Except where noted by the symbol *, references are to code sections of the California Government Code. Code sections noted with asterisks are located within the Miscellaneous Planning-Related Laws section.
Note: California Codes are abbreviated as follows:
| California Business and Professions Code | BPC |
| California Civil Code | CC |
| California Education Code | EDC |
| California Health and Safety Code | HSC |
| California Public Resources Code | PRC |
| California Public Utilities Code | PUC |
| California Streets and Highways Code | SHC |
| California Welfare and Institutions Code | WIC |
ACTIONS/PROCEEDINGS
See headings under Judicial; Hearings
ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL PLAN 65400-65403
ADVERTISING DISPLAY *BPC: 5400-5419, 5490-5499.16
Agreements *BPC: 5413, 5416, 5419
Agricultural areas *BPC: 5412.2, 5412.3
Bus shelters *BPC: 5408.5
Business areas *BPC: 5407, 5408
Commercial/industrial areas *BPC: 5407
Compensation
Authorization *BPC: 5412-5414
Funding *BPC: 5416-5418
Priorities *BPC: 5418.1
Compensation agreements *BPC: 5413, 5416
Erection/Maintenance *BPC: 5415
Farm produce direct sale *BPC: 5405.5
Highways *BPC: 5403-5406, 5408-5408.5, 5412.1-5412.4, 5415, 5418-5419
Judicial proceedings *BPC: 5412.4, 5413
Los Angeles County Route 10 *BPC: 5408.2
Offensive *BPC: 5402
On-Premises
Illegal Displays *BPC: 5499.1-5499.16
Costs *BPC: 5499.9-5499.13
Enforcement *BPC: 5499.8
Local responsibility *BPC:
5499.15
Special assessment *BPC: 5499.12
Time limits *BPC: 5499.14
Definition *BPC: 5499.1
Fees *BPC: 5491.2
Local regulations *BPC: 5498.1, 5498.2
Requirement for removal *BPC: 5499.7
Notice *BPC: 5499.3-5499.6
Regulations/standards
Business areas *BPC: 5408
Exceptions *BPC: 5405-5407
Non-business areas *BPC: 5408.1
Relocation agreement *BPC: 5412
Removal
Compensation payment *BPC: 5412-5414, 5416-5418.1
Residential area *BPC: 5412.1(a), (b)
Right-of-way *BPC: 5403-5406, 5408, 5408.1, 5410, 5412.1-5412.4
Stream/drainage channel *BPC: 5403(c)
Traffic signals *BPC: 5403, 5408(b), (c)
Wind resistance *BPC: 5401
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Planning process 65036.1
AFFORDABLE HOUSING 65913-65914, 65589.8, 65754.5 (Sec.
1), 37364, 25539.4
See also Housing; Low/Moderate Income Housing
Zoning regulations 65852.1
AGREEMENTS
See Development Agreements
AGRICULTURAL LAND INVENTORY 65770
AGRICULTURAL LANDS
Biennial report 65570(b), (c)
Contracts 66474.4
Department of Conservation 65570(b),(c),(d)
General plan 65302(a)
Inventory 65570
Land use plan 65025 (Sec. 4[3])
Maps 65570, 66474.4
Merger of parcels 66451.11(b)(7)(B)
Open space plan 65570
AIR TRANSPORTATION 65040.1
AIR POLLUTION/QUALITY
Permits 65963.1(d)
Air Pollution Control Districts 65850.2
AIRPORT LAND USE PLANNING *PUC: 21670-21677
Airport land use commission *PUC: 21677
Creation *PUC: 21673
Land use plan *PUC: 21675,21675.1
Membership *PUC: 21670, 21670.1(b),
Intercounty Commission *PUC: 21670.4 21671, 21671.5
Powers and duties *PUC: 21674
Rules and regulations *PUC: 21672
Airport operator's immunity from liability *PUC: 21678, 21679(e)
Commission's determination, local plan conformance *PUC: 21676
Consequences of no commission or plan *PUC: 21679,21679.5
Court actions *PUC: 21679,21675.2
General plan conformance 65302.3, *PUC: 21676
Inconsistent local plans, commission's project reviews *PUC: 21676.5
Local overrule of commission *PUC: 21676
Referrals to commission *PUC: 21676(b)(c)
Referrals deemed consistent *PUC: 21676(d)
Specific plan conformance 65302.3, *PUC: 21676
AIRPORT LAND USE PLANS 65302.3
ALQUIST-INGALLS ACT 65080 (Sec. 1)
AMENDMENTS/CORRECTIONS OF MAPS 66469-66472.1
ANNEXATION
Development agreements 65865(b)
Subdivisions 66413
Tentative maps 66413(b), 66454
ANNUAL REPORT
Planning agencies 65400(b)
Regional planning board 65067.3
ANNUAL SURVEY
Planning agencies 65040.5
APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 65920-65961
