California Code
DIVISION 1 - PLANNING AND ZONING
CHAPTER 3 - Local Planning

ARTICLE 1 - Local Planning

Section 65100. - 65100. There is in each city and county a planning...

Section 65101. - 65101. (a) The legislative body may create one or more...

Section 65101.1. - 65101.1. The Hoopa Valley Business Council, as the governing body...

Section 65102. - 65102. A legislative body may establish for its planning agency...

Section 65103. - 65103. Each planning agency shall perform all of the following...

Section 65103.5. - 65103.5. (a) In compliance with Section 65102, a local planning...

Section 65104. - 65104. The legislative body shall provide the funds, equipment, and...

Section 65105. - 65105. In the performance of their functions, planning agency personnel...

Section 65106. - 65106. Upon request all public officials shall furnish to the...

Section 65107. - 65107. Any action brought in the superior court relating to...

ARTICLE 4 - Long Range Planning Trust Fund

Section 65250. - 65250. (a) A city with a population in excess of...

ARTICLE 5 - Authority for and Scope of General Plans

Section 65300. - 65300. Each planning agency shall prepare and the legislative body...

Section 65300.2. - 65300.2. (a) For the purposes of this article, a “200-year...

Section 65300.5. - 65300.5. (a) In construing the provisions of this article, the...

Section 65300.7. - 65300.7. The Legislature finds that the diversity of the state’s...

Section 65300.9. - 65300.9. The Legislature recognizes that the capacity of California cities...

Section 65301. - 65301. (a) The general plan shall be so prepared that...

Section 65301.5. - 65301.5. The adoption of the general plan or any part...

Section 65302. - 65302. The general plan shall consist of a statement of...

Section 65302.1. - 65302.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 65302.2. - 65302.2. Upon the adoption, or revision, of a city or...

Section 65302.3. - 65302.3. (a) The general plan, and any applicable specific plan...

Section 65302.4. - 65302.4. The text and diagrams in the land use element...

Section 65302.5. - 65302.5. (a) At least 45 days prior to adoption or...

Section 65302.6. - 65302.6. (a) A city, county, or a city and county...

Section 65302.7. - 65302.7. (a) For the purposes of complying with Section 65302.5,...

Section 65302.8. - 65302.8. If a county or city, including a charter city,...

Section 65302.9. - 65302.9. (a) Within 24 months of July 2, 2013, each...

Section 65302.10. - 65302.10. (a) As used in this section, the following terms...

Section 65302.15. - 65302.15. (a) Upon the next revision of a local hazard...

Section 65303. - 65303. The general plan may include any other elements or...

Section 65303.4. - 65303.4. The Department of Water Resources or the Central Valley...

ARTICLE 6 - Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan

Section 65350. - 65350. Cities and counties shall prepare, adopt, and amend general...

Section 65350.5. - 65350.5. Before the adoption or any substantial amendment of a...

Section 65351. - 65351. During the preparation or amendment of the general plan,...

Section 65352. - 65352. (a) Before a legislative body takes action to adopt...

Section 65352.2. - 65352.2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 65352.3. - 65352.3. (a) (1) Prior to the adoption or any amendment...

Section 65352.4. - 65352.4. For purposes of Section 65351, 65352.3, and 65562.5, “consultation”...

Section 65352.5. - 65352.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is...

Section 65353. - 65353. (a) When the city or county has a planning...

Section 65354. - 65354. The planning commission shall make a written recommendation on...

Section 65354.5. - 65354.5. (a) A city or county with a planning agency,...

Section 65355. - 65355. Prior to adopting or amending a general plan, the...

Section 65356. - 65356. (a) The legislative body shall adopt or amend a...

Section 65357. - 65357. (a) A copy of the adopted general plan or...

Section 65358. - 65358. (a) If it deems it to be in the...

Section 65359. - 65359. Any specific plan or other plan of the city...

Section 65360. - 65360. The legislative body of a newly incorporated city or...

Section 65361. - 65361. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon application...

Section 65362. - 65362. Any city, county, or city and county whose application...

ARTICLE 7 - Administration of General Plan

Section 65400. - 65400. (a) After the legislative body has adopted all or...

Section 65400.1. - 65400.1. In the annual report provided by the planning agency...

Section 65400.2. - 65400.2. (a) For purposes of the housing element portion of...

Section 65401. - 65401. If a general plan or part thereof has been...

Section 65402. - 65402. (a) If a general plan or part thereof has...

Section 65403. - 65403. (a) Each special district, each unified, elementary, and high...

Section 65404. - 65404. (a) On or before January 1, 2005, the Governor...

ARTICLE 8 - Specific Plans

Section 65450. - 65450. After the legislative body has adopted a general plan,...

Section 65451. - 65451. (a) A specific plan shall include a text and...

Section 65452. - 65452. The specific plan may address any other subjects which...

