Calabasas City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- Purpose and Effect of Development Code
Sections
- Chapter 17.01 - Enactment and Applicability
- Chapter 17.02 - LAND USE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 17.03 - INTERPRETATION OF CODE PROVISIONS
ARTICLE II
- Zoning Districts and Allowable Land Uses
Sections
- Chapter 17.10 - ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICT AND ALLOWABLE LAND USES
- Chapter 17.11 - ALLOWABLE LAND USES
- Chapter 17.12 - STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES
- 17.12.010 - Purpose and applicability.
- 17.12.020 - Accessory retail uses.
- 17.12.025 - Adult entertainment businesses.
- 17.12.030 - Agricultural uses.
- 17.12.035 - Alcohol sales.
- 17.12.040 - Animal raising and keeping.
- 17.12.050 - Amateur radio antennas/satellite antennas.
- 17.12.060 - Cemeteries, columbarium's and mortuaries.
- 17.12.070 - Day care facilities.
- 17.12.080 - Drive-in and drive-through facilities.
- 17.12.090 - Emergency shelters.
- 17.12.095 - Fortunetelling.
- 17.12.100 - Heliports.
- 17.12.110 - Hobby farms.
- 17.12.115 - Home occupations.
- 17.12.120 - Kennels and animal boarding.
- 17.12.125 - Marijuana based land uses and activities.
- 17.12.130 - Mixed use projects.
- 17.12.135 - Mobilehome parks/subdivisions.
- 17.12.140 - Mobilehomes.
- 17.12.145 - Multi-family housing.
- 17.12.150 - Outdoor merchandise display and activities.
- 17.12.155 - Personal services—Massage therapy.
- 17.12.160 - Recycling facilities.
- 17.12.165 - Residential accessory uses and structures.
- 17.12.170 - Accessory dwelling units.
- 17.12.175 - Short-term rentals or occupancies of property prohibited, except for lawfully approved hotels, motels, and bed and breakfast inns.
- 17.12.180 - Senior residential projects.
- 17.12.190 - Service stations—Retail sales.
- 17.12.195 - Shopping centers—Restaurants.
- 17.12.200 - Storage—Outdoor.
- 17.12.220 - Storage—Temporary portable containers.
- 17.12.225 - Tobacco retailing.
- 17.12.230 - Veterinary clinics and animal hospitals.
- 17.12.240 - Warehouse retail stores.
- Chapter 17.13 - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.14 - COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.16 - SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.18 - OVERLAY ZONES
- 17.18.010 - Purpose and applicability.
- 17.18.020 - Old Topanga (-OT) overlay zone.
- 17.18.025 - Calabasas Highlands (-CH) overlay zone.
- 17.18.030 - Development Plan (-DP) overlay zone.
- 17.18.035 - Commercial auto retailer (CAR) overlay zone.
- 17.18.040 - Scenic corridor (-SC) overlay zone.
- 17.18.050 - Park Moderne (-PM) overlay zone.
- 17.18.060 - Affordable Housing (AHO) overlay zone.
ARTICLE III
- Site Planning and Project Design Standards
Sections
- Chapter 17.20 - GENERAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND USE STANDARDS
- 17.20.010 - Purpose and applicability.
- 17.20.020 - Access, circulation and transportation.
- 17.20.030 - Air quality maintenance.
- 17.20.040 - Archaeological, historical and paleontological resources.
- 17.20.050 - Biotic resource protection.
- 17.20.055 - Cluster development standards.
- 17.20.060 - Community Standards.
- 17.20.070 - Design considerations.
- 17.20.080 - Disaster response.
- 17.20.090 - Energy conservation.
- 17.20.100 - Fences, walls and hedges.
- 17.20.120 - Freeway corridor development.
- 17.20.130 - Hazards.
- 17.20.140 - Height measurement and height limit exceptions.
- 17.20.150 - Hillside and ridgeline development.
- 17.20.160 - Noise.
- 17.20.170 - Screening.
- 17.20.180 - Setback requirements and exceptions.
- 17.20.190 - Solar energy development standards.
- 17.20.195 - Survey.
- 17.20.200 - Solid waste/recyclable materials storage.
- 17.20.210 - Urban runoff mitigation.
- 17.20.220 - Undergrounding of utilities.
- 17.20.230 - Water conservation.
- Chapter 17.22 - AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- Chapter 17.24 - ART IN PUBLIC PLACES*
- Chapter 17.26 - LANDSCAPING
- Chapter 17.27 - Lighting
- 17.27.005 - Compliance.
- 17.27.010 - Purpose and legislative intent.
- 17.27.015 - Applicability.
- 17.27.020 - General guidelines.
- 17.27.030 - Lighting standards.
