 10.40.010 - Specific purposes and applicability.
- 10.40.020 - Area requirements.
- 10.40.030 - Status of NC Overlay District and approved plan.
- 10.40.040 - Allowable modifications to use regulations and property development standards.
- 10.40.050 - Application for designation.
- 10.40.060 - Adoption procedures.
- 10.40.070 - Zoning map designator.
- 10.40.080 - Building permits to conform to adopted plan.
- Chapter 10.44 - D DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 10.48 - CZ COASTAL ZONE OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 10.48.010 - Applicability.
- 10.48.020 - Repealed.
- 10.48.030 - Repealed.
- 10.48.040 - Repealed.
- 10.48.050 - Repealed.
- 10.48.060 - Repealed.
- 10.48.070 - Repealed.
- 10.48.080 - Repealed.
- 10.48.090 - Repealed.
- 10.48.100 - Repealed.
- 10.48.110 - Repealed.
- 10.48.120 - Repealed.
- 10.48.130 - Repealed.
- 10.48.140 - Repealed.
- 10.48.150 - Repealed.
- 10.48.160 - Repealed.
- 10.48.170 - Repealed.
- 10.48.180 - Repealed.
- Chapter 10.50 - RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY DISTRICTS
PART IV
—SITE REGULATIONS
Sections
- Chapter 10.52 - SITE REGULATIONS—RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- 10.52.010 - Specific purposes and applicability.
- 10.52.020 - Exterior materials in R districts.
- 10.52.030 - Nonconforming front yards in R districts.
- 10.52.040 - Religious assembly yard requirements.
- 10.52.050 - Accessory structures.
- 10.52.060 - Repealed.
- 10.52.070 - Home occupation in R districts.
- 10.52.080 - Repealed.
- 10.52.090 - Repealed.
- 10.52.100 - Manufactured homes.
- 10.52.110 - Residential condominium standards.
- 10.52.120 - Tree preservation and restoration in residential zones, Area Districts I and II.
- Chapter 10.56 - SITE REGULATIONS—NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- 10.56.010 - Specific purposes and applicability.
- 10.56.020 - Eating and drinking establishments with fast-food or take-out service.
- 10.56.030 - Service stations and automobile washing.
- 10.56.040 - Hazardous materials storage.
- 10.56.050 - Game Centers.
- 10.56.060 - New Year's Eve hours for certain commercial businesses.
- 10.56.070 - Body art studios.
- 10.56.080 - Emergency shelters.
- Chapter 10.60 - SITE REGULATIONS—ALL DISTRICTS
- 10.60.010 - Specific purposes and applicability.
- 10.60.020 - Development on substandard lots and portions of lots.
- 10.60.030 - Development on lots divided by district boundaries.
- 10.60.040 - Building projections into required yards or required open space.
- 10.60.050 - Measurement of height.
- 10.60.060 - Exceptions to height limits.
- 10.60.070 - Landscaping, irrigation, and hydroseeding.
- 10.60.080 - Outdoor facilities.
- 10.60.090 - Screening of mechanical equipment.
- 10.60.100 - Refuse storage areas.
- 10.60.110 - Underground utilities.
- 10.60.120 - Performance standards.
- 10.60.130 - Repealed.
- 10.60.140 - Sustainable development.
- 10.60.150 - Traffic vision clearance on corner lots.
- 10.60.160 - Repealed.
- Chapter 10.64 - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS
- 10.64.010 - Specific purposes.
- 10.64.020 - Basic requirements for off-street parking and loading.
- 10.64.030 - Off-street parking and loading spaces required.
- 10.64.040 - Collective provision of parking.
- 10.64.050 - Reduced parking for certain districts and uses.
- 10.64.060 - Parking in-lieu payments.
- 10.64.070 - Parking spaces for the handicapped.
- 10.64.080 - Bicycle parking.
- 10.64.090 - Parking space dimensions.
- 10.64.100 - Application of dimensional requirements.
- 10.64.110 - Aisle dimensions.
- 10.64.120 - Specific parking area and loading design.
- 10.64.130 - Parking access from street.
- 10.64.140 - Driveway widths and clearances.
- 10.64.150 - Driveways—Visibility.
- 10.64.160 - Parking area screening—Walls and fences.
- 10.64.170 - Lighting.
- 10.64.180 - Parking lot landscaping.
- 10.64.190 - Driveways and tandem parking for guests in R districts.
- 10.64.200 - Additional design standards for parking lots and structures.
- 10.64.210 - Location and design of off-street loading spaces.
- 10.64.220 - Parking area plan required.
- 10.64.230 - Off-street parking and loading regulations for affordable housing developments.
- Chapter 10.68 - NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
- 10.68.010 - Specific purposes.
- 10.68.020 - Continuation and maintenance.
- 10.68.030 - Alterations and enlargements of nonconforming uses and structures.
- 10.68.040 - Abandonment of nonconforming use.
- 10.68.050 - Restoration of a damaged structure.
- 10.68.060 - New occupancy on a site having certain nonconforming site features.
- 10.68.070 - Elimination of nonconforming uses and structures.
- Chapter 10.72 - SIGN CODE*
- 10.72.010 - Purpose and intent.
- 10.72.020 - General provisions.
