California Code
DIVISION 1 - PLANNING AND ZONING
CHAPTER 4 - Zoning Regulations

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 65800. - 65800. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide...

Section 65801. - 65801. Any action brought in the superior court relating to...

Section 65802. - 65802. No provisions of this code, other than the provisions...

Section 65803. - 65803. Except as otherwise provided, this chapter shall not apply...

Section 65804. - 65804. It shall be the purpose of this section to...

ARTICLE 2 - Adoption of Regulations

Section 65850. - 65850. The legislative body of any county or city may,...

Section 65850.01. - 65850.01. (a) The Department of Housing and Community Development, hereafter...

Section 65850.02. - 65850.02. (a) Notwithstanding any other local law, with respect to...

Section 65850.1. - 65850.1. (a) The legislative body of any city or county...

Section 65850.2. - 65850.2. (a) Each city and each county shall include, in...

Section 65850.3. - 65850.3. Any ordinance adopted by the legislative body of a...

Section 65850.4. - 65850.4. (a) The legislative body of any county or city...

Section 65850.5. - 65850.5. (a) The implementation of consistent statewide standards to achieve...

Section 65850.52. - 65850.52. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 65850.55. - 65850.55. (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that oversight...

Section 65850.6. - 65850.6. (a) A colocation facility shall be a permitted use...

Section 65850.7. - 65850.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 65850.7. - 65850.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 65850.71. - 65850.71. (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the...

Section 65850.75. - 65850.75. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 65850.8. - 65850.8. (a) (1) On or before September 30, 2018, every...

Section 65850.9. - 65850.9. (a) A city, county, or city and county shall...

Section 65851. - 65851. For such purposes the legislative body may divide a...

Section 65852. - 65852. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class...

Section 65852.1. - 65852.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 65906, any city, including a charter...

Section 65852.150. - 65852.150. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 65852.2. - 65852.2. (a) (1) A local agency may, by ordinance, provide...

Section 65852.21. - 65852.21. (a) A proposed housing development containing no more than...

Section 65852.22. - 65852.22. (a) Notwithstanding Section 65852.2, a local agency may, by...

Section 65852.23. - 65852.23. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as otherwise...

Section 65852.24. - 65852.24. (a) (1) This section shall be known, and may...

Section 65852.25. - 65852.25. (a) No local agency shall enact or enforce any...

Section 65852.26. - 65852.26. (a) Notwithstanding clause (i) of subparagraph (D) of paragraph...

Section 65852.3. - 65852.3. (a) A city, including a charter city, county, or...

Section 65852.35. - 65852.35. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all state and local...

Section 65852.4. - 65852.4. A city, including a charter city, a county, or...

Section 65852.5. - 65852.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 65852.3, no city, including...

Section 65852.6. - 65852.6. (a) It is the policy of the state to...

Section 65852.7. - 65852.7. A mobilehome park, as defined in Section 18214 of...

Section 65852.9. - 65852.9. (a) The Legislature recognizes that unused schoolsites represent a...

Section 65852.11. - 65852.11. (a) No city or county, including a charter city,...

Section 65853. - 65853. A zoning ordinance or an amendment to a zoning...

Section 65854. - 65854. The planning commission shall hold a public hearing on...

Section 65855. - 65855. After the hearing, the planning commission shall render its...

Section 65856. - 65856. (a) Upon receipt of the recommendation of the planning...

Section 65857. - 65857. The legislative body may approve, modify or disapprove the...

Section 65858. - 65858. (a) Without following the procedures otherwise required prior to...

Section 65859. - 65859. (a) A city may, pursuant to this chapter, prezone...

Section 65860. - 65860. (a) County or city zoning ordinances shall be consistent...

Section 65860.1. - 65860.1. (a) Not more than 12 months after the amendment...

Section 65861. - 65861. When there is no planning commission, the legislative body...

Section 65862. - 65862. When inconsistency between the general plan and zoning arises...

