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Costa Mesa City Zoning Code

Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections

CHAPTER I

IN GENERAL

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  • Article 1 Title and Authority
  • Article 2 Definitions
  • Article 3 Review Authorities
  • Article 4 Enforcement

CHAPTER II

ZONING DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED

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CHAPTER III

PLANNING APPLICATIONS

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CHAPTER V

DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

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  • Article 1 Residential Districts
  • Article 2 Residential Common Interest Developments
  • Article 2.5 Residential Small lot Subdivisions
  • Article 3 Commercial Districts
  • Article 4 Establishments Where Food or Beverages are Served
  • Article 4.5 Development Standards for Churches and Other Places of Religious Assembly
  • Article 5 Industrial Districts
  • Article 5.5 Non-Residential Common Interest Developments
  • Article 6 Planned Development
  • Article 7 Institutional and Recreational, Institutional and Recreational School Districts, and Institutional and Recreational Multi-Use
  • Article 8 Floor Area Ratios
  • Article 9 General Site Improvement Standards
  • Article 10 Floodway and Floodplain Districts
  • Article 11 Mixed-Use Overlay District
  • Article 12 Residential Incentive Overlay District

CHAPTER VI

OFF-STREET PARKING STANDARDS

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  • Article 1 Residential Districts
  • Article 2 Non-Residential Districts
  • Article 3 Development Standards

CHAPTER VII

LANDSCAPING STANDARDS

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CHAPTER VIII

SIGNS

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  • Article 1 Purpose and Scope
  • Article 2 General Provisions
  • Article 3 Sign Regulations
  • Article 4 Special Procedures
  • Article 5 Nonconforming Signs
  • Article 6 Portable Signs Within the Public Right-of-Way
  • Article 7 Administration and Enforcement

CHAPTER IX

SPECIAL LAND USE REGULATIONS

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  • Article 1 Sexually-Oriented Businesses
  • Article 2 Antennas
  • Article 3 Concurrent Sale of Alcoholic Beverages and Motor Vehicle Fuel
  • Article 4 Density Bonuses and other Incentives
  • Article 5 Electronic Game Machines
  • Article 6 Home Occupations
  • Article 7 Mini-Warehouses
  • Article 8 Motels
  • Article 9 Off-Site Hazardous Waste Facilities
  • Article 10 Temporary Trailers
  • Article 11 Transitional Areas
  • Article 12 Transportation Demand Management
  • Article 13 Water Quality
  • Article 14 Historic Preservation
  • Article 15 Reasonable Accommodations
  • Article 16 Liquor Stores, Convenience Stores, and Mini-Markets
  • Article 17 Orange County Fair and Event Center
  • Article 18 Emergency Shelters
  • Article 19 Smoking and Vaping Uses
  • Article 20 Marijuana and/or Medical Marijuana uses and Activities
  • Article 21 Location of Cannabis Distributing, Manufacturing, Research and Development, Testing Laboratories, Retail Storefront and Retail Nonstorefront Uses
  • Article 22 An Ordinance to give the People of Costa Mesa Control of Their Future
  • Article 23 Needle and Syringe Exchange Programs

CHAPTER X

NONCONFORMING USES, DEVELOPMENTS AND LOTS

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CHAPTER XI

SUBDIVISIONS

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  • Article 1 Tentative Maps
  • Article 2 Vesting Tentative Maps
  • Article 3 Final Maps
  • Article 4 Parcel Maps
  • Article 5 Park and Recreation Dedications
  • Article 6 Lot Line Adjustments

CHAPTER XII

SPECIAL FEE ASSESSMENTS

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  • Article 1 Major Thoroughfare and Bridge Fee
  • Article 2 Fire Protection System
  • Article 3 Transportation System Management
  • Article 4 Park and Recreation Impact Fees

CHAPTER XIII

NOISE CONTROL

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CHAPTER XIV

OIL DRILLING

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CHAPTER XV

GROUP HOMES

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CHAPTER XVI

GROUP HOMES IN THE R2-MD, R2-HD AND R3 RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND THE PDR-LD, PDR-MD, PDR-HD, PDR-NCM, PDC, AND PDI PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONES

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CHAPTER XVII

AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE

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