The measure would extend Ordinance No. 7455 and keep SB 9 applications on hold in single-family zones inside the fire boundary, according to a City Attorney’s fact sheet.
City officials say the restriction is intended to prevent concentrated SB 9 construction in neighborhoods at elevated wildfire risk.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s July 30 Executive Order N-32-25 suspended portions of state law — Government Code sections 65852.21 and 66411.7 — in very high fire hazard zones within the Palisades and Eaton fire areas to the extent those sections limit local discretion over SB 9 projects.
Pasadena’s extension would continue using that authority to block ministerial approvals for qualifying two-unit developments and urban lot splits in the defined area.
If the council does not act, property owners inside the Eaton Fire boundary could again submit SB 9 applications for ministerial review, the memo states.
The Planning and Community Development Department would implement the ordinance.