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Pasadena, California · District

PD-1

Eaton Canyon Industrial Park
IndustrialPlanned DevelopmentAll Pasadena districts0

Dimensional standards

PD-1 lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 40 ftStreet side 40 ftMIN LOT AREA2.5 acMAX HEIGHT36 ft / 2 storiesMAX LOT COVERAGE35%
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.
108,900 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (2.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
40 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
40 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
36 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
2
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
35%
Minimum landscaping
20%

Uses

Permitted by right4

Conditional / special use2

Extracted standards

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

Design

  • Architectural compatibility of structures

    All structures on the site shall be designed to be architecturally compatible in terms of materials and expense.

Other

  • Prohibition of odors/emissions incompatible with area

    No use shall be permitted which will involve odors or other emissions incompatible with the character of the area and which may be detrimental to surrounding properties.

  • Visual screening of shipping/receiving doors, roof equipment, storage/trash

    The following shall be visually screened from public view: shipping and receiving doors; roof mounted equipment, with the exception of noise suppression equipment for 2900 Bradley Street; storage and trash areas.

From the ordinance

The minimum parcel size on the site shall not be less than 2.5 acres. Building coverage on each parcel shall not exceed 35 percent of the total area of each parcel. Buildings shall be set back a minimum of 40 feet from all street frontages. No building shall exceed two stories or 36 feet in height.
PD-1