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.
Subterranean parking shall be set back a minimum of 5 feet from Colorado Boulevard and RM/RS zoning. Otherwise, it may extend up to the property line.
Whenever more than 50 percent of the exterior walls of a structure are removed, the replacement construction would constitute a new structure that would have to comply with all current development standards.
Whenever more than 50 percent of the exterior walls of a structure are removed, the replacement construction would constitute a new structure that would have to comply with all current development standards of the subject zoning district.
No land use permit shall be approved for a proposed project on an undeveloped lot created before March 4, 1972, by means other than a Parcel or Tract Map, unless a Certificate of Compliance is first obtained.
A legally created substandard lot may be granted the land use permit required by Article 2 for a use allowed by the applicable zoning district without needing a Variance for lot width or area. If new construction on a lot less than 5,000 sq ft requires a Variance, the size of the lot may not be used as the sole basis.
If new construction, or an addition to a structure on a lot less than 5,000 square feet, cannot meet the development standards of the applicable zoning district and requires a Variance, the size of the lot may not be used as the sole basis for granting a Variance.
Flag lot allowed only on RS within HD Overlay. Pole width 20-25 ft. Metallic finish allowed if SR <=0.35. Relocation requires minor CUP. Encroachment plane 30-degree from 6 ft. Wall/fence heights: 6 ft abutting OS/PS or residential, 8 ft abutting commercial/industrial, 4 ft front, etc.
A minimum 20 feet, and a maximum 25 feet of frontage and width shall be maintained throughout the length of the pole.
Not more than two flag lot poles shall be contiguous to each other.
The poles of two flag lots that are contiguous shall have a maximum width of 40 feet.
Where a total of three or more lots are created, and two are flag lots with poles that are contiguous to each other, the driveway to the nonflag lots shall be separated from the contiguous poles by a minimum five-foot wide landscaped planter.
The lots created from the proposed flag lot subdivision do not adversely impact the established neighborhood character nor deviate from the established neighborhood character, which shall consider the scale of the existing lot sizes and lot configurations in the surrounding area. For purposes of this finding, the surrounding area shall mean all properties within a 1,000-foot radius of the subject property's boundary (before subdivision).
On a lot divided by a zoning district boundary, owner may elect to apply less restrictive district if more restrictive portion does not exceed 30 feet measured perpendicular. Parking may be located in district where use not permitted upon minor CUP.
On a lot or site divided by a zoning district boundary by virtue of Ordinance No. 6096, the owner may elect to apply to the entire lot or site the regulations of the less restrictive district provided the more restrictive portion does not exceed 30 feet measured perpendicular to the district boundary.
The height of each structure shall not exceed the height limit established for the applicable zoning district. A chimney may exceed by max 2 ft. Roof appurtenances covering <=25% may exceed by 15 ft for commercial/industrial, 10 ft for multi-family.
The height of each structure shall not exceed the height limit established for the applicable zoning district. A chimney may exceed the height limit by a maximum of two feet. For commercial and industrial structures, appurtenances covering not more than 25 percent of the roof area may exceed the height limit by a maximum of 15 feet. For multi-family structures, appurtenances covering not more than 25 percent of the roof area may exceed the height limit by a maximum of 10 feet.
The identified uses may only operate between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. by right; and between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. subject to CUP. Truck loading within 300 ft of residential allowed only 7am-9pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Sat, none Sun.
The regulations only apply when one or more of the identified uses are located on a site that is located within 150 feet of a residential zoning district. The identified uses may only operate between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. by right; and between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit.
Lighting shall be energy-efficient, and shielded or recessed... No lighting on private property shall produce an illumination level greater than one footcandle on any property within a residential zoning district. No lights shall blink, flash, or be of high intensity. Outdoor sports court lighting within 300 ft of residential requires Minor CUP.
No lighting on private property shall produce an illumination level greater than one footcandle on any property within a residential zoning district except on the site of the light source. No permanently installed lighting shall blink, flash, or be of unusually high intensity or brightness. Lighting for an outdoor sports court or field within 300 feet of a residential zoning district shall require Minor Conditional Use Permit approval.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.