Baldwin Park, CA Building Setbacks & Zoning: Lot Coverage Limits (2026)

Table 153.040.030, adopted under Ordinance 1346, sets the development standards for every residential zone in the city: lot area, lot width, lot depth, density and lot coverage. Maximum building lot coverage runs from 40% in the lowest-density R-1-7,500 single-family zone up through 45% in R-1, 50% in R-G and 60% in R-3, tracking the density ceiling that rises from 5.8 dwelling units per acre in R-1-7,500 to 20 dwelling units per acre in R-3. Coverage is calculated against net lot area and works alongside separate open space requirements in § 153.040.040, which require 20% of net lot area as private open space in R-1 and R-1-7,500 and a fixed 200 to 250 square feet per dwelling unit in R-G and R-3, so a project cannot use its full lot coverage allowance and still skip the open space set-aside.

Small-lot single-family developments built under Part 2 of this subchapter, on lots as small as 3,000 to 4,000 square feet in the R-G and R-3 zones, are held to a higher standard instead: 60% maximum coverage in R-G and 65% in R-3 under Table 153.040.110, reflecting their smaller minimum lot sizes. The Building Division checks proposed lot coverage against these tables during plan check for any building permit, and any accessory structure square footage counts toward the same limit under the accessory structure rules of § 153.040.070.