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Benchmark Ordinance Comparison
Pasadena Sierra Madre Antioch
Applicability Applies to
multifamily and
commercial zones;
does not apply to
single family
zones.
Religious
Housing Overlay
Zone
Allows ADUs
(“cottage clusters”)
on religious sites
Affordability
Requirement
• 80% units low
income
• Remainder
moderate
income
50% units low
income
• 80% units low
income
• Up to 20%
moderate
income
• 5% of units may
be reserved for
staff of the
religious
institution
Density Adopted 32 du/ac
Max 72 units on a
site
20 du/ac min
42 du/ac max
15 du/ac
Setbacks • 15’ side
(interior)
• 20’ rear
15’ front on all
floors
• 15’ front on
arterial and
collector
streets, 10’ on
local streets
• 5’ side (interior)
• 15’ side
(arterial and
collector
streets), 10’
side (local
streets)
• 10’ rear
Height Per underlying
zoning district
35’ or three
stories above
grade
Two stories (18’ flat
roof, 25’ pitched
roof)
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Parking One (1) space per
unit, unless 0.5
mile of transit.
Allows existing
parking on-site for
religious assembly
to be reduced by
up to 50% to
accommodate
housing.
Remaining parking
may be shared by
religious assembly
use and residential
use.
Allows reduction
of parking for
the religious
institution that
corresponds to
the area of the
residential
development.
One (1) space per
unit.
Per AB 1851 spaces
may be shared
between the
religious institution
and the residences.
Other
Considerations
Encroachment
plane requiring
upper stories to be
set back adjacent
to single family
residential.
Encroachment
plane requiring
upper stories to
be set back
adjacent to
single family
residential.
Establishes
Innovative Housing
(IH) Overlay District
to enable the
development of
multiple ADUs (or
“cottage
communities”) on
faith-owned land.
Code Section Chapter 17.50.230
—Religious
Facilities
Chapter 17.39
RHO Religious
Housing Overlay
Zone
Chapter 9-5.3805