What can you build in Hawthorne?
Three rules in the city code set the unit count. Know them before you make an offer.
What the code allows
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30 units an acre
R-3 and R-4 allow one unit per 1,452 square feet of lot, three units minimum. Height is 45 feet in R-3, 60 in R-4.
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Housing Overlay sites
Sites in the Housing Overlay take 20 to 30 units an acre at 60 feet, by right, with no hearing. The lot needs 100 feet of street frontage.
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One space per small unit
Studios and one-bedrooms park one car. Two and three bedrooms park two. At four units or more, add one guest space for every four units.
Buy the site knowing what goes on it.
Office
14623 Hawthorne Bl #306
Lawndale, CA 90260
Region
South Bay and
greater Los Angeles