Benicia City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
17.08 Organization
Applicability, and Interpretation
Sections
- 17.08.010 Organization.
- 17.08.020 General rules for applicability of zoning regulations.
- 17.08.030 Applicability of land use and development regulations.
- 17.08.040 Rules for interpretation.
- 17.08.050 Effect of this title on approved projects and projects in process.
- 17.08.060 Consolidation of applications.
- 17.08.080 Applications deemed withdrawn.
17.16 Use
Classifications
Sections
- 17.16.010 Purpose and applicability.
- 17.16.020 Uses not classified.
- 17.16.030 Residential use classifications.
- 17.16.040 Public and semipublic use classifications.
- 17.16.050 Commercial use classifications.
- 17.16.060 Industrial use classifications.
- 17.16.070 Agricultural and extractive use classifications.
- 17.16.080 Accessory use classifications.
- 17.16.090 Temporary use classifications.
17.44 PD
Planned Development District
Sections
- 17.44.010 Specific purposes.
- 17.44.020 Land use regulations.
- 17.44.030 Development regulations.
- 17.44.040 Initiation.
- 17.44.050 Required plans and materials.
- 17.44.060 Planning commission action.
- 17.44.070 Status of PD plan.
- 17.44.080 Status of specific plan.
- 17.44.090 Zoning map designation.
- 17.44.100 Development plan review.
17.50 HD
Hillside Development Overlay District
Sections
- 17.50.010 Specific purposes.
- 17.50.020 Applicability and zoning map designator.
- 17.50.030 Land use regulations.
- 17.50.040 Development regulations.
- 17.50.050 Slope/density formula.
- 17.50.060 Hillside development plan required.
- 17.50.070 Initiation.
- 17.50.080 Required plans and materials.
- 17.50.090 Hillside development plan – Minimum lot size – Maximum number of dwelling units.
- 17.50.100 Approval of a hillside development plan.
- 17.50.110 Lapse of hillside development plan approval.
- 17.50.120 Development plan review.
17.54 H
Historic Overlay District
Sections
- 17.54.010 Specific purposes.
- 17.54.020 Applicability and zoning map designator.
- 17.54.030 Land use and development regulations.
- 17.54.040 Criteria for establishment of H district.
- 17.54.050 Criteria for designating landmark buildings.
- 17.54.060 Conservation plan required.
- 17.54.070 Application requirements.
- 17.54.080 Review and approval.
- 17.54.090 Establishment of H districts and landmark designation.
- 17.54.100 Demolition and design review procedures.
- 17.54.120 Maintenance of structures and premises.
17.68 MP
Master Plan Overlay District
Sections
- 17.68.010 Specific purposes.
- 17.68.020 Applicability and zoning map designator.
- 17.68.030 Land use regulations.
- 17.68.040 Development regulations.
- 17.68.050 Initiation.
- 17.68.060 Required plan and materials.
- 17.68.070 Minimum lot size – Maximum number of dwelling units.
- 17.68.080 Approval of a master plan.
- 17.68.090 Amendments to adopted master plan.
- 17.68.100 Expiration and renewal – Changed plans.
- 17.68.110 Development plan review.
17.70 General
Regulations
Sections
- 17.70.010 Specific purposes and applicability.
- 17.70.020 Relocated buildings.
- 17.70.030 Exterior materials in R districts.
- 17.70.040 Religious assembly yard requirements.
- 17.70.050 Accessory uses and structures.
- 17.70.060 Accessory dwelling units.
- 17.70.070 Home-based businesses.
- 17.70.080 Swimming pools and hot tubs.
- 17.70.090 Eating and drinking establishments with take-out service.
- 17.70.100 Live entertainment.
- 17.70.110 Service stations, vehicle/equipment repair, and automobile washing.
- 17.70.120 Maximum dwelling unit occupancy.
- 17.70.130 Development on substandard lots.
- 17.70.140 Development on lots divided by district boundaries.
- 17.70.150 Building projections into yards and courts.
- 17.70.160 Front yards in R districts.
- 17.70.170 Measurement of height.
- 17.70.180 Exceptions to height limits.
- 17.70.190 Landscaping, irrigation, and hydroseeding.
- 17.70.200 Outdoor facilities.
- 17.70.210 Screening of mechanical equipment.
- 17.70.220 Refuse storage areas.
- 17.70.230 Underground utilities.
- 17.70.240 Performance standards.
- 17.70.250 Wireless communications facilities.
- 17.70.260 Hazardous materials.
- 17.70.270 Affordable housing density bonus.
- 17.70.280 Manufactured homes.
- 17.70.290 Game centers.
- 17.70.300 Animals.
- 17.70.310 Fences and walls.
- 17.70.320 Inclusionary housing.
- 17.70.330 Electric transmission line easements.
- 17.70.340 Stream setbacks.
- 17.70.350 Formula businesses.
- 17.70.360 Retail sales larger than 20,000 square feet of gross floor area.
- 17.70.370 Cottage food operations.
- 17.70.380 Mobile food vendors.
- 17.70.390 Emergency shelter.
- 17.70.400 Outdoor entertainment.
- 17.70.410 Donation and collection bins.
- 17.70.420 Solar utilities.
- 17.70.430 Objective planning and design standards for mixed use residential and multifamily development projects.
- 17.70.440 Community benefits program.*
- 17.70.450 Short-term rentals.
- 17.70.460 Employee housing (for farmworkers).
- 17.70.470 Housing for religious and community institutional uses.
17.74 Off-Street
Parking and Loading Regulations
Sections
- 17.74.010 Specific purposes.
