COMMENT ON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES & PROPOSED ORDINANCES

The following are projects, guidelines or planning items in which the Department of Planning & Development is currently accepting online comments in addition to the regular public meetings.  All projects continue to go through the regular hearing processes and attendance and comments are also encouraged to be made at the respective public meetings.

GENERAL PLAN UPDATES

Housing Element

Pasadena is updating the General Plan Housing Element for the years 2008-2014.

Open Space & Conservation Elements

The City of Pasadena is undertaking an effort to update the Open Space and Conservation Elements of the General Plan.

Land Use & Mobility Elements

Pasadena is updating the General Plan Land Use Element in 2009.

PROPOSED ORDINANCES

Extension of Time Limits for Approval of Planning Entitlements

Discussion of extending time limits for approved planning entitlements.

Second Unit Regulations

The City’s Second Unit Ordinance, regulates the construction of second units in Single Family residential zones.

Series IV Code Amendments

This is the fourth series under the new Zoning Code which was adopted in February of 2005 and includes policy changes as well as minor amendments, corrections, definitions and the codification of interpretations.

Tree Protections

The City of Pasadena is seeking public review and comment on proposals to improve the City's tree protection ordinance.

Water Efficient Landscaping

The City of Pasadena is developing a program to implement the State's new requirement to regulate and monitor water use in landscaped areas.

Wireless Telecommunications

Changes to both Title 12 and Title 17 of the Pasadena Municipal Code as it affects equipment cabinets and wireless telecommunications facilities throughout the City.

OTHER PLANNING EFFORTS

Northwest Pasadena Community Plan

The Northwest Community Plan is designed to articulate a strategy with the purpose to upgrade and restore Northwest Pasadena in a viable consistent manner for Pasadena residents.

Northwest Pasadena Marketing Plan

Development and preparation of a Marketing Plan that promotes the resources of the Northwest Pasadena area, educates and changes the perceptions of the area while cultivating a better appreciation and value for the community.

Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan

To achieve community consensus for the revitalization of Lincoln Avenue between West Mountain Street and the north City boundary by defining a land use pattern and capital improvement projects that support and encourage reinvestment in the Lincoln Avenue Corridor.

Study of Pre-craftsman-era Residential Buildings

The State Office of Historic Preservation recently awarded the City, through the Certified Local Government program, a grant to conduct a study of Pre-craftsman-era Residential Architecture (1881 – 1904).

Last Modified 11/12/2009