San Luis Obispo County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 1
LAND USE ORDINANCE ENACTMENT AND APPLICABILITY
Sections
- Chapter 22.01 - PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF LAND USE ORDINANCE
- 22.01.010 - Title and Purpose.
- 22.01.020 - Authority, Relationship to General Plan.
- 22.01.030 - Maps and Text Included by Reference.
- 22.01.040 - Open Space Zoning.
- 22.01.050 - Applicability of the Land Use Ordinance.
- 22.01.060 - Land Use Permits Required.
- 22.01.070 - Compliance with Standards Required.
- 22.01.080 - Penalty for Violation.
- 22.01.090 - Administration of the Land Use Ordinance.
- 22.01.100 - Time for Judicial Review.
- 22.01.110 - Severability of Provisions.
- Chapter 22.02 - INTERPRETATION OF LAND USE ORDINANCE PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 2
ALLOWABLE LAND USES AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Chapter 22.04 - GENERAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS
- 22.04.010 - Purpose of Chapter.
- 22.04.020 - Applicability of Land Use Categories and Combining Designations.
- 22.04.030 - General Requirements for Development and New Land Uses.
- 22.04.040 - Requirements for Sites Divided by a Land Use Category Boundary.
- 22.04.050 - Additional Permits and Approvals May be Required.
- Chapter 22.06 - ALLOWABLE LAND USES AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS BY LAND USE CATEGORY
- Chapter 22.08 - PERMIT REQUIREMENTS BASED ON PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS
ARTICLE 3
SITE PLANNING AND PROJECT DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections
- Chapter 22.10 - GENERAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATING STANDARDS
- 22.10.010 - Purpose of Chapter.
- 22.10.020 - Applicability.
- 22.10.030 - Air Quality.
- 22.10.040 - Archeological Resources.
- 22.10.050 - Explosives Storage.
- 22.10.060 - Exterior Lighting.
- 22.10.070 - Flammable and Combustible Liquids Storage.
- 22.10.080 - Fencing and Screening.
- 22.10.090 - Height Measurement and Height Limit Exceptions.
- 22.10.095 - Highway Corridor Design Standards.
- 22.10.100 - Lot Consolidation.
- 22.10.110 - Minimum Site Area.
- 22.10.120 - Noise Standards.
- 22.10.125 - Non-Taxable Merchandise Limitations.
- 22.10.130 - Residential Density.
- 22.10.135 - Residential Floor Area.
- 22.10.140 - Setbacks.
- 22.10.150 - Solid Waste Collection and Disposal.
- 22.10.155 - Stormwater Management.
- 22.10.157 - Transit Oriented Standards.
- 22.10.160 - Underground Utilities.
- 22.10.170 - Vibration.
- 22.10.180 - Water Quality.
- Chapter 22.12 - AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES[2]
- Chapter 22.14 - COMBINING DESIGNATION STANDARDS
- 22.14.010 - Purpose of Chapter.
- 22.14.020 - Applicability of Standards.
- 22.14.030 - Airport Review Area (AR).
- 22.14.040 - Energy and Extractive Resource Area (EX).
- 22.14.050 - Mineral Resource Area (MRA).
- 22.14.060 - Flood Hazard Area (FH).
- 22.14.070 - Geologic Study Area (GSA).
- 22.14.080 - Historic Site (H).
- 22.14.090 - Local Coastal Plan Area (LCP).
- 22.14.100 - Renewable Energy (RE) Area
- 22.14.110 - Sensitive Resource Area (SRA).
- 22.14.120 - Transfer of Development Credit Sending Site (TDCS).
- 22.14.130 - Transfer of Development Credit Receiving Site (TDCR).
- Chapter 22.16 - LANDSCAPING STANDARDS
- Chapter 22.18 - PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS
- 22.18.010 - Purpose of Chapter.
- 22.18.020 - Off-Street Parking Required.
- 22.18.030 - Location of Parking on a Site.
- 22.18.040 - Parking Design Standards.
- 22.18.050 - Required Number of Parking Spaces.
- 22.18.060 - Parking Lot Construction Standards.
- 22.18.070 - Off-Site Parking.
- 22.18.080 - Off-Street Loading Requirements.
- 22.18.090 - Drive-In and Drive-Through Facilities.