AREA PLANNING COMMISSION 65101
See also Planning Commission
ASSESSMENTS 66492-66494
See also Subdivisions
Security improvement 66499.5
ASSISTED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 65863.10
Definition 65863.10(a)
Local public hearing 65863.10(c)
Notice of change to tenants 65863.10(b)(d)
Notice to housing authority or HCD 65863.10(b)(d)
Notice to local legislature 65863.10(b)
Notice of public hearing 65863.10(c)(d)
AUTHORITY FOR AND SCOPE OF GENERAL PLANS 65300-65307
BICYCLE PATHS
Dedications 66475.1
BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT 65900-65909.5
BONDS
Security improvement 66499(a)(1), 66499.1, 66499.2
BRIDGES 66484, 66484.3, 66489
BUDGET (STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
Office of Planning and Research
Environmental goals and policy 65040(d), 65049
BUILDING INSPECTION
Community Facilities Act 53092
BUILDING ORDINANCES
Community Facilities Act 53091
BUILDING PERMIT
Bridges 66484
Consistency with open space element 65567
Fees 66484, 66484.5
Groundwater recharge 66484.5
Housing element 65584
Soils 66491(b)
BUS SHELTERS
Advertising display *BPC: 5408.5
CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS 66473.3, 66473.6
CALIFORNIA CHILD DAY CARE FACILITIES ACT *HSC: 1596.70-1597.47
Inapplicability *HSC: 1596.792
Placer and Ventura Counties *HSC: 1597.41
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
Dedications 66475.4(h)
Environmental improvement authorization 65992
Office of Planning and Research 65040(g)
Permit process 65923.5(c), 65762
Planning process 65754.5(a)(2), 65759
Specific plan 65457
CALIFORNIA LAND CONSERVATION ACT OF 1965 66474.4
CALIFORNIA TIMBERLAND PRODUCTIVITY ACT 65302(a)
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
See also Infrastructure; Public Works
General plan
Annual review 65403(c)
Contents 65403(b)
Hearings 65403(d)
Notice 65403(d)
Requirements 65403(b)(c)(d)
Review
Planning agencies 65103(c)
CEMETERY LAND
Certificate of compliance 66499.35
CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
Index 66470
Maps 66470
Review 66471
CERTIFICATES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
See Subdivisions
CHARTER CITIES *37364, *BPC 23790.5
CHILD CARE
See Day Care Homes
CIRCULATION ELEMENT 65302(b)
CITY SELECTION COMMITTEES
Regional planning board members 65062, 65063.3
COASTAL ACCESS
Final map 66478.11, 66478.13
Tentative map 66478.11, 66478.13
COASTAL ZONE
Housing 65590-65590.1
Merger of parcels 66451.11
COMMISSIONS, PLANNING
See Planning Commissions
COMMON INTEREST SUBDIVISIONS
(Condominiums, Stock Cooperatives, etc.) *CC: 783, 783.1,
1372
COMMUNITY APARTMENTS
Dedications 66477(g),(i)
Map requirements 66427, 66427.1
Notice 66452.51
Projects *BPC: 11004
Rental housing 66452.51
Tentative maps 66452.8, 66452.9
CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS 65905, 65909, 65963.1
CONDOMINIUMS *CC: 783
See also Common Interest Subdivisions
Conversions
Energy conservation 66473.1
Local restrictions 66452.50
Map requirements 66427, 66427.1
Notice 66452.51, 66452.8, 66452.9
Subdivision Map Act. 66412(g)
Tentative maps 66452.8, 66452.9
Dedications 66477(g),(i)
CONFORMITY WITH GENERAL PLAN
Building permits 65567
Development agreements 65867.5
Public works 65401
Real property acquisitions 65402
Subdivisions 66473.5
Zoning 65860
CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 65089
CONGREGATE LIVING HEALTH FACILITY *HSC: 1267.8, HSC: 1267.9
CONSECUTIVE SUBDIVISIONS 66424.1
CONSERVATION AND PLANNING ACT 65006
CONSERVATION ELEMENT 65302(d)
CONVERSIONS
See Condominiums; Mobile Home Parks, Marinas
CONVEYANCES
Prohibition and penalty 66499.30(c)
Remedies 66499.32
COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
Housing Element 65588
Local planning coordination 65067-65067.3
Regional planning districts 65061.4
COUNTY MEMBERS
Regional planning board 65063.2
COUNTY RECORDER
See Final Maps
COURTS
