El Monte City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
Division A
Citywide Matrix of Permitted Uses
Sections
- Chapter 17.A - MATRIX OF PERMITTED USES
Division 1
Introduction
Sections
- Chapter 17.10 - GENERAL REGULATIONS
- 17.10.010 - Purpose.
- 17.10.020 - Compliance with regulations.
- 17.10.030 - Zoning code organization.
- 17.10.040 - Effective date of this title.
- 17.10.050 - Planning authorities.
- 17.10.060 - Applicant responsibilities.
- 17.10.070 - Review authority for planning permits and actions.
- 17.10.080 - Projects with multiple applications or actions.
- 17.10.090 - Continuing public hearings.
- 17.10.100 - Ability to appeal.
- 17.10.110 - Application resubmittals.
- 17.10.120 - Inactive applications.
- 17.10.130 - Changes to an approved project.
- 17.10.140 - Revocation of permits.
- 17.10.150 - Fees.
- 17.10.160 - Enforcement.
- Chapter 17.12 - RULES AND MEASUREMENTS
- 17.12.010 - Purpose.
- 17.12.020 - Rules of interpretation.
- 17.12.030 - Uses expressly prohibited.
- 17.12.040 - Procedures for interpretations.
- 17.12.050 - Additional permitted uses.
- 17.12.060 - Measurements and calculations.
- 17.12.070 - Properties and project areas that are split zoned.
- 17.12.080 - Measuring signs.
- Chapter 17.14 - ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS AND MAP
- Chapter 17.16 - NONCONFORMING PROVISIONS
- 17.16.010 - Purpose.
- 17.16.020 - Nonconforming buildings or structures.
- 17.16.030 - Nonconforming lots.
- 17.16.040 - Nonconforming residential uses.
- 17.16.050 - Nonconforming nonresidential uses.
- 17.16.060 - Repairs and maintenance.
- 17.16.070 - Loss of a legal nonconforming status.
- 17.16.080 - Legal nonconforming massage and alternative financial services establishments.
Division 2
Residential Zoning Districts and Overlays
Sections
- Chapter 17.20 - ONE-FAMILY DWELLING ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.22 - RURBAN HOMESTEADS OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.24 - MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING ZONING DISTRICTS
Division 3
Multiuse Zoning District
Sections
- Chapter 17.30 - MIXED/MULTIUSE ZONING DISTRICT
Division 4
Commercial and Manufacturing Zoning Districts
Sections
- Chapter 17.40 - COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.42 - MANUFACTURING ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.44 - PUBLIC AND QUASI-PUBLIC ZONING DISTRICTS
Division 5
Performance Standards
Sections
- Chapter 17.50 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- 17.50.010 - Purpose.
- 17.50.020 - Applicability and exempt uses.
- 17.50.030 - General standards and specific conditions.
- 17.50.040 - Documenting compliance.
- 17.50.050 - Air quality.
- 17.50.060 - Cold, heat and humidity.
- 17.50.070 - Construction impacts.
- 17.50.080 - Discharges to water or public sewer system.
- 17.50.090 - Energy conservation.
- 17.50.100 - Hazardous materials.
- 17.50.110 - Noise.
- 17.50.120 - Property maintenance.
- 17.50.130 - Reflective surfaces.
- 17.50.140 - Vibration.
Division 6
General Development Standards
Sections
- Chapter 17.60 - GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- 17.60.010 - Purpose and applicability.
- 17.60.020 - Flag lots.
- 17.60.030 - Height exceptions and restrictions.
- 17.60.040 - Outdoor display and storage.
- 17.60.050 - Outdoor lighting.
- 17.60.060 - Physical cart containment measures.
- 17.60.070 - Private streets and shared driveways.
- 17.60.080 - Refuse and recycling storage facilities.
- 17.60.090 - Satellite dish antennas.
- 17.60.100 - Screening.
- 17.60.110 - Security bars and gates.
- 17.60.120 - Walls, fences and hedges.
- 17.60.130 - Yard encroachments.
Division 7
Parking and Landscaping Regulations
Sections
- Chapter 17.70 - PARKING REGULATIONS
- 17.70.010 - Purpose.
- 17.70.020 - Applicability for on-site parking and loading spaces.
- 17.70.030 - General requirements.
- 17.70.040 - Required on-site parking for residential uses.
- 17.70.050 - Required on-site parking for nonresidential uses.
- 17.70.060 - Required on-site loading spaces.
- 17.70.070 - Parking reductions and adjustments.
- 17.70.080 - Parking lots, spaces and driveways development and design standards.
- 17.70.090 - Electric vehicle charging spaces/stations.
- 17.70.100 - Bicycle parking.
- 17.70.110 - Recreational vehicles (RVs) and other vehicle storage.
- Chapter 17.72 - LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 17.74 - WATER EFFICIENCY
- 17.74.010 - Purpose.
- 17.74.020 - Applicability.
