Redding City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
Division I
General Provisions
Sections
- Chapter 18.01 - TITLE, COMPONENTS AND PURPOSES
- 18.01.010 - Title and authority.
- 18.01.020 - Purpose.
- 18.01.030 - Organization.
- 18.01.040 - General rules for applicability of zoning regulations.
- 18.01.050 - Applicability of land use and development regulations.
- 18.01.060 - Consistency with the general plan.
- 18.01.070 - Rules for construction of language.
- 18.01.080 - Rules for interpretation.
- 18.01.090 - Compliance required.
Division II
Administration
Sections
- Chapter 18.10 - ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 18.11 - COMMON PROCEDURES
- 18.11.010 - Purpose.
- 18.11.020 - Application forms and fees.
- 18.11.030 - Preapplication meeting.
- 18.11.040 - Review of applications.
- 18.11.050 - Determinations/actions by director.
- 18.11.060 - Notice of public hearings.
- 18.11.070 - Conduct of public hearings.
- 18.11.080 - Effective dates.
- 18.11.090 - Appeals.
- 18.11.100 - Lapse of approval—Expiration—Extensions.
- 18.11.110 - Revocation.
- 18.11.120 - Reapplication.
- Chapter 18.12 - ZONING CLEARANCE
- Chapter 18.13 - SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
- 18.13.010 - Purpose.
- 18.13.020 - Uses and development subject to site development permits.
- 18.13.030 - Site development permit processes.
- 18.13.040 - Authority and duties of director.
- 18.13.050 - Authority of board of administrative review.
- 18.13.060 - Application.
- 18.13.070 - Notice and public hearing.
- 18.13.080 - Duties of the board of administrative review and planning commission.
- 18.13.090 - Required findings.
- 18.13.100 - Conditions.
- 18.13.110 - Effective date—Appeals.
- 18.13.120 - Lapse of approval—Revocation—Renewal.
- 18.13.130 - Revised plans—New applications.
- Chapter 18.14 - USE PERMITS
- 18.14.010 - Purpose.
- 18.14.020 - Uses and development subject to use permits.
- 18.14.030 - Authority of planning commission.
- 18.14.040 - Application.
- 18.14.050 - Notice and public hearing.
- 18.14.060 - Duties of planning commission.
- 18.14.070 - Required findings.
- 18.14.080 - Conditions.
- 18.14.090 - Effective date—Appeals.
- 18.14.100 - Lapse of approval—Revocation—Renewal.
- 18.14.110 - Revised plans—New applications.
- Chapter 18.15 - ZONING EXCEPTIONS
- 18.15.010 - Purpose.
- 18.15.020 - Scope of zoning exception.
- 18.15.030 - Standards for which exceptions may be considered.
- 18.15.040 - Required findings.
- 18.15.050 - Conditions of approval.
- 18.15.060 - Application.
- 18.15.070 - Determinations/actions by director.
- 18.15.080 - Effective date—Lapse of approval.
- 18.15.090 - Appeal procedure.
- 18.15.100 - Hearing before board of administrative review or planning commission.
- 18.15.110 - Revocation.
- Chapter 18.16 - VARIANCES
- 18.16.010 - Purpose.
- 18.16.020 - Applicability.
- 18.16.030 - Authority of planning commission.
- 18.16.040 - Application.
- 18.16.050 - Hearings and public notice.
- 18.16.060 - Duties of planning commission.
- 18.16.070 - Required findings.
- 18.16.080 - Conditions.
- 18.16.090 - Effective date.
- 18.16.100 - Scope of approval—Revocation—Renewal.
- 18.16.110 - Changed plans—New applications.
- Chapter 18.17 - TEMPORARY USE PERMITS
- Chapter 18.18 - AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT OR MAP
- Chapter 18.19 - PREZONING
- Chapter 18.20 - DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- Chapter 18.22 - ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES
- Chapter 18.23 - HISTORIC/ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATION
- 18.23.010 - Purpose and objectives.
- 18.23.020 - Definitions.
- 18.23.025 - Duties of planning commission.
- 18.23.030 - Local register of qualified and candidate historic properties.
- 18.23.040 - Qualified historic properties' certification.
- 18.23.050 - Application forms and fees.
