Lynwood residential zones require a 20-foot front yard setback, a 5-foot interior and 10-foot street side yard setback, and a rear setback of 20 feet in R-1 (15 feet in R-2, R-3 and PRD). Detached accessory structures need a minimum 5-foot side and rear setback.
Lynwood Municipal Code Article 25-20 sets residential development standards. The minimum front yard setback is twenty feet (20') in the R-1, R-2, R-3 and PRD zones. The minimum side yard setback is five feet (5') interior and ten feet (10') on the street side. The minimum rear yard setback is twenty feet (20') in R-1 and fifteen feet (15') in R-2, R-3 and PRD. Section 25-10-5 confirms a twenty-foot minimum for through-lot frontages. Section 25-10-7 allows detached accessory structures to encroach into required side and rear setbacks provided a minimum five-foot (5') setback is kept from all side and rear property lines. An average-setback rule requires that adjacent structures not share the same setback.
Structures built closer than the required setbacks are violations. Encroachments may require a variance or minor variance from the Planning Commission, or removal.
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