- Chapter 22.20 - SIGNS
- Chapter 22.22 - SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDS
- 22.22.010 - Purpose.
- 22.22.020 - Applicability.
- 22.22.030 - Information Used in Determinations.
- 22.22.040 - Agriculture Category.
- 22.22.050 - Rural Lands Category.
- 22.22.060 - Residential Rural Category.
- 22.22.070 - Residential Suburban Category.
- 22.22.080 - Residential Single-Family and Multi-Family Categories.
- 22.22.090 - Commercial and Office Categories.
- 22.22.100 - Industrial Category.
- 22.22.110 - Public Facilities Category.
- 22.22.120 - Recreation Category.
- 22.22.130 - Open Space.
- 22.22.140 - Cluster Division.
- 22.22.145 - Planned Development.
- 22.22.150 - Agricultural Lands Clustering.
- 22.22.152 - Major Agricultural Cluster:.
- 22.22.154 - Minor Agricultural Cluster:.
- Chapter 22.24 - TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT CREDITS
- 22.24.010 - Voluntary Transfer of Development Credit Program.
- 22.24.020 - Sending Site Application Content and Processing.
- 22.24.030 - Sending Site Eligibility and Determination of Development Credits.
- 22.24.050 - Designation of sending site.
- 22.24.060 - Receiving Site Application Content and Processing.
- 22.24.070 - Receiving Site Eligibility, Transfer of Development Credits Required and Determination of Bonus Development.
- 22.24.080 - Source of Transferred Credits for Receiving Sites.
- 22.24.090 - Designation of Receiving Site and Retiring Development Credits.
- 22.24.100 - TDC Administrator.
- 22.24.200 - South County Community Based Program.
- 22.24.300 - South Atascadero Community Based Program.
ARTICLE 4
STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES
Sections
- Chapter 22.30 - STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES
- 22.30.010 - Purpose.
- 22.30.020 - Applicability of Standards for Special Uses.
- 22.30.030 - Accessory Uses.
- 22.30.040 - Accessory Storage.
- 22.30.050 - Adult Businesses.
- 22.30.060 - Agricultural Accessory Structures.
- 22.30.070 - Agricultural Processing Uses.
- 22.30.075 - Agricultural Retail Sales.
- 22.30.080 - Airfields and Heliports.
- 22.30.090 - Animal Keeping.
- 22.30.100 - Animal Facilities - Specialized.
- 22.30.110 - Auto and Vehicle Dealerships.
- 22.30.120 - Auto and Vehicle Repair and Service.
- 22.30.130 - Automobile Service Stations and Gas Stations.
- 22.30.140 - Building Materials Sale.
- 22.30.150 - Cemeteries and Columbariums.
- 22.30.160 - Chemical Products Manufacturing.
- 22.30.170 - Child Day Care Facilities.
- 22.30.180 - Communications Facilities.
- 22.30.190 - Consumer Product Repair Services.
- 22.30.200 - Crop Production and Grazing within Urban or Village Areas.
- 22.30.204 - New or expanded irrigated crop production using water from the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin, excluding the Atascadero Sub-basin.
- 22.30.205 - Reserved.
- 22.30.210 - Farm Equipment and Supplies Sales.
- 22.30.220 - Fuel Dealers.
- 22.30.225 - Reserved.
- 22.30.230 - Home Occupations.
- 22.30.240 - Indoor Amusement and Recreation Facilities.
- 22.30.244 - Industrial Hemp Cultivation.
- 22.30.250 - Libraries and Museums.
- 22.30.260 - Lodging - Bed and Breakfast Facilities.
- 22.30.265 - Lodging - Emergency Shelters.
- 22.30.270 - Lodging - Homestays.
- 22.30.280 - Lodging - Hotels and Motels.
- 22.30.290 - Lodging - Hotels, Motels - Condominium or Planned Development.
- 22.30.300 - Lodging - Recreational Vehicle (RV) Parks.
- 22.30.310 - Nursery Specialties.
- 22.30.320 - Nursing and Personal Care.
- 22.30.330 - Outdoor Retail Sales.
- 22.30.340 - Outdoor Sports and Recreational Facilities.
- 22.30.350 - Personal Service Uses in Residential Land Use Categories.
- 22.30.360 - Pipelines and Transmission Lines.
