City of Placerville
Municipal Code -- Title 10
Zoning Ordinance

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Please contact the Planning Division at (530) 642-5252 for assistance with interpreting these codes.

	CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL		SECTION
	Entitlement Extensions		10-1-0
	Name		10-1-1
	Authority and Purpose		10-1-2
	Rules of Construction		10-1-3
	Definitions		10-1-4
	Separability		10-1-5
	Repeals		10-1-6
	Amendments		10-1-7
	CHAPTER 2 - APPLICABILITY		SECTION
	Territory		10-2-1
	Public Agencies		10-2-2
	Conflicts		10-2-3
	Zone Boundaries		10-2-4
	Nonconforming Uses and Structures		10-2-5
	CHAPTER 3 - ADMINISTRATION		SECTION
	Planning Commission		10-3-1
	Development Services Department		10-3-2
	Conditional Use Permits		10-3-3
	Uses Permitted in Any Zone		10-3-4
	Variances		10-3-5
	Conditional Use Permit and Variance Procedure		10-3-6
	Appeals		10-3-7
	Enforcement		10-3-8
	Abatement		10-3-9
	Penalties		10-3-10
	Minor Deviations		10-3-11
	Requests for Reasonable Accommodations		10-3-12
	CHAPTER 4 - GENERAL REGULATIONS		SECTIONS
	Applicability		10-4-1
	Parcel Area		10-4-2
	Yards		10-4-3
	Parking and Loading		10-4-4
	Parking In Lieu Fee Regulations		10-4-5
	Temporary Mobile Home or Commercial Coach Use Permits		10-4-6
	Special Temporary Use Permits		10-4-7
	Single-Room Occupancy Facilities		10-4-8
	Site Plan Review		10-4-9
	Historical Buildings in the City		10-4-10
	Bed and Breakfast Establishments		10-4-11
	Accessory Dwelling Units		10-4-12
	Attached Single Family Dwellings		10-4-13
	Satellite Dish Antennas		10-4-14
	Mobile Home Parks		10-4-15
	Exterior Lighting Regulations		10-4-16
	Sign Regulations		10-4-17
	Keeping of Chickens		10-4-18
	Sidewalk Dining Regulations		10-4-19
	CHAPTER 5 - ZONE REGULATIONS		SECTIONS
	Zone Classifications		10-5-1
	Applicability		10-5-2
	Open Space Zone		10-5-3
	RE, Estate Residential Zone		10-5-4
	R-1A, Single Family Acre Residential Zone		10-5-5
	R-1, 20,000 Single Family Residential Zone		10-5-6
	R-1, 10,000 Single Family Residential Zone		10-5-7
	R-1, 6,000 Single Family Residential Zone		10-5-8
	R-2, Multi-Family Residential Zone		10-5-9
	R-3, Multi-Family Residential Zone		10-5-10
	R-4, Multi-Family Residential Zone		10-5-11
	R-5, Multi-Family Residential Zone		10-5-12
	BP, Business Professional Zone		10-5-13
	CBD, Central Business District Zone		10-5-14
	C, Commercial Zone		10-5-15
	CC, Convenience Commercial Zone		10-5-16
	HWC, Highway Commercial Zone		10-5-17
	HC, Heavy Commercial Zone		10-5-18
	I, Industrial Zone		10-5-19
	PF, Public Facilities Zone		10-5-20
	PD, Planned Development Overlay		10-5-21
	PDI, Planned Development Industrial		10-5-22
	AO, Airport Overlay Zone		10-5-23
	HO, Housing Opportunity Overlay Zone		10-5-24
	CBO, Cannabis Business Overlay Zone		10-5-25
	CHAPTER 6 - WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS		SECTION
	Title		10-6-1
	Purpose		10-6-2
	Applicability		10-6-3
	Definitions		10-6-4
	Landscape Design Plan		10-6-5
	Irrigation Design Plan		10-6-6
	Grading Design Plan		10-6-7
	Certificate of Completion		10-6-8
	Irrigation Scheduling and Maintenance		10-6-9
	Irrigation Water Use Analysis and Monitoring		10-6-10
	Irrigation Efficiency		10-6-11
	Recycled Water		10-6-12
	Graywater Systems		10-6-13
	Stormwater Management and Rainwater Retention		10-6-14
	Provisions for Existing Landscapes Installed PriorTo         December 1, 2015		10-6-15
	Violation; Penalty		10-6-16
	CHAPTER 7 - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS		SECTION
	Purpose		10-7-1
	Tentative Map; Preparation		10-7-2
	Submission of Map to Engineer		10-7-3
