Zoning Ordinance
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Part 1 - General Provisions
- Article 17.02 - Introductory Provisions
- 17.02.010 - Title and Purpose
- 17.02.020 - Authority and General Plan Consistency
- 17.02.030 - Applicability of Zoning Chapter
- 17.02.040 - Responsibility for Administration
- 17.02.050 - Interpretation
- 17.02.060 - Partial Invalidation of Zoning Ordinance
- Article 17.04 - Definitions
- 17.04.010 - Purpose of Article
- 17.04.020 - Land Use Definitions
- 17.04.030 - Definitions of Land Uses, Specialized Terms and Phrases
- Article 17.06 - Zoning Districts Established
- 17.06.010 - Zone and Combining Districts Established
- 17.06.020 - Zoning Maps Adopted
- 17.06.030 - Allowable Land Uses and Permit Requirements
- 17.06.040 - Zoning Clearance Procedure
- 17.06.050 - Land Use and Permit Tables
- 17.06.060 - Zone District Regulations
Part 2 - Zone Districts & Allowable Uses
- Division I - Agricultural, Resource and Open Space
- 17.08.010 - Agricultural Exclusive (AE)
- 17.10.010 - Farm (F)
- 17.12.010 - Forestry (FOR)
- 17.14.010 - Open Space (O)
- 17.16.010 - Timberland Production (TPZ)
- 17.18.010 - Water Influence (W)
- Division II - Commercial Districts
- 17.20.010 - Commercial Planned Development (CPD)
- 17.22.010 - General Commercial (C2)
- 17.24.010 - Heavy Commercial (C3)
- 17.26.010 - Highway Services (HS)
- 17.28.010 - Motel District (MT)
- 17.30.010 - Neighborhood Commercial (C1)
- 17.32.010 - Office and Professional (OP)
- 17.34.010 - Resort (RES)
- Division III - Industrial Districts
- 17.36.010 - Airport (AP)
- 17.38.010 - Business Park (BP)
- 17.40.010 - Industrial (IN)
- 17.42.010 - Industrial Park (INP)
- Division IV - Residential Districts
- 17.44.010 - Residential-Agricultural (RA)
- 17.46.010 - Residential-Forest (RF)
- 17.48.010 - Residential Multi-Family (RM)
- 17.50.010 - Residential Single-Family (RS)
- Division V - Specific Plan Developments
- 17.51.010 - Specific Plan (SPL)
- Division VI - Combining District Regulations
- 17.52.010 - Combining District Regulations
- 17.52.020 - Agriculture (-AG)
- 17.52.030 - Aircraft Overflight
- 17.52.040 - Building Site (-B)
- 17.52.050 - Conditional Use Permit Required (-UP)
- 17.52.060 - Density Limitation (-DL)
- 17.52.070 - Design Review (-Dc, -Dh, -Ds)
- 17.52.080 - Development Reserve (-DR)
- 17.52.090 - Flood Hazard (-FH)
- 17.52.100 - Geological Hazard (-GH)
- 17.52.110 - Mineral Reserve (-MR)
- 17.52.120 - Planned Residential Development (-PD)
- 17.52.130 - Special Purpose (-SP)
- 17.52.140 - Traffic Management (-TM)
- Division VII - General Development Regulations
- 17.54.010 - Purpose and Applicability of Article
- 17.54.020 - Height Limits and Exceptions
- 17.54.030 - Landscaping and Fencing
- 17.54.040 - Minimum Parcel Standards
- 17.54.050 - Off-Street Parking Standards
- 17.54.060 - Parking Space Requirements by Land Use
- 17.54.070 - Design and Improvement of Parking
- 17.54.075 - Off-Site Parking
- 17.54.080 - Planned Residential Developments (PDs)
- 17.54.090 - PD Permit and Processing Requirements
- 17.54.100 - Design and Development Standards
- 17.54.110 - Legal Documents
- 17.54.120 - Residential Density Bonuses and Incentives
- 17.54.130 - Setbacks and Yards
- 17.54.140 - Exceptions to Front, Side, and Rear Setbacks
- 17.54.150 - Projections into Required Setbacks
- 17.54.160 - Interior Setbacks
- 17.54.170 - Signs
- 17.54.180 - On-Premises Signs
- 17.54.190 - Premise Signs
- 17.54.200 - Non-conforming Signs
- Division VIII - Specific Use Regulations
- 17.56.010 - Purpose and Applicability of Article
- 17.56.020 - Accessory Buildings and Uses
- 17.56.030 - Adult (Sex Oriented) Entertainment Businesses
- 17.56.040 - Airfields and Heliports
- 17.56.050 - Animal Raising and Keeping
- 17.56.060 - Antennae, Communications Facilities
- 17.56.070 - Bed and Breakfast Lodging
- 17.56.080 - Camping and Campgrounds, Recreational Vehicle Parks
- 17.56.090 - Caretaker and Employee Housing
- 17.56.100 - Churches (Repealed, Ordinance 5339-B)
- 17.56.110 - Explosives Manufacturing and Storage
- 17.56.120 - Home Occupations
- 17.56.130 - Hotels and Motels
- 17.56.140 - Mobile Home Parks
- 17.56.150 - Mobile Homes and Manufactured Homes
- 17.56.160 - Outdoor Retail Sales
