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.
The Director may require any use in the PS or OS district to submit a Master Plan application... Outside of the PS and OS districts, the Director may require any public, semi-public use to submit a Master Plan application...
The hearing notices shall be posted within 1,000 feet of the subject site, if the site abuts a residential zoning district.
A Conditional Use Permit shall be required for new construction of a nonresidential project or a nonresidential portion of a mixed use project that exceeds 25,000 square feet of gross floor area...
The hearing notices shall be posted within 1,000 feet of the subject site, if the site abuts a residential zoning district.
A Conditional Use Permit shall be required for new construction of a nonresidential project or a nonresidential portion of a mixed use project that exceeds 25,000 square feet of gross floor area...
Hotel Conversion Permits are intended to allow for the conversion of existing hotels and motels with 80 or less guest rooms to various types of affordable housing...
Hotel Conversion Permits are intended to allow for the conversion of existing hotels and motels with 80 or less guest rooms to various types of affordable housing...
Notice of the public hearing shall be provided... by mail, to all owners of property within 500 feet of the subject site's boundaries...
By mail, to all owners of property within 500 feet of the subject site's boundaries...
The land involved shall be a minimum of ½ acre in area...
The land involved shall be a minimum of ½ acre in area...
Unless otherwise identified in Table 6-4, below, adjustments not exceeding 25 percent of the development standard may be processed as a Minor Variance.
Unless otherwise identified in Table 6-4, below, adjustments not exceeding 25 percent of the development standard may be processed as a Minor Variance.
A Short-term Filming Permit may be approved by the Film Liaison for commercial motion picture filming... for six or fewer days per quarter of a calendar year, and up to 24 days of a calendar year, in residential, open space, public, and semi-public zoning districts; or 15 or fewer days per quarter of a calendar year in all other zoning districts.
the mailed and posted notices shall be within 300 feet of the boundaries of the filming location. ... Six or fewer days per quarter of a calendar year...
In landmark and historic districts outside the Central District, the following items shall be exempt from review: Paint colors and stains, routine maintenance and minor repairs, landscaping...
The Design Commission shall review applications for additions, alterations, demolitions, relocations, and new construction and relief from the replacement Building Permit requirement in the Central District, except CD-RM districts
A Certificate of Appropriateness is not required for properties already entitled for demolition through an adopted Master Development Plan, Planned Development, Development Agreement, Adjustment Permit, Use Permit, Variance or similar land use approval
A Certificate of Appropriateness for a major or minor project is not required for properties already entitled for alteration through an adopted Master Development Plan, Planned Development, Development Agreement, Adjustment Permit, Use Permit, Variance or similar land use approval
The Historic Preservation Commission may approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a proposed major project.
Source documents
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