- 18.23.060 - Approval of Mills Act contracts.
- 18.23.070 - Appeals.
- Chapter 18.24 - ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE
- 18.24.010 - Purpose.
- 18.24.020 - Incorporation of State CEQA Guidelines.
- 18.24.030 - Additional definitions.
- 18.24.040 - Application completeness/time limits.
- 18.24.050 - Projects exempt from State CEQA Guidelines.
- 18.24.060 - Environmental determination.
- 18.24.070 - Negative declarations.
- 18.24.080 - Environmental impact report (EIR) preparation.
- 18.24.090 - Notice of completion.
- 18.24.100 - Review of draft EIR.
- 18.24.110 - Response to comments on a draft EIR.
- 18.24.120 - Final EIR.
- 18.24.130 - Mitigation monitoring and reporting.
- 18.24.140 - Appeals of environmental determinations.
- 18.24.150 - Fees and bonds.
- Chapter 18.25 - ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 18.26 - RESIDENTIAL DENSITY BONUS[1]
- 18.26.010 - Purpose.
- 18.26.020 - Incorporation of state regulations.
- 18.26.030 - Definitions.
- 18.26.040 - Projects eligible for a density bonus.
- 18.26.050 - Application requirements.
- 18.26.060 - Density bonus allowance.
- 18.26.070 - Incentives and waiver/modification of development standards.
- 18.26.080 - General development criteria.
- 18.26.090 - Required findings.
- 18.26.100 - Affordable housing agreement required.
- 18.26.110 - Administrative fee.
- 18.26.120 - Violation of affordable housing cost requirements.
Division III
Base District Regulations
Sections
- Chapter 18.30 - RURAL LANDS DISTRICT
- Chapter 18.31 - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS: "RE" RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, "RS" RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, AND "RM" RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE-FAMILY
- Chapter 18.32 - OFFICE DISTRICTS: "LO" LIMITED OFFICE AND "GO" GENERAL OFFICE
- Chapter 18.33 - COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS: "NC" NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, "SC" SHOPPING CENTER, "RC" REGIONAL COMMERCIAL, "GC" GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND "HC" HEAVY COMMERCIAL*
- Chapter 18.34 - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS: "GI" GENERAL INDUSTRY AND "HI" HEAVY INDUSTRY
- Chapter 18.35 - "OS" OPEN-SPACE DISTRICT
- Chapter 18.36 - "PF" PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT
Division IV
Regulations Applying in All Districts
Sections
- Chapter 18.40 - DEVELOPMENT AND SITE REGULATIONS*
- 18.40.010 - Antennas and microwave equipment—Telecommunications and wireless facilities.
- 18.40.020 - Buffer yards.
- 18.40.030 - Permitted encroachments into required yards.
- 18.40.040 - Compliance with map requirements.
- 18.40.050 - Design criteria.
- 18.40.060 - Development on substandard lots.
- 18.40.070 - Development on lots divided by district boundaries.
- 18.40.080 - Exceptions to height limits.
- 18.40.090 - Lighting.
- 18.40.095 - Loading spaces/docks.
- 18.40.100 - Noise standards.
- 18.40.110 - Performance standards—Citywide.
- 18.40.120 - Trash container enclosures.
- 18.40.130 - Screening of mechanical equipment.
- 18.40.140 - Sight obstructions at intersections.
- 18.40.150 - Sky plane.
- 18.40.160 - Swimming pools.
- 18.40.170 - Underground utilities.
- 18.40.180 - Walls and fences.
- 18.40.190 - Wellhead protection.
- Chapter 18.41 - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING*
- 18.41.010 - Purpose.
- 18.41.020 - Applicability.
- 18.41.030 - General provisions.
- 18.41.040 - Off-street parking spaces required.
- 18.41.050 - Drive-up facilities.
- 18.41.060 - General standards for off-street parking spaces.
- 18.41.070 - Dimensions for covered and open parking spaces.
- 18.41.080 - Surfacing.
- 18.41.090 - Lighting.
- 18.41.100 - Screening and landscape.
- 18.41.110 - Pedestrian access.
- 18.41.120 - Drainage.
- 18.41.130 - Shopping cart bays.
- 18.41.140 - Curb cuts.
