Rocklin City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 17
04 - DEFINITIONS
Sections
- 17.04.010 - Accessory building.
- 17.04.015 - Accessory dwelling unit.
- 17.04.020 - Animal hospital.
- 17.04.030 - Apartment.
- 17.04.031 - Assisted living facility.
- 17.04.032 - Auto body and paint shop.
- 17.04.033 - Automotive dealership.
- 17.04.034 - Automobile repair shop (heavy).
- 17.04.036 - Automobile repair shop (light).
- 17.04.038 - Automobile service station.
- 17.04.040 - Boardinghouse.
- 17.04.050 - Building.
- 17.04.055 - Church.
- 17.04.060 - Clubhouse.
- 17.04.070 - Commercial cluster complex.
- 17.04.075 - Commercial modular.
- 17.04.080 - Community care facility.
- 17.04.082 - Commercial parking lot.
- 17.04.090 - Conditional use permit, use permit.
- 17.04.100 - Condominium.
- 17.04.105 - Congregate living health facility.
- 17.04.110 - Convalescent hospital.
- 17.04.120 - Convenience store.
- 17.04.130 - Day care center.
- 17.04.135 - Development agreement.
- 17.04.137 - Domestic swine.
- 17.04.140 - Duplex.
- 17.04.150 - Dwelling unit.
- 17.04.152 - Emergency residential shelter.
- 17.04.155 - Exercise, athletic club or figure salon.
- 17.04.157 - Factory-built housing.
- 17.04.160 - Reserved.
- 17.04.170 - Front setback.
- 17.04.180 - Garage.
- 17.04.185 - Gasoline station.
- 17.04.190 - General development plan.
- 17.04.200 - General plan.
- 17.04.205 - Gross floor area.
- 17.04.210 - Height.
- 17.04.220 - Reserved.
- 17.04.230 - Home business.
- 17.04.240 - Hospital.
- 17.04.250 - Hotel.
- 17.04.260 - Industrial cluster complex.
- 17.04.270 - Interior side setback.
- 17.04.275 - Junior accessory dwelling unit.
- 17.04.280 - Junkyard.
- 17.04.290 - Kennel.
- 17.04.300 - Lodge.
- 17.04.310 - Lot.
- 17.04.320 - Lot area, lot size.
- 17.04.330 - Lot depth.
- 17.04.340 - Lot width.
- 17.04.345 - Massage parlor.
- 17.04.348 - Reserved.
- 17.04.350 - Minimum lot size.
- 17.04.360 - Ministorage.
- 17.04.365 - Mobile home/manufactured home.
- 17.04.370 - Mobile home park, manufactured housing community.
- 17.04.375 - Mobile pushcart vending facility.
- 17.04.380 - Motel.
- 17.04.390 - Multiple-family structure.
- 17.04.395 - Net floor area.
- 17.04.400 - Nonconforming use.
- 17.04.410 - Open space.
- 17.04.415 - Parking space.
- 17.04.417 - Places of assembly for community services.
- 17.04.420 - Planned unit development.
- 17.04.430 - Planner, city planner, planning director.
- 17.04.440 - Planning commission, commission.
- 17.04.450 - Planning department.
- 17.04.455 - Principal residential unit.
- 17.04.460 - Professional offices.
- 17.04.470 - Rear setback.
- 17.04.480 - Residential facility.
- 17.04.490 - Rest home, nursing home.
- 17.04.500 - Rezoning.
- 17.04.510 - Roominghouse.
- 17.04.511 - Schools, private elementary and secondary.
- 17.04.512 - Schools, public elementary and secondary.
- 17.04.513 - Schools, college and university.
- 17.04.514 - Schools, specialized education and training.
- 17.04.515 - Secondary residential unit.
- 17.04.520 - Shopping center.
- 17.04.525 - Single room occupancy facility (SRO facility).
- 17.04.526 - Single room occupancy room (SRO room).
- 17.04.530 - Site development plan.
- 17.04.535 - Special event.
- 17.04.540 - Specific development plan.
- 17.04.550 - Specific plan.
- 17.04.560 - Street right-of-way.
- 17.04.570 - Street side setback.
- 17.04.580 - Structure.
- 17.04.585 - Supportive housing.
- 17.04.590 - Townhouse.
- 17.04.592 - Transitional housing.
- 17.04.595 - Triangular visibility area.
- 17.04.600 - Triplex.
- 17.04.610 - Use, land use.
