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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 & 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 AND ALLOWABLE USES
DIVISION I - AGRICULTURAL, RESOURCE & 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)
DISTRICT 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 Off-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, Ord. 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 (Ord. 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 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
PART 4 - PLACER COUNTY WILLIAMSON ACT LANDS PROGRAM
Article 17.64 Williamson Act Lands Program
APPENDIX A. Squaw Valley General Plan and Land Use Ordinance
APPENDIX B. Tahoe City Area General Plan
APPENDIX C. North Tahoe Area General Plan
APPENDIX D. West Shore Area General Plan
APPENDIX E. Bickford Ranch Development Standards
APPENDIX F. Tahoe Sign Regulations