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 |
EARTHQUAKE ZONES 65025 (Sec.4[6])
See also Seismic Safety
Open space land 65560(b)(4)
EASEMENTS
Coastline 66478.11
Covenants
Fees 65874(c)
Hearings 65874(a)
Record of filing 65871, 65873, 65874(b)
Release procedures 65874
Waterways 66478.4, 66478.5, 66478.6, 66478.12
Windpowered devices 66412(i)
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
Land use decisions 65030.2
ELDERLY PERSONS
Transportation needs 65081.5
ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING FACILITIES
Public access 66478.9
EMERGENCY SHELTER 65008, 65583
ENERGY COMMISSION (California) 65922
ENERGY CONSERVATION 66473.1
ENTERPRISE ZONES
Surplus land. 54222
ENTRY ONTO PRIVATE LAND
Planning agency personnel 65105
ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AND POLICY (Statewide)
Creation of the Office of Planning and Research 65040
Governor's responsibilities 65031
Impacts of programs 65032
Integration of planning and budgeting 65032
Legislative review 65034
ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AND POLICY REPORT 65041-65049
Budget 65049
Contents 65041
Definition 65027
Governor 65046
Legislative review 65044, 65045
Public participation 65043
Purpose 65047
Required 65041
Revisions 65048
State officials cooperation 65042
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
AUTHORIZATIONS 65990-65993
California Environmental Quality Act 65992
Mitigation measures 65993
Monitoring program 65991
Projects 65990
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Limitations 65991
Office of Planning and Research 65040(f)
EROSION
General plan 65302(d)(4)
Subdivision Map Act 66411
EVALUATION OF STATE PLANS AND PROGRAMS
Office of Planning and Research 65040(c)
EVIDENCE (RULES) 65010
EXCLUSIONS BY COURT 66499.21-66499.29
Filing 66499.28, 66499.29
Final maps 66436
Hearings 66499.25
Highways 66499.27
Maps 66499.23, 66499.27- 66499.29
Notice 66499.24
Objections 66499.26
Petitions 66499.22-66499.26
Procedures 66499.22
Proceedings 66499.22
Streets 66499.27
Surveyor 66499.23
EXPERT WITNESS 65756
FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES
See Day Care Homes
FARMLAND SERIES MAPS 65570
FEDERAL GRANTS-IN-AID
Office of Planning and Research 65040(e)
FEES
Bridges 66484, 66484.3
Certificate of compliance 66499.35
Certificate of correction 66470
Circulation element 66484.3
Coastline 66478.11
Conditional Use Permits 54990
Contract 66007(c)
Day care homes *HSC: 1596.793
Dedications 66477
Development projects 66000-66007, 65941.5, 65945, 65945.3, 65946,
65913.3,
Drainage facilities 66483-66484.5
Easement covenants 65874(c)
Final maps 66484, 66484.5
General plan amendment appeals 65354.5
Groundwater recharge 66484.5
Housing development 65913.3, 65913.5
Housing within coastal zone 65590(j)
In-lieu dedications 66006.5
Local ordinances 53091
Maintenance and operation 65913.8
Manufactured housing school fees 53080.4
Map amendment/correction 66470
Maps 66427, 66451.1- 66451.3, 66466
Migrant worker housing 65995.1
Mobilehome park conversions 65863.7(g)
Mobilehome school fees 53080.4
Nonmerger of parcels 66451.31
Orange County 66484.3
Parcel maps 66483-66484.5
Parks/recreation 66477
Permit process 65913.3
Permits 65909.5
Planning agencies 65104
Public Captal Facilities 65913.8
Reimbursements 66485-66489
Residential development 66007
Reversion to acreage 66499.14, 66499.17, 66499.19, 66499.20-1/2
School fees applied to permanent replacement housing 53080.4(d)
School facilities 65974-65979, 65981, 65995, 65995.1, 53080.15,
53080,53080.1-53080.15
Security improvements 66499.4, 66499.9
Sewer facilities 66483-66484.5
Specific plan 65456
Stock cooperative 66427.1 (Sec. 8)
Strong-Motion Instrumentation Program *PRC 2705,2706
Subdivision Map Act 66410
Tentative maps 66452.3, 66452.5
Unmerger of parcels 66451.31
Use permits 65905
Variances 65906,65906.5
Vesting tentative maps 66498.8
Water supply 66484.5
Waterways 66478.4, 66478.12
Williamson Act 66411.5
Zoning 65909.5
FILING MAPS WITH COUNTY RECORDER 66464-66468.2
FINAL MAPS 66433-66443, 66456-66462.5
Additional data required 66434.2
Amendments/corrections 66469-66472.1
Annexed area 66413
Application 66433, 66474.9
Approval 66458, 66462, 66462.5, 66474.1, 66474.9
Archeological sites 66434.2(b)
Building setback lines 66434.2(b)
Certificate of correction 66470
Certificates and acknowledgments 66435, 66435.1, 66435.2, 66436,
66441, 66499.35(d)