- 17.04.620 - Variance.
- 17.04.625 - Veterinary clinic.
- 17.04.630 - Zone.
CHAPTER 17
06 - ZONES AND MAPS
Sections
- 17.06.010 - Division into zones.
- 17.06.020 - Residential zones designated—Use of abbreviations.
- 17.06.030 - Multiple-family residential zones.
- 17.06.040 - Commercial zones.
- 17.06.050 - Industrial-manufacturing zones.
- 17.06.060 - Open space and recreational zones.
- 17.06.070 - Planned development zone.
- 17.06.080 - Design review combining zones.
- 17.06.090 - Boundaries—Maps—Ordinances.
- 17.06.100 - Map and PUD ordinance authority.
- 17.06.110 - Boundary interpretation rules.
- 17.06.120 - Unclassified land.
- 17.06.130 - Open space zones conflicting uses prohibited.
CHAPTER 17
07 - GREENBRAE ISLAND ANNEXATION AREA OVERLAY ZONE
Sections
- 17.07.010 - Greenbrae Island Annexation Area overlay zone established.
- 17.07.020 - Development standards for existing developed properties.
- 17.07.030 - Horses and other similar large quadrupeds, sheep and goats conditionally permitted.
- 17.07.040 - Parking of accessory vehicles.
- 17.07.050 - Nuisance or abandonment.
- 17.07.060 - Appeals.
CHAPTER 17
08 - USE REGULATIONS GENERALLY
Sections
- 17.08.010 - Applicability of general regulations.
- 17.08.015 - Requirements to build.
- 17.08.020 - Dwelling unit minimum area.
- 17.08.030 - Setback applicability and measurement.
- 17.08.040 - Reserved.
- 17.08.050 - Architectural extensions into setbacks—Fireplace setback.
- 17.08.060 - Height regulation applicability—Exceptions.
- 17.08.070 - Outdoor storage.
- 17.08.080 - Commerce or industry abutting residential zone.
- 17.08.090 - Accessory structures.
- 17.08.095 - Structures open on three sides.
- 17.08.100 - Accessory uses.
- 17.08.110 - Accessories require primary use.
- 17.08.120 - Utility and transmission lines.
- 17.08.130 - Off-street parking of accessory vehicles.
- 17.08.132 - Use and parking limitations in single-family residential areas.
- 17.08.134 - Commercial vehicle parking in residential zones.
- 17.08.140 - Construction site temporary offices.
- 17.08.150 - Swimming pools.
- 17.08.160 - Reserved.
- 17.08.170 - Mobile/manufactured home design criteria.
- 17.08.180 - Emergency residential shelter.
- 17.08.190 - Retaining walls.
CHAPTER 17
09 - R1-3.5 ZONE
Sections
CHAPTER 17
10 - R1-5 ZONE
Sections
CHAPTER 17
25 - RE-30 NH ZONE
Sections
CHAPTER 17
38 - R-2 ZONE
Sections
CHAPTER 17
59 - BUSINESS ATTRACTION, RETENTION, AND REVITALIZATION OVERLAY ZONE
Sections
- 17.59.010 - Business Attraction, Retention, and Revitalization Overlay zone.
- 17.59.020 - Findings.
- 17.59.030 - Purpose and intent.
- 17.59.040 - Applicability; conflicts.
- 17.59.050 - Authority for approvals; determination; fees.
- 17.59.060 - Special standards.
- 17.59.070 - Limitations on approval authority.
- 17.59.080 - Permitted uses.
- 17.59.090 - Appeal.
CHAPTER 17
60 - PD ZONE
Sections
- 17.60.010 - Purpose and intent.
- 17.60.020 - Size.
- 17.60.030 - Planned development—Required plans and materials.
- 17.60.040 - Establishment of a PD zone.
- 17.60.045 - Public noticing.
- 17.60.050 - Content of PD zoning approval.
- 17.60.060 - Zoning map designation.
- 17.60.070 - Development in the PD zone.
- 17.60.080 - Preexisting PD zones.
CHAPTER 17
61 - H-D ZONE
Sections
- 17.61.010 - Purpose and intent.
- 17.61.020 - Applicability.
- 17.61.030 - Boundaries.
- 17.61.040 - Historic committee established.
- 17.61.050 - Front Street historic committee designated.
- 17.61.060 - Committee powers and duties.
- 17.61.070 - Building permit application.
