Santa Barbara County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 35
1 - Development Code Applicability
Sections
- CHAPTER 35.10 - PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT CODE
- CHAPTER 35.12 - INTERPRETATION OF CODE PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER 35.14 - ZONING MAP
ARTICLE 35
2 - ZONES AND ALLOWABLE LAND USES
Sections
- CHAPTER 35.20 - DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS
- CHAPTER 35.21 - AGRICULTURAL ZONES
- CHAPTER 35.22 - RESOURCE PROTECTION ZONES
- 35.22.010 - Purpose
- 35.22.020 - Purposes of the Resource Protection Zones
- 35.22.030 - Resource Protection Zones Allowable Land Uses
- 35.22.040 - Resource Protection Zones Lot Standards
- 35.22.050 - Resource Protection Zones Development Standards
- 35.22.060 - Resource Protection Zones Findings for Project Approval
- CHAPTER 35.23 - RESIDENTIAL ZONES
- 35.23.010 - Purpose
- 35.23.020 - Purposes of the Residential Zones
- 35.23.030 - Residential Zones Allowable Land Uses
- 35.23.040 - Residential Zones Lot Standards
- 35.23.050 - Residential Zones Development Standards
- 35.23.060 - DR Zone Standards
- 35.23.070 - EX-1 Zone Standards
- 35.23.080 - MHP Zone Standards
- 35.23.090 - MHS Zone Standards
- 35.23.100 - PRD Zone Standards
- 35.23.110 - SLP Zone Standards
- 35.23.130 - MR-O Zone Standards
- CHAPTER 35.24 - COMMERCIAL ZONES
- 35.24.010 - Purpose
- 35.24.020 - Purposes of Commercial Zones
- 35.24.030 - Commercial Zones Allowable Land Uses
- 35.24.040 - Commercial Zones Development Standards
- 35.24.050 - CN, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-S, CH, and PI Zones Additional Standards
- 35.24.060 - C-V Zone Additional Standards
- 35.24.070 - CM-LA Zone Additional Standards
- 35.24.080 - Reserved
- CHAPTER 35.25 - INDUSTRIAL ZONES
- CHAPTER 35.26 - SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONES
- 35.26.010 - Purpose
- 35.26.020 - Purposes of Special Purpose Zones
- 35.26.030 - Special Purpose Zones Allowable Land Uses
- 35.26.040 - Special Purpose Zones Development Standards
- 35.26.050 - MU Zone Additional Standards
- 35.26.060 - NTS Zone Additional Standards
- 35.26.070 - OT Zone Additional Standards
- 35.26.080 - PU Zone Additional Standards
- 35.26.090 - REC Zone Additional Standards
- CHAPTER 35.28 - OVERLAY ZONES
- 35.28.010 - Purpose
- 35.28.020 - Applicability of Overlay Zones
- 35.28.030 - Affordable Housing (AH) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.060 - Airport Approach (F) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.070 - Critical Viewshed Corridor (CVC) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.080 - Design Control (D) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.100 - Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area Overlay Zone
- 35.28.120 - Flood Hazard Area (FA) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.140 - Hazardous Waste Management Facility (HWMF) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.150 - Highway 101 Corridor (HC) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.155 - Limited Agricultural Enterprise (LAE) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.157 - Mobile Home Park (MHP) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.160 - Pedestrian Area - Old Town Orcutt (PA-OTO) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.170 - Riparian Corridor - Goleta (RC-GOL) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.175 - Scenic Corridor - Mission Canyon (SC-MC) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.180 - Senior Mobile Home Park (SMHP) Overlay Zone
- 35.28.210 - Community Plan Overlays
ARTICLE 35
3 - SITE PLANNING AND OTHER PROJECT STANDARDS
Sections
- CHAPTER 35.30 - STANDARDS FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USES
- 35.30.010 - Purpose
- 35.30.020 - Applicability
- 35.30.025 - Agricultural Buffers
- 35.30.030 - Bikeways
- 35.30.050 - Density
- 35.30.060 - Design Compatibility Standards
- 35.30.070 - Fences and Walls
- 35.30.080 - Flood Hazard Development Standards
- 35.30.090 - Height Measurement, Exceptions and Limitations
