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Pasadena, California · General provision

17.50.290

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin frontage 125 ftMIN LOT AREA15,000 sq ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
15,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.34 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
125 ft

Uses

Permitted by right2

Extracted standards

5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Lighting

  • Lighting plan requirement

    A lighting plan shall be submitted with the Conditional Use Permit application. Lighting requirements shall comply with the outdoor lighting requirements of Section 17.40.080.

Other

  • Cashier kiosk and queue spaces

    A cashier kiosk shall be constructed to provide safe access for patrons. A minimum of three pedestrian queue spaces for each service station site shall be provided.

  • Storage of inoperative vehicles prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    Storage of inoperative vehicles is prohibited.

  • Restroom entrance screening

    All restroom entrances shall be screened from view from adjacent properties or street rights-of-way.

  • Vehicle washing drainage compliance

    Each vehicle washing and detailing business shall provide evidence of compliance with the regulations of the Sanitation District of Los Angeles County related to drainage.

From the ordinance

A service station, vehicle washing and detailing business, or combination thereof shall be located on a site of at least 15,000 square feet, with a minimum of 125 feet of frontage on a public street.
17.50.290