- 18.41.150 - Parking space setback from arterial driveway entrances.
- 18.41.160 - Reserved.
- 18.41.170 - Access requirements for the disabled.
- 18.41.180 - Driveway grades/widths.
- 18.41.190 - Setback from streets and alleys.
- 18.41.200 - Additional standards.
- 18.41.210 - Off-street loading spaces required.
- 18.41.220 - Reserved.
- Chapter 18.42 - SIGNS
- 18.42.010 - Purpose.
- 18.42.020 - Applicability and permitting process.
- 18.42.030 - General standards.
- 18.42.040 - Standards for certain types of signs.
- 18.42.050 - Comprehensive sign plan.
- 18.42.060 - General sign construction standards.
- 18.42.070 - Exempted signs.
- 18.42.080 - Prohibited signs.
- 18.42.090 - Nonconforming signs.
- 18.42.100 - Illegal on-premise signs.
- 18.42.110 - Abatement and removal of illegal signs.
- 18.42.120 - Penalties.
- Chapter 18.43 - STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES*
- 18.43.010 - Purpose.
- 18.43.020 - Accessory uses and structures.
- 18.43.030 - Adult entertainment businesses.
- 18.43.040 - Animals.
- 18.43.050 - Automobile/vehicle repair, minor and major.
- 18.43.060 - Bed and breakfast inns.
- 18.43.070 - Daycare center (15 or more).
- 18.43.080 - Drive-in and drive-through facilities.
- 18.43.090 - Gas stations/convenience gas marts.
- 18.43.100 - Reserved.
- 18.43.110 - Home occupations.
- 18.43.120 - Manufactured homes.
- 18.43.130 - Outdoor retail sales and storage.
- 18.43.140 - Accessory dwelling units.
- 18.43.150 - Self-storage warehouses.
- 18.43.160 - Shelter for the homeless.
- 18.43.170 - Residential condominiums.
- 18.43.180 - Short term rentals.
- Chapter 18.44 - SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION
- 18.44.010 - Purpose.
- 18.44.020 - Incorporation of SMARA and state regulations.
- 18.44.030 - Scope.
- 18.44.040 - Filing and fees.
- 18.44.043 - Performance requirements.
- 18.44.047 - Effect of annexation.
- 18.44.050 - Review procedures.
- 18.44.060 - Financial assurances.
- 18.44.070 - Public records.
- 18.44.080 - Annual review.
- 18.44.090 - Idling of surface mining operations.
- 18.44.100 - Amendments.
- 18.44.110 - Appeal.
- Chapter 18.45 - TREE MANAGEMENT
- 18.45.010 - Purpose and objectives.
- 18.45.020 - Subdivision and other development projects.
- 18.45.030 - Permit required.
- 18.45.040 - Exemptions.
- 18.45.050 - Permit application—General.
- 18.45.060 - Tree removal provisions.
- 18.45.070 - Permit application—Discretionary projects.
- 18.45.080 - Preconstruction requirements.
- 18.45.090 - Tree protection guidelines.
- 18.45.100 - Violation—Penalty.
- 18.45.110 - Nonliability of city.
- 18.45.120 - Tree planting requirements.
- 18.45.130 - Maintenance.
- 18.45.140 - Nonconforming developed parcels.
- Chapter 18.46 - NONCONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES, SITES AND PARCELS
- 18.46.010 - Purposes.
- 18.46.020 - Nonconforming uses.
- 18.46.030 - Nonconforming structures.
- 18.46.040 - Nonconforming sites.
- 18.46.050 - Reserved.
- 18.46.060 - Residential structures in office, commercial or industrial zones.
- 18.46.070 - Nonconforming multiple-family dwellings.
- 18.46.080 - Nonconforming parcels.
- 18.46.090 - Conformity of uses requiring use permit.
- 18.46.100 - Previous permits in effect.
- 18.46.110 - Unlawful structures and uses.
- 18.46.120 - Nuisance abatement.
- Chapter 18.47 - LANDSCAPE STANDARDS[2]
- 18.47.010 - Purpose.
- 18.47.020 - Applicability.
- 18.47.030 - Definitions.
- 18.47.040 - Landscape plan requirements.
