INFORMATION BULLETIN / PUBLIC – ZONING CODE
REFERENCE NO.: LAMC Sec. 12.03 DOCUMENT NO.: P/ZC 2002-008

The City of Los Angeles has many layers of regulation related to the permissible height of buildings and structures. The regulations may depend on the location of a project, the type of project, slope of the lot or proximity to residential zones. This bulletin provides the general approach that should be used in determining the permissible height of a building or structure as well as how to correctly establish what the height of a building or structure is. A complete set of all regulations on this subject is not feasible in one document. A careful review of the regulations must be done once the site and the type of project is known. Height of Building or Structure defined here is not applicable to projects in R1, RS, RE, and RA zones subject to the Baseline Hillside Ordinance. For projects subject to the Baseline Hillside Ordinance, see LAMC Section 12.21C.10 of this Code for height requirements.