- 17.74.020 Basic requirements for off-street parking and loading.
- 17.74.030 Off-street parking and loading spaces required.
- 17.74.040 Collective provision of parking.
- 17.74.050 Increased parking in senior citizens’ housing developments.
- 17.74.060 Reduced parking for other uses.
- 17.74.070 Parking spaces for the handicapped.
- 17.74.075 Electric vehicle charging.
- 17.74.080 Bicycle parking.
- 17.74.090 Parking space dimensions.
- 17.74.100 Application of dimensional requirements.
- 17.74.110 Aisle dimensions.
- 17.74.120 Specific parking area design.
- 17.74.130 Parking access from street.
- 17.74.140 Driveway widths and clearances.
- 17.74.150 Driveways and intersections – Visibility.
- 17.74.160 Parking area screening – Walls and fences.
- 17.74.170 Lighting.
- 17.74.180 Parking lot landscaping.
- 17.74.190 Vehicle parking – Design and location in R districts.
- 17.74.200 Additional design standards for parking lots and structures.
- 17.74.210 Location and design of off-street loading spaces.
- 17.74.220 Podium parking.
17.84 Cannabis
Sections
- 17.84.010 Purpose and intent.
- 17.84.020 Definitions.
- 17.84.030 Residential cultivation of cannabis.
- 17.84.040 Cannabis businesses – Use permit and license required to operate.
- 17.84.050 Cannabis businesses – General provisions.
- 17.84.060 Use permit for commercial cannabis activities – Requirements.
- 17.84.070 Criteria to review, issuance and/or denial of use permit for commercial cannabis activities.
- 17.84.080 Appeal of determination.
- 17.84.090 Suspension and revocation.
- 17.84.100 Cannabis businesses – Conditions of operation.
- 17.84.110 Business license tax liability.
- 17.84.120 Annual review of cannabis businesses.
- 17.84.130 No vested rights.
- 17.84.140 Public nuisance.
17.86 Wind
Energy Conversion Systems
Sections
- 17.86.010 Specific purposes.
- 17.86.020 Definitions.
- 17.86.030 Use permit required.
- 17.86.040 Application requirements.
- 17.86.050 Additional notice required.
- 17.86.060 Public hearing – When required.
- 17.86.070 Design and construction standards.
- 17.86.080 Minimum performance standards.
- 17.86.090 Abatement.
- 17.86.100 WECS for common use.
- 17.86.110 Appeals.
17.90 Condominium
Conversions
Sections
- 17.90.010 Specific purposes.
- 17.90.020 Objectives.
- 17.90.030 Requirements.
- 17.90.040 Application procedures.
- 17.90.050 Required reports and information.
- 17.90.060 Condominium conversion standards.
- 17.90.070 Tenant benefits and notifications.
- 17.90.080 Effect of proposed conversions on the city’s low-income and moderate-income housing supply.
- 17.90.090 Density bonus for including low-income and moderate-income housing.
- 17.90.100 Findings.
- 17.90.110 Appeals.
17.98 Nonconforming
Uses and Structures
Sections
- 17.98.010 Purposes.
- 17.98.020 Continuation and maintenance.
- 17.98.030 Alterations and enlargements of nonconforming uses and structures.
- 17.98.040 Abandonment of nonconforming use.
- 17.98.050 Restoration of a damaged structure.
- 17.98.060 New occupancy on a site having certain nonconforming site features.
- 17.98.070 Alteration or expansion of a preexisting use for which a use permit is required.
17.100 Zoning Permits
Environmental Review – Fees and Deposits
Sections
- 17.100.010 Purpose and applicability.
- 17.100.020 Application for zoning permit.
- 17.100.030 Duties of development services director.
- 17.100.040 Effective date – Lapse of permit – Appeals.
- 17.100.050 Development plans.
- 17.100.060 Environmental review.
- 17.100.070 Fees and deposits.
- 17.100.080 Zoning administrator.
17.104 Use
Permits and Variances
Sections
- 17.104.010 Purposes.
- 17.104.020 Authority of planning commission and development services director.
- 17.104.030 Initiation.
- 17.104.040 Notice and public hearing.
- 17.104.050 Duties of planning commission and development services director.
- 17.104.060 Required findings.
- 17.104.070 Conditions of approval.
- 17.104.080 Effective date – Appeals.
- 17.104.090 Lapse and renewal – Transferability – Discontinuance – Revocation.
- 17.104.100 Changed plans – New application.
- 17.104.110 Temporary use permits.
17.108 Design
Review
Sections
17.112 Development
Plan Review
Sections
17.116 Development
Agreements
Sections
17.120 Amendments
Sections
- 17.120.010 Applicability.
- 17.120.020 Initiation of amendments.
- 17.120.030 Required application materials for amendments initiated by property owners, residents or business owners.
- 17.120.040 Public hearing scope and notice.
- 17.120.050 Duties of planning commission.
- 17.120.060 Result of planning commission denial.
- 17.120.070 Duties of city council.
- 17.120.080 Revisions of proposed amendments.
- 17.120.090 Resubmittal of application.
17.128 Enforcement
Sections
17.132 Reasonable
Accommodation
Sections
- 17.132.010 Purpose and intent.
- 17.132.020 Applicability.
- 17.132.030 Definitions.
- 17.132.040 Requesting reasonable accommodation.
- 17.132.050 Required information.
- 17.132.060 Reviewing authority – Decision.
- 17.132.070 Required findings for reasonable accommodation.
- 17.132.080 Effective date – Appeals.
- 17.132.090 Fee.