- 17.74.030 - Provisions for new construction or rehabilitated landscapes.
- 17.74.040 - Compliance with landscape documentation package.
- 17.74.050 - Penalties.
- 17.74.060 - Elements of the landscape documentation package.
- 17.74.070 - Water efficient landscape worksheet.
- 17.74.080 - Soil management report.
- 17.74.090 - Landscape design plan.
- 17.74.100 - Irrigation design plan.
- 17.74.110 - Grading design plan.
- 17.74.120 - Certificate of completion.
- 17.74.130 - Irrigation scheduling.
- 17.74.140 - Landscape and irrigation maintenance schedule.
- 17.74.150 - Irrigation audit, irrigation survey, and irrigation water use analysis.
- 17.74.160 - Irrigation efficiency.
- 17.74.170 - Recycled water.
- 17.74.180 - Graywater systems.
- 17.74.190 - Stormwater management and rainwater retention.
- 17.74.200 - Public education.
- 17.74.210 - Environmental review.
- 17.74.220 - Provisions for existing landscapes.
- 17.74.230 - Irrigation audit, irrigation survey, and irrigation water use analysis.
- 17.74.240 - Water waste prevention.
- 17.74.250 - Effective precipitation.
- 17.74.260 - Reporting.
Division 8
Signage and Billboard Regulations
Sections
- Chapter 17.80 - SIGNAGE REGULATIONS
- 17.80.010 - Purpose.
- 17.80.020 - Applicability.
- 17.80.030 - Exempt signs.
- 17.80.040 - Prohibited signs.
- 17.80.050 - General procedures.
- 17.80.060 - Permitted signs—Residential, public and quasi-public zoning districts.
- 17.80.070 - Building signs—Multiuse, commercial and manufacturing zoning districts.
- 17.80.080 - Freestanding signs—Multiuse, commercial and manufacturing zoning districts.
- 17.80.090 - Permitted signs—Gateway and downtown specific plans.
- 17.80.100 - Permitted signs—Specific uses or sign types.
- 17.80.110 - Temporary signs.
- 17.80.120 - Design requirements and guidelines.
- 17.80.130 - Maintenance and enforcement.
- 17.80.140 - Time period.
- 17.80.150 - Appeals.
- CHAPTER 17.82 - BILLBOARD OVERLAY ZONE
- CHAPTER 17.84 - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
Division 9
Wireless Regulations
Sections
- CHAPTER 17.90 - WIRELESS—NEW AND SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED
- 17.90.010 - Purpose.
- 17.90.020 - Applicability.
- 17.90.030 - Exempt facilities.
- 17.90.040 - Required approvals and approval authority.
- 17.90.050 - Application requirements.
- 17.90.060 - Site location guidelines.
- 17.90.070 - Development standards.
- 17.90.080 - Notices and decisions.
- 17.90.090 - Necessary findings and limited exemptions.
- 17.90.100 - Standard conditions of approval.
- 17.90.110 - Temporary wireless facilities.
- 17.90.120 - Amortization of nonconforming wireless facilities.
- 17.90.130 - Time periods.
- 17.90.140 - Appeals.
- CHAPTER 17.92 - WIRELESS—ELIGIBLE FACILITIES REQUEST (6409)
Division 10
Affordable Housing
Sections
- CHAPTER 17.100 - DENSITY BONUS PROVISIONS
- 17.100.010 - Purpose.
- 17.100.020 - Applicability.
- 17.100.030 - General procedures.
- 17.100.040 - Minimum qualifications for a density bonus.
- 17.100.050 - Density bonus rules and calculations.
- 17.100.060 - Maps; donations of land.
- 17.100.070 - Concessions and incentives.
- 17.100.080 - Waivers or reductions of development standards.
- 17.100.090 - Parking reductions.
- 17.100.100 - Continued affordability; setting of affordable rent.
- 17.100.110 - Initial Occupancy of for-sale units; equity sharing.
- 17.100.120 - Replacement of pre-existing affordable units.
- 17.100.130 - Child care facilities.
- 17.100.140 - Time periods.
- 17.100.150 - Appeals.
- CHAPTER 17.102 - INCLUSIONARY HOUSING
- 17.102.010 - Purpose.
- 17.102.020 - Applicability.
- 17.102.030 - Exemptions.
- 17.102.040 - Inclusionary unit requirements and alternatives.
- 17.102.050 - Development and affordability standards.
- 17.102.060 - Compliance procedures.
- 17.102.070 - Incentives.
- 17.102.080 - Inclusionary housing trust fund.
- 17.102.090 - Enforcement.
- 17.102.100 - Takings determination.
- 17.102.110 - Appeals.
- CHAPTER 17.104 - AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN COMMERCIAL AREAS
- 17.104.010 - Purpose.
- 17.104.020 - Applicability and permitted zoning districts.
- 17.104.030 - Property requirements.