- 17.56.165 - Plant Nurseries, Retail, Plant Production Nurseries
- 17.56.170 - Recycling Facilities
- 17.56.180 - Residential Accessory Uses
- 17.56.185 - Request for Reasonable Accommodation
- 17.56.190 - Restaurants - Outdoor Eating Areas
- 17.56.200 - Secondary Dwellings
- 17.56.202 - Secondary Dwelling - Lake Tahoe Basin
- 17.56.210 - Senior Housing Projects
- 17.56.220 - Service Stations and Full-Service Car Wash Establishments
- 17.56.230 - Single-Family Dwellings, Additional Building Site
- 17.56.235 - Residential Snow Removal Equipment
- 17.56.240 - Snow Tunnels, Seasonal
- 17.56.250 - Storage, Accessory - Indoor and Outdoor
- 17.56.260 - Storage, Mini-Storage Facilities
- 17.56.270 - Surface Mining and Reclamation
- 17.56.280 - Temporary Dwellings
- 17.56.290 - Temporary Dwellings, Hardship/Disaster Relief
- 17.56.295 - Emergency Shelters, Transitional Housing, Supportive Housing (Ordinance 5647-B)
- 17.56.300 - Temporary Uses and Events
- 17.56.310 - Timeshare Projects
- 17.56.320 - Vehicle Repair in Residential Areas
- 17.56.330 - Wineries
Part 3 - Administration & Procedures
- Part 3 - Administration and Procedures
- Article 17.58 - Discretionary Use Requirements
- 17.58.010 - Purpose
- 17.58.015 - Pre-Development Meetings
- 17.58.020 - Applications - Filing and Processing
- 17.58.030 - Required Application Contents
- 17.58.040 - Filing of Applications
- 17.58.045 - Posting of Sites/Notification of New Development Proposal
- 17.58.050 - Initial Review of Applications
- 17.58.060 - Environmental Review
- 17.58.070 - Staff Report and Recommendations
- 17.58.080 - Permit Approval or Disapproval
- 17.58.090 - Additional Building Site Applications
- 17.58.100 - Administrative Review Permits
- 17.58.110 - Design Review Approval
- 17.58.120 - Minor Use Permits
- 17.58.130 - Conditional Use Permits
- 17.58.140 - Permit Issuance
- 17.58.150 - Effect of Denial
- 17.58.160 - Permit Time Limits, Exercising of Permits, and Extensions
- 17.58.170 - Applications Deemed Approved
- 17.58.180 - Changes to an Approved Project
- 17.58.190 - Security for Performance
- 17.58.200 - Specific Plans
- 17.58.210 - Development Agreements
- 17.58.220 - Application Preparation and Filing
- 17.58.230 - Application Review Procedure
- 17.58.240 - Public Hearing and Approval Procedure
- 17.58.250 - Periodic Review
- 17.58.260 - Amendment and Cancellation
- 17.58.270 - Applications - Roseville Transition Area
- 17.58.280 - Required Application Contents
- 17.58.290 - Additional Information for City of Roseville
- 17.58.300 - Conditions of Approval
- 17.58.310 - Environmental Review
- Article 17.60 - Zoning Administration
- 17.60.010 - Administrative Responsibility
- 17.60.020 - Planning Director and Planning Department
- 17.60.030 - Zoning Administrator
- 17.60.040 - Planning Commission
- 17.60.050 - Decisions of the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors
- 17.60.060 - Development Review Committee
- 17.60.070 - Design/Site Review Committee
- 17.60.080 - Changes to Chapter - Relief from Standards
- 17.60.090 - Chapter or Plan Amendments and Rezoning
- 17.60.100 - Variance
- 17.60.105 - Administrative Approvals - Relief from Standards
- 17.60.110 - Appeals
- 17.60.120 - Non-Conforming Uses
- 17.60.130 - Non-Conforming Lots of Record
- 17.60.140 - Public Hearings
- Article 17.62 - Zoning Enforcement
- 17.62.010 - Purpose
- 17.62.030 - Enforcement Administration
- 17.62.040 - Penalties
- 17.62.050 - Interference Prohibited
- 17.62.060 - Right of Entry/Access
- 17.62.070 - Enforcement Hearings
- 17.62.080 - Notices - Services and Release
- 17.62.090 - Recovery of Costs
- 17.62.100 - Additional Processing Fees
- 17.62.110 - Enforcement Procedures
- 17.62.120 - Initial Enforcement Action
- 17.62.130 - Judicial Citation
- 17.62.140 - Forfeiture of Bonds
- 17.62.150 - Injunction
- 17.62.160 - Nuisance Abatement
- 17.62.170 - Permit Revocation
- 17.62.180 - Administrative Citation
Article 17.64 Williamson Act Lands Program
Appendix A Squaw Valley Area General Plan - Part 1 and Part 2
Appendix B Placer County Tahoe Basin Area Plan and Placer County Tahoe Basin Area Plan Implementing Regulations
Appendix C Reserved
Appendix D Reserved
Appendix E Bickford Ranch Development Standards