Davis City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 40
01 IN GENERAL
Sections
- § 40.01.010 Definitions.
- § 40.01.020 Purpose of chapter.
- § 40.01.030 Applicability of chapter.
- § 40.01.040 Recognition of opportunities.
- § 40.01.050 Principles followed in preparation of chapter.
- § 40.01.060 Composition of chapter.
- § 40.01.070 Interpretation of chapter; effect of conflicting provisions.
- § 40.01.080 Districts designated.
- § 40.01.090 Zoning map adopted.
- § 40.01.100 Interpretation of boundaries of districts.
- § 40.01.110 Procedure for zoning upon annexation.
- § 40.01.120 Compliance with chapter.
- § 40.01.130 Fees and charges generally.
- § 40.01.150 Residential development permit coordination.
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03 RESIDENTIAL ONE-FAMILY R-1 DISTRICT
Sections
- § 40.03.010 Purpose.
- § 40.03.020 Permitted uses.
- § 40.03.030 Accessory uses.
- § 40.03.040 Conditional uses permitted with a conditional use permit (CUP).
- § 40.03.045 Conditional uses permitted with an administrative use permit (AUP).
- § 40.03.050 Height regulations.
- § 40.03.060 Area, lot width, yard and open space requirements.
- § 40.03.070 Special conditions.
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04A RESIDENTIAL ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY CONSERVATION R-2-CD DISTRICT
Sections
- § 40.04A.010 Purpose.
- § 40.04A.020 Permitted uses.
- § 40.04A.030 Accessory uses.
- § 40.04A.040 Conditional uses.
- § 40.04A.045 Conditional uses permitted with an administrative use permit (AUP).
- § 40.04A.050 Height regulations.
- § 40.04A.060 Area, lot width and yard requirements.
- § 40.04A.070 Parking.
- § 40.04A.080 Special exceptions for existing legal nonconforming structures.
- § 40.04A.090 Design review.
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09A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL HDR OVERLAY DISTRICT
Sections
- § 40.09A.010 Purpose.
- § 40.09A.020 Applicability.
- § 40.09A.030 Minimum residential density.
- § 40.09A.040 Permitted uses.
- § 40.09A.050 Accessory uses.
- § 40.09A.060 Conditional uses.
- § 40.09A.070 Prohibited uses.
- § 40.09A.080 Development standards.
- § 40.09A.090 Final planned development.
- § 40.09A.100 Site plan and architectural review.
- § 40.09A.110 Ministerial approval of qualifying projects.
- § 40.09A.120 Exceptions and modifications.
- § 40.09A.130 Conflicts.
- § 40.09A.140 Special conditions.
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13 DOWNTOWN DAVIS ZONES
Sections
- § 40.13.010 Purpose.
- § 40.13.020 Applicability.
- § 40.13.030 Quick Code Guides.
- § 40.13.040 Relationship to the General Plan.
- § 40.13.050 Relationship to Downtown Davis Specific Plan.
- § 40.13.060 Relationship to Chapter 40 of the Davis Municipal Code.
- § 40.13.070 Downtown Code Zoning Map.
- § 40.13.080 Downtown zones.
- § 40.13.090 Neighborhood-Medium.
- § 40.13.100 Neighborhood-Large.
- § 40.13.110 Main Street-Medium.
- § 40.13.120 Main Street-Large.
- § 40.13.130 Permitted and conditional uses.
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14 SUPPLEMENTAL TO DOWNTOWN ZONES
Sections
- § 40.14.010 Purpose and applicability.
- § 40.14.020 Site standards.
- § 40.14.030 Screening.
- § 40.14.040 Landscaping.
- § 40.14.050 Parking and loading.
- § 40.14.060 Live/work units.
- § 40.14.070 Specific to building types.
- § 40.14.080 Specific to massing, facades and architectural elements.
- § 40.14.090 Specific to frontage types.
- § 40.14.100 Specific to civic spaces.
- § 40.14.110 Specific to sign types.
- § 40.14.120 Downtown Outdoor Dining Program.
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15 MIXED USE M-U DISTRICT
Sections
- § 40.15.010 Purposes.
- § 40.15.020 Applicability of the core area design in combining district.
- § 40.15.030 Permitted uses.
- § 40.15.040 Accessory uses.
- § 40.15.050 Conditional uses.
- § 40.15.060 Height regulations.
- § 40.15.070 Open space, lot area, yard and residential density.
- § 40.15.080 Lot coverage; floor area ratio requirements.
- § 40.15.090 Residential use requirements.