- 17.104.040 - Project requirements.
- 17.104.050 - Development standards.
- 17.104.060 - Commercial relocation assistance requirements.
- 17.104.070 - Labor standards.
- 17.104.080 - Processing applications.
- 17.104.090 - Expiration date.
Division 11
Regulations Applicable for Specific Uses
Sections
- CHAPTER 17.110 - STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC RESIDENTIAL USES
- 17.110.010 - Purpose.
- 17.110.020 - Accessory buildings and structures.
- 17.110.030 - Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and junior ADUs.
- 17.110.040 - Corridor housing.
- 17.110.050 - Home occupation businesses.
- 17.110.060 - Live/work units.
- 17.110.070 - Mixed-use projects—Vertical or horizontal.
- 17.110.080 - Religious institutions housing.
- 17.110.090 - Single room occupancy (SRO) facilities.
- 17.110.100 - Transitional uses.
- 17.110.110 - Urban dwellings.
- 17.110.120 - Urban housing developments.
- CHAPTER 17.112 - STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC NONRESIDENTIAL USES
- 17.112.010 - Purpose.
- 17.112.020 - Adult entertainment establishments.
- 17.112.030 - Alcohol sales uses.
- 17.112.040 - Alternative financial establishments.
- 17.112.050 - Automated teller machines (ATMs).
- 17.112.060 - Collection containers.
- 17.112.070 - Correctional facilities.
- 17.112.080 - Drive-thru businesses.
- 17.112.090 - Emergency shelters.
- 17.112.100 - Hotels or motels.
- 17.112.110 - Low barrier navigation centers.
- 17.112.120 - Multiple-tenant centers.
- 17.112.130 - Outdoor seating/dining areas.
- 17.112.140 - Pawnbrokers or pawnshops.
- 17.112.150 - Personal service uses.
- 17.112.160 - Recycling facilities.
- 17.112.170 - Secondhand vendors.
- 17.112.180 - Significant tobacco retailers.
- 17.112.190 - Vehicle sales and leases.
- 17.112.200 - Vehicle repair facilities.
- 17.112.210 - Vehicle service stations.
- 17.112.220 - Vehicle washing facilities.
Division 12
Applications and Permits
Sections
- CHAPTER 17.120 - ZONING CLEARANCES AND BUSINESS PERMITS[4]
- CHAPTER 17.121 - INITIAL PLAN REVIEWS
- CHAPTER 17.122 - DESIGN AND MINOR DESIGN REVIEWS
- CHAPTER 17.123 - CONDITIONAL AND MINOR USE PERMITS
- CHAPTER 17.124 - TEMPORARY USE PERMITS
- CHAPTER 17.125 - VARIANCES AND MINOR VARIANCES
- CHAPTER 17.126 - MODIFICATION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY
- CHAPTER 17.127 - PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
- CHAPTER 17.128 - GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING AMENDMENTS
- CHAPTER 17.129 - DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- 17.129.010 - Purpose.
- 17.129.020 - Applicability.
- 17.129.030 - General procedures—Submittal.
- 17.129.040 - General procedures—Application contents.
- 17.129.050 - General procedures—Agreement contents.
- 17.129.060 - General procedures—Public notices.
- 17.129.070 - Planning Commission public hearing.
- 17.129.080 - City Council public hearing.
- 17.129.090 - Necessary findings.
- 17.129.100 - Development agreement reviews.
- 17.129.110 - Good faith compliance.
- 17.129.120 - Initiation of amendment or cancellation.
- 17.129.130 - Irregularity in proceeding.
- 17.129.140 - Subsequently adopted federal and state laws.
- 17.129.150 - Effect of rules, regulations and policies on a development agreement.
- 17.129.160 - Enforcement of development agreements.
- 17.129.170 - Severability clause.
- 17.129.180 - Condemnation.
- 17.129.190 - Judicial review—Time limitation.
Division 13
Specific Plans
Sections
- CHAPTER 17.130 - SPECIFIC PLANS
- CHAPTER 17.131 - GATEWAY SPECIFIC PLAN [6]
- CHAPTER 17.132 - MOUNTAIN VIEW SPECIFIC PLAN
- CHAPTER 17.134 - DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN [7]
- CHAPTER 17.135 - ESPERANZA VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN[8]
Division 15
Definitions
Sections
- CHAPTER 17.150 - USE DEFINITIONS
- 17.150.010 - Purpose.
- 17.150.020 - Land uses.
- 17.150.030 - Residential—Main uses.
- 17.150.040 - Residential—Ancillary and other uses.
- 17.150.050 - Community care uses.
- 17.150.060 - Public and quasi-public uses.
- 17.150.070 - Assembly and entertainment uses.
- 17.150.080 - Retail and office uses.
- 17.150.090 - Service uses.
- 17.150.100 - Industrial and transportation.
- CHAPTER 17.152 - GENERAL DEFINITIONS