General Plan Update - City of Inglewood

CHAPTER 2
Community Development
This Chapter describes the existing and projected land uses, population and
demographics, housing, and economic conditions and trends within the City of
Inglewood. This Chapter includes the following sections:
• Land Use
• Housing
• Economic Conditions and Trends
2.1 LAND USE
This section presents information regarding existing and planned land uses in the City of
Inglewood, and compares the existing land use to the current General Plan Land Use
Map and Zoning Map. Information is derived from a field survey of the City, GIS data
provided by the City, and review of pertinent City documents including the adopted
General Plan and Zoning Code. A full list of resources is found under References at the
end of this section.
• Existing Conditions
Existing Land Uses
The City of Inglewood contains approximately 8.9 gross square miles and over
5,800 acres of land area. The following discussion pertains to the existing land uses in the
City, as shown in Figure 2.1-1. The land use data in this figure is based on data obtained
by the City from the Los Angeles County Assessor’s office. Existing land uses fall under
five general categories as follows:
• Residential—1. Residential uses within the City include primarily single- and multifamily
development. Other residential uses include mobile homes, elderly homes,
and boarding houses.
• Commercial—Includes uses that offer goods for retail sale to the public such as
department stores, shopping centers, and supermarkets; and service uses such as
restaurants, service stations, and beauty salons. Commercial land uses include
businesses that serve local needs, such as restaurants, neighborhood markets and
dry cleaners, and those that serve community or regional needs, such as auto
dealers, furniture stores, hotels and motels.
• Office—Includes professional and administrative office uses.
• Industrial—Includes low- and high-intensity industrial and manufacturing uses (e.g.
industrial, heavy industrial, light manufacturing, storage, warehouse, etc.).
• Public Facilities—Includes civic and governmental buildings and institutional uses
such as City Hall, the Courthouse, police and fire stations, libraries, churches,
schools, hospitals, etc.
• Other—Includes land uses which do not fall into one of the specific categories listed
above. As identified in Figure 2.1-1, these uses include utilities, right-of-ways,
parking lots, greenhouses, etc.
City of Inglewood General Plan Update Technical Background Report
2.1-1