HPOZ

Historic Preservation

Windsor Square is one of the most beautiful and historic neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles. Nearly 90% of the 1100 homes retain the original design of their street facing facades that date from the early 1920’s. Each block has homes that are in proportion to the size of the lot, with deep landscaped setbacks and wide tree lined parkways.

In 2005, Windsor Square became the city’s twentieth historic district, known in Los Angeles as a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, or HPOZ. The HPOZ is an ordinance that helps preserve the historic character of the neighborhood and serves as tool to help communities manage change in their neighborhoods.

The Windsor Square HPOZ is a product of years of consensus building among the neighbors on how to best preserve the historic character of our homes and streetscape while preserving individual property rights.

If you are planning a renovation or new construction project to any portion of your home that is visible from the street, including landscaping, please review the link to Windsor Square HPOZ Review Process and/or contact our HPOZ City Planner listed under Windsor Square on the website of the Office of Historic Resources.

The Windsor Square Preservation Plan, which contains the Design Guidelines for preserving historic Windsor Square homes and information on the benefits of the HPOZ, is published on the Los Angeles Department of City Planning website.