ARTICLE 2. Adoption of Regulations [65850. - 65863.13.]

Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880.

§§ 65850–65863.13 · 60 sections

§ 65850 The legislative body of any county or city may, pursuant to this chapter, adopt ordinances that do any of the following: (a) Regulate the use of buildings,…
§ 65850.01 (a) The Department of Housing and Community Development, hereafter referred to as “the department” in this section, shall have the authority to review an…
§ 65850.02 (a) Notwithstanding any other local law, with respect to land zoned for residential use, the legislative body of a city or county shall not adopt or enforce an…
§ 65850.1 (a) The legislative body of any city or county may adopt an ordinance or other regulation governing the issuance of permits to engage in the use of property…
§ 65850.2 (a) Each city and each county shall include, in its information list compiled pursuant to Section 65940 for development projects, or application form for…
§ 65850.3 Any ordinance adopted by the legislative body of a city or county that regulates amateur radio station antenna structures shall allow those structures to be…
§ 65850.4 (a) The legislative body of any county or city may regulate, pursuant to a content neutral ordinance, the time, place, and manner of operation of sexually…
§ 65850.5 (a) The implementation of consistent statewide standards to achieve the timely and cost-effective installation of solar energy systems is not a municipal…
§ 65850.52 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Energy Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development…
§ 65850.55 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that oversight of permitting fees for solar energy systems is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal…
§ 65850.6 (a) A colocation facility shall be a permitted use not subject to a city or county discretionary permit if it satisfies the following requirements: (1) The…
§ 65850.7 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The implementation of consistent statewide standards to achieve the timely and cost-effective…
§ 65850.71 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) An electric vehicle charging station has a significant economic impact in California and is…
§ 65850.72 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Electric vehicle charging station” or “charging station” means any level of electric…
§ 65850.75 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Emergency standby generator” means a stationary generator used for the… see note
§ 65850.8 (a) (1) On or before September 30, 2018, every city, including a charter city, county, or city and county with a population of 200,000 or more residents, and…
§ 65850.9 (a) A city, county, or city and county shall not restrict which types of electric vehicles, including, but not limited to, plug-in hybrid vehicles, may access…
§ 65851 For such purposes the legislative body may divide a county, a city, or portions thereof, into zones of the number, shape and area it deems best suited to carry…
§ 65852 All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of building or use of land throughout each zone, but the regulation in one type of zone may differ…
§ 65852.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 65906, any city, including a charter city, county, or city and county may issue a zoning variance, special use permit, or… see note
§ 65852.21 (a) A proposed housing development containing no more than two residential units within a single-family residential zone shall be considered ministerially,…
§ 65852.24 (a) (1) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Middle Class Housing Act of 2022. (2) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:…
§ 65852.25 (a) No local agency shall enact or enforce any ordinance, regulation, or resolution that would prohibit the reconstruction, restoration, or rebuilding of a…
§ 65852.27 (a) Each local agency shall, by January 1, 2025, develop a program for the preapproval of accessory dwelling unit plans. The program shall comply with all of…
§ 65852.28 (a) A development proponent may submit an application for a housing development project on a lot that is subdivided pursuant to Section 66499.41 and that meets…
§ 65852.3 (a) A city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, shall allow the installation of manufactured homes certified under the National Manufactured…
§ 65852.35 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all state and local programs designed to facilitate home ownership or residence, including loan origination and repayment…
§ 65852.4 A city, including a charter city, a county, or a city and county, shall not subject an application to locate or install a manufactured home certified under the…
§ 65852.5 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 65852.3, no city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, may impose size requirements for a roof…
§ 65852.6 (a) It is the policy of the state to permit breeding and the maintaining of homing pigeons consistent with the preservation of public health and safety. (b)…
§ 65852.7 A mobilehome park, as defined in Section 18214 of the Health and Safety Code, shall be deemed a permitted land use on all land planned and zoned for…
§ 65852.8 (a) An owner of an existing mobilehome park who is subject to, or intends to qualify for, a valid permit to operate issued pursuant to Section 18505 of the…
§ 65852.9 (a) The Legislature recognizes that unused schoolsites represent a potentially major source of revenue for school districts and that current law reserves a…
§ 65852.11 (a) No city or county, including a charter city, county, or city and county, which has adopted or enacted a local rent control ordinance for mobilehome park…
§ 65853 A zoning ordinance or an amendment to a zoning ordinance, which amendment changes any property from one zone to another or imposes any regulation listed in…
§ 65854 (a) The planning commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance or amendment to a zoning ordinance. (b) (1) Except as provided in…
§ 65855 After the hearing, the planning commission shall render its decision in the form of a written recommendation to the legislative body. Such recommendation shall…
§ 65856 (a) Upon receipt of the recommendation of the planning commission, the legislative body shall hold a public hearing. However, if the matter under consideration…
§ 65857 The legislative body may approve, modify or disapprove the recommendation of the planning commission; provided that any modification of the proposed ordinance…
§ 65858 (a) Without following the procedures otherwise required prior to the adoption of a zoning ordinance, the legislative body of a county, city, including a…
§ 65859 (a) A city may, pursuant to this chapter, prezone unincorporated territory to determine the zoning that will apply to that territory upon annexation to the…
§ 65860 (a) County or city zoning ordinances shall be consistent with the general plan of the county or city by January 1, 1974. A zoning ordinance shall be consistent…
§ 65860.1 (a) Not more than 12 months after the amendment of its general plan pursuant to Section 65302.9, each city and county within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley…
§ 65861 When there is no planning commission, the legislative body of the city or county shall do all things required or authorized by this chapter of the planning…
§ 65862 When inconsistency between the general plan and zoning arises as a result of adoption of or amendment to a general plan, or any element thereof, hearings held…
§ 65863 (a) Each city, county, or city and county shall ensure that its housing element inventory described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583 or its…
§ 65863.1 (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Automobile parking requirements” means any parking that a local agency requires an entity to provide, including, but…
§ 65863.2 (a) A public agency shall not impose or enforce any minimum automobile parking requirement on a residential, commercial, or other development project if the…
§ 65863.2.1 (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Development project” means a residential, commercial, or other development project exempt from minimum automobile…
§ 65863.3 (a) A public agency shall not increase the minimum parking requirement that applies to a single-family residence as a condition of approval of a project to…
§ 65863.4 (a) Prior to noticing a public hearing on a proposed zoning ordinance or amendment to a zoning ordinance reducing the density permitted on property authorized…
§ 65863.5 Whenever the zoning covering a property is changed from one zone to another or a zoning variance or conditional use permit is granted with respect to any…
§ 65863.6 (a) In carrying out this chapter, each county and city shall consider the effect of ordinances adopted pursuant to this chapter on the housing needs of the…
§ 65863.7 (a) (1) (A) Prior to the conversion of a mobilehome park to another use, except pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section…
§ 65863.8 (a) A local agency to which application has been made for the conversion of a mobilehome park to another use shall, at least 30 days prior to a hearing or any…
§ 65863.9 Unless an earlier expiration appears on the face of the permit, any permit which is issued by a local agency in conjunction with a tentative subdivision map…
§ 65863.10 (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Affected public entities” means the mayor of the city in which the assisted…
§ 65863.11 (a) Terms used in this section shall be defined as follows: (1) “Assisted housing development” and “development” shall have the same meaning as in paragraph…
§ 65863.12 (a) Prior to the conversion of a floating home marina to another use, except pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of…
§ 65863.13 (a) An owner shall not be required to provide a notice as required by Section 65863.10 or 65863.11 if all of the following conditions are contained in a…