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Pasadena, California · District

PD-9

El Mirador
ResidentialHillsideAll Pasadena districts0

Dimensional standards

PD-9 lot requirementsSTREETMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA15,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT20 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 lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
100 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
20 ft

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right

Extracted standards

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

Grading

Noise

  • Interior noise level below 45 dB45 dB

    Street-facing windows of units shall be constructed with double-paned windows and/or other attenuation measures as needed to reduce interior noise below 45 decibels.

Other

  • Noncombustible roofs required

    All homes shall have noncombustible roofs.

  • Preservation of riparian habitat

    Specific attention shall be given to retaining and enhancing the existing riparian habitat in the upper canyon area.

From the ordinance

The average lot area (exclusive of the open space lot) shall be not less than 22,586 square feet, and no individual lot area may be less than 15,000 square feet. Lot width shall be not less than 100 feet at the front building line.
PD-9