Street Widening and Lot Area
The City (Los Angeles) is asking for 5' of street dedication and I can't figure out if my maximum residential floor area and percentage of lot coverage allowed is based on the lot square footage before my people give the City 250 s.f of their lot or the lot size after they give the City part of their lot. I'm reading what I think is the relevant section of the zoning manual that is meant to explain this but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is saying. If someone smarter than me either knows the answer or can tell me what the attached zoning manual page is saying I would sure appreciate it.
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Answers (2)
Bobby, Architect • 2014
You could try arguing that the 5' dedication is a hardship and that you should be allowed to count that square footage as part of your RFA. your plan checker can grant that depending on why the city wants the 5' dedication. Otherwise you are probably screwed. My next question would be, can you deduct that 5' dedication from your prevailing setback calculation to give you shorter front yard setback?
pauly • 2014
Bottom line (literally!): "subsequent" means subtract the five feet before calculating lot size.