See headings under Judicial
COVENANTS FOR EASEMENTS 65870-65875
DAY CARE HOMES *HSC: 1596.70-1597.47
Definitions *HSC: 1596.75-1596.791
Fees *HSC:1596.793
Legislative intent *HSC: 1596.72- 1596.73
Smoking *HSC: 1596.795
DEDICATIONS 66475-66478
Acceptance 66477.1, 66477.2, 66477.3
Bicycle path 66475.1
Community apartments 66477(g),(i)
Condominiums 66477(g),(i)
Easements 66478.5
Fees 66477, 66478
Final map 66439, 66440
Judicial review 66475.4
Local transit facilities 66475.2
Manufactured housing, schools 53080.4
Mobilehomes, schools 53080.4
Parks 66477
Public access 66475, 66478.5
Reconveyance of dedications 66477.5
Recreation 66477
Rejection 66477.1, 66477.2
Reversion to acreage 66499.16-66499.18
Roadways 66475, 66477.1, 66477.2
School facilities 65995
School sites 66478
Stock cooperative 66477(g),(i)
Sunlight easements 66475.3
Waivers 66476
Waterways 66477.2
DENSITY BONUS 65915-65918
Conversions 65915.5
Definition 65915(c)
Housing development 65915, 65916
Legislative intent 65917
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
Agricultural land biennial report 65570(b),(c),(d)
Soil survey 65570(d)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
Drinking water 65962.5(a)(6)
Hazardous waste inventory 65962.5
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (California)
Housing Element Guidelines 65585
Regional housing needs 65584
State review of housing elements 65301(c), 65585
DETERMINATION OF STATUS
See Merger Of Parcels
DEVELOPMENT
Definition 65927, 66418.1
Office of Planning and Research
Goals/policies 65040(a)
Regulation 65025
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
Amendments 65868
Annexation of property 65865(b)
Authority 65865
Compliance in "good faith" 65865.1
Contents 65865.2
Costs 65865(d)
Enforcement 65865.4
Exemption 65869
General plan 65867.5
Hearings 65867
Incorporation 65865.3
Local coastal program 65869
Modifications/suspensions 65869.5
Public facilities 65864(c)
Review 65865.1
Specific plan 65867.5
Tentative maps 66452.6
DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM
Tentative map 66452.6, 66463.5
DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
See Development Projects; Permit Process; Permits
DEVELOPMENT PERMITS FOR CLASSES OF PROJECTS 65960-65961
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Applications 65940-65946
Approval 65950-65957.1
Building permits 65961,
California Environmental Quality Act 65923.5(c), 65457, 65762
Certificate of compliance 65940
Class of projects 65960-65961
Compliance with regulations 65923, 65762
Deadlines 65924
Definitions 65925-65934, 66000
Environmental impact report 65951, 65952, 65457
Exemptions 65922
Fees 65941.5, 65945, 65945.3, 65946, 66005, 66001-66007, 66010-66025
Geothermal 65960, 65928.5
Grants 65922.7
Guidelines 65922.5
Hazardous waste sites 65962.5(e)
Lead agency 65923.8, 65950
Legislative policy 65864
Maps 65961
Mediation 65923.5(a), (b)
Office of Permit Assistance
Creation 65922.3
Permit process 65922.3
California Environmental Quality Act 65923.5(c)
Compliance 65923
Grants 65922.7
Guidelines 65922.5
Lead agency 65923.8
Local process 65922.7
Mediation 65923.5(a), (b)
Streamlining 65923.5(b)
Technical assistance 65922.7
Office of Planning and Research 65946
Fees 65946(e)
Permit process 65922.3
Policy 65921
Project information form 65946
Public agencies 65920, 65921
Review 65920-65961
Specific plans 65457
Streamlining 65923.5(b)
Technical assistance 65922.7
Time limitation waivers 65940.5
Time limits 65950-65957.1, 65943
DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED FACILITY
See Zoning Of Health Facilities
DEVELOPMENT SURVEY 65036.5
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES 65008
DISPOSAL OF WASTE
See Waste Disposal
DRAINAGE FACILITIES
Fees 66483-66484.5
DRINKING WATER
See Water Quality
DRIVING
See also Traffic Signals
Advertising display *BPC: 5403-5406; 5408-5408.5, 5412.1-5412.4,
5415, 5418, 5418.1