Coastline 66478.11
Content 66434
County Recorder 66464-66468.1
Dedications 66439, 66440, 66477.1, 66477.2, 66477.3
Designated remainder parcel 66424.6, 66434(e)
Enforcement 66499.30(b)
Exclusions by court 66436
Exterior boundaries 66434(e)
Fees 66470, 66484-66484.5
Filing 66434.2, 66457, 66464-66468.1
Flood zones 66434.2(b)
Geologic mapping 66434.2(b)
Groundwater recharge 66484.5
Hearings 66436(3)(A)(v), (3)(A)(vi)
Improvements 66462, 66462.5
Improvement plan processing time 66456.2
Judicial review
Appeals 66452.5(d), 66474.7
Remedies 66499.32-66499.36
Standard 66499.37
Statute of limitations 66499.37
Land reservations 66479-66482
Liens 66434.1, 66492-66494
Local requirements 66434(f), 66434.2, 66462,
Materials 66434(a)
Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 66462(2)(A),(B)
Monuments 66495-66498
Multiple maps 66456.1
Numbered parcels 66434(d)
Offsite improvement 66462.5
Owner's consent 66436
Owner's development lien 66434.1
Procedures 66456-66462.5
Prohibitions and penalties 66499.30(a), (c), (e)
Public access 66478.4, 66478.6, 66478.8, 66478.11
Recordation 66436(4)(c)
Referencing 66435.2, 66435.6, 66468.1, 66495
Requirements 66473-66498
Reversions to acreage 66499.13(c), 66499.16(b)(2), (3), 66499.18,
66499.20-1/2
Seismic lines 66434.2(b)
Soils report 66434.5, 66490, 66491
Split jurisdiction 66457
Standards 66462
Survey 66434(c), 66441, 66456
Taxes and assessments 66492-66494
Tentative maps 66452.6
Vesting tentative map 66498.1
Water supply 66484.5
Waterways 66478.4-66478.6, 66478.12
FINDINGS
Subdivisions
Building permits 65567, 65961
Community sewer system 66474.63
Condominium conversions 66452.5
Denial of map 66473, 66474, 66474.1, 66474.6
Discretionary permits 65972
Easements 66478.5
Final maps 66474, 66474.5, 66474.62
Interim ordinance (zoning and subdivision) 65858
Land use permits 65858
Open space plan 65567
Parcel map waivers 66428
Public access 66478.8
Residential rezoning (overcrowding) 65972
Reversion to acreage 66499.16
Subdivision maps 65567, 66474
Tentative map 66473.5, 66474, 66474.61
Variances 65858
Zoning ordinances 65567
Zoning
Building permits 65567
Discretionary permits 65972
Growth limitation 65863.6
Interim ordinance (zoning and subdivision) 65858
Land use permit 65858
School facilities (overcrowding) 65971, 65972
Subdivision maps 65567
Open space lands
acquisition/disposal 65566
plan 65567
regulation 65566
variances 65911
zoning ordinance 65567
Parking variances 65906.5
Variances 65858, 65906, 65906.5, 65911
Zoning ordinance 65567, 65858, 65863.6, 65906
FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS
Zoning of health facilities *HSC: 1267.8(a)
FIRE STATIONS
Land reservations 66479
FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES
General plan 65302(d)
Office of Planning and Research 65025 (Sec. 4[2])
Open space land 65560(b)(1)
FLOOD PLAINS
General plan 65302(d), 65303.4
Office of Planning and Research 65025 (Sec. 4[6])
Open space land 65560(b)(4)
FORESTS
General plan 65302(d)
Office of Planning and Research 65025 (Sec. 4[3])
Open space land 65560(b)(2)
FREEWAYS
See Highways
FUNCTIONAL PLANS
Legislative intent 65036
Office of Planning and Research
Implementation 65040(d)
Preparation 65040(b)
GENERAL PLAN. 65300-65763
See also headings of specific general plan elements, i.e.,
Housing
Administration 65400-65403
Adoption 65301, 65301.5, 65350, 65360
Chartered cities 65300, 65301(c)
Time extensions 65361, 65362
Airport land use plans 65302.3
Amendments 65350, 65354.5, 65358
Copies 65357
Appeals procedures 65354.5
Authority 65300, 65300.5
Bridges 66484
Capital improvement program 65403
Chartered cities 65300, 65301(c)
Consistency 65300.5
Conversions 66427.2
Coordination 65300.9
Coordination of local planning 65067-65067.3
Definitions 65750
Development agreement 65867.5
Elements (Mandatory) 65300, 65358
Circulation 65302(b)
Conservation 65302(d)
Housing 65301(c), 65302(c), 65302.8, 65580-65589.8
Land Use 65302(a),(e),(6)
Noise 65302(f)
Open space 65302(e), 65560-65570
Safety 65302(g)
Extensions 65362
Flood Control 65303.4
Growth 65030.1
Guidelines 65040.2
Hearings 65351, 65354.5, 65355, 65361
Fees 65354.5(b)
Implementation 65400-65403
Planning agencies 65400-65403, 65452, 65300.7, 65103
Annual report 65400(b)
Recommendations 65400(a)
Judicial actions 65750-65763
Judicial standard of review 65301.5, 65750-65761
Local conditions 65300.7, 65301(c)
Maps
Approval 66474(a),66474.9, 66474.61(a)