- 17.61.080 - Application—Information required.
- 17.61.090 - Application—Referral.
- 17.61.100 - Application—Committee decision.
- 17.61.110 - Application—Time limitation on decision.
- 17.61.120 - Issuance of permit.
- 17.61.130 - Applications not subject to chapter.
- 17.61.140 - Uses permitted with a use permit.
- 17.61.150 - Lot size, width, and setback requirements.
- 17.61.160 - Height regulation.
- 17.61.170 - Lot area.
- 17.61.180 - Lot width.
- 17.61.190 - Setbacks.
- 17.61.200 - Off-street parking.
- 17.61.210 - Appeals.
- 17.61.220 - Existing uses.
CHAPTER 17
62 - NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
Sections
- 17.62.010 - Intent.
- 17.62.020 - Old nonconforming remain so.
- 17.62.030 - Conditional uses without permit.
- 17.62.040 - Conditional use permit issuance.
- 17.62.050 - Off-street parking deficiency.
- 17.62.060 - Setback insufficiency.
- 17.62.070 - Nonconforming use—No structure.
- 17.62.080 - Nonconforming use—Conforming structure.
- 17.62.090 - Conforming use—Nonconforming building—Repair and maintenance.
- 17.62.100 - Conforming use—Nonconforming building—Enlargements.
- 17.62.110 - Conforming use—Nonconforming building—Relocation.
- 17.62.120 - Conforming use—Nonconforming building—Restoration.
- 17.62.130 - Nonconforming use and building—Termination of use.
- 17.62.140 - Nonconforming use and building—Additions, enlargements, repairs.
- 17.62.150 - Existing secondary residential unit or accessory dwelling unit.
CHAPTER 17
63 - SPECIAL EVENTS
Sections
- 17.63.010 - Special event—Exemptions.
- 17.63.020 - Special event—Administrative review.
- 17.63.030 - Special event—City council review.
- 17.63.040 - Permit required.
- 17.63.050 - Application.
- 17.63.060 - Classification of special event use.
- 17.63.070 - Decisions.
- 17.63.080 - Findings.
- 17.63.090 - Conditions.
- 17.63.100 - Revocation and modification.
- 17.63.110 - Permit denial—Appeal procedure.
CHAPTER 17
65 - SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION
Sections
- 17.65.011 - Findings.
- 17.65.012 - Purpose and intent.
- 17.65.013 - Surface mining combining zone.
- 17.65.014 - Applicability.
- 17.65.015 - Definitions.
- 17.65.016 - Permit and reclamation plan requirement.
- 17.65.017 - Reclamation plan.
- 17.65.018 - Procedures for conditional use permit.
- 17.65.019 - Performance bond.
- 17.65.020 - Periodic review.
- 17.65.021 - Amendments.
- 17.65.022 - Public records.
CHAPTER 17
66 - OFF-STREET PARKING
Sections
- 17.66.010 - Required.
- 17.66.020 - Apartments, triplexes, townhouses and condominiums.
- 17.66.030 - Assembly places—Dancehalls, auditoriums, exhibition halls, churches.
- 17.66.032 - Auto body and paint shops.
- 17.66.034 - Automobile repair shops (light/heavy).
- 17.66.036 - Automobile service stations.
- 17.66.040 - Commercial, business and professional office and personal service establishments.
- 17.66.055 - Gasoline station.
- 17.66.060 - Hospitals.
- 17.66.070 - Hotels, motels.
- 17.66.080 - Industrial uses.
- 17.66.100 - Residential uses.
- 17.66.110 - Restaurants and bars, theaters.
- 17.66.120 - Rest homes.
- 17.66.130 - Roominghouses, boardinghouses.
- 17.66.140 - Uncovered sales areas.
- 17.66.145 - Automotive dealerships.
- 17.66.150 - Schools.
- 17.66.155 - Reserved.
- 17.66.180 - Warehouses and storage buildings.
- 17.66.185 - Emergency residential shelters.
- 17.66.190 - Uses not listed.
- 17.66.200 - Handicapped parking.
- 17.66.210 - Additional parking.
CHAPTER 17
68 - HOME BUSINESS
Sections
- 17.68.010 - Permitted—Chapter compliance.
- 17.68.020 - Permitted uses.
- 17.68.030 - Prohibited uses.
- 17.68.040 - Conduct of home business—Regulations.
- 17.68.050 - Permit—Required—Application.
