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 |
MANUFACTURED HOUSING
See Mobilehome Parks
MAPS
See also Final Maps; Official Maps; Parcel Maps;
Subdivisions; Tentative Maps; Vesting Tentative Maps
Amendments/corrections 66469-66472.1
Application 66425
Approval 66473-66474.5, 66474.9
Certificate of correction 66470
Community apartment 66427, 66427.1
Condominiums 66427, 66427.1
Consent 66430
Consistency 66473.5
Conversion 66427.1-66427.4
County recorder 66464-66468.1
County surveyor 66431
Fees 66451.6, 66470
Filing 66464-66468.1
General plan 66473.5, 66474, 66474.61
Hearings 66451.3
Local agency 66474.9
Mobilehome parks 66427.4, 66451.6
Notice of conversions 66427.1
Parcel map 66428
Procedures 66451-66472.1, 66474.60-66474.64
Record of filing 66429, 66470
Remedies 66474.9
Requirements 66427, 66427.1, 66428, 66473-66498
Exceptions 66426, 66426.5, 66428
rights-of-way 66426.5, 66428
Specific plan 66473.5, 66474, 66474.5, 66474.61
Stock cooperatives 66427, 66427.1
Tentative map 66428
MARINA
Conversion of floating homes 65863.12
MEETINGS
See Public Participation; Hearings
MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSONS
Zoning of homes or facilities *WIC: 5115-5120
MERGER OF PARCELS 66451.10-66451.21
See also Unmerger of Parcels
Adoption 66451.21
Amendments 66451.20
Authority 66451.10
Determination of nonmerger 66451.18
Determination of status 66451.31, 66451.32, 66451.301
Filing of merger 66451.12, 66451.301, 66451.302
Hearings 66451.13-66451.16, 66451.21
Intention to determine status 66451.11-66451.21
Local ordinances
Exceptions 66451.302
Notice 66451.12-66451.21, 66451.32, 66451.195, 66451.302
Open space land 66451.11(b)(7) (A), 66451.302
Property owners 66451.302
Requirements 66451.11-66451.21, 66451.301
Substandard parcels 66451.302
Time limit 66451.195
MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAYS *BPC: 5405
MOBILEHOME PARKS
Conversions/closures 65863.7, 65863.8, 66427.4, 66451.6
Fees 65863.7(g)
Copy of report 65863.7(b),(c)
Fees 65863.7(g)
Hearings 65863.7(b),(d), 65863.8
Notice 65863.8, 65863.7(c)
Relocation costs 65863.7(a),(e)
Rental Agreements 65852.11
Subdivision Map Act 66412(a), 65863.7(a)
Zoning 65852.3, 65852.7
MANUFACTURED HOMES ZONING 65852.3
MONUMENTS 66495-66498
MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COUNCILS 31010
NATURAL RESOURCES
General plan 65302(a), (d)
Open space land 65560(b)(1)
Public access 66478.1-66478.14
Specific plan 65451(a)(3)
NEW RENTAL HOUSING 66452.50-66452.51
NOISE ELEMENT 65302(f)
NONDISPOSAL FACILITY *PRC 40151, PRC 41730
NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS 66499.3(c)
NOTICE REQUIREMENTS 65090-65094
Advisory agency 66474.64
Agricultural lands contracts 66474.4
Community Facilities Act 53096
Conversions 66427.1
Exclusions 66499.24
General plan 65355
General plan amendment 65354
Groundwater recharge facilities 66484.5
Land use proposal 65919.4
Mobilehome park conversion/closure 65863.8, 65863.7(c)
Parcel merger 66451.11-66451.21, 66451.32, 66451.302
Rental housing conversion 66452.51
School facilities
local findings 65971
Subdivisions 66451.3
Surplus land 54222, 54223
Tentative maps 66452.5-66452.8
Violations 66499.36
Zoning regulations 53096, 65854, 65854.5, 65856, 65905
Zoning of health care facilities *HSC: 1267.9(c)
OFFENSIVE ADVERTISEMENT *BPC: 5402
OFFICE OF PERMIT ASSISTANCE
California Environmental Quality Act 65923.5(c)
Creation 65040.9, 65922.3
Grants 65922.7
Guidelines 65922.5
Mediation 65923.5(a), (b)
Permit process 65922.3-65924
California Environmental Quality Act 65923.5(c)
Compliance 65923
Grants 65922.7
Guidelines 65922.5
Lead agency 65923.8
Local 65922.7
Mediation 65923.5(a), (b)
Streamlining 65923.5(b)
Technical assistance 65922.7
Powers and duties 65040.9
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH 65025-65049
Development projects 65946
Director 65037, 65038, 65423
Establishment 65037
General plan 65040.2, 65040.3, 65302.1, 65361
Local agency reports 65400(B)
Hazardous wastes 65962.5
Land use policy 65025, 65030-65030.2, 65035, 65040
Permit process 65946
Powers and duties 65025, 65035, 65040-65040.8
Responsibilities 65025, 65035, 65040-65040.8
Social services 65035.1
Survey on development 65036.5
Waste disposal 65962.5
Water quality 65962.5
OFFICIAL MAPS 66499.50-66499.58