- 10.72.030 - Definitions.
- 10.72.040 - Exemptions.
- 10.72.050 - Permitted signs.
- 10.72.060 - Sign program.
- 10.72.070 - Prohibited signs.
- 10.72.080 - Sign exceptions.
- 10.72.090 - Non-conforming signs.
- 10.72.100 - Sign fees.
- 10.72.110 - Administration and enforcement.
- 10.72.120 - Appeals.
- Chapter 10.74 - ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
- Chapter 10.76 - SUBDIVISIONS
- Chapter 10.78 - SB 9 UNIT DEVELOPMENTS
PART V
—ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
Sections
- Chapter 10.80 - BUILDING, GRADING, AND DEMOLITION PERMITS; ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW; FEES AND DEPOSITS
- Chapter 10.82 - CANNABIS
- Chapter 10.84 - USE PERMITS, VARIANCES, MINOR EXCEPTIONS, PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMITS[1]
- 10.84.010 - Purposes.
- 10.84.020 - Decisionmaking authority.
- 10.84.030 - Initiation.
- 10.84.040 - Notice and public hearing.
- 10.84.050 - Duties of Planning Commission.
- 10.84.060 - Required findings.
- 10.84.070 - Conditions of approval.
- 10.84.080 - Effective date—Appeals.
- 10.84.090 - Lapse of approval—Transferability—Discontinuance—Revocation.
- 10.84.100 - Changed plans—New application.
- 10.84.105 - Master use permits.
- 10.84.110 - Temporary use permits.
- 10.84.120 - Minor exceptions.
- Chapter 10.85 - REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
- Chapter 10.86 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION[2]
- 10.86.010 - Title.
- 10.86.020 - Purpose.
- 10.86.030 - Definitions.
- 10.86.040 - Planning Commission.
- 10.86.050 - Inventory of historic resources.
- 10.86.060 - Register of historic resources.
- 10.86.070 - Designation criteria for historic landmarks.
- 10.86.080 - Designation procedures—Historic landmarks.
- 10.86.090 - Owner consent for landmark designation.
- 10.86.100 - Designation criteria for historic districts.
- 10.86.110 - Designation procedures—Historic districts.
- 10.86.120 - Owner consent for inclusion as contributing element to historic district.
- 10.86.130 - Amendment or rescission of designation.
- 10.86.140 - Duty to maintain historic resources.
- 10.86.145 - Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.
- 10.86.150 - Certificate of appropriateness—Requirement.
- 10.86.160 - Certificate of appropriateness—Procedures.
- 10.86.170 - Certificates of appropriateness—Findings.
- 10.86.180 - Work moratorium.
- 10.86.190 - Sixty (60) day waiting period for demolition.
- 10.86.200 - Economic hardship exception.
- 10.86.210 - Unsafe or dangerous conditions.
- 10.86.220 - Environmental review.
- 10.86.230 - Appeals.
- 10.86.240 - Mills Act Property Tax Abatement Program.
- 10.86.245 - Other Incentives.
- 10.86.250 - Historic variance.
- 10.86.260 - Application filing fees.
- 10.86.270 - Enforcement and penalties.
- Chapter 10.88 - RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS
- 10.88.010 - Specific purposes.
- 10.88.020 - Objectives.
- 10.88.030 - Requirements.
- 10.88.040 - Application procedures.
- 10.88.050 - Required reports and information.
- 10.88.060 - Condominium conversion standards.
- 10.88.070 - Tenant benefits and notification.
- 10.88.080 - Effect of proposed conversions on the city's low- and moderate-income housing supply.
- 10.88.090 - Bonus for including low- and moderate-income housing.
- 10.88.100 - Findings.
- Chapter 10.90 - DEVELOPMENT FEES
- Chapter 10.92 - DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- 10.92.010 - Purpose.
- 10.92.020 - Application requirements.
- 10.92.030 - Department review and recommendations.
- 10.92.040 - Public hearing required.
- 10.92.050 - Planning Commission action.
- 10.92.060 - City Council action.
- 10.92.070 - Annual review.
- 10.92.080 - Application of existing rules, regulations and policies.
- 10.92.090 - Modification and termination.
- 10.92.100 - Administration.
- Chapter 10.94 - AFFORDABLE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS AND INCENTIVE PROGRAM
- 10.94.010 - General affordable housing provisions.
- 10.94.020 - State affordable housing density bonus.
- 10.94.030 - State childcare facility density bonus.
- 10.94.040 - Affordable housing concessions and incentives.
- 10.94.050 - Administration.
- 10.94.060 - Density bonuses for housing developments accompanied by land donation.
- Chapter 10.96 - AMENDMENTS
- 10.96.010 - Applicability.
- 10.96.020 - Initiation of amendments.
- 10.96.030 - Required application materials for amendments initiated by property owners.
- 10.96.040 - Public hearing scope and notice.
- 10.96.050 - Duties of Planning Commission.
- 10.96.060 - Result of Planning Commission denial.
- 10.96.070 - Duties of City Council.
- 10.96.080 - Revisions of proposed amendments.
- 10.96.090 - Resubmittal of application.
- Chapter 10.100 - APPEALS AND COUNCIL REVIEW[3]
- Chapter 10.104 - ENFORCEMENT