does not exceed 60% of the surface of the building footprint (including attached garages and porches), is not adjacent to a rooftop deck, patio attachment and/or exterior staircase and the combined width of all dormers
Read it in the chapter →garages
How this ordinance defines it
The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Pasadena’s own text settles what this covers.
the purpose of this section, the gross floor area calculation shall include parking garages (including below grade and at or above grade garages). 2. Northwest Boundary Area. Each new or renovated commercial, industrial, multi-family residential
Read it in the chapter →shall be included in the calculation of the maximum allowable size. ## H. Garages and Carports ### 1. Attached Garages On a lot 50 feet in width or wider, an attached garage that is visible
Read it in the chapter →to be significant by evaluation. 4. In designated districts, demolition and alteration of garages and other accessory structures built within the period of significance on both contributing and noncontributing properties and new construction of such
Read it in the chapter →## Floor Area, Net The total floor area of a structure, but excluding garages , hallways, lobbies, elevators and other common spaces. ## Floor Area Ratio (FAR) The numerical value obtained by dividing the aboveground gross
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