Section 65453. - 65453. (a) A specific plan shall be prepared, adopted, and...

Section 65454. - 65454. No specific plan may be adopted or amended unless...

Section 65455. - 65455. No local public works project may be approved, no...

Section 65456. - 65456. (a) The legislative body, after adopting a specific plan,...

Section 65457. - 65457. (a) Any residential development project, including any subdivision, or...

ARTICLE 8.2 - Community Plans

Section 65458. - 65458. For purposes of this article: (a) “Community plan” means...

Section 65458.1. - 65458.1. Notwithstanding Section 21168.9 of the Public Resources Code, in...

Section 65458.2. - 65458.2. This article does not do either of the following:...

Section 65458.3. - 65458.3. (a) This article shall remain in effect only until...

ARTICLE 8.5 - Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994

Section 65460. - 65460. This act shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 65460.1. - 65460.1. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of...

Section 65460.2. - 65460.2. A city or county may prepare a transit village...

Section 65460.3. - 65460.3. To increase transit ridership and to reduce vehicle traffic...

Section 65460.4. - 65460.4. A transit village development district shall include all land...

Section 65460.5. - 65460.5. A city or county establishing a district and preparing...

Section 65460.6. - 65460.6. An agency responsible for the preparation and adoption of...

Section 65460.7. - 65460.7. (a) A transit village plan shall be prepared, adopted,...

Section 65460.8. - 65460.8. No transit village plan may be adopted or amended...

Section 65460.9. - 65460.9. No local public works project may be approved, no...

Section 65460.10. - 65460.10. A city, county, or city and county may require...

Section 65460.11. - 65460.11. Any portion of a specific plan or redevelopment plan...

ARTICLE 9 - Transit Priority Project Program

Section 65470. - 65470. (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature...

ARTICLE 10.5 - Open-Space Lands

Section 65560. - 65560. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Amount of land...

Section 65561. - 65561. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) That...

Section 65562. - 65562. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 65562.5. - 65562.5. On and after March 1, 2005, if land designated,...

Section 65563. - 65563. On or before December 31, 1973, every city and...

Section 65564. - 65564. Every local open-space plan shall contain an action program...

Section 65565. - 65565. (a) A city or county may develop an agricultural...

Section 65565.1. - 65565.1. (a) The department shall give priority consideration for any...

Section 65565.5. - 65565.5. (a) Every city and county shall review and update...

Section 65566. - 65566. Any action by a county or city by which...

Section 65567. - 65567. No building permit may be issued, no subdivision map...

Section 65568. - 65568. If any provision of this article or the application...

Section 65570. - 65570. (a) The department may establish, after notice and hearing,...

ARTICLE 10.6 - Housing Elements

Section 65580. - 65580. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The...

Section 65581. - 65581. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 65582. - 65582. As used in this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 65582.1. - 65582.1. The Legislature finds and declares that it has provided...

Section 65583. - 65583. The housing element shall consist of an identification and...

Section 65583.1. - 65583.1. (a) The Department of Housing and Community Development, in...

Section 65583.2. - 65583.2. (a) A city’s or county’s inventory of land suitable...

Section 65583.2. - 65583.2. (a) A city’s or county’s inventory of land suitable...

Section 65583.3. - 65583.3. (a) For a housing element or amendment adopted on...

Section 65583.4. - 65583.4. (a) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision...

Section 65584. - 65584. (a) (1) For the fourth and subsequent revisions of...

Section 65584.01. - 65584.01. For the fourth and subsequent revision of the housing...

Section 65584.02. - 65584.02. (a) For the fourth and subsequent revisions of the...

Section 65584.03. - 65584.03. (a) At least 28 months prior to the scheduled...

Section 65584.04. - 65584.04. (a) At least two years before a scheduled revision...

Section 65584.04. - 65584.04. (a) At least two years before a scheduled revision...

Section 65584.045. - 65584.045. Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (m) of Section 65584.04,...

Section 65584.05. - 65584.05. (a) At least one and one-half years before the...

Section 65584.06. - 65584.06. (a) For cities and counties without a council of...

Section 65584.06. - 65584.06. (a) For cities and counties without a council of...

Section 65584.07. - 65584.07. (a) During the period between adoption of a final...

Section 65584.08. - 65584.08. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 65584.09. - 65584.09. (a) For housing elements due pursuant to Section 65588...

Section 65584.1. - 65584.1. Councils of government may charge a fee to local...

Section 65584.2. - 65584.2. A local government may, but is not required to,...

Section 65584.3. - 65584.3. (a) A city that is incorporated to promote commerce...

Section 65584.6. - 65584.6. (a) The County of Napa may, during its current...

Section 65585. - 65585. (a) In the preparation of its housing element, each...

Section 65585.1. - 65585.1. (a) The department shall notify the city, county, or...