- 17.27.040 - Submission of plans and evidence of compliance.
- 17.27.050 - Exemptions.
- 17.27.060 - Approved materials and methods of installation.
- 17.27.070 - Variances.
- 17.27.080 - Appeals.
- 17.27.090 - Enforcement.
- 17.27.100 - Violations and penalties.
- 17.27.110 - Cumulative remedies.
- 17.27.120 - Nonconforming outdoor lighting.
- Chapter 17.28 - PARKING AND LOADING
- 17.28.010 - Purpose.
- 17.28.020 - Applicability.
- 17.28.030 - General parking and loading regulations.
- 17.28.040 - Number of parking spaces required.
- 17.28.050 - Reduction of off-street parking requirements.
- 17.28.060 - Handicapped parking requirements.
- 17.28.070 - Development standards for off-street parking.
- 17.28.080 - Driveways and site access.
- 17.28.090 - Bicycle parking and support facilities.
- 17.28.100 - Loading space requirements.
- 17.28.110 - Trip and travel demand reduction measures.
- Chapter 17.30 - SIGNS*
- 17.30.010 - Purpose.
- 17.30.020 - General provisions.
- 17.30.030 - Exempt signs.
- 17.30.040 - Prohibited signs.
- 17.30.050 - Sign permits and program required.
- 17.30.060 - Sign design criteria.
- 17.30.065 - Kiosks.
- 17.30.070 - Method of measuring of sign area and height.
- 17.30.080 - On-site sign regulations.
- 17.30.090 - Nonconforming signs.
- 17.30.100 - Nonconforming sign abatement.
- 17.30.110 - Removal of illegally installed or unsafe signs.
- Chapter 17.31 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES
- 17.31.010 - Purpose.
- 17.31.020 - Applicability.
- 17.31.030 - General standards and conditions of approval.
- 17.31.040 - Tier 1 wireless telecommunication facility permit.
- 17.31.050 - Tier 2 wireless telecommunication facility permit.
- 17.31.060 - Wireless telecommunication facility minor modification permit.
- 17.31.070 - Small wireless telecommunication facility permit.
- 17.31.080 - Communications and technology commission as planning commission for specified purposes.
- 17.31.090 - Private enforcement.
- 17.31.100 - Definitions.
- Chapter 17.32 - OAK TREE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.34 - GREEN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Chapter 17.36 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE
- 17.36.010 - Title.
- 17.36.020 - Purpose.
- 17.36.030 - Applicability.
- 17.36.040 - Historic contexts and historical resource surveys.
- 17.36.050 - Eligibility and designation criteria.
- 17.36.060 - Calabasas register of historic places.
- 17.36.070 - Requirements for archaeological resources.
- 17.36.080 - Designation procedures.
- 17.36.090 - Alterations to historical resources (certificates of appropriateness).
- 17.36.100 - Certificates of economic hardship.
- 17.36.110 - Conservation plan.
- 17.36.120 - Demolition of historic structures (certificates of appropriateness).
- 17.36.130 - Time extensions for certificates of appropriateness.
- 17.36.140 - Revocation of certificates of appropriateness and economic hardship.
- 17.36.150 - The Mills Act.
- 17.36.160 - Historic rehabilitation financing program.
- 17.36.170 - Incentives for historic preservation.
- 17.36.180 - State Historic Building Code.
- 17.36.190 - Preservation easements.
- 17.36.210 - Duty to keep in good repair.
- 17.36.220 - Ordinary maintenance and repair.
- 17.36.230 - Unsafe or dangerous conditions.
- 17.36.240 - Enforcement and penalties.
- 17.36.250 - Historic preservation guidelines.
- Chapter 17.38 - REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- Chapter 17.40 - SUBDIVISION MAP APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 17.41 - TENTATIVE MAP FILING AND PROCESSING
- 17.41.010 - Tentative map preparation—Application contents.
- 17.41.020 - Tentative map filing—Initial processing.
- 17.41.030 - Development review committee evaluation.
- 17.41.040 - Commission review and decision.
- 17.41.050 - Tentative map public hearings.
- 17.41.100 - Findings for tentative map approval or disapproval.
- 17.41.110 - Conditions of approval.
- 17.41.120 - Effective date of tentative map approval.
- 17.41.130 - Changes to approved tentative map or conditions.
- 17.41.140 - Completion of subdivision process.
- 17.41.200 - Vesting tentative map.
- 17.41.300 - Tentative map time limits.
- 17.41.310 - Expiration of approved tentative map.
- 17.41.320 - Extensions of time for tentative maps.
- 17.41.330 - Applications deemed approved.
- Chapter 17.42 - PARCEL MAPS AND FINAL MAPS
- 17.42.010 - Purpose of chapter.
