STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Pete Wilson, Governor
Governor's Office of Planning and Research
Paul F Miner, Director
1400 Tenth Street
Sacramento, California 95814
916-445-0613
February 1998
Terry Rivasplata, Chief, State Clearinghouse/Planning Unit
Janice Patton, Editor
Contributors: Anthony Hernandez, Michael Levitt, Bill McGuire, Greg McKenzie, Nancy Patton, Mike Poe, Antero Rivasplata, Victoria Scribner, Jolena Voorhis
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The Governor's Office of Planning and Research coordinates state and local plannning, and develops statewide land use policies. These functions can only be carried out in partnership with local government, planning professionals, and the private sector.
It is my sincere hope that the 1998 edition of Planning, Zoning, and Development Laws will help land use authorities and professionals discharge their duties in a coherent, comprehensive way that fosters both orderly development and environmental quality. These must be the goals of responsible leadership in California.
Paul F Miner
Director
This year's most recent deletions as well as additions to the code sections have been noted. Additions continue to be noted by bold-faced type within the text, while asterisks (***) denote the deletion of punctuation, words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs.
Introduction -- Legislative Summary -- disclaimer
Go to: The Subdivision Map Act
Go to: Miscellaneous Planning Laws
Go to: Index -- List of specific topics and relevant code sections
Go to: Appendix -- Planning Related Laws
(California Government Code Sections 65000 - 66037)
Title 7. Planning and Land Use
Division I. Planning and Zoning
Chapter 1. General Provisions (65000 - 65010)
Chapter 1.5. Office of Planning and
Research (65025 - 65050)
Article 1. General Provisions and Definitions
Article 2. Declaration of State Policy and Legislative Intent
Article 3. Establishment and Functions of Office of Planning and Research
Article 4. Powers and Duties
Article 5. Statewide Environmental Goals and Policy Report
Article 6. Local Base Reuse Entities
Chapter 1.9 Rural Economic Development (65055 - 65055.5)
Chapter 2. Regional Planning Districts
(65060 - 65069.5)
Article 1. General Provisions and Definitions
Article 2. Creation of Districts
Article 3. City Selection Committees
Article 4. Governing Body
Article 5. Powers and Duties of District
Article 6. Regional Planning Director
Article 7. Co-ordination of Local Planning
Article 8. Financial Provisions
Chapter 2.3. Long Range Transportation Planning (65070 - 65074)
Chapter 2.5. Transportation Planning and Programming (65080 - 65086.5)
Chapter 2.6. Congestion Management (65088 - 65089.10)
Chapter 2.7. Public Hearings (65090 - 65096)
Chapter 3. Local Planning (65100
- 65763)
Article 1. Local Planning
Article 4. Long Range Planning Trust Fund
Article 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans
Article 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan
Article 7. Administration of General Plan
Article 8. Specific Plans
Article 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994
Article 10.5. Open-Space Lands
Article 10.6. Housing Elements
Article 10.7. Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Within the Coastal Zone
Article 10.8. Water Conservation in Landscaping
Article 13. Applicability of Chapter
Article 14. Actions or Proceedings
Chapter 4. Zoning Regulations
(65800 - 65912)
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Adoption of Regulations
Article 2.5. Development Agreements
Article 2.7. Covenants for Easements
Article 2.9. Guidebook for Jobs-Housing Balance
Article 3. Administration
Article 4. Open-Space Zoning
Chapter 4.2. Housing Development Approvals (65913 - 65914)
Chapter 4.3. Density Bonuses and Other Incentives (65915 - 65918)
Chapter 4.4. Interagency Referrals (65919 - 65919.12)
Chapter 4.5. Review and Approval
of Development Projects (65920 - 65963.1)
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Definitions
Article 3. Applications for Development Projects
Article 5. Approval of Development Permits
Article 5.6 Environmental Permits
Article 6. Development Permits for Classes of Projects
Chapter 4.7. School Facilities (65970 - 65981)
Chapter 4.8. Environmental Improvement Authorizations (65990 - 65993)
Chapter 4.9. Payments of Fees, Charges,
Dedications, or Other Requirements
Against a Development Project (65995 - 65997)
Chapter 5. Fees for Development Projects (66000 - 66009)
Chapter 6. Fees for Development Projects Reconstructed After a Natural Disaster (66010- 66011)
Chapter 7. Fees for Specific Purposes (66012 - 66014)
Chapter 8. Procedures for Adopting Various Fees (66016 - 66018.5)
Chapter 9. Protests, Legal Actions, and Audits (66020 - 66025)
Chapter 9.3. Mediation and Resolution
of Land Use Disputes (66030 - 66037)
(California Government Code Sections 66410 - 66499.58)
Division 2. Subdivisions
Chapter 1. General Provisions and Definitions
(66410 - 66424.6)
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Definitions
