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.
No use, activity, or process shall cause electromagnetic interference... No use, activity, or process shall produce vibrations that cause discomfort... No structure shall be established unless reviewed for solar access.
No use, activity, or process shall cause electromagnetic interference with normal radio or television reception on another site or with the function of other electronic equipment on another site. No use, activity, or process shall produce any unreasonable, disturbing, or unnecessary emissions of heat or humidity at the property line of the site that cause material distress, discomfort, or injury to the average person. No use, process, or activity shall produce odor that causes discomfort or annoyance to a reasonable person of normal sensitivity or which endangers the comfort, repose, health, or peace of residents whose property abuts the site. No structure shall be established or enlarged unless it has been reviewed by the Zoning Administrator for its effect on solar access to existing and future solar applications on adjacent properties. No use, activity, or process shall produce vibrations that cause discomfort or annoyance to reasonable persons of normal sensitivity, or which endangers the comfort, repose, health, or peace of residents whose property abuts the site.
Each commercial, industrial, mixed-use project and parking structure over 25,000 square feet of gross floor area shall incorporate in its design a public art component. The public art component shall have a value of not less than one percent of the Building Permit valuation.
Each commercial, industrial, mixed-use project and parking structure over 25,000 square feet of gross floor area shall incorporate in its design a public art component. The public art component shall have a value of not less than one percent of the Building Permit valuation.
An individual with a disability may request that any applicable development standard be modified to prevent discrimination. Modifications shall not be granted to any applicable development standard relating to density.
Mirror or highly reflective glass shall not cover more than 20 percent of a structure's surface visible from a street. In RS and RM-12, metallic finishes allowed if Solar Reflectance <=0.35, otherwise require Administrative Minor CUP.
For new structures, mirror or highly reflective glass shall not cover more than 20 percent of a structure's surface visible from a street. In the RS and RM-12 zoning districts, the exterior walls and/or roof of a main structure and/or accessory structure requiring a building permit may have a metallic finish when the Solar Reflectance does not exceed 0.35.
A refuse storage area for the collection of trash and recycled goods shall be provided at the time any structure is constructed. Minimum trash area 5x7 ft for multi-family 4-19 units and nonresidential <25,000 sq ft. Enclosure min height 6 ft, clearance 7 ft.
Each required refuse storage area shall be located within 150 feet of the users and shall not be located in a required garden, yard, court, or landscape area. Minimum clear dimensions of five feet by seven feet for multi-family 4-19 units and nonresidential <25,000 sq ft. Enclosure min height 6 feet, clearance 7 feet.
Minor Conditional Use Permit approval is required for relocation of a structure to a lot within the RS or RM-12 zoning districts. Structure shall be placed on foundation within 30 days. Exterior work substantially completed within 365 days.
Minor Conditional Use Permit approval is required for relocation of a structure to a lot within the RS or RM-12 zoning districts. The structure shall be placed on its foundation within 30 days of its relocation. All exterior work shall be substantially completed within 365 days.
Whenever more than 50 percent of the exterior wall(s) of a structure is removed, the replacement construction shall constitute a new structure that would have to comply with all current development standards of the subject zoning district.
All new exterior mechanical equipment, except solar collectors, shall be screened or located out of view from public rights-of-way. Screening materials shall have evenly distributed openings or perforations not exceeding 50 percent of surface area.
All new exterior mechanical equipment, except solar collectors, shall be screened or located out of view from public rights-of-way. Screening materials shall have evenly distributed openings or perforations not exceeding 50 percent of surface area.
In the commercial and industrial zoning districts, a 15-foot side and/or rear setback shall be provided adjacent to any abutting residential zoning district. Encroachment planes: RS/RM-12 30-degree from 6 ft; nonresidential abutting RS/RM-12 45-degree from 6 ft; abutting RM-16/32/48 45-degree from 20 ft. Front/corner side setback pavement max 30% in residential zones.
In the commercial and industrial zoning districts, a 15-foot side and/or rear setback shall be provided adjacent to any abutting residential zoning district. Principal structures within the RS and RM-12 zoning districts shall not be located within a side setback encroachment plane sloping upward and inward to the site at a 30-degree angle measured from the vertical, commencing six feet above the existing grade along the interior side property line.
The operation of large trucks on sites that are more than 500 feet from a freeway and are less than 300 feet from a residential district shall be permitted between 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. A commercial or industrial use within 300 feet of an R district shall be limited to ten one-way truck trips per day.
The operation of large trucks on sites that are more than 500 feet from a freeway and are less than 300 feet from a residential district shall be permitted between 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. A commercial or industrial use within 300 feet of an R district shall be limited to ten one-way truck trips by large trucks per day, per six-day work week.
The height of all walls and fences shall be measured from the existing grade. Spikes on walls and fences are not allowed when less than six feet. Barbed wire, concertina wire and razor wire shall not be allowed.
The maximum height of a wall or fence shall be eight feet. ... Required setbacks abutting residential zoning districts shall be enclosed by a solid concrete or masonry wall at least seven feet in height.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.