- 18.47.050 - Landscape installation requirements.
- 18.47.060 - Landscape standards.
- 18.47.070 - Landscape certification.
- 18.47.080 - Certificate of Occupancy.
- 18.47.090 - Appeals.
- 18.47.100 - Landscape maintenance requirements and alterations.
- 18.47.110 - Enforcement.
- Chapter 18.48 - RIVER/CREEK CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT
Division V
Overlay District Regulations
Sections
- Chapter 18.50 - "A" AIRPORT ENVIRONS OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 18.51 - "FP" FLOODPLAIN OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 18.51.010 - Purpose.
- 18.51.020 - Basis for establishing areas of special flood hazard.
- 18.51.030 - General provisions.
- 18.51.040 - Uses prohibited in a flood-fringe area.
- 18.51.050 - Permitted uses within the floodway and flood fringe (not requiring a use permit).
- 18.51.060 - Uses requiring a use permit within the floodway and flood fringe.
- 18.51.070 - Permitted uses within the city's "FP" district, outside the floodway and the flood fringe.
- 18.51.080 - Construction standards.
- 18.51.090 - Existing parcels.
- 18.51.100 - Application for encroachment into the flood fringe.
- 18.51.110 - Equal encroachment.
- 18.51.120 - Environmental review.
- 18.51.130 - Whenever a floodway or floodplain is to be altered or relocated.
- 18.51.140 - Warning and disclaimer of liability.
- 18.51.150 - Nonconforming uses in the floodway or floodplain.
- 18.51.160 - Prohibitions.
- 18.51.170 - Nuisance.
- 18.51.180 - Standards for subdivisions.
- 18.51.190 - Variances.
- Chapter 18.52 - "MR" MINERAL RESOURCES OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 18.53 - "PD" PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT*
- 18.53.010 - Purpose.
- 18.53.020 - Applicability—Zoning map designator and planned development plan required.
- 18.53.030 - Separate subdivision approval required.
- 18.53.040 - Initiation—Required plans and materials.
- 18.53.050 - Duties of the planning commission and city council.
- 18.53.060 - Required findings.
- 18.53.070 - Conditions.
- 18.53.080 - Effective date.
- 18.53.090 - Final plan consideration.
- 18.53.100 - Amendments to/deviations from the planned development plan.
- 18.53.110 - Lapse of approval—Revocation—Renewal.
- Chapter 18.54 - "MU" MIXED USE OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 18.55 - "MU-N" MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 18.56 - "DR" DESIGN REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 18.57 - "SP" SPECIFIC PLAN OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 18.57.010 - Purpose.
- 18.57.020 - Applicability and zoning map designator.
- 18.57.030 - Initiation, presubmittal and preparation of specific plans.
- 18.57.040 - Content of specific plan application.
- 18.57.050 - Adoption/amendment of specific plans.
- 18.57.060 - Findings.
- 18.57.070 - Land use regulations/ administration of the specific plan.
- 18.57.080 - Adopted specific plan/relationship to zoning.
- Chapter 18.58 - "BH" BUILDING HEIGHT OVERLAY DISTRICT
Division VI
General Terms
Sections
- Chapter 18.60 - USE CLASSIFICATIONS
- 18.60.010 - Purpose and applicability.
- 18.60.020 - Residential use classifications.
- 18.60.030 - Public and semipublic use classifications.
- 18.60.040 - Commercial use classifications.
- 18.60.050 - Industrial use classifications.
- 18.60.060 - Transportation, communication and utilities use classifications.
- 18.60.070 - Agriculture and extractive use classifications.
- Chapter 18.61 - LIST OF TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 18.62 - RULES OF MEASUREMENT
- 18.62.010 - Purpose.
- 18.62.020 - Reserved.
- 18.62.030 - Determining floor area ratio.
- 18.62.040 - Determining lot coverage.
- 18.62.050 - Fractions.
- 18.62.060 - Measuring distances.
- 18.62.070 - Measuring distances on maps.
- 18.62.080 - Measuring height.
- 18.62.090 - Measuring lot widths and depths.
- 18.62.100 - Setbacks.
- 18.62.110 - Setback averaging.
- 18.62.120 - Measuring a radius.
- 18.62.130 - Measuring sign area.