- 17.68.060 - Permit—Issuance—Conditions.
- 17.68.070 - Permit—Denial.
- 17.68.080 - Violation—Cessation order—Other action.
CHAPTER 17
70 - CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND VARIANCES
Sections
- Article I. - General Provisions
- 17.70.010 - Applicability.
- 17.70.020 - Authority.
- 17.70.030 - Application.
- 17.70.040 - Public noticing.
- 17.70.045 - Decision.
- 17.70.050 - Conditions.
- 17.70.060 - Grant—Notice—Effective date—Appeal.
- 17.70.070 - Expiration for failure to exercise, disuse.
- 17.70.080 - Revocation and modification—Public hearing.
- 17.70.090 - Revocation and modification—Grounds.
- 17.70.100 - Revocation and modification—New applications.
- 17.70.110 - Withdrawal of application.
- Article II. - Variances
- Article III. - Conditional Use Permits
- Article IV. - Minor Deviations and Administrative Variances
- Article V. - Reserved
- Article VI. - Mobile Pushcart Vending
CHAPTER 17
72 - DESIGN REVIEW2
Sections
- 17.72.010 - Findings.
- 17.72.020 - Design review—When required.
- 17.72.030 - Design review board—Created—Members.
- 17.72.035 - Architectural review committee—Created—Members.
- 17.72.040 - Authority.
- 17.72.050 - Application.
- 17.72.060 - Public noticing.
- 17.72.070 - Decision.
- 17.72.075 - Appeals.
- 17.72.080 - Expiration.
CHAPTER 17
75 - SIGNS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY3
Sections
- 17.75.010 - Purpose and intent.
- 17.75.020 - Applicability; permit required.
- 17.75.030 - Basic policies.
- 17.75.040 - Standards.
- 17.75.050 - Permanent signs.
- 17.75.060 - Standards for specific sign types.
- 17.75.070 - Temporary signs.
- 17.75.080 - Whitney Ranch Wayfinding Kiosk Program.
- 17.75.090 - Digital freeway sign program.
- 17.75.100 - Permit requirements and procedures.
- 17.75.110 - Nonconforming signs.
- 17.75.120 - Definitions.
- 17.75.130 - Violation—Penalty.
- 17.75.140 - Sign contractors.
CHAPTER 17
77 - OAK TREE PRESERVATION
Sections
- 17.77.010 - Intent and purpose.
- 17.77.020 - Definitions.
- 17.77.030 - Prohibition.
- 17.77.040 - Developed lot—Removal of oak tree—Permit.
- 17.77.045 - Developed lot—Removal of oak tree—Single-family, duplex and triplex.
- 17.77.047 - Developed lot—Removal of oak tree—Multifamily, commercial and industrial.
- 17.77.050 - Undeveloped property—Tree preservation plan permit.
- 17.77.065 - Emergency removal of dangerous trees.
- 17.77.070 - Mitigation—General.
- 17.77.080 - Mitigation—Undeveloped property.
- 17.77.090 - Rocklin oak tree preservation fund.
- 17.77.100 - Oak tree preservation guidelines.
- 17.77.110 - Violations and penalties.
CHAPTER 17
80 - SIGNS ON CITY PROPERTY5
Sections
- 17.80.010 - Authority, scope, proprietary capacity.
- 17.80.020 - Intent as to public forum.
- 17.80.030 - Signs must be permitted or exempted.
- 17.80.040 - Temporary signs displaying noncommercial messages.
- 17.80.050 - Certain governmental signs.
- 17.80.060 - Community directional signs.
- 17.80.070 - Encroachments.
- 17.80.080 - Commercial speech and activities.
- 17.80.090 - Immediate removal of signs on city property.
- 17.80.100 - Definitions.
CHAPTER 17
81 - MARIJUANA REGULATION6
Sections
- 17.81.010 - Purpose and applicability.
- 17.81.020 - Definitions.
- 17.81.030 - Commercial cannabis activity prohibited.
- 17.81.040 - Outdoor cultivation prohibited.
- 17.81.050 - Indoor cultivation of marijuana for personal use.
- 17.81.060 - Indoor cultivation of marijuana restricted to authorized growers.
- 17.81.070 - Violation.
- 17.81.080. - Penalties not exclusive.
CHAPTER 17
82 - AMENDMENTS
Sections
- 17.82.010 - Manner generally.
- 17.82.020 - Petition of owners—Resolution of intent.
