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Pasadena, California · General provision

17.46.020

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaRear 5 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.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
5 ft

Extracted standards

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

Parking

  • At-grade parking location (rear percent of site)40 pct

    Parking at grade shall be located in the rear 40 percent of the site.

  • Partial subterranean parking side and rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft

    Partially subterranean parking shall be located within the site boundary and shall provide a minimum setback of five feet in the side and rear property lines, and may extend up to the front property line.

  • Podium parking location (rear percent of site)40 pct

    Podium parking shall be located in the rear 40 percent of the site.

  • Subterranean parking soil cover depth2 ft

    A fully subterranean structure not covered by building volume shall be covered by soil with a minimum depth of two feet, recreating the natural grade before construction.

  • Tuck-under parking location (rear percent of site)40 pct

    Tuck under parking shall be restricted to the rear 40 percent of the site and openings to the parking spaces shall not be visible from the street or from an adjacent property.

From the ordinance

Parking at grade shall be located in the rear 40 percent of the site.
17.46.020