Calabasas Peak Motorway
Calabasas, CA 91302

Price Reduced! Located in the Santa Monica
Mountains North Area (SMMNA). All zoning related
to this parcel can be found in Title 22 of the Los
Angeles Municipal Code and specifically 22.336,
the Community Standards District of SMMNA. The
parcel is zoned for Agricultural One (A-1), which allows
for residential uses. Normally the height is 35 feet but will be capped at 18
feet due to the significant ridgeline running through
the middle of the parcel and close to the Calabasas
Peak Motorway. In addition, you must build 50 feet
vertically and horizontally away from the ridgeline.
(22.336.070.R.1.b).
The SMMNA has four habitat categories that are
applicable community-wide: S1, S2, S3, and S4
(22.336.060.A.1), and affects development standards.
Parcels is S2 and a small portion of the top of the
parcel is S1. New development in S2 shall allow for a
maximum building site area (BSA) of 15,0000 square
feet, or 25 percent of the parcel size, whichever is
less. That said, the presence of the S1 could reduce
your BSA. (22.336.060.A.4.i).Other factors like the
ridgeline could affect your BSA too; more on that.
Regional Planning defines BSA as the approved area
of a project site that is or will be developed, including
building pad and all graded slopes, all structures,
decks, patios, impervious surfaces, and parking areas.
(22.336.020). The parcel is approximately 28 acres
and could likely allow a BSA of 15K. Further, and
important to note, that BSA cannot contain slopes
higher than 25% or greater (22.336.070.A.4.i.) and
the parcel certainly contains slopes with that range
and higher, including the significant ridgeline; design
accordingly with an architect.
If oak trees are on the property and if development
occurs within the protected zone of the oak trees (5”
out from the canopy and/or 15” out from the trunk,
whichever distance is greater. 22.14.150.), then an
oak tree permit is needed. For further information on