- 22.30.370 - Public Utility Facilities.
- 22.30.380 - Recycling and Scrap.
- 22.30.390 - Recycling - Collection Stations.
- 22.30.400 - Religious Facilities.
- 22.30.410 - Residential - Accessory Uses.
- 22.30.420 - Residential - Care Facilities.
- 22.30.430 - Residential - Caretaker Units.
- 22.30.440 - Residential - Mobile Home Parks.
- 22.30.450 - Residential - Mobile Homes.
- 22.30.460 - Residential - Organizational Houses.
- 22.30.470 - Residential - Accessory Dwellings.
- 22.30.471 - Residential - Urban Dwellings.
- 22.30.475 - Residential - Small Lot Single-Family.
- 22.30.477 - Residential—Workforce Housing Subdivision
- 22.30.480 - Residential Uses in the Agriculture and Rural Lands Land Use Categories.
- 22.30.490 - Residential Uses in Office or Commercial Retail Land Use Category.
- 22.30.500 - Residential Uses in the Recreation Land Use Category.
- 22.30.510 - Residential Vacation Rentals.
- 22.30.520 - Rural Recreation and Camping.
- 22.30.530 - Sales Lots and Swap Meets.
- 22.30.540 - Schools.
- 22.30.550 - Small-Scale Manufacturing.
- 22.30.560 - Storage Yards.
- 22.30.570 - Stores and Restaurants in Non-Commercial Categories.
- 22.30.580 - Temporary Uses - General Standards.
- 22.30.590 - Temporary Construction Trailer Parks.
- 22.30.600 - Temporary Dwellings or Offices.
- 22.30.610 - Temporary Events.
- 22.30.620 - Temporary Off-Site Construction Yards.
- 22.30.630 - Vehicle Storage.
- 22.30.640 - Reserved.
- Chapter 22.32 - ENERGY-GENERATING FACILITIES[3]
- 22.32.010 - Purpose.
- 22.32.020 - Applicability.
- 22.32.030 - Permit and Application Requirements.
- 22.32.040 - Development Standards and General Requirements.
- 22.32.050 - Solar Electric Facilities.
- 22.32.060 - Wind Energy Conversion Systems
- 22.32.070 - Steam Electric Generating Facilities.
- 22.32.080 - Hydro-Electric Generating Facilities.
- 22.32.090 - Co-Generation Facilities.
- Chapter 22.34 - PETROLEUM RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 22.36 - SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION
- 22.36.010 - Purpose.
- 22.36.020 - Applicability.
- 22.36.030 - Surface Mining Practices.
- 22.36.040 - Permit Requirements for Surface Mining.
- 22.36.050 - Reclamation Plan.
- 22.36.060 - Financial Assurances for Guarantee of Reclamation.
- 22.36.070 - Public Records.
- 22.36.080 - Annual Review.
- 22.36.090 - Nuisance Abatement.
- 22.36.100 - Underground Mining.
- 22.36.110 - Use of County Roads by Extraction Operations.
- Chapter 22.40 - CANNABIS ACTIVITIES
- 22.40.010 - Purpose of Chapter.
- 22.40.020 - Applicability.
- 22.40.030 - Exemptions from Land Use Permit Requirements.
- 22.40.040 - Requirements for All Cannabis Activities.
- 22.40.050 - Cannabis Cultivation.
- 22.40.060 - Cannabis Nurseries.
- 22.40.065 - Cannabis Processing Facilities.
- 22.40.070 - Cannabis Manufacturing.
- 22.40.080 - Cannabis Testing Facilities.
- 22.40.090 - Cannabis Dispensaries.
- 22.40.100 - Cannabis Distribution Facilities.
- 22.40.105 - Cannabis Transport Facilities.
- 22.40.110 - Grounds for Revocation.
- 22.40.120 - Procedure for Revocation.
- 22.40.130 - Enforcement.
ARTICLE 5
SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- Chapter 22.50 - FIRE SAFETY
- Chapter 22.52 - GRADING AND DRAINAGE
- 22.52.010 - Purpose and Intent.
- 22.52.020 - Responsibility of the Landowner.
- 22.52.030 - Scope.
- 22.52.040 - Administrative Procedures.
- 22.52.050 - Grading Permit Required.
- 22.52.060 - Grading.
