Pasadena Soft-Story Ordinance

Pasadena Soft-Story Retrofit Ordinance #7345 was approved and adopted by the City Council on May 20, 2019.

The scope of the ordinance aims to reduce the risk of full or partial collapse in multi-story wood buildings containing exterior Soft, Weak, or Open-Front Walls (SWOF) lines. The ordinance mandates the evaluation and possible strengthening of exterior SWOF lines around the building. The City of Pasadena has identified buildings that typically contain these SWOF lines and now require evaluation by an engineer or architect to determine Earthquake Retrofitting Pasadena needs.

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