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.
In the SP-1a, SP-1b, SP-1c and SP-1e subdistricts, work/live units are allowed subject to a conditional use permit. ... Commercial off-street parking uses are prohibited in SP-1a and SP-1c.
In the SP-1d subdistrict, the following uses are prohibited: single-family residential, multi-family residential, boarding houses, caretaker quarters, dormitories, fraternity/sorority housing, mixed-use projects, residential care facilities, single-room occupancy, supportive housing, transitional housing, work/live.
In the SP-1e subdistrict, single-family residential and multi-family residential uses are prohibited. Work/live units are allowed subject to a conditional use permit.
Not more than 35 percent of the area between a street property line and a front building line may be paved. ... A 20-foot setback is required when abutting the rear yard of a residential use. A 15-foot setback is required when adjacent to an R district. ... Maximum building height is 25 feet for non-residential and 37 feet for mixed-use projects along specific streets. Minimum building height is 15 feet.
Projects shall not exceed the height limits set in Figure SFOSP-8. An additional 12 feet shall be permitted for projects that are classified as Commercial Uses on Table SFOSP-1, up to a maximum height of 63 feet (75 feet with height averaging).
Projects shall not exceed the height limits set in Figure SFOSP-8. An additional 12 feet shall be permitted for projects that are classified as Commercial Uses on Table SFOSP-1, up to a maximum height of 63 feet (75 feet with height averaging).
Projects shall not exceed the height limits set in Figure SFOSP-8. An additional 12 feet shall be permitted for projects that are classified as Commercial Uses on Table SFOSP-1, up to a maximum height of 63 feet (75 feet with height averaging).
Projects shall not exceed the height limits set in Figure SFOSP-8. An additional 12 feet shall be permitted for projects that are classified as Commercial Uses on Table SFOSP-1, up to a maximum height of 63 feet (75 feet with height averaging).
Projects shall not exceed the height limits set in Figure SFOSP-8. An additional 12 feet shall be permitted for projects that are classified as Commercial Uses on Table SFOSP-1, up to a maximum height of 63 feet (75 feet with height averaging).
Projects shall not exceed the height limits set in Figure SFOSP-8. An additional 12 feet shall be permitted for projects that are classified as Commercial Uses on Table SFOSP-1, up to a maximum height of 63 feet (75 feet with height averaging).
Projects shall not exceed the height limits set in Figure SFOSP-8. An additional 12 feet shall be permitted for projects that are classified as Commercial Uses on Table SFOSP-1, up to a maximum height of 63 feet (75 feet with height averaging).
Projects shall not exceed the height limits set in Figure SFOSP-8. An additional 12 feet shall be permitted for projects that are classified as Commercial Uses on Table SFOSP-1, up to a maximum height of 63 feet (75 feet with height averaging).
Development standards per SFOSP: interior setback 15 ft from PS/RM/RS, stepback 45° from 25 ft, façade length max 150 ft, ground floor height min 15 ft, blank walls max 20 ft, etc. Use table: P for permitted, C/MC/AC for conditional.
Development standards per SFOSP: interior setback 15 ft from PS/RM/RS, stepback 45° from 25 ft, façade length max 150 ft, ground floor height min 15 ft, blank walls max 20 ft, etc. Use table: P for permitted, C/MC/AC for conditional.
Development standards per SFOSP: interior setback 15 ft from PS/RM/RS, stepback 45° from 25 ft, façade length max 150 ft, ground floor height min 15 ft, blank walls max 20 ft, etc. Use table: P for permitted, C/MC/AC for conditional.
Development standards per SFOSP: interior setback 15 ft from PS/RM/RS, stepback 45° from 25 ft, façade length max 150 ft, ground floor height min 15 ft, blank walls max 20 ft, etc. Use table: P for permitted, C/MC/AC for conditional.
Development standards per SFOSP: interior setback 15 ft from PS/RM/RS, stepback 45° from 25 ft, façade length max 150 ft, ground floor height min 15 ft, blank walls max 20 ft, etc. Use table: P for permitted, C/MC/AC for conditional.
Development standards per SFOSP: interior setback 15 ft from PS/RM/RS, stepback 45° from 25 ft, façade length max 150 ft, ground floor height min 15 ft, blank walls max 20 ft, etc. Use table: P for permitted, C/MC/AC for conditional.
Development standards per SFOSP: interior setback 15 ft from PS/RM/RS, stepback 45° from 25 ft, façade length max 150 ft, ground floor height min 15 ft, blank walls max 20 ft, etc. Use table: P for permitted, C/MC/AC for conditional.
Development standards per SFOSP: interior setback 15 ft from PS/RM/RS, stepback 45° from 25 ft, façade length max 150 ft, ground floor height min 15 ft, blank walls max 20 ft, etc. Use table: P for permitted, C/MC/AC for conditional.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.