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18A COMMUNITY RETAIL C-R ZONING DISTRICT
Sections
- § 40.18A.010 Purpose.
- § 40.18A.015 Permitted uses.
- § 40.18A.020 Accessory uses.
- § 40.18A.030 Conditional uses.
- § 40.18A.040 Prohibited uses.
- § 40.18A.050 Height regulations.
- § 40.18A.060 Area and yard requirements.
- § 40.18A.070 Special conditions.
- § 40.18A.080 Findings for conditional use permits.
- § 40.18A.090 Design principles.
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22 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT P-D DISTRICT
Sections
- § 40.22.010 Purpose of article.
- § 40.22.020 Applicability.
- § 40.22.030 Regulations established.
- § 40.22.040 Initiation of zone change.
- § 40.22.050 Procedure for applying for district generally.
- § 40.22.060 Contents and approval of preliminary application.
- § 40.22.070 Permitted uses prior to approval of final application.
- § 40.22.080 Final application-Submission.
- § 40.22.090 Final application-Contents-Approval.
- § 40.22.100 Time limit on planned developments.
- § 40.22.110 Review and findings.
- § 40.22.120 When deemed established-Designation on zoning map.
- § 40.22.130 Permitted uses.
- § 40.22.140 Conditional uses.
- § 40.22.150 Commercial residential uses in planned development zoning districts.
- § 40.22.160 Height, area, lot and yard requirements.
- § 40.22.170 Revisions in final planned development application.
- § 40.22.180 Public hearing and notice.
- § 40.22.190 Revocation.
- § 40.22.200 Effect of appeal on tentative subdivision map.
- § 40.22.210 Applicability of amendment.
ARTICLE 40
23 HISTORICAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Sections
- § 40.23.010 Purpose.
- § 40.23.020 Applicability.
- § 40.23.030 Definitions.
- § 40.23.040 Historical resources management commission.
- § 40.23.050 Powers and duties.
- § 40.23.060 Davis Register of Historical Resources designation criteria.
- § 40.23.070 Designation process.
- § 40.23.080 Certificate of appropriateness.
- § 40.23.090 Certificate of appropriateness standards of review.
- § 40.23.100 Certificate of appropriateness procedures.
- § 40.23.110 Ordinary maintenance and repair.
- § 40.23.120 Demolition certificate.
- § 40.23.130 Demolition certificate findings.
- § 40.23.140 Demolition certificate procedures.
- § 40.23.150 Appeals.
- § 40.23.160 Historic preservation incentives.
- § 40.23.170 Unsafe or dangerous conditions.
- § 40.23.180 Duty to keep in good repair.
- § 40.23.190 Showing of extreme hardship.
- § 40.23.200 Time extensions.
- § 40.23.210 Enforcement.
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24 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Sections
- § 40.24.010 Applicability.
- § 40.24.020 Dangerous or objectionable elements prohibited.
- § 40.24.030 Locations where determinations to be made for enforcement.
- § 40.24.040 Specified.
- § 40.24.050 Use of expert consultants.
- § 40.24.060 Review by planning commission.
- § 40.24.070 Enforcement.
- § 40.24.080 Nonconforming standards.
- § 40.24.100 Reverse vending machines.
- § 40.24.110 Small collection facilities.
- § 40.24.120 Emergency shelters.
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26 SPECIAL USES
Sections
- § 40.26.010 Accessory buildings/structures.
- § 40.26.020 Outdoor advertising, billboards and signs.
- § 40.26.030 Animal feed yards, kennels, stables, etc.
- § 40.26.040 Animal hospitals, etc.
- § 40.26.050 Area required cannot be reduced.
- § 40.26.055 Billiards/pool hall.
- § 40.26.058 Cardrooms.
- § 40.26.060 Cemeteries, crematories, etc.
- § 40.26.070 Circuses and carnivals.
- § 40.26.080 Clotheslines.
- § 40.26.090 Community buildings, clubs, etc., in R districts.
- § 40.26.100 Country clubs and golf courses.
- § 40.26.110 Drive-in theaters.
- § 40.26.120 Fertilizer plants.
- § 40.26.130 Filling stations, automobile service stations, etc.
- § 40.26.132 Garage, patio and yard sales.
- § 40.26.135 (Reserved)
- § 40.26.140 Golf driving ranges.
- § 40.26.150 Home occupations.
- § 40.26.160 Hospitals, churches, etc.
- § 40.26.170 Labor camps.
- § 40.26.180 Landing strips for aircraft; heliports.
- § 40.26.250 (Reserved).