- 35.30.100 - Infrastructure, Services, Utilities and Related Facilities
- 35.30.110 - Lot Line Adjustments
- 35.30.120 - Outdoor Lighting
- 35.30.130 - Performance Standards
- 35.30.140 - Recreation and Visitor Serving Uses
- 35.30.150 - Setback Requirements and Exceptions
- 35.30.160 - Solar Energy Systems
- 35.30.170 - Solid Waste and Recycling Storage Facilities
- 35.30.180 - Storm Water Runoff Requirements
- 35.30.190 - Subdivisions, Lot Size
- CHAPTER 35.31 - QUALIFYING HOUSING STREAMLINED REVIEW[1]
- CHAPTER 35.32 - DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM[2]
- 35.32.010 - Purpose and Intent
- 35.32.020 - Eligibility
- 35.32.030 - Density Bonus for Housing Developments
- 35.32.040 - Incentives or Concessions for Housing Developments
- 35.32.050 - Waiver or Reduction in Development Standards for Housing Developments
- 35.32.060 - Parking Ratios for Housing Developments
- 35.32.070 - Additional Density Bonus or Incentive or Concession for Land Donations or Childcare Facilities
- 35.32.080 - Condominium Projects
- 35.32.090 - Processing
- CHAPTER 35.33 - MULTIPLE-UNIT AND MIXED-USE HOUSING OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
- CHAPTER 35.34 - LANDSCAPING STANDARDS
- 35.34.010 - Purpose
- 35.34.020 - Applicability
- 35.34.030 - Landscape Plans
- 35.34.040 - Landscape Agreement and Performance Security
- 35.34.050 - Agricultural Zones Landscaping Requirements
- 35.34.060 - Residential Zones Landscaping Requirements
- 35.34.070 - Commercial Zones Landscaping Requirements
- 35.34.080 - Industrial Zones Landscaping Requirements
- 35.34.090 - Special Purpose Zones Landscaping Requirements
- 35.34.100 - Landscaping Requirements for Parking Areas
- CHAPTER 35.36 - PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS
- 35.36.010 - Purpose and Intent
- 35.36.020 - Applicability
- 35.36.030 - Recalculation of Parking Spaces Upon Changes of Use and Additions
- 35.36.040 - Required Number of Spaces: Agricultural Uses
- 35.36.050 - Required Number of Spaces: Residential Uses
- 35.36.060 - Required Number of Spaces: Nonresidential Uses
- 35.36.070 - Required Number of Spaces: Industrial Uses
- 35.36.080 - Standards for All Zones and Uses
- 35.36.090 - Standards for Agricultural Zones and Uses
- 35.36.100 - Standards for Residential Zones and Uses
- 35.36.110 - Standards for Nonresidential Zones and Uses
- 35.36.120 - Standards for Mixed Use Zones and Uses
- CHAPTER 35.37 - REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- CHAPTER 35.38 - SIGN STANDARDS[3]
- 35.38.010 - Purpose
- 35.38.020 - Applicability
- 35.38.030 - Exemptions
- 35.38.040 - Prohibitions
- 35.38.050 - Sign Measurement
- 35.38.060 - General Provisions
- 35.38.070 - Signage Allowances and Standards
- 35.38.080 - Modification to Sign Standards
- 35.38.090 - Permit Requirements
- 35.38.100 - Nonconforming Signs
- 35.38.110 - Maintenance
- 35.38.120 - Violation and Enforcement of Sign Regulations
- CHAPTER 35.39 - USE BY RIGHT, HOUSING ELEMENT
ARTICLE 35
4 - STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES
Sections
- CHAPTER 35.42 - STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES
- 35.42.010 - Purpose and Applicability
- 35.42.015 - Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units
- 35.42.020 - Accessory Structures and Uses
- 35.42.030 - Agricultural Employee Dwellings
- 35.42.035 - Agricultural Enterprises
- 35.42.040 - Agricultural Processing Facilities
- 35.42.050 - Agricultural Product Sales
- 35.42.060 - Animal Keeping
- 35.42.075 - Cannabis Regulations
- 35.42.080 - Caretaker or Employee Housing
- 35.42.090 - Community Care Facilities
- 35.42.100 - Composting Facilities
- 35.42.110 - Conference Centers
- 35.42.120 - Crematoriums, Funeral Homes, and Mortuaries
- 35.42.130 - Drive-through Facilities
- 35.42.131 - Emergency Shelters
- 35.42.134 - Farmstays
- 35.42.135 - Farmworker Housing
- 35.42.140 - Greenhouses, Hoop Structures, and Shade Structures
- 35.42.150 - Guesthouses, Artist Studios, and Cabañas
- 35.42.160 - Handicraft Industries
- 35.42.170 - Hazardous Waste Generators
- 35.42.180 - Reserved
- 35.42.190 - Home Occupations
- 35.42.193 - Homestays