- 22.52.070 - Exemptions from Grading Permits.
- 22.52.080 - Alternative Review Program.
- 22.52.090 - Review, Approval and Permits.
- 22.52.100 - Grading Plan Requirements.
- 22.52.110 - Drainage Plan Required.
- 22.52.120 - Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan Required.
- 22.52.130 - Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Required.
- 22.52.140 - Groundwater Recharge.
- 22.52.150 - Standards.
- 22.52.160 - Construction Procedures.
- 22.52.170 - Inspections.
- 22.52.180 - Request for Relief from Ordinance Provisions and Standards.
- 22.52.190 - Enforcement.
- 22.52.200 - Education and Outreach.
- 22.52.210 - Fees.
- Chapter 22.54 - STREET AND FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS
- Chapter 22.56 - TREE PRESERVATION
- Chapter 22.58 - OAK WOODLAND ORDINANCE
ARTICLE 6
LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PROCEDURES
Sections
- Chapter 22.60 - PERMIT APPLICATION FILING AND PROCESSING
- Chapter 22.62 - PERMIT APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL
- Chapter 22.64 - PERMIT IMPLEMENTATION, TIME LIMITS AND EXTENSIONS
- 22.64.010 - Purpose of Chapter.
- 22.64.020 - Applications Deemed Approved.
- 22.64.030 - Applications Deemed Withdrawn.
- 22.64.040 - Performance Guarantees.
- 22.64.050 - Changes to an Approved Project.
- 22.64.060 - Land Use Permit Time Limits.
- 22.64.070 - Land Use Permit Extensions of Time.
- 22.64.080 - Substantial Site Work Defined.
- 22.64.090 - Project Completion.
- 22.64.100 - Occupancy or Use of Partially Completed Projects.
- 22.64.110 - Occupancy with Incomplete Site Improvements.
- 22.64.120 - Lapse of Land Use Permit.
ARTICLE 7
LAND USE ORDINANCE ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- Chapter 22.70 - ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
- Chapter 22.72 - NONCONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES, PARCELS, AND SIGNS
- 22.72.010 - Purpose of Chapter.
- 22.72.020 - Nonconforming Use Defined.
- 22.72.030 - Right to Continue a Nonconforming Use.
- 22.72.040 - Issued Building Permit.
- 22.72.050 - Nonconforming Uses of Land.
- 22.72.060 - Nonconforming Buildings, Structures or Site Development.
- 22.72.070 - Nonconforming Signs.
- 22.72.080 - Destroyed Nonconforming Structures and Signs.
- 22.72.090 - Nonconforming Keeping of Animals.
- 22.72.100 - Nonconforming Parking.
- 22.72.110 - Nonconforming Lots of Record.
- Chapter 22.74 - ENFORCEMENT
- 22.74.010 - Purpose of Chapter.
- 22.74.020 - Enforcement Administration.
- 22.74.040 - Penalties.
- 22.74.050 - Interference Prohibited.
- 22.74.060 - Enforcement Hearings.
- 22.74.070 - Notices - Service and Release.
- 22.74.080 - Recovery of costs.
- 22.74.090 - Additional processing fees.
- 22.74.100 - Enforcement Procedures.
- 22.74.105 - Initial Enforcement Action.
- 22.74.110 - Abandoned Vehicle Abatement.
- 22.74.120 - Citation.
- 22.74.130 - Forfeiture of Bonds.
- 22.74.140 - Injunction.
- 22.74.150 - Nuisance Abatement.
- 22.74.160 - Permit Revocation.
ARTICLE 9
PLANNING AREA STANDARDS
Sections
- Chapter 22.90 - APPLICABILITY OF PLANNING STANDARDS
- Chapter 22.92 - CARRIZO PLANNING AREA
- Chapter 22.94 - NORTH COUNTY PLANNING AREA
- 22.94.010 - Purpose and Applicability.
- 22.94.020 - Combining Designation Standards.
- 22.94.025 - Paso Robles Groundwater Basin.
- 22.94.030 - Adelaida Sub-area Standards.
- 22.94.032 - Land Use Category Standards for the Adelaida Sub-area.
- 22.94.040 - El Pomar-Estrella Sub-area Standards.
- 22.94.042 - Land Use Category Standards for the El Pomar-Estrella Sub-area.