- § 40.26.255 Dwelling units with more than five bedrooms in the R-1, R-2, R-2-CD, R-R and similar planned development districts.
- § 40.26.256 Dwelling units with more than five bathrooms in the R-1, R-2, R-2-CD, R-R and similar planned development districts.
- § 40.26.260 Living groups.
- § 40.26.261 Living groups which are conditional uses.
- § 40.26.262 Living groups which were permitted uses prior to Ord. 1737.
- § 40.26.270 Family and group day care homes, nursery schools and day care centers.
- § 40.26.280 Nursing homes.
- § 40.26.290 Poultry and hog farms.
- § 40.26.300 Quarries, mines and gravel pits.
- § 40.26.310 Recreational facilities.
- § 40.26.312 Recreational vehicles used as dwellings.
- § 40.26.320 Shooting clubs.
- § 40.26.330 Stables and paddocks.
- § 40.26.340 Street frontage required.
- § 40.26.350 Swimming and decorative pools.
- § 40.26.360 Tract and subdivision offices, and temporary trailer uses.
- § 40.26.370 Trailers, trailer parks and mobile homes.
- § 40.26.380 Standards for mobile homes and manufactured homes in single-family home zoning districts.
- § 40.26.390 Storage of automobiles and other motor vehicles.
- § 40.26.400 Amusement arcades.
- § 40.26.410 Sex oriented businesses.
- § 40.26.420 Drive-through facilities.
- § 40.26.430 Drive-through facilities in the commercial mixed use (CMU) zone.
- § 40.26.440 Open-air vending machines.
- § 40.26.450 Ministerial accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.
- § 40.26.460 Non-ministerial accessory dwelling units.
- § 40.26.470 Guest Houses.
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27 EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
Sections
- § 40.27.010 Applicability of article.
- § 40.27.020 Existing lots of record.
- § 40.27.030 Height limits.
- § 40.27.040 Area and lot width requirements where public water and sewers unavailable.
- § 40.27.050 Front and street side yards.
- § 40.27.060 Projections into required yards in exceptions and modifications.
- § 40.27.080 Minor modifications.
- § 40.27.090 Uses of the same general character.
- § 40.27.100 Requests for reasonable accommodation.
- § 40.27.110 Density bonuses pursuant to state law and local affordable housing ordinance.
- § 40.27.120 Federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.
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28 NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
Sections
- § 40.28.010 Applicability of article generally.
- § 40.28.020 Continuing existing uses and structures.
- § 40.28.030 Existing uses which handle hazardous materials.
- § 40.28.040 Conditional uses.
- § 40.28.050 Enlargement, alteration, etc., of nonconforming uses.
- § 40.28.060 Reduction or extension.
- § 40.28.070 Cessation of use.
- § 40.28.080 Methods of determining time for discontinuance of use.
- § 40.28.090 Nonconforming outdoor advertising, billboards and signs.
- § 40.28.100 Nonconforming uses by virtue of performance standards.
- § 40.28.110 Replacement of damaged or destroyed nonconforming structures.
- § 40.28.120 Repair, alteration, and relocation of nonconforming buildings or structures.
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29 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES
Sections
- § 40.29.010 Purpose.
- § 40.29.020 Authority.
- § 40.29.030 Definitions.
- § 40.29.040 Applicability-Exemptions.
- § 40.29.050 Conditionally permitted WFs.
- § 40.29.060 Permitted WFs.
- § 40.29.070 Prohibited WFs.
- § 40.29.080 Small wireless facilities.
- § 40.29.090 Applications.
- § 40.29.100 General requirements and design standards.
- § 40.29.110 Public hearing-Noticing.
- § 40.29.120 Findings.
- § 40.29.130 Regulatory compliance and monitoring.
- § 40.29.140 Existing conforming and legal nonconforming WFs.
- § 40.29.150 Periodic review.
- § 40.29.160 Transfer of operation.
- § 40.29.170 Abandonment or discontinuation of use.
- § 40.29.180 Violations-Public nuisance.
- § 40.29.190 Revocation of permit.
- § 40.29.200 Mandatory removal and relocation.
- § 40.29.210 Appeals.
- § 40.29.220 Effect of state or federal law.
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30A ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMITS
Sections
- § 40.30A.010 Purpose.
- § 40.30A.020 Applicability and authority.
- § 40.30A.030 Public notice.
- § 40.30A.040 Comment period.
- § 40.30A.050 Appeals to planning commission.
- § 40.30A.060 Application, fee, and required maps and drawings.