- 17.42.100 - Parcel maps.
- 17.42.110 - Waiver of parcel maps.
- 17.42.120 - Parcel map—Form and content.
- 17.42.130 - Parcel map—Filing and processing.
- 17.42.140 - Parcel map approval.
- 17.42.200 - Final maps.
- 17.42.210 - Final map—Form and content.
- 17.42.220 - Final map—Filing and processing.
- 17.42.230 - Final map approval.
- 17.42.300 - Supplemental information sheets.
- 17.42.400 - Recordation of maps.
- 17.42.410 - Effect of recorded map.
- 17.42.420 - Amendments to recorded maps.
- Chapter 17.44 - ADJUSTMENTS, MERGERS, CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE AND CONDOMINIUMS
- 17.44.010 - Purpose of chapter.
- 17.44.100 - Lot line adjustment.
- 17.44.110 - Adjustment application and processing.
- 17.44.120 - Approval or disapproval of adjustment.
- 17.44.130 - Completion of adjustment.
- 17.44.140 - Lot mergers.
- 17.44.145 - Approval or disapproval of merger.
- 17.44.200 - Certificates of compliance.
- 17.44.210 - Conditional certificates of compliance.
- 17.44.300 - Condominiums.
- 17.44.310 - Condominium conversions.
- Chapter 17.46 - Subdivision Design and Improvement
- 17.46.010 - Purpose and applicability of chapter.
- 17.46.020 - Access and circulation.
- 17.46.030 - Drainage and watercourses.
- 17.46.040 - Energy conservation.
- 17.46.050 - Grading, erosion and sediment control.
- 17.46.060 - Landscaping materials.
- 17.46.070 - Lot and block design and configuration.
- 17.46.080 - Monuments.
- 17.46.090 - Public utilities and utility easements.
- 17.46.100 - Sewage disposal.
- 17.46.110 - Street lighting.
- 17.46.120 - Water supply.
- Chapter 17.48 - IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND AGREEMENTS
- Chapter 17.50 - DEDICATIONS AND EXACTIONS
- Chapter 17.60 - APPLICATION FILING AND PROCESSING
- 17.60.010 - Purpose.
- 17.60.020 - Authority for land use and zoning decisions.
- 17.60.025 - Review of projects within the CT Zone.
- 17.60.030 - Application filing.
- 17.60.040 - Application fees.
- 17.60.050 - Initial application review.
- 17.60.055 - Community development forum requirement.
- 17.60.060 - Environmental assessment.
- 17.60.070 - Staff report and recommendations.
- 17.60.080 - Application Denial—Reapplication.
- Chapter 17.62 - PERMIT APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL
- 17.62.020 - Site plan review.
- 17.62.030 - Temporary use permit.
- 17.62.040 - Minor use permits.
- 17.62.050 - Scenic corridor permits.
- 17.62.060 - Conditional use permit.
- 17.62.070 - Development plan.
- 17.62.080 - Variance.
- 17.62.090 - Administrative plan review.
- 17.62.100 - Home occupation permit.
- 17.62.110 - Zoning clearance.
- Chapter 17.64 - PERMIT IMPLEMENTATION, TIME LIMITS AND EXTENSIONS
- Chapter 17.66 - Specific Plans
- Chapter 17.68 - DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- 17.68.010 - Purpose.
- 17.68.020 - Application.
- 17.68.030 - Development agreement hearings.
- 17.68.040 - Content of development agreement.
- 17.68.050 - Execution and recordation.
- 17.68.060 - Periodic review.
- 17.68.070 - Effect of development agreement.
- 17.68.080 - Amendments or extensions to development agreements.
- Chapter 17.70 - ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
- Chapter 17.72 - NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES, USES AND LOTS
- Chapter 17.74 - APPEALS AND CALLS FOR REVIEW
- Chapter 17.76 - GENERAL PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS
- Chapter 17.78 - PUBLIC HEARINGS
- Chapter 17.80 - ENFORCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT CODE PROVISIONS
- 17.80.010 - Purpose.
- 17.80.020 - Violations.
- 17.80.030 - Remedies are cumulative.
- 17.80.040 - Inspection.
- 17.80.050 - Legal remedies.
- 17.80.065 - Prohibition on new permits on properties in violation of code.
- 17.80.070 - Permit revocation.
- 17.80.080 - Recovery of costs.
- 17.80.090 - Retroactive permit requirements.
- Chapter 17.82 - URBAN LOT SPLITS
- Chapter 17.84 - MINISTERIAL DESIGN REVIEW PERMITS
ARTICLE VII
- Development Code Definitions
Sections
- Chapter 17.90 - DEFINITIONS