[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by DanielDudley

You talk to everyone involved, and then you see if you can get a variance.

Or you just quit while you are ahead. FWIW, you refinance it for what it is actually zoned for, with the buildings appraised for whatever they were permitted for.
There may only be one town hall, but there are a boatload of banks that would like to give you a loan, and you only need one to pull it off.

Seriously. You think you have a zoning problem when all you need to do is solve some banking semantics. You can do this.

Thanks Daniel!

Originally Posted by SoCal911T

If you can tell me what street the property is on, I can tell what the zoning is. I don't need the exact address just the street. I work for a public agency and have access to the database.
I assume that San Pedro is like most Southern California beach communities and the zoning is crazy confusing and varies block to block.

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Originally Posted by ckissick

Up here in the Bay Area, because of a housing shortage and the resulting high prices, many planning departments are becoming more amenable to the argument that second dwelling units are needed to create lower cost housing. You could try that argument and ask for a variance.

Unfortunately, in Los Angeles amenable and building department are generally not words uttered in the same sentence .