Inglewood, CA Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

2 sets the R-1 front yard at not less than twenty-five percent of the lot's depth, but a lot never has to give up more than twenty-five feet even if that percentage would demand more. Where forty percent or more of a block face is already built with a consistent setback (varying by no more than six feet), new construction must hold to that established average front yard line instead of the code minimum. 3 sets the side yard at not less than ten percent of the lot's width, floored at three feet and capped at five feet, so no interior side yard on a standard R-1 lot ever needs to exceed five feet.

Corner lots follow the same rule except for a 'reversed corner lot,' where the street-side yard must be at least fifty percent of the front yard required on the lots behind it, though that rule cannot shrink a pre-1946 reversed corner lot's buildable width below twenty-eight feet. 4 sets the rear yard at not less than twenty-five percent of lot depth, capped at twenty-five feet, and no main building can ever sit closer than five feet to the rear property line. On corner lots, an owner can substitute an equivalent-area interior side yard, at least twenty feet wide and located on the rear half of the lot, for the standard rear yard. All three sections are enforced by the Planning and Building Department through the building permit process.