	Proof of Clear Title; Certificate		10-7-4
	Subdivision Standards		10-7-5
	Inspection Fee		10-7-6
	Nonconformance; When Permitted		10-7-7
	CHAPTER 8 - PARCEL MAPS		SECTION
	General Provisions		10-8-1
	Authority and Purpose		10-8-2
	Scope of Chapter		10-8-3
	Definitions		10-8-4
	Suspension of Requirement; Variance of Adjustment		10-8-5
	Tenative Maps		10-8-6
	Recommendations for Approval or Disapproval made by Development Services Director		10-8-7
	Review of Tentative Map by Agencies other than City Departments		10-8-8
	Action on Tentative Map		10-8-9
	Appeal to First Appeal Board		10-8-10
	Appeal to Final Appeals Board		10-8-11
	Expiration of Tentative Maps		10-8-12
	Tentative Map Processing Fee		10-8-13
	Preparation of Parcel Maps		10-8-14
	Survey		10-8-15
	Limit of Survey Error		10-8-16
	Placement of Monuments		10-8-17
	U.S. Goverment Lands Corners		10-8-18
	Certificates		10-8-19
	Certification of Recorder		10-8-20
	Filing of Parcel Map		10-8-21
	Correction and Amendement of Parcel Maps		10-8-22
	Preparation; Requirements		10-8-23
	Examination		10-8-24
	Filing; Indexing; Effect		10-8-25
	Requirements for Approval and Disapproval; Compliance with State Law		10-8-26
	Compliance with General and Specific Plans		10-8-27
	Findings Justifying Disapproval		10-8-28
	Approval of Parcel Map for Land Project		10-8-29
	Proposed Waste Discharge Violating Water Quality		10-8-30
	Dedication and Abandonment Procedures		10-8-31
	Acceptance or Rejection		10-8-32
	Offer of Dedication; Continuation after Rejection; Termination		10-8-33
	Time of Passing Title		10-8-34
	Design and Improvement Requirements		10-8-35
	Improvements		10-8-36
	Securities		10-8-37
	Prohibitions and Penalty		10-8-38
	Lot Line Adjustments		10-8-39
	Issuance of Certificate of Compliance		10-8-40
	Lot Line Adjustment Map, Information Required		10-8-41
	Violations; Offense		10-8-42
	Reversion to Acreage		10-8-43
	CHAPTER 9 -  ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES REGULATED		SECTION
	Purpose		10-9-1
	Effect		10-9-2
	Definitions		10-9-3
	Exemptions		10-9-4
	Home Occupancy		10-9-5
	Zones for Adult Related Establishments		10-9-6
	Locatoins of Adult Related Establishments within "C" Zones		10-9-7
	Measurement of Distance		10-9-8
	Variances		10-9-9
	Applicability of this Chapter and Discontinuance of Nonconforming Businesses		10-9-10
	Public Display of Certain Matter Prohibited		10-9-11
	CHAPTER 10 - MEDICAL MARIJUANA REGULATIONS		SECTION
	CHAPTER 11 - VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS		SECTION
	Citation and Authority		10-11-1
	Purpose and Intent		10-11-2
	Consistency		10-11-3
	Definitions		10-11-4
	Applicability		10-11-5
	Required Submittal Data—Completion of Application		10-11-6
	Processing		10-11-7
	Fees		10-11-8
	Expiration		10-11-9
	Vesting rights		10-11-10
	CHAPTER 12 - AFFORDABLE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS		SECTION
	Purpose		10-12-1
	Applicability		10-12-2
	Definitions		10-12-3
	Eligibility for Density Bonus		10-12-4
	Density Bonus Calculations		10-12-5
	Eligibility and Application Requirements for Incentives		10-12-6
	Child Care Facilities		10-12-7
	Donation of Land		10-12-8
	General Requirements for Qualifying Units		10-12-9
	Density Bonus Application Requirements		10-12-10
	Application Review		10-12-11
	Density Bonus Housing Agreement Required		10-12-12
	Violation Of Affordable Housing Cost Requirements		10-12-13

Development Services Department , Planning Division
City Hall, Second Floor
3101 Center Street
Placerville, CA 95667

For general inquiries, to request an appointment : (530) 642-5252 Fax: (530) 295-2510