Section 65863. - 65863. (a) Each city, county, or city and county shall...

Section 65863.2. - 65863.2. (a) A public agency shall not impose or enforce...

Section 65863.4. - 65863.4. (a) Prior to noticing a public hearing on a...

Section 65863.5. - 65863.5. Whenever the zoning covering a property is changed from...

Section 65863.6. - 65863.6. (a) In carrying out this chapter, each county and...

Section 65863.7. - 65863.7. (a) (1) Prior to the conversion of a mobilehome...

Section 65863.8. - 65863.8. (a) A local agency to which application has been...

Section 65863.9. - 65863.9. Unless an earlier expiration appears on the face of...

Section 65863.10. - 65863.10. (a) As used in this section, the following terms...

Section 65863.11. - 65863.11. (a) Terms used in this section shall be defined...

Section 65863.12. - 65863.12. (a) Prior to the conversion of a floating home...

Section 65863.13. - 65863.13. (a) An owner shall not be required to provide...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Development Agreements

Section 65864. - 65864. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The lack...

Section 65865. - 65865. (a) Any city, county, or city and county, may...

Section 65865.1. - 65865.1. Procedures established pursuant to Section 65865 shall include provisions...

Section 65865.2. - 65865.2. A development agreement shall specify the duration of the...

Section 65865.3. - 65865.3. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and...

Section 65865.4. - 65865.4. Unless amended or canceled pursuant to Section 65868, or...

Section 65865.5. - 65865.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, after the amendments required...

Section 65866. - 65866. (a) Unless otherwise provided by the development agreement, rules,...

Section 65867. - 65867. A public hearing on an application for a development...

Section 65867.5. - 65867.5. (a) A development agreement is a legislative act that...

Section 65868. - 65868. A development agreement may be amended, or canceled in...

Section 65868.5. - 65868.5. No later than 10 days after a city, county,...

Section 65869. - 65869. A development agreement shall not be applicable to any...

Section 65869.5. - 65869.5. (a) If state or federal laws or regulations, enacted...

ARTICLE 2.7 - Covenants for Easement

Section 65870. - 65870. Any city or county may adopt an ordinance for...

Section 65871. - 65871. (a) In addition to any other method for the...

Section 65873. - 65873. The covenant of easement shall be recorded in the...

Section 65874. - 65874. (a) The ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 65870 shall...

Section 65875. - 65875. Nothing in this article shall create in any person...

ARTICLE 2.9 - Guidebook for Jobs-Housing Balance

Section 65890.1. - 65890.1. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) State land...

Section 65890.3. - 65890.3. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall prepare...

Section 65890.5. - 65890.5. (a) The guidebook shall include the following: (1) Methodologies...

ARTICLE 3 - Administration

Section 65900. - 65900. The legislative body of a city or county may,...

Section 65901. - 65901. (a) The board of zoning adjustment or zoning administrator...

Section 65902. - 65902. In the event that neither a board of zoning...

Section 65903. - 65903. A board of appeals, if one has been created...

Section 65904. - 65904. If a board of appeals has not been created...

Section 65905. - 65905. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this article, a...

Section 65905.5. - 65905.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if a proposed housing...

Section 65906. - 65906. Variances from the terms of the zoning ordinances shall...

Section 65906.5. - 65906.5. Notwithstanding Section 65906, a variance may be granted from...

Section 65907. - 65907. (a) To the extent that an outdoor expansion of...

Section 65908. - 65908. (a) Any agency which institutes a judicial action or...

Section 65909. - 65909. No local governmental body, or any agency thereof, may...

Section 65909.5. - 65909.5. The legislative body of any county or city, including...

ARTICLE 4 - Open-Space Zoning

Section 65910. - 65910. Every city and county by December 31, 1973, shall...

Section 65911. - 65911. Variances from the terms of an open-space zoning ordinance...

Section 65912. - 65912. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that this article...