- 35.42.198 - Low Barrier Navigation Centers
- 35.42.200 - Mixed Use Development
- 35.42.205 - Mobile Homes on Permanent Foundations
- 35.42.210 - Replacement Housing on Non-Vacant Sites
- 35.42.220 - Residential Project Convenience Facilities
- 35.42.240 - Rural Recreation
- 35.42.245 - Short-Term Rentals
- 35.42.250 - Small Animal Hospitals
- 35.42.260 - Temporary Uses and Trailers
- 35.42.265 - Transitional and Supportive Housing
- 35.42.268 - Two Unit Development and Urban Lot Splits (SB 9)
- 35.42.270 - Vehicle Services
- 35.42.280 - Wineries
- CHAPTER 35.44 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
ARTICLE 35
5 - OIL AND GAS, WIND ENERGY AND COGENERATION FACILITIES
Sections
- CHAPTER 35.50 - PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF ARTICLE
- CHAPTER 35.52 - OIL AND GAS FACILITIES
- 35.52.010 - Purpose
- 35.52.020 - Voter Approval - Facilities on South Coast That Support Offshore Oil and Gas Activities
- 35.52.030 - Definitions
- 35.52.040 - Allowed Uses and Permit/Plan Requirements
- 35.52.050 - Oil Drilling and Production
- 35.52.060 - Treatment and Processing Facilities
- 35.52.070 - Refining
- 35.52.080 - Oil and Gas Pipelines
- CHAPTER 35.53 - PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND PLAN APPLICATIONS, PROCESSING, AND REVIEW
- 35.53.010 - Purpose
- 35.53.020 - Applicability
- 35.53.030 - Filing Requirements for Permit, Development Plan, and Specific Plan Applications
- 35.53.040 - Application Filing, Processing, and Review for Oil Drilling and Production Plans
- 35.53.050 - Notice of Decision
- 35.53.060 - Conditions, Restrictions, and Modifications under Approved Plans
- 35.53.070 - Post-Review Procedures
- 35.53.080 - Requirements Prior to Commencement of Development Authorized by a Final Development Plan or Oil Drilling and Production Plan
- CHAPTER 35.55 - FINDINGS FOR OIL AND GAS FACILITIES
- 35.55.010 - Purpose
- 35.55.020 - Applicability
- 35.55.030 - Oil Drilling and Production - Findings for Oil Drilling and Production Plans
- 35.55.040 - Treatment and Processing Facilities - Findings for Development Plans
- 35.55.050 - Refining - Findings for Development Plans
- 35.55.060 - Oil and Gas Pipelines - Findings for Development Plans
- CHAPTER 35.56 - OIL/GAS LAND USES - ABANDONMENT AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES
- 35.56.010 - Purpose and Intent
- 35.56.020 - Applicability
- 35.56.030 - Requirement to File an Application
- 35.56.040 - Filing an Application to Defer Abandonment
- 35.56.050 - Contents of Application to Defer Abandonment
- 35.56.060 - Processing of Application to Defer Abandonment
- 35.56.070 - Decision on Application to Defer Abandonment
- 35.56.080 - Deferral Period and Extensions of Approval to Defer Abandonment
- 35.56.090 - Filing an Application for a Demolition and Reclamation Permit
- 35.56.100 - Content of Application for a Demolition and Reclamation Permit
- 35.56.110 - Processing of Demolition and Reclamation Permit
- 35.56.120 - Findings Required for Approval of a Demolition and Reclamation Permit
- 35.56.130 - Performance Standards for Demolition and Reclamation Permits
- 35.56.140 - Revocation of Entitlement to Land Use
- 35.56.150 - Expiration of a Demolition and Reclamation Permit
- 35.56.160 - Post Approval Procedures
- CHAPTER 35.57 - WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER 35.58 - COGENERATION FACILITIES
- CHAPTER 35.59 - UTILITY-SCALE PHOTOVOLTAIC FACILITIES
ARTICLE 35
6 - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Sections
- CHAPTER 35.60 - RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS
- CHAPTER 35.62 - RIDGELINE AND HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT
- CHAPTER 35.64 - TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
- 35.64.010 - Program Purpose and Intent, Description and Goals
- 35.64.020 - Applicability
- 35.64.030 - Definitions
- 35.64.040 - Program Administration
- 35.64.050 - Sending Sites
- 35.64.060 - Receiving Sites
- 35.64.080 - Amenity Funds
- 35.64.090 - Transfer of Development Rights Authority
- 35.64.100 - Inter-Jurisdictional Agreements
- 35.64.110 - General Limitations