Chapter 2. Maps (66425 - 66450)
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Final Maps
Article 3. Parcel Maps
Chapter 3. Procedure (66451
- 66472.1)
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 1.5. Merger of Parcels
Article 1.7. Unmerger of Parcels
Article 2. Tentative Maps
Article 2.5. New Rental Housing: Conversion
Article 3. Review of Tentative Map by Other Agencies
Article 4. Final Maps
Article 5. Parcel Maps
Article 6. Filing Maps With County Recorder
Article 7. Correction and Amendment of Maps
Chapter 4. Requirements (66473
- 66498)
Article 1. General
Article 2. Advisory Agencies
Article 3. Dedications
Article 3.5. Public Access to Public Resources
Article 4. Reservations
Article 5. Fees
Article 6. Reimbursement
Article 7. Soils Report
Article 8. Taxes and Assessments
Article 9. Monuments
Chapter 4.5. Development Rights (66498.1 - 66498.9)
Chapter 5. Improvement Security (66499 - 66499.10)
Chapter 6. Reversions and Exclusions
(66499.11 - 66499.29)
Article 1. Reversion to Acreage
Article 2. Exclusions
Chapter 7. Enforcement and Judicial Review
(66499.30 - 66499.37)
Article 1. Prohibition and Penalty
Article 2. Remedies
Article 3. Judicial Review
Division 3. OFFICIAL MAPS
(66499.50 - 66499.58)
Common Interest Subdivisions
(California Civil Code Sections 783, 783.1, 1351, and 1372)
Subdivided Lands
(Business and Professions Code Sections 11003 - 11004, 11010)
School and Community College Sites
(California Education Code Sections 39440, 39476, 81033 and 81951)
Chapter 3. Property: Sale, Leases, Exchanges
Article 9. Joint Use
Chapter 1. School Sites
Article 2. School Sites
Chapter 5. Community College Revenue Bond Act of 1961
Airport Approaches Zoning
(California Government Code Sections 50485-50485.14)
Chapter 2. Public Property
Article 6.5. Airport Approaches Zoning Law
Airport Land Use Planning
(California Public Utilities Code Sections 21670-21679.5)
Chapter 4. Airports and Air Navigation Facilities
Article 3.5. Airport Land Use Commission
Fees -- Selected Statutes
(Excerpts from the California Education Code and Public Resources Code.)
Chapter 6. Development Fees, Charges, and Dedications
Chapter 8. Strong-Motion Instrumentation Program
Application of Local Regulations to Other Local
Agencies
(Excerpts from the California Government Code)
Chapter 1. General
Article 5. Regulation of Local Agencies by Counties and Cities
Surplus Land
(Excerpts from the California Government Code)
Chapter 5. Property
Article 8. Surplus Land
Outdoor Advertising Act
(Excerpts from the California Business and Professions Code)
Chapter 2. Advertisers
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Administration
Article 3. Application of Chapter
Article 4. Licenses
Article 6. Permits
Article 7. Regulations
Chapter 2.5. On-Premises Advertising Display
Chapter 2.6. Ordinances Governing On-Premise Advertising Displays
Zoning of Health Facilities
(California Health and Safety Code Sections 1267.8, 1267.9)
Zoning of Community Care Facilities
(California Health and Safety Code Sections 1566.3, 1567.1)
Zoning of Residential Care Facilities
for the Elderly
(California Health and Safety Code Sections 1568.083, 1568.0831, 1569.85)
Local Regulation of Alcoholism Recovery
Facilities
(California Health and Safety Code Sections 11834.02 - 11834.30)
Zoning of Family Day Care Homes
(California Health and Safety Code Sections 1596.70 - 1596.795; 1597.40
- 1597.47,1597.65)
Zoning of Homes or Facilities for
Mentally Disordered,
Handicapped Persons, or Dependent and Neglected Children
(California Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 5115 - 5120)
Mobile Health Care Units
(California Health and Safety Code Sections 1765.105, 1765.155)
Zoning and Concurrent Sales of Motor
Vehicle Fuel with Beer/Wine
(California Business and Professions Code Section 23790, 23790.5)
Occupancy Standards and Zoning Variances
(California Health and Safety Code Sections 17922.9, 17959.5)
Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning
Act
(California Public Resources Code Sections 2621-2630; 2690-2699.6)
Chapter 7.5. Earthquake Fault Zoning
Chapter 7.8. Seismic Hazards Mapping
Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of
1975
(California Public Resources Code Sections 2761-2764)
Article 4. State Policy for the Reclamation of Mined Lands
Open-Space Elements and Trails
(California Public Resources Code Section 5076)
Chapter 1. State Parks and Monuments
Article 6. California Recreational Trails
Safety Element Review -- Fire Protection
(California Public Resources Code Sections 700, 4125, 4128.5)
Chapter 1. Prevention and Control of Fires
Article 3. Responsibility for Fire Protection
CalTrans-Authorized Leases of Areas Above
and Below Highways
(California Streets & Highways Code Section 104.12, 104.16)
Article 3. The Department of Transportation
Municipal Advisory Councils
(California Government Code Section 31010)
Division 4. Employees
Part 1. Employees
County Elections
(California Elections Code Sections 3705.5, 4009.5)
Article 1. Initiative