[R.O. 2009 §405.010; Ord. No. 73 §1, 6-1-1954; Ord.
No. 478 §1, 2-13-1996]
For the purposes of this Chapter, certain terms and words are
herewith defined as follows: Words used in the present tense include
the future; words in the singular number include the plural and words
in the plural number include the singular; the word "building" includes the word "structure", and the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.
A subordinate building or portion of the main building, the
use of which is incidental to that of the main building.
A story partly underground and having at least one-half (½)
of its height above the average level of the adjoining ground. A basement
shall be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement
if subdivided and used for dwelling or business purposes.
A dwelling or a building where, for compensation pursuant
to previous arrangement, meals or lodging and meals are provided for
one (1) or more persons.
Any structure designed or intended for the support, enclosure,
shelter or protection of persons, animals, chattels or property.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the finished grade adjoining the building to the highest point
of a roof surface, if a flat roof; to the deck line of masoned roofs;
and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip
and gambrel roofs.
A story having more than one-half (½) of its height
below the average level of the adjoining ground. A cellar shall not
be counted as a story for purposes of height measurements.
One (1) or more sections of the City of Pasadena Hills for
which the regulations governing the height, area and use of the buildings
and premises are the same.
Any building or portion thereof which is designed for and
used exclusively for residential purposes.
A building having accommodations for and occupied exclusively
by more than (2) families.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively
by one (1) family.
A building having accommodations for and occupied exclusively
by two (2) families.
One (1) or more persons related by blood or marriage occupying
a premises and living as a single non-profit housekeeping unit.
A yard extending across the front of the lot between the
inner side yard lines and measured between:
All the property abutting on one (1) side of a street or
place between two (2) intersecting streets or places (crossing or
terminating) measured along the line of the street or place or, if
the street or place be dead-end street, then all the property abutting
on one (1) side between an intersecting street or place and the dead
end of the street or place.
Any accessory building housing automobiles which are the
property of and for the private use of the occupants of the lot on
which the private garage is located.
Any premises, except those described as a private garage,
used for the storage or care of automobiles.
Any private residence licensed by the Division of Family
Services or Department of Mental Health to provide foster care to
one (1) or more but less than seven (7) children who are unrelated
to either foster parent by blood, marriage or adoption; subject to
occupancy limitations for the particular dwelling.
Any home in which eight (8) or fewer mentally or physically
handicapped persons reside and may include two (2) additional persons
acting as houseparents or guardians who need not be related to each
other or to any of the mentally or physically handicapped persons
residing in the home; subject to occupancy limitations for the particular
dwelling.
A dwelling or a building where lodging is provided by prearrangement
for a definite period, for compensation, for one (1) or more persons.
Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory
buildings together with such open spaces as are required under this
Chapter.
The line bounding a lot as defined herein.
A building that does not conform to the regulations of the
district in which it is situated.
A building or land occupied by a use that does not conform
to the regulation of the use district in which it is situated.
A surfaced area enclosed in the main building or in an accessory
building or unenclosed, sufficient in size to store one (1) standard
automobile, exclusive of the driveway connecting the parking space
with a street.
An open unoccupied space other than a street or alley permanently
reserved as the principal means of access to abutting property.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and measured
between the rear line of the lot and the rear of the building or any
attached porch or deck.
A yard between the building and the side line of the lot
and extending from the street line to the rear yard.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there
be no floor above it, then the space between such floor and the ceiling
next above it.
A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates
of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are not more
than two (2) feet above the floor of such story.
A public or private roadway which affords the principal means
of access to abutting property.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
more or less permanent location on the ground or attachment to something
having a permanent location on the ground and includes the word building.
An open space on the same lot with a building unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward except for the ordinary projection
of eaves, buttresses, chimneys and ornamental features or as otherwise
provided herein.
[R.O. 2009 §405.020; Ord. No. 73 §2, 6-1-1954]
A.Â
In
order to regulate and restrict the location and the use of buildings,
dwellings, structures and the land for residential, schools or other
purposes, to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories,
size of buildings and other structures, the size of yards and other
open spaces, and the density of population, the City of Pasadena Hills
is hereby divided into three (3) districts which shall be known as:
[R.O. 2009 §405.030; Ord. No. 73 §2, 6-1-1954]
The City of Pasadena Hills is hereby divided into three (3)
districts aforesaid and the boundaries of such districts are shown
upon the map which is on file in the City offices and made a part
of this Chapter, being designated as the "District Map" and said map
and all the notations, references and other information shown thereon
shall be as much a part of this Chapter as if the matters and information
set forth by said map were all fully described herein.
[R.O. 2009 §405.040; Ord. No. 73 §2, 6-1-1954]
All territory hereafter annexed to the City of Pasadena Hills
shall be in the "A" District until changed by ordinance.
[R.O. 2009 §405.050; Ord. No. 73 §2, 6-1-1954]
A.Â
Except
as hereinafter provided:
1.Â
No building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed
or structurally altered nor shall any building or premises be used
for any purpose other than is permitted in the district in which such
building or premises is located.
2.Â
No building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed
or structurally altered to exceed the height limit herein established
for the district in which such building is located.
3.Â
No lot area shall be so reduced or diminished that the yard or open
spaces shall be smaller than prescribed by this Chapter, nor shall
the density of population be increased in any manner except in conformity
with the area regulations hereby established for the district in which
such building is located.
4.Â
No building shall hereafter be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed
or structurally altered unless located on a lot as herein defined
and in no case shall there be more than one (1) main building on one
(1) lot except as hereinafter specified.
