Pasadena, California · General provision

17.38.020.A, 17.38.060, 17.38.070.G.1.a.1

Dimensional standards

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • Ground floor façade lighting frequency30 ft

    Lighting shall be located on façades facing streets and public open spaces at a frequency of every 30 feet or less.

Other

  • Arcade minimum depth8 ft

    Arcades shall be a minimum of 8 feet from back of column to building façade.

  • Awning minimum projection3 ft

    Any ground floor shading shall project a minimum of 3 feet from the façade and allow a minimum of 8 feet of vertical clearance from sidewalk elevation.

  • Colorado Boulevard stepback

    Along Colorado Boulevard, buildings shall not exceed 20 feet in height before stepping back 10 feet in depth.

  • Façade length exemption for CF

    Projects in CF are exempt from the façade length requirement.

  • Galleries shall be limited to one-story in height and 50 percent of the building frontage.

  • Maximum balcony projection4 ft

    Balconies may project a maximum of 4 feet from the building façade but shall not extend beyond the sidewalk line or within 6 feet of any interior property line.

  • Maximum roof deck coverage60 pct

    The sum of all roof decks on a single building shall not exceed a maximum coverage of 60 percent of the roof area.

  • In CF, walls and fences shall have a maximum height of 72 inches above the sidewalk elevation. Walls and fences over 48 inches in height shall be set back a minimum of 5 feet from the sidewalk line, separated by planted area.

  • For mixed-use and non-residential projects, parkway length shall be no less than 30 percent of street frontage.

  • In CF, all required setback areas shall be landscaped except walkways, driveways, and utilities required by Building Code.

  • Varied roof lines allowance

    A maximum of 30 percent of a building's footprint may exceed the height limit set in Figure LPSP-8 by up to 12 feet.

Setback

From the ordinance

Allow flexibility for light industrial, custom manufacturing, creative office and research & development uses... In CF, walls and fences shall have a maximum height of 72 inches above the sidewalk elevation.
17.38.020.A, 17.38.060, 17.38.070.G.1.a.1