Building on your lot in Pasadena

The maximum height shall be 30 inches within a triangular area extending at an angle of 45 degrees from the street property line to a point on the edge of the driveway 10 feet from the street property line.

Between the front property line and the occupancy frontage, the maximum wall or fence height shall be four feet.

On flag lots, the maximum front yard wall or fence height may be six feet, provided the front yard of the flag lot is abutting interior side or rear yards on all sides.

Between the front property line and the occupancy frontage, the height of a wall or fence in a front yard or corner yard shall not exceed four feet if it is 50 percent open and two feet if the wall or fences is solid.

Between the front property line and the occupancy frontage, the height of a wall or fence in a front yard or corner yard shall not exceed four feet if it is 50 percent open and two feet if the wall or fences is solid.

In interior side or rear setbacks abutting property in a OS or PS zoning district or abutting property with a residential use, the maximum wall or fence height shall be six feet.

In interior side or rear setbacks abutting property in a commercial or industrial zoning district with a nonresidential use, the maximum wall or fence height shall be eight feet along the property line separating the residential district from the commercial or industrial district.

The maximum height shall be six feet between the rear building line and the rear property line, provided the wall or fence is located a minimum distance of five feet from the street property line.

The maximum height within five feet of a street property line or between the occupancy frontage and the rear building line shall not exceed four feet.

Notwithstanding these provisions, the maximum height of a wall or fence in a corner setback shall be six feet and may be located at the street property line, provided the wall or fence is located beyond the front building line of the main structure and a commercial or industrial zoning district is located on the opposite side of the street adjacent to the corner setback.

On double frontage lots, the Zoning Administrator shall determine the rear setback for the purposes of wall or fence height, and the maximum height of the rear wall or fence shall be six feet; provided, the wall or fence is located a minimum distance of 25 feet measured perpendicular to the rear street property line.

The maximum height of a wall or fence in the rear setback within 25 feet of a street property line shall not exceed four feet.

The height of a wall or fence along the rear property line or rear yard shall not exceed 10 feet excluding any corner side yard setback.

The height of a wall or fence along the side property lines shall not exceed 10 feet for the rear 50 percent of the site and shall not exceed six feet for the remainder of the site, excluding the front or corner side yard setback.

The height of a wall or fence along the side property lines shall not exceed 10 feet for the rear 50 percent of the site and shall not exceed six feet for the remainder of the site, excluding the front or corner side yard setback.

An accessory structure shall not exceed a height of nine feet, but only if located two feet from a property line.

The height of the top plate of an accessory structure shall not exceed nine feet.

An accessory structure may raise to, but shall not exceed, an overall height of 15 feet, but only in compliance with Subparagraph c., immediately above.

The maximum size of all accessory structures on a site shall no exceed an aggregate of 600 square feet or six percent of the lot size, whichever is greater.

However, an additional 200 square feet is permitted if used for covered parking.

A lot abutting on the front 100 feet of a key lot shall maintain a minimum four-foot rear setback.

Any portion of the structure that exceeds 22 feet in length and is less than five feet from the property line, shall be required to be set back a minimum of five feet from the property line.

Pools, hot tubs, and related equipment, and all mechanical equipment shall not be closer than five feet from a property line.

An accessory structure, other than mechanical equipment, a hot tub, or a swimming pool, shall maintain a minimum separation of six feet from any other structure (excluding walls and fences) on the site.

A home occupation use shall be conducted entirely within a structure and shall occupy no more than 500 square feet of floor area.

This floor area maximum can be exceeded if the storage area is located off-site.

A home occupation use shall not allow any clients or customers without prior appointments. Client/customer appointments are limited to the hours of 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Only a resident of the dwelling unit shall be employed in the operation of a home occupation use.

No volunteers, interns or independent contractors shall be part of a home occupation permit.

A Home Occupation Permit shall be required before the establishment of a home occupation use.

Guns and ammunition shall not be sold as part of a Home Occupation Permit except that a home occupation for a gunsmith or firearms collector licensed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms as a gunsmith or firearm collector is allowed.

The expedited administrative permit review process and checklist shall substantially conform to the recommended process and checklist prescribed by the California Solar Permitting Guidebook as adopted by the Governor's Office of Planning and Research.

the building official shall allow for electronic submittal of permit applications covered by this chapter and associated supporting documentations.

It is declared to be a nuisance, and no person shall keep chickens owned or controlled by him or it within 35 feet of any dwelling house or structure used as a dwelling, church, school, hospital or place where food products are kept, stored, manufactured or served to the public, unless such house or structure is occupied by him or it, and not within a required setback as prescribed in the zoning code, or to keep any rooster inside the city limits of Pasadena.

It is declared to be a nuisance, and no person shall keep chickens owned or controlled by him or it within 35 feet of any dwelling house or structure used as a dwelling, church, school, hospital or place where food products are kept, stored, manufactured or served to the public, unless such house or structure is occupied by him or it, and not within a required setback as prescribed in the zoning code, or to keep any rooster inside the city limits of Pasadena.

It is declared to be a nuisance, and no person shall keep geese, ducks, turkeys, pheasants, doves, pigeons, squabs or similar fowls or rabbits, owned or controlled by him or it within 50 feet of any street line or within 50 feet of any property line, or within 100 feet of any dwelling house or structure used as a dwelling, church, school, hospital or place where food products are kept, stored, manufactured or served to the public, unless such house or structure is occupied by him or it.

It is declared to be a nuisance, and no person shall keep geese, ducks, turkeys, pheasants, doves, pigeons, squabs or similar fowls or rabbits, owned or controlled by him or it within 50 feet of any street line or within 50 feet of any property line, or within 100 feet of any dwelling house or structure used as a dwelling, church, school, hospital or place where food products are kept, stored, manufactured or served to the public, unless such house or structure is occupied by him or it.

It is declared to be a nuisance and no person shall keep or maintain any goat within 100 feet of any dwelling house other than that occupied by him or it, or 2 goats within 200 feet of any dwelling house other than that occupied by him.

No person shall keep or maintain any male goat exceeding the age of 6 months within the city.