Earlier editions: 2026-09
Municipal code
Pasadena Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Pasadena, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-04
- Contents
- 21 titles · 4,683 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Pasadena
Contents
- PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE
- SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE
▸CHARTER
Overview- Article I — NAME AND BOUNDARIES
- Article II — SUCCESSION
- Article III — POWERS OF THE CITY
- Article IV — THE CITY COUNCIL
- Article V — LEGISLATION
- Article VI — THE CITY MANAGER
- Article VII — BOARD OF EDUCATION
- Article VIII — THE PERSONNEL SYSTEM
- Article IX — FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
- Article X — CONTRACTS, PURCHASES AND CLAIMS
- Article XI — FRANCHISES
- Article XII — ELECTIONS
- Article XIII — INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
- Article XIV — WATER AND POWER UTILITY OPERATIONS
- Article XV — THE FIRE AND POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
- Article XVI — PARK PRESERVATION
- Article XVII — TAXPAYER PROTECTION
- Article XVIII — THE PASADENA FAIR AND EQUITABLE HOUSING CHARTER AMENDMENT
▸Title 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
Overview- Chapter 1.01 — CODE ADOPTION
- Chapter 1.08 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 1.12 — CITY SEAL
- Chapter 1.16 — DATUM PLANE
- Chapter 1.20 — ELECTION DISTRICTS
- Chapter 1.24 — GENERAL PENALTY
- Chapter 1.25 — ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES—COMPLIANCE ORDERS
- Chapter 1.26 — ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES—CITATIONS
- Chapter 1.30 — INSPECTIONS AND COST RECOVERY
▸Title 2 — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
Overview- Article I — City Council and its Adjunct Responsibilities
- Article II — Departments Headed By Council Appointees
- Article III — Advisory Boards, Commissions and Committees Created by the Council
- Article IV — Boards of Nonprofit Corporations
- Article VI — Retirement System
- Article VII — Agencies And Departments Headed By City Manager Appointees
- Article VIII — Miscellaneous
▸Title 3 — CIVIC EVENTS AND FACILITIES
Overview- Chapter 3.04 — PASADENA CENTER
- Chapter 3.12 — TOURNAMENT OF ROSES—GRANDSTANDS
- Chapter 3.16 — TOURNAMENT OF ROSES—PROGRAMS
- Chapter 3.20 — PARADE PERMITS
- Chapter 3.22 — INTERFERENCE WITH SPECIAL EVENT
- Chapter 3.23 — PARK PRESERVATION AND USES
- Chapter 3.24 — PARKS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS
- Chapter 3.28 — CIVIL DEFENSE TRAINING CENTER
- Chapter 3.32 — ARROYO SECO PUBLIC LANDS
▸Title 4 — REVENUE AND FINANCE
Overview- Chapter 4.02 — SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY
- Chapter 4.04 — DISPOSITION OF SALVAGE AND SCRAP PROPERTY
- Chapter 4.08 — PURCHASING
- Chapter 4.10 — CREDIT AND COLLECTION
- Chapter 4.11 — PASADENA LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE
- Chapter 4.12 — CIGARETTE TAX
- Chapter 4.16 — PARK PURCHASE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND
- Chapter 4.17 — RESIDENTIAL IMPACT FEE
- Chapter 4.18 — CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
- Chapter 4.19 — TRAFFIC REDUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FEE
- Chapter 4.20 — GAS TAX STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND
- Chapter 4.24 — UNDERGROUND UTILITIES SPECIAL ACTIVITY FUND
- Chapter 4.28 — PROPERTY TAXES
- Chapter 4.29 — TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TAX FUNCTIONS
- Chapter 4.32 — CONSTRUCTION TAX
- Chapter 4.36 — REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX8
- Chapter 4.40 — SALES AND USE TAX
- Chapter 4.42 — TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX
- Chapter 4.44 — TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 4.48 — ROSE BOWL ADMISSIONS TAX
- Chapter 4.52 — SEWER USE FEE AND STORM DRAIN CHARGE
- Chapter 4.53 — SEWER FACILITY CHARGE
- Chapter 4.54 — STREET LIGHT AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL TAX
- Chapter 4.56 — UTILITY USERS TAX
- Chapter 4.60 — VEHICLE OFF-STREET PARKING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 4.65 — VEHICLE OFF-STREET PARKING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 4.70 — URBAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
- Chapter 4.80 — CITY OF PASADENA HEALTH FACILITIES REVENUE BOND LAW
- Chapter 4.90 — CITY OF PASADENA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BOND LAW
- Chapter 4.95 — PUBLIC WORKS BENEFIT ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS
- Chapter 4.100 — POWER DIVISION GENERAL FUND TRANSFER
- Chapter 4.101 — PASADENA TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
- Chapter 4.105 — SALES TAX INCENTIVES
- Chapter 4.106 — MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION ORDINANCE
- Chapter 4.107 — CITY OF PASADENA SPECIAL TAX FINANCING IMPROVEMENT LAW