- § 40.30A.070 Findings for approval.
- § 40.30A.080 Term and expiration.
- § 40.30A.090 Effect of denial.
- § 40.30A.100 Revocation.
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31 SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL APPROVAL
Sections
- § 40.31.010 Creation of design review process.
- § 40.31.020 Purpose.
- § 40.31.030 Findings.
- § 40.31.035 Citywide objective design standards for qualifying mixed-use and multifamily residential developments.
- § 40.31.040 Functions of the director in the design review process.
- § 40.31.050 Principles to be followed.
- § 40.31.060 Fees and drawings required.
- § 40.31.070 Procedure for action by community development and sustainability department.
- § 40.31.080 Review procedures.
- § 40.31.085 Findings for approval.
- § 40.31.090 Appeals.
- § 40.31.100 Term.
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32 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL
Sections
- § 40.32.010 Purpose of article.
- § 40.32.020 Minimum areas.
- § 40.32.030 Change of zoning district.
- § 40.32.040 Drawings and plans required.
- § 40.32.050 Public hearing.
- § 40.32.060 Planned unit development standards.
- § 40.32.070 Planning commission review and findings.
- § 40.32.080 Action by planning commission; conditions imposed.
- § 40.32.090 Compliance with permit.
- § 40.32.100 Revocation and expiration of development permit.
- § 40.32.110 Extensions of time.
ARTICLE 40
33 VARIANCES
Sections
- § 40.33.010 Purpose of article.
- § 40.33.020 Variance permitting nonconforming use prohibited.
- § 40.33.030 Application; fee.
- § 40.33.040 Maps and drawings required.
- § 40.33.050 Public hearing and notice.
- § 40.33.060 Grounds for variance.
- § 40.33.070 Approval.
- § 40.33.080 Term-Transferable.
- § 40.33.090 Appeals to planning commission.
- § 40.33.100 Effect of denial.
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35 APPEALS TO CITY COUNCIL
Sections
- § 40.35.010 Purpose of appeals.
- § 40.35.020 Filing written notice of appeal; appeals by city councilmembers.
- § 40.35.030 Scheduling of appeals.
- § 40.35.040 Fees.
- § 40.35.050 Appeal to stay all proceedings.
- § 40.35.060 Public hearing generally.
- § 40.35.070 Notice of public hearing.
- § 40.35.080 Submission of record of action of administrative officer or advisory body.
- § 40.35.090 Findings of city council.
- § 40.35.100 Action by city council.
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36 AMENDMENTS
Sections
- § 40.36.010 Authority.
- § 40.36.020 Application for amendment; fee.
- § 40.36.030 Accompanying maps and data.
- § 40.36.040 Public hearing by planning commission-Action by planning commission-Appeal to city council.
- § 40.36.050 Public hearing by city council.
- § 40.36.060 Procedure by city council if notice of appeal is filed.
- § 40.36.070 Required findings of city council.
- § 40.36.080 Change by city council in recommendation of planning commission.
- § 40.36.100 Effect of denial.
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37 ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- § 40.37.010 Effect of permits issued contrary to chapter-Responsibility for enforcement of chapter.
- § 40.37.020 Violations declared unlawful and public nuisance.
- § 40.37.030 Duty of city attorney.
- § 40.37.040 Additional remedies-Private nuisance.
- § 40.37.050 Appeal rights.
- § 40.37.060 Remedies cumulative.
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40 ALCOHOL SALES
Sections
ARTICLE 40
42 WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING
Sections
- § 40.42.010 Purpose.
- § 40.42.020 Applicability.
- § 40.42.030 Definitions.
- § 40.42.040 Provisions for existing landscapes installed prior to effective date.
- § 40.42.050 Provisions for new construction or rehabilitated landscapes.
- § 40.42.060 Landscape documentation package requirements.
- § 40.42.070 Water efficient landscape worksheet.
- § 40.42.080 Soil management report.
- § 40.42.090 Landscape design plan.
- § 40.42.100 Irrigation design plan.
- § 40.42.110 Grading design plan.
- § 40.42.120 Certificate of completion.
- § 40.42.130 Irrigation scheduling.
- § 40.42.140 Landscape and irrigation maintenance schedule.
- § 40.42.150 Irrigation audits.
- § 40.42.160 Irrigation efficiency.
- § 40.42.170 Recycled water.
- § 40.42.180 Stormwater management.
- § 40.42.190 Public education.
- § 40.42.200 Effective precipitation.
- § 40.42.210 Fees.
- § 40.42.220 Penalties.