ARTICLE 35
7 - SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Sections
- CHAPTER 35.76 - ROAD NAMING AND ADDRESS NUMBERING
ARTICLE 35
8 - PLANNING PERMIT PROCEDURES
Sections
- CHAPTER 35.80 - PERMIT APPLICATION FILING AND PROCESSING
- CHAPTER 35.82 - PERMIT REVIEW AND DECISIONS
- 35.82.010 - Purpose and Intent
- 35.82.020 - Effective Date of Permits
- 35.82.030 - Applications Deemed Approved
- 35.82.040 - Permits to Run with the Land
- 35.82.050 - Recordable Documents
- 35.82.060 - Conditional Use Permits and Minor Conditional Use Permits
- 35.82.070 - Design Review
- 35.82.080 - Development Plans
- 35.82.090 - Emergency Permits
- 35.82.100 - Hardship Determinations
- 35.82.110 - Land Use Permits
- 35.82.120 - Limited Exception Determinations
- 35.82.130 - Modifications
- 35.82.140 - Nonconforming Status and Extent of Damage Determinations
- 35.82.150 - Overall Sign Plans
- 35.82.160 - Reclamation and Surface Mining Permits
- 35.82.170 - Sign Certificates of Conformance
- 35.82.180 - Reserved
- 35.82.190 - Use Determinations
- 35.82.200 - Variances
- 35.82.210 - Zoning Clearances
- CHAPTER 35.84 - POST APPROVAL PROCEDURES
- CHAPTER 35.86 - DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- 35.86.010 - Purpose and Intent
- 35.86.020 - Application Requirements
- 35.86.030 - Notices and Hearings
- 35.86.040 - Standards of Review, Findings and Decision
- 35.86.050 - Development Agreement Amendment or Cancellation
- 35.86.060 - Recordation
- 35.86.070 - Periodic Review
- 35.86.080 - Modification or Termination
- CHAPTER 35.88 - SPECIFIC PLANS
- CHAPTER 35.89 - MOBILEHOME PARK CLOSURE
- 35.89.010 - Purpose and Intent
- 35.89.020 - Applicability
- 35.89.030 - Conditional Use Permit Requirement
- 35.89.040 - Application Contents
- 35.89.050 - Special Notice Requirements
- 35.89.060 - Informational Meeting
- 35.89.070 - Conditions of Approval
- 35.89.080 - Vacancy of a Mobilehome Park of Twenty-five Percent or More
- 35.89.090 - Request for Exemption from Relocation Assistance Requirements
- 35.89.100 - Additional Findings Required for Closure of a Mobilehome Park
ARTICLE 35
10 - LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CODE ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- CHAPTER 35.100 - ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
- CHAPTER 35.101 - NONCONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES, AND LOTS
- 35.101.010 - Purpose and Intent
- 35.101.020 - Nonconforming Uses of Land and Structures
- 35.101.030 - Nonconforming Structures
- 35.101.040 - Construction in Progress
- 35.101.050 - Termination of Nonconforming Uses
- 35.101.060 - Unpermitted Expansion of Nonconforming Uses
- 35.101.070 - Termination Procedures
- 35.101.080 - Nonconforming Due to Lack of a Discretionary Permit
- CHAPTER 35.102 - APPEALS
- CHAPTER 35.104 - AMENDMENTS
- 35.104.010 - Purpose and Intent
- 35.104.020 - Applicability
- 35.104.030 - Initiation of Amendments
- 35.104.040 - Processing of Amendments
- 35.104.050 - Action on Amendments
- 35.104.060 - Findings Required for Approval of Amendments
- 35.104.070 - Effective Dates
- 35.104.080 - Rezone Requirements for Specific Zones
- CHAPTER 35.106 - NOTICING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
- 35.106.010 - Purpose and Intent
- 35.106.020 - Notice of Public Hearing and Review Authority Action
- 35.106.050 - Land Use Permits
- 35.106.060 - Design Review
- 35.106.070 - Emergency Permits
- 35.106.075 - Time Extensions Under the Jurisdiction of the Director
- 35.106.080 - Contents of Notice
- 35.106.090 - Reserved
- 35.106.100 - Failure to Receive Notice
- 35.106.110 - Hearing Procedure
- CHAPTER 35.108 - ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
- 35.108.010 - Purpose and Intent
- 35.108.020 - Investigation
- 35.108.030 - Work Stoppage
- 35.108.040 - Referral for Legal Action
- 35.108.050 - Legal Remedies
- 35.108.060 - Cumulative Remedies and Penalties
- 35.108.070 - Recovery of Costs
- 35.108.080 - Processing Fee Penalty Assessment
- 35.108.090 - Penalty for Violations of Conditions
ARTICLE 35
11 - GLOSSARY
Sections
- CHAPTER 35.110 - Definitions