- 17.82.030 - Application.
- 17.82.040 - Planning commission—Public noticing.
- 17.82.050 - Planning commission—Abandonment of proceeding.
- 17.82.060 - Planning commission—Report.
- 17.82.070 - Council—Hearing.
- 17.82.080 - Council—Action.
- 17.82.090 - Withdrawal of petition.
- 17.82.100 - Reapplication after denial.
- 17.82.110 - Intermediate sequential zones.
CHAPTER 17
88 - ENFORCEMENT—INTERPRETATION
Sections
- 17.88.010 - Administration and enforcement responsibility—Violation correction order.
- 17.88.020 - Right of entry—Inspection warrant.
- 17.88.030 - Permit in conflict void.
- 17.88.040 - Deadline to challenge official action.
- 17.88.050 - Planning commission rules.
- 17.88.060 - Interpretation—Planning commission jurisdiction.
- 17.88.070 - Interpretation—Minimum requirements—Map-text conflict.
- 17.88.080 - Violation—Penalty—Involved parties.
- 17.88.090 - Violation—Nuisance—Abatement.
CHAPTER 17
90 - GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND SPECIFIC PLANS
Sections
- 17.90.010 - Purpose.
- 17.90.020 - City-initiated action exempt when.
- 17.90.030 - Definitions.
- 17.90.040 - General plan amendment—Duties when permitted.
- 17.90.050 - General plan amendment—Application.
- 17.90.060 - General plan amendment—Planning commission review.
- 17.90.070 - General plan amendment—Council review.
- 17.90.080 - Appeal from denial by planning commission.
- 17.90.090 - Specific plan—Application.
- 17.90.100 - Specific plan—Planning commission review.
- 17.90.110 - Specific plan—Council action.
- 17.90.120 - Appeal of planning commission denial.
- 17.90.130 - Specific plans—Amendment.
- 17.90.140 - Concurrent processing of general amendments and specific plans.
CHAPTER 17
92 - DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
Sections
- 17.92.010 - Authority.
- 17.92.020 - Limitation.
- 17.92.030 - Initiation.
- 17.92.040 - Qualification of applicant.
- 17.92.050 - Application.
- 17.92.060 - Fees.
- 17.92.070 - Withdrawal of application.
- 17.92.080 - Form of agreement.
- 17.92.090 - Review of application.
- 17.92.100 - Transmittal to planning commission—Public hearing.
- 17.92.110 - Report of planning commission.
- 17.92.120 - Hearing by city council.
- 17.92.130 - Approval of development agreement.
- 17.92.140 - Public noticing.
- 17.92.150 - Initiation of amendment or cancellation.
- 17.92.160 - Recordation.
- 17.92.170 - Agreement file.
- 17.92.180 - Periodic review.
- 17.92.190 - Procedure for periodic review.
- 17.92.200 - Hearing by city council—Modification or termination following periodic review.
CHAPTER 17
94 - TRIP REDUCTION
Sections
- 17.94.010 - Findings—Purpose—Objectives—Intent.
- 17.94.020 - Definitions.
- 17.94.030 - Requirements—Level 1 (all employers, and common work locations).
- 17.94.040 - Requirements—Level 2—All common work locations (without a central contact point) with one hundred or more employees at a single site.
- 17.94.050 - Requirements—Level 3—All employers or common work locations (with a central contact point) with one hundred or more employees at a single site.
- 17.94.060 - Transportation control measure (TCM) menu.
- 17.94.070 - Transportation plan—Review and action.
- 17.94.080 - Annual reporting requirements.
- 17.94.085 - Implementation schedule.
- 17.94.090 - Monitoring of employer performance.
- 17.94.100 - Penalties.
- 17.94.110 - Appeal.
CHAPTER 17
98 - MOBILE HOME PARKS
Sections
- 17.98.010 - Purpose.
- 17.98.020 - Applicability—Conformance to standards.
- 17.98.030 - Accessory uses.
- 17.98.040 - Mobile home park area.
- 17.98.060 - Space area.
- 17.98.070 - Perimeter yards.
- 17.98.080 - Landscaping.
- 17.98.090 - Perimeter fencing.
- 17.98.100 - Separations between mobile homes and other structures.
- 17.98.110 - Outdoor living area.
- 17.98.120 - Interior access roadways.
- 17.98.130 - Parking.
- 17.98.140 - Storage area.
- 17.98.150 - Grandfather clause.