Pasadena
Zoning districts
45 districts, grouped by category.
Overlay
4Alcohol Density Overlay District - AD-1
Alcohol Density Overlay District - AD-2
HD-1 (Upper Hastings Ranch Area) Overlay District
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
Height Limit Overlay District 1
- Max height
- 32 ft
Commercial
10- Max height
- 36 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
General Commercial-1
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
Colorado/Lake
- Max height
- 161 ft
- Front setback
- 14.5 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Foothill Boulevard, Craig Avenue and White Street
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Walnut - Los Robles
- Max height
- 145 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
PD-18 - Colorado/El Nido
- Max height
- 36 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
South Lake Avenue Development
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Kinneloa Annexation
- Max height
- 22 ft
Allesandro Place/Fair Oaks
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
Seco Street
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
Other
10Marengo-Bellevue
- Front setback
- 20 ft
PD-15 - Huntington Hotel
- Max height
- 112 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
Colorado - Los Robles
- Max height
- 78 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Montana I and II
- Max height
- 80 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Rose Avenue
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 7.3 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
100 West Walnut Planned Development
Colorado Hill Planned Development
- Max height
- 78.5 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
The Affinity
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Max density
- 87 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 15
- Front setback
- 20 ft
Residential
19PD-17 - Rose Townhomes
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 24 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 12.9 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
PD-21 - Montgomery Engineering
- Max height
- 60 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Lincoln Triangle Townhouse
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Salvation Army
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Vista Del Arroyo Bungalows
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Max density
- 10 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
King's Village
- Min lot
- 7,200 sq ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Community Arms
Artisan Village
- Max height
- 36 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Desiderio Homes
- Max height
- 23 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Mountain Street Classics Townhomes
- Max height
- 36 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
Eaton Wash Residential
- Min lot
- 4,500 sq ft
- Front setback
- 22 ft
- Max density
- 4.9 du/ac
El Mirador
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 5 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
- Max height
- 32 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
Multi-Family Residential (RM-32)
- Max height
- 3 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Multi-Family Residential (RM-48)
- Max height
- 38 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
- Max density
- 17.43 du/ac
- Max height
- 100 ft
- Min lot
- 910 sq ft
- Max height
- 72 ft
- Max density
- 17.43 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 1
General provisions
769 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
A minimum of one primary entrance shall be located on the primary frontage within the setback range, connected by a pedestrian pathway a minimum of 4 feet in width that leads directly to the sidewalk.
Buildings shall have a minimum ground floor height of 12 feet, except those facing Colorado Boulevard, Foothill Boulevard, Sierra Madre Boulevard or Walnut Street, which shall have a minimum ground floor height of 15 feet.
Windows shall be recessed a minimum of 2 inches, measured from the outside wall to the frame of the window (mullion, muntin or similar element).
The use of tinted, mirrored, or highly reflective glass is prohibited.
Street-facing transparency that is obstructed by walls or fences taller than 42 inches will not be counted toward the required transparency.
Blinds, drapes, posters, and shelving for product displays visible to the public right-of-way shall obscure a maximum of 10 percent of the transparent areas of each respective storefront or 50 percent for medical office uses.
Windowless expanses of street-facing façades shall not exceed 20 feet in length.
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.
For projects on the north side of Colorado Boulevard, shade structures are required and shall project a minimum of 7 feet, up to a maximum of 10 feet, into the public right-of-way for a minimum of 70 percent of the building frontage.
Arcades shall be a minimum of 8 feet from back of column to building façade.
Galleries shall be limited to one-story in height and 50 percent of the building frontage.
Lighting shall be located on façades facing streets and public open spaces at a frequency of every 30 feet or less.
Walls and fences shall have a maximum height of 48 inches above sidewalk elevation.
The side of a patio or stoop (when parallel to a sidewalk) taller than 30 inches in height shall be set back a minimum of 18 inches from the sidewalk line, separated by planted area.
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.
The sum of all roof decks on a single building shall not exceed a maximum coverage of 60 percent of the roof area.
A minimum area of 400 square feet with a minimum dimension of 15 feet in each direction is required for Common Open Space.
A minimum of 60 percent of the required residential Open Space set in Table LPSP-7 shall be Common Open Space shared among tenants.
A maximum of 25 percent of Common Open Space may be paved in standard concrete.
A minimum of 25 percent of Common Open Space shall be planted area with a minimum dimension of 30 inches in length, width, and depth.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.