- Chapter 4.108 — SEISMIC AND FIRE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS
- Chapter 4.109 — LIBRARY SPECIAL TAX
▸Title 5 — BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
▸Title 6 — ANIMALS
Overview- Chapter 6.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 6.08 — CITY POUND AND POUNDMASTER
- Chapter 6.09 — DOGS AND CATS TO BE SPAYED OR NEUTERED
- Chapter 6.12 — RUNNING AT LARGE
- Chapter 6.16 — DOG LICENSE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 6.18 — REGULATION OF VICIOUS, POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS, AND PUBLIC NUISANCE DOGS
- Chapter 6.20 — FOWL AND LIVESTOCK RESTRICTIONS
- Chapter 6.24 — KENNELS AND VETERINARIES
- Chapter 6.28 — PIGEONS
- Chapter 6.32 — HEALTH AND SANITATION
- Chapter 6.36 — RABIES CONTROL
- Chapter 6.40 — RESTRICTION ON DISPLAY OF ANIMALS ON CITY PROPERTY
▸Title 8 — HEALTH AND SAFETY
Overview- Chapter 8.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 8.08 — COSMETOLOGICAL ESTABLISHMENTS
- Chapter 8.10 — COMMERCIAL CANNABIS PUBLIC HEALTH PERMIT
- Chapter 8.11 — COMMERCIAL CANNABIS FACILITIES
- Chapter 8.12 — FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
- Chapter 8.13 — HEALTH INSPECTION REPORT POSTING ORDINANCE
- Chapter 8.14 — GREASE AND OIL DISPOSAL ORDINANCE
- Chapter 8.16 — MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES AND FOOD TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES
- Chapter 8.18 — DEEMED APPROVED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RETAIL SALE ORDINANCE
- Chapter 8.19 — GROUP HOMES FOR THE DISABLED WHICH ARE NOT LICENSED BY THE STATE
- Chapter 8.20 — BUILDING DEMOLITION
- Chapter 8.24 — BUILDING SANITATION
- Chapter 8.28 — RAT AND INSECT CONTROL
- Chapter 8.32 — FUMIGATION
- Chapter 8.36 — PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS
- Chapter 8.40 — USED CLOTHING
- Chapter 8.44 — HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND PLANTS
- Chapter 8.48 — WEEDS AND RUBBISH
- Chapter 8.52 — CITY TREES AND TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE
- Chapter 8.56 — HEDGES AND FENCES
- Chapter 8.60 — SOLID WASTE
- Chapter 8.61 — SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FRANCHISE SYSTEM
- Chapter 8.62 — WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION PROJECTS WITHIN T…
- Chapter 8.63 — DISPOSABLE ACCESSORY FOODWARE ITEM OPT-IN REQUIREMENT FOR RESTAURANTS AND THIRD…
- Chapter 8.64 — LITTER CONTROL
- Chapter 8.65 — PLASTIC CARRYOUT BAGS
- Chapter 8.66 — ORGANICS RECYCLING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GENERATORS, HAUL…
- Chapter 8.67 — PROHIBITION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OR SALE OF PREPARED FOOD OR BEVERAGES IN ANY PO…
- Chapter 8.68 — WATER POLLUTION
- Chapter 8.70 — STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE CONTROL
- Chapter 8.76 — ELECTRICAL MATERIALS SAFETY STANDARDS
- Chapter 8.78 — TOBACCO USE PREVENTION ORDINANCE
- Chapter 8.79 — CHILDHOOD LEAD HAZARDS REDUCTION ORDINANCE
- Chapter 8.80 — HANDLING AND DISCLOSURE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
- Chapter 8.82 — DISCRIMINATION AGAINST VICTIMS OF AIDS
- Chapter 8.85 — WEAPONS—SALES PROHIBITED ON CITY PROPERTY AND IN CITY FACILITIES
- Chapter 8.92 — BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION
▸Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Overview- Article III — Offenses Against Public Decency
- Article IV — Offenses Against Public Peace
- Article V — Offenses Against Property
- Article VII — Minors
- Article VIII — Weapons
- Article IX — Electoral Process
- Article X — Sales of Unregulated Chemicals
- Article XI — Drug Dealing in Rental Units
- Article XII — Withdrawal of Accommodations from the Rental Market
- Article XIII — Preserving City Real Property for City Purposes
- Article XIV — Anti-Discrimination
▸Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Overview- Chapter 10.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 10.08 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 10.12 — ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY
- Chapter 10.16 — TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
- Chapter 10.20 — TURNING MOVEMENTS
- Chapter 10.24 — ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
- Chapter 10.28 — STOPS AND YIELDS
- Chapter 10.32 — PEDESTRIANS
- Chapter 10.36 — DRIVING RULES
- Chapter 10.38 — VEHICULAR CRUISING
- Chapter 10.39 — VEHICLE SOLICITATION IN THE STREETS
- Chapter 10.40 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
- Chapter 10.41 — PREFERENTIAL PARKING
- Chapter 10.42 — DAYTIME PARKING
- Chapter 10.44 — PARKING AT NIGHT
- Chapter 10.45 — PARKING METERS
- Chapter 10.46 — POLICE TOWING FRANCHISE SYSTEM
- Chapter 10.48 — SPEED LIMITS
- Chapter 10.52 — TRUCK ROUTES
- Chapter 10.53 — LOCAL INTERSTATE TRUCK ROUTES