- 22.94.050 - Las Pilitas Sub-area Standards.
- 22.94.060 - Los Padres Sub-area Standards.
- 22.94.070 - Nacimiento Sub-area Standards.
- 22.94.072 - Land Use Category Standards for the Nacimiento Sub-area.
- 22.94.074 - South Shore Nacimiento Standards.
- 22.94.080 - Salinas River Sub-area Standards.
- 22.94.082 - Land Use Category Standards for the Salinas River Sub-area.
- 22.94.084 - Atascadero Urban Area Standards.
- 22.94.086 - Paso Robles Urban Area Standards.
- 22.94.090 - Shandon Sub-area Standards.
- Chapter 22.96 - SAN LUIS OBISPO PLANNING AREA
- Chapter 22.98 - SOUTH COUNTY PLANNING AREA
- 22.98.010 - Purpose and Applicability.
- 22.98.020 - Combining Designation Standards.
- 22.98.030 - Huasna-Lopez Sub-area Standards.
- 22.98.032 - Land Use Category Standards for the Huasna-Lopez Sub-area.
- 22.98.040 - Los Padres Sub-area Standards.
- 22.98.050 - San Luis Bay Sub-area Standards.
- 22.98.052 - Land Use Category Standards for the San Luis Bay Sub-area.
- 22.98.054 - Arroyo Grande Fringe Standards.
- 22.98.056 - Arroyo Grande Urban Area Standards.
- 22.98.058 - Pismo Beach Urban Area Standards.
- 22.98.060 - San Luis Obispo Sub-area Standards.
- 22.98.062 - Land Use Category Standards for the San Luis Obispo Sub-area.
- 22.98.070 - South County Sub-area Standards.
- 22.98.072 - Land Use Category Standards for the South County Sub-area.
ARTICLE 10
COMMUNITY PLANNING STANDARDS
Sections
- Chapter 22.100 - APPLICABILITY OF COMMUNITY PLANNING STANDARDS
- Chapter 22.102 - CARRIZO AREA COMMUNITIES AND VILLAGES
- Chapter 22.104 - NORTH COUNTY AREA COMMUNITIES AND VILLAGES
- 22.104.010 - Creston Village Standards.
- 22.104.020 - Garden Farms Village Standards.
- 22.104.030 - Heritage Ranch Village Standards.
- 22.104.035 - Lake Nacimiento Resort Standards.
- 22.104.040 - Oak Shores Village Standards.
- 22.104.050 - Pozo Village Standards.
- 22.104.060 - San Miguel Community Standards.
- 22.104.070 - Santa Margarita Community Standards.
- 22.104.080 - Shandon Urban Area Standards.
- 22.104.090 - Templeton Community Standards.
- 22.104.100 - Whitley Gardens Village Standards.
- Chapter 22.106 - SAN LUIS OBISPO AREA COMMUNITIES AND VILLAGES
- Chapter 22.108 - SOUTH COUNTY AREA COMMUNITIES AND VILLAGES
- 22.108.010 - Black Lake Village Standards.
- 22.108.020 - Callender-Garrett Village Standards.
- 22.108.030 - Los Berros Community Standards.
- 22.108.040 - Nipomo Community Standards.
- 22.108.050 - Oceano Community Standards.
- 22.108.060 - Palo Mesa Village Standards.
- 22.108.070 - Woodlands Village Area Standards.
ARTICLE 11
DALIDIO RANCH
Sections
- Chapter 22.113 - DALIDIO RANCH ZONING DISTRICT
- 22.113.010 - Purpose of Chapter.
- 22.113.020 - Development Approval.
- 22.113.030 - Conditions of Approval.
- 22.113.040 - Sub Areas.
- 22.113.041 - Dalidio Retail - Commercial (DRC).
- 22.113.042 - Dalidio Business Park (DBP).
- 22.113.043 - Dalidio Residential (DR).
- 22.113.044 - Dalidio Organic Agriculture (DOA).
- 22.113.045 - Dalidio Conservation/Open Space (DCOS).
- 22.113.046 - Dalidio Recreation (DROS).
- 22.113.047 - Dalidio Community Facility (DCF).
- 22.113.050 - Dalidio Ranch Allowable Use Definitions.
- 22.113.060 - Streets and Roads.