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.
Density shall be a maximum of 48 units per acre. A maximum of 50 percent density bonus is allowed.
A service station, vehicle washing and detailing business, or combination thereof shall be located on a site of at least 15,000 square feet, with a minimum of 125 feet of frontage on a public street.
A service station, vehicle washing and detailing business, or combination thereof shall be located on a site of at least 15,000 square feet, with a minimum of 125 feet of frontage on a public street.
Sexually oriented businesses shall be permitted in only the CG zoning district and shall be subject to the following conditions: ... No sexually oriented business is allowed within 500 feet of any child day-care center... No sexually oriented business is allowed within 250 feet of a RS or RM district.
Sexually oriented businesses shall be permitted in only the CG zoning district and shall be subject to the following conditions...
Short-term rentals shall be permitted in single-family residences, duplexes, condominiums, townhomes, and multi-family rental units, except covenant restricted (affordable) and Section 8 units. Vacation rentals are prohibited. ... Parking for the short-term rental use shall be provided on-site.
Short-term rentals shall be permitted in single-family residences, duplexes, condominiums, townhomes, and multi-family rental units, except covenant restricted (affordable) and Section 8 units.
The minimum size of a unit shall be 150 square feet and the maximum size shall be 375 square feet... A minimum of 10 square feet for each unit or 250 square feet, whichever is greater, shall be provided for a common area.
The minimum size of a unit shall be 150 square feet and the maximum size shall be 375 square feet which may include bathroom and/or kitchen facilities.
Where allowed, support structures shall not exceed a maximum height of 50 feet above existing grade in any zoning district. ... a new support structure, including any accessory structure, shall be located at a minimum distance equal to but not less than 100 feet from the site of any residential use or any residentially zoned land.
Wireless telecommunications antenna facilities shall comply with the following requirements.
The area covered by tents does not exceed 800 square feet; No tent is located in any setback adjacent to a street; No tent is located on the site for more than 36 hours at a time.
The use of a tent for a temporary event or other purpose shall require a Temporary Use Permit, unless all of the following provisions are met:
No significant tobacco retailer shall be located within 1,000 feet of a sensitive land use (e.g., game arcade, Internet access studio, library, licensed child day-care facility...).
No significant tobacco retailer shall be located within 1,000 feet of a sensitive land use.
These standards shall apply to new Projects located within a designated TOD area of a radius of 1,320 feet (¼ mile) from a light-rail station platform.
These standards shall apply to new Projects located within a designated TOD area of a radius of 1,320 feet (¼ mile) from a light-rail station platform.
For office uses, the minimum number of required off-street parking shall be reduced by 25 percent, with an optional reduction up to 35 percent. For all other nonresidential uses, the minimum number of required off-street parking spaces shall be reduced by 10 percent, with an optional reduction up to 20 percent.
The parking requirements may be further reduced through a parking demand study and approval of a Minor Conditional Use Permit.
A project site may exceed the maximum allowable parking requirements in compliance with the following conditions. A site may exceed the maximum allowable number of parking spaces if the parking is approved to serve as Commercial Off-Street Parking, shared parking, or joint parking.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.