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4. Diagrams Related to Code Amendments

Manhattan Beach City Council
October 6, 2026

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4. Diagrams Related to Code Amendments
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October 6, 2026
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Attachment 4
Floor Area, Buildable
The total enclosed area of all stories of a building, including stairs, measured to the outside face of the structural members in exterior walls, and thirty percent (30%) of the area of all basements of a building that are not entirely below local grade, but excluding floor area un- der stairs, the area of stairs on the top most floor, vertical shafts, and those portions of a base- ment that are entirely below grade
Street
Adjacent Lot
Flag Lot
Flagpole
Front
Property
Line
A lot in the approximate configuration of a flagpole, pan- handle, or signpost, with the pole or post functioning pri- marily as a vehicular access way to the main body of the lot from the street of access wherein the lots or parcels of land are laid out one (1) behind the other, with only one (1) lot or parcel of land (referred to as the front lot) having frontage on a public street, and the flag lot located behind the front lot with access to the public street via other than a drive- way or access easement.
“.... For a flag lot, the front property line shall be the shorter lot line located at the edge of the flag pole, such as driveways, or access easements. The front lot line shall begin where the flag pole intersects the flag portion of the lot or exceeds 30 feet in width.” Lot , Flag:

Property Line, Front:

Street
Adjacent Lot
Flag Lot Front
Property
Line
Flagpole
Basement
1st Floor
2nd Floor
3rd Floor
Basement
1st Floor
2nd Floor
3rd Floor
BFA per floor
Counted Exempt
Section
1st Floor
2nd Floor
3rd Floor
BFA per floor
Counted Exempt
1st Floor
2nd Floor
3rd Floor
Section

SIDE/REAR YARD PL

FRONT YARD PL
Note: (Front) Guardrail or handrail
is not allowed in addition to
the 42” height limit
Fences, Walls, and Hedges

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