Consistency 66473.5,66474(a), 66474.61(a)
Newly formed city or county 65360
Notice requirements 65354
Office of Planning and Research 65040.3, 65302.1
Optional elements 65303
Planning agency 65103, 65400-65403
Preparation 65350, 65351
Protests 65009
Public involvement 65351
Regional plan 65065.1(a)
Review 65353
Review of safety element 65302,65302.5, *PRC 4128.5
School facilities 65974(a)(1), (a)(5)
Site design 65303.4
Technical assistance 65040.3
Zoning ordinance 65860, 65862
GENERAL PLAN EXTENSIONS 65362
GEOLOGIC HAZARDS
General plan 65302(g)
GEOTHERMAL FIELD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Definition 65928.5
Permits 65960
GOVERNOR
Responsibilities 65031, 65046
GRADING/DRAINAGE STANDARDS
Subdivisions 66474.8
"GRANNY" HOUSING 65852.1
See also Second Units
GRANTS
Office of Planning and Research 65040(e), (j)
Regional plannning district 65065.2
GREEN SPACE 65025 (Sec. 4[4])
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE 66484.5
GROWTH
Costs and benefits 65030.2
Legislative intent 65030.1, 65030.2
HANDICAPPED PERSONS
Transportation needs 65081.5
Zoning of homes or facilities *WIC: 5115-5120
HARBORS
See Water
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 65850.2
HAZARDOUS WASTES 65962.5
See Also Waste Disposal
HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY
Land use permits 65963.1
Sites List 65962.5
HEALTH FACILITIES
Zoning *HSC: 1267.8, 1267.9
HEARINGS 65009, 65090-65095, 65096
See also Notice Requirements; Public Participation
Advisory agency 66474.64
Amendments to maps 66472.1
Capital improvement program 65403(d)
Community Facilities Act 53096
Conditional use permits 65905
Conversions 66451.3
Development agreement 65867
Easement covenants 65874
Exclusions 66499.25
Fees
Bridges 66484.3, 66484.5(b), (c)
Groundwater recharge 66484.5(c), (d)
Final map 66436(3)(A)(v), 66436(3)(A)(vi)
General plan 65353, 65355, 65750-65763, 65919.4
General plan amendments 65354.5
Groundwater recharge 66484.5(c), (d)
Housing 65009
Land use proposals 65919.4
Merger of parcels 66451.13-66451.17, 66451.21, 66451.28
Mobilehome park conversion/closure 65863.7(b),(d), 65863.8
Orange County 66484.3
Permits 65905
Public works 65403(d)
Regional plan 65065.1(a)
Reversion to acreage 66499.15
Tentative map 66452.3, 66452.5, 66452.6, 66452.8, 66452.9
Transportation plan 65080(b), 65085(a)
Variances 65905
Zoning regulations 65801, 65853-65858, 65863.7(b),(d), 65863.8,
65905
Zoning standards 65804
HIGHWAYS
Advertising display *BPC: 5403-5406, 5408-5408.5, 5412.1-5412.4,
5415, 5418-5419
Surplus land 54231, 54232
HISTORIC AREAS 65025 (Sec. 4[8])
HOMELESS 65583
See also Emergency Shelters
HOUSING
Assistance 65008(Sec 1), 65583
Emergency shelters. 65008
General plan. 65302(a), (c), 65302.8
Judicial review 65750-65763
Hearings 65009
Low/moderate income housing
Coastal zone 65590-65590.1
Density bonuses 65915
conversions 65915.5
Mobilehome parks conversion/closure 65863.7
New rental housing 66452.50-66452.51
Subdivision Map Act 66412.3
Zoning 65852.1, 65852.2
Zoning of homes or facilities for mentally disabled or handicapped
persons *WIC: 5115-5120
HOUSING COST MANUAL 65040.8
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS 65589.6, 65913-65914,
65589.5
Attorney fees 65914
Fees 65913.3,
Judicial action 65913.7
Legislative policy 65913, 65913.9
Permit process 65913.3
Residential zoning 65913.1
Subdivision ordinance 65913.2
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 65589.5
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
See also Residential Developments
Financial contribution 65916
General plan
Housing element 65760
Judicial review 65754.5
Public services/facilities 65864
Regulatory concessions/Zoning regulations 65852.1, 65852.2, 65916
HOUSING ELEMENT 65580-65589.8
Adoption 65585, 65586, 65760
Affordable housing 65589.8
Contents 65583
Council of Governments 65584
Deadlines 65586-65588
Definitions 65582
Five-year program 65583(b), (c)
General plan 65301(c), 65302(c), 65589
Homeless 65583
Housing development project 65589.9
Jobs-Housing Balance 65890.1,65890.5
Judicial review 65587(b), (c)
Legal effects 65589
Legislative intent 65581, 65589
Legislative policy 65580, 65587.1
Low/moderate income housing 65583
Regional needs 65584
Revenue bonds 65587.1
Review 65586, 65587(b), 65588
SANDAG: Self Certification 65585.1
Transitional housing 65583
HOUSING, TRANSITIONAL
See Transitional Housing