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Pasadena, California · District

PD-7

Seco Street
CommercialOfficeAll Pasadena districts0

Dimensional standards

PD-7 lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 15 ftStreet side 15 ftMAX HEIGHT30 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE50%
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.

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

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
30 ft
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
50%
Minimum landscaping
15%

Uses

Conditional / special use4

Prohibited4

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Exterior materials limited to wood and stucco

    All structures shall be residential in character, and shall have exterior surface building materials limited to wood and stucco (no masonry or glass buildings); rooftop mechanical equipment shall be totally screened in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.64 of the zoning code.

Signage

From the ordinance

The minimum building setback shall be 15 feet from all streets. No structure shall exceed the elevation of 30 feet from the datum plane on Seco Street. The maximum coverage of all structures on a lot shall not exceed a maximum of 50 percent. A minimum of 15 percent of the site area shall be planting area.
PD-7