- Chapter 10.56 — TRAINS AND CROSSINGS
- Chapter 10.60 — BICYCLES
- Chapter 10.61 — SKATEBOARDS, ROLLER SKATES, SCOOTERS AND EPAMD
- Chapter 10.64 — TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
- Chapter 10.65 — PARKING PROHIBITIONS ON CERTAIN STREETS ON RED FLAG ALERT DAYS
▸Title 12 — STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Overview- Chapter 12.04 — SIDEWALK REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION
- Chapter 12.08 — NEWSRACKS
- Chapter 12.10 — SIDEWALK VENDORS
- Chapter 12.12 — OBSTRUCTING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
- Chapter 12.13 — OUTDOOR DINING WITHIN PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
- Chapter 12.14 — VALET PARKING
- Chapter 12.15 — POSTING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
- Chapter 12.16 — MOVING BUILDINGS ALONG STREETS
- Chapter 12.20 — BUILDING NUMBERING
- Chapter 12.22 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
- Chapter 12.24 — EXCAVATIONS
- Chapter 12.25 — CLOSING OF STREETS WITHOUT VACATION
- Chapter 12.28 — IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS
▸Title 13 — UTILITIES AND SEWERS
Overview- Chapter 13.04 — POWER RATES AND REGULATIONS
- Chapter 13.08 — ENERGY USE CONSERVATION
- Chapter 13.10 — WATER WASTE PROHIBITIONS AND WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGE PLANS
- Chapter 13.11 — NON-POTABLE WATER
- Chapter 13.12 — UTILITY LOCATION MAPS
- Chapter 13.14 — UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS
- Chapter 13.16 — UTILITY LATERALS CONNECTION2
- Chapter 13.18 — POLES AND WIRES
- Chapter 13.20 — WATER SERVICE AND RATES
- Chapter 13.24 — SEWER CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
- Chapter 13.28 — WATER MAIN ASSESSMENTS5
- Chapter 13.32 — GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED WATERCOURSES
▸Title 14 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Overview- Chapter 14.03 — ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- Chapter 14.04 — BUILDING CODE AND RELATED CODES
- Chapter 14.05 — EXCAVATION AND GRADING IN HILLSIDE AREAS
- Chapter 14.06 — EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION IN EXISTING UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS
- Chapter 14.07 — SAFETY ASSESSMENT PLACARDS
- Chapter 14.08 — MANDATORY SEISMIC STRENGTHENING PROVISIONS FOR EXISTING WOOD-FRAME BUILDINGS W…
- Chapter 14.12 — HOUSING CODE
- Chapter 14.16 — QUADRENNIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION
- Chapter 14.17 — PRESALE SELF-CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
- Chapter 14.20 — CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL BOARD
- Chapter 14.26 — FIRE AND EMERGENCY PLANNING REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS
- Chapter 14.27 — FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
- Chapter 14.28 — FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- Chapter 14.29 — FLAMMABLE VEGETATION
- Chapter 14.30 — FIREWORKS, PYROTECHNICS AND PRODUCTION EFFECTS
- Chapter 14.37 — FEES AND SCHEDULES
- Chapter 14.50 — PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT
- Chapter 14.60 — ABATEMENT OF BUILDINGS EXHIBITING SLUMLIKE CONDITIONS
- Chapter 14.70 — VACANT BUILDING AND VACANT LOT MAINTENANCE AND REGISTRATION ORDINANCE
- Chapter 14.80 — FIRST SOURCE HIRING
- Chapter 14.90 — EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCEDURES FOR SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR SYSTEMS
▸Title 16 — SUBDIVISIONS
Overview- Chapter 16.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 16.08 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 16.12 — DESIGN STANDARDS
- Chapter 16.16 — IMPROVEMENTS
- Chapter 16.18 — GENERAL PROCEDURES
- Chapter 16.20 — TENTATIVE MAPS
- Chapter 16.22 — VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS
- Chapter 16.24 — SURVEY REQUIREMENTS4
- Chapter 16.28 — FINAL MAPS AND PARCEL MAPS
- Chapter 16.32 — DEDICATIONS
- Chapter 16.36 — BONDS AND DEPOSITS
- Chapter 16.40 — MINOR LAND DIVISIONS
- Chapter 16.44 — MODIFICATIONS
- Chapter 16.46 — STANDARDS FOR CONVERSION PROJECTS
▸Title 17 — Zoning Code
Overview- Article 1 — Purpose and Applicability of Zoning Code
- Article 2 — Zoning Districts, Allowable Land Uses, and Zone-Specific Standards
- Article 3 — Specific Plan Standards
- Article 4 — Site Planning and General Development Standards
- Article 5 — Standards for Specific Land Uses
- Article 6 — Land Use and Development Permit Procedures
- Article 7 — Zoning Code Administration
- Article 8 — Glossary of Specialized Terms and Land Use Types
- Appendix A - Planned Developments
▸Title 18 — CABLE, VIDEO AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS
- TABLE OF ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS
- ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
- CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE AND DISPOSITION LIST