Section 65585.3. - 65585.3. (a) The department shall notify the office of the...

Section 65587. - 65587. (a) Each city, county, or city and county shall...

Section 65588. - 65588. (a) Each local government shall review its housing element...

Section 65589. - 65589. (a) Nothing in this article shall require a city,...

Section 65589.3. - 65589.3. In any action filed on or after January 1,...

Section 65589.4. - 65589.4. (a) An attached housing development shall be a permitted...

Section 65589.5. - 65589.5. (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of...

Section 65589.6. - 65589.6. In any action taken to challenge the validity of...

Section 65589.7. - 65589.7. (a) The housing element adopted by the legislative body...

Section 65589.8. - 65589.8. A local government which adopts a requirement in its...

Section 65589.9. - 65589.9. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 65589.11. - 65589.11. (a) The department shall post on its internet website...

ARTICLE 10.7 - Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Within the Coastal Zone

Section 65590. - 65590. (a) In addition to the requirements of Article 10.6...

Section 65590.1. - 65590.1. Any local government which receives an application as provided...

ARTICLE 10.8 - Water Conservation in Landscaping

Section 65591. - 65591. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 65592. - 65592. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern...

Section 65593. - 65593. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 65594. - 65594. (a) Except as provided in Section 65595, if by...

Section 65595. - 65595. (a) (1) To the extent funds are appropriated, not...

Section 65596. - 65596. The updated model ordinance adopted pursuant to Sections 65595...

Section 65596.5. - 65596.5. (a) On or before January 1, 2020, and at...

Section 65596.7. - 65596.7. (a) On or before June 30, 2019, the director...

Section 65597. - 65597. Not later than January 31, 2010, each local agency...

Section 65598. - 65598. Any model ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall...

Section 65599. - 65599. Any actions or proceedings to attach, review, set aside,...

ARTICLE 10.9 - Water Recycling in Landscaping Act

Section 65601. - 65601. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 65602. - 65602. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 65603. - 65603. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions used in...

Section 65604. - 65604. If a recycled water producer determines that within 10...

Section 65605. - 65605. (a) Within 180 days of receipt of notification from...

Section 65606. - 65606. The recycled water ordinance adopted by a local agency...

Section 65607. - 65607. (a) This article shall not apply to any local...

ARTICLE 10.10 - Workforce Housing Opportunity Zone

Section 65620. - 65620. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall...

Section 65621. - 65621. (a) A local government may establish a Workforce Housing...

Section 65622. - 65622. (a) Before a date that is no later than...

Section 65623. - 65623. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), for...

Section 65624. - 65624. (a) A local government may submit an application to...

Section 65625. - 65625. A local government shall include within its annual report...

ARTICLE 11 - Supportive Housing

Section 65650. - 65650. For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall...

Section 65651. - 65651. (a) Supportive housing shall be a use by right...

Section 65652. - 65652. A developer of supportive housing subject to this article...

Section 65653. - 65653. (a) The local government shall approve a supportive housing...

Section 65654. - 65654. If the supportive housing development is located within one-half...

Section 65655. - 65655. This article shall not be construed to do either...

Section 65656. - 65656. The Legislature finds and declares that, by adoption of...

ARTICLE 12 - Low Barrier Navigation Centers

Section 65660. - 65660. For purposes of this article: (a) “Low Barrier Navigation...

Section 65662. - 65662. A Low Barrier Navigation Center development is a use...

Section 65664. - 65664. Within 30 days of receipt of an application for...

Section 65666. - 65666. The Legislature finds and declares that Low Barrier Navigation...

Section 65668. - 65668. This article shall remain in effect only until January...

ARTICLE 13 - Applicability of Chapter

Section 65700. - 65700. (a) This chapter shall not apply to a charter...

Section 65701. - 65701. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of...

ARTICLE 14 - Actions or Proceedings

Section 65750. - 65750. As used in this article, unless the context requires...

Section 65751. - 65751. Any action to challenge a general plan or any...

Section 65752. - 65752. All actions brought pursuant to Section 65751, including the...

Section 65753. - 65753. (a) The petitioner shall request a hearing or trial...

Section 65754. - 65754. In any action brought to challenge the validity of...

Section 65754.5. - 65754.5. (a) During the pendency of any action described in...

Section 65755. - 65755. (a) The court shall include, in the order or...

Section 65756. - 65756. If the court orders a reference of any action...

Section 65757. - 65757. During the pendency of any action described in Section...

Section 65758. - 65758. If the court orders any temporary relief in an...

Section 65759. - 65759. In any action brought under this section: (a) The...

Section 65760. - 65760. In determining whether a housing development will have an...

Section 65761. - 65761. In no event shall any court grant as relief...

Section 65762. - 65762. Nothing in this article shall prohibit a court from...

Section 65763. - 65763. (a) The provisions of this article apply to all...