Adoption 66499.54-66499.57
Applicability 66499.50
Certificate of compliance 66499.35
Certification 66499.54, 66499.55
Filing 66499.55, 66499.56, 66499.58
Judicial review
Appeals 66452.5(d), 66474.7
Remedies 66499.32-36
Standard 66499.37
Statute of limitations 66499.37
Surveys 66499.50-66499.58
ON-PREMISES ADVERTISING *BPC: 5490-5499 *BPC: 5400-5419
OPEN SPACE 65302(e), 65560-65570
Agricultural land 65570
Consistency 65566, 65567
Contents 65563
Definitions 65560
General plan 65302(a), (e), 65560-65570
Legislative intent 65562, 65564
Office of Planning and Research 65025
Parcel merger 66451.302
Policy 65561
Surplus land 54220, 54222, 54225
Unused school sites 65852.9
Zoning 65910-65912
OPEN SPACE ELEMENT 65392(a), (e), 65560-65570
OPEN SPACE ELEMENTS AND TRAILS *PRC: 5076
OPEN SPACE ZONING 65910-65912
Mandate 65910
Private property 65912
Variance 65911
ORANGE COUNTY 66484.3
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING ACT *BPC: 5200-5366
Administration *BPC: 5250-5254
Enforcement *BPC: 5254
Forms *BPC: 5252,5253
Regulations *BPC: 5250,5251
Advertising Displays
Redevelopment projects *BPC: 5273
Definitions *BPC: 5200-5225
Licenses *BPC: 5300-5303
Application *BPC: 5303
Definition *BPC: 5300
Expiration *BPC: 5302
Fee *BPC: 5301
Local Zoning Ordinances *BPC: 5230,5231
Permits *BPC: 5350-5362
Advertising displays, cities *BPC: 5365
Display *BPC: 5354, 5355, 5362, 5364
Highway redesignation, cities *BPC: 5365
Issuance *BPC: 5358
Renewal *BPC: 5360
Requirement *BPC: 5350
Violations *BPC: 5366
Zoning Requirements *BPC: 5359
Regulations *BPC: 5270-5272, 5231
Exceptions *BPC: 5272
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
See Advertising Display
OVERCROWDING OF SCHOOLS 65970-65981
OWNER'S DEVELOPMENT LIEN 66434.1
PARCEL MAPS 66425-66431, 66444-66450, 66463-66463.5
Agricultural land 66474.4
Annexed area 66413
Application 66444
Approval 66463, 66474, 66474.1, 66474.9, 66474.61
Archeological sites 66434.2(b)
Building setback lines 66434.2(b)
Cable television systems 66473.3, 66473.6
Certificate of compliance 66499.35(d)
Certificate of correction 66470
Certificates 66445, 66447, 66449, 66450
City or county certificate 66450
Consistency with general plan 66473.5
Contents 66445
Certificates 66445, 66447, 66449, 66450
Dedications 66447
Exterior boundaries 66445(d)
Local requirements 66445(f), 66445(g)
Location of parcels 66445(d),
Materials 66445(a)
Numbered parcels 66445(c)
Owner's consent 66445(e)
Separate instrument 66445(h), 66447
Size 66445(b)
Corrections/amendments 66469-66472.1
Cross referencing 66468.1
Dedications 66463, 66447
Denial 66474, 66474.1, 66474.61
Designated remainder 66424.6, 66445(d)
Drainage facilities fees 66483-66484.5
Enforcement 66499.30(b)
Environmental impact report 66474.01
Exterior boundaries 66445(d)
Fees 66470, 66483-66484.5
Filing 66434.2, 66463-66468.1, 66457
Flood zones 66434.2(b)
General plan 66473.5, 66474, 66474.61
Geologic mapping 66434.2(b)
Groundwater recharge 66484.5
Improvement plan processing time 66456.2
Judicial review
Appeals 66452.5(d)
Remedies 66499.32-36
Standard 66499.37, 66474.7
Statute of limitations 66499.37
Land reservations 66479-66482
Agreements 66480, 66481
Benefits 66480
Liens 66492-66494
Local requirements 66434.2, 66445(f), 66445(g)
Location of parcels 66445(d)
Materials 66445(a)
Monuments 66495-66498
Multiple maps 66463.1
Numbered parcels 66445(c)
Owner's consent 66445(e)
Procedures 66463-66463.5
Approval 66463, 66474, 66474.1, 66474.9, 66474.61
Corrections/amendments 66469-66472.1
Dedications 66463, 66447
Filing 66464-66468.1
Review 66466
Tentative maps 66463.5, 66428
Prohibitions and penalties 66499.30(b), (c), (e)
Requirements 66426, 66428
Reversion to acreage 66499.16(b), 66499.20-1/4
Review 66466
Review of conditions 66474.10
Seismic lines 66434.2(b)
Separate instrument 66445(h), 66447
Sewer systems 66483-66484.5
Size 66445(b)
Specific plan 66473.5, 66474, 66474.61
Split jurisdictions 66457
Surveyor 66445, 66449, 66463
Surveys 66434.2, 66448, 66463
Taxes and assessment 66492-66494
Tentative map 66463.5, 66428
Water supply 66484.5
PARCELS OF LAND 66412.8, 66451.11, 66474.4
PARKING VARIANCE 65906.5
PARKS
Dedication of land 66477
General plan 66479
Limitations 66478.7
Quimby Act 66477
Reservations 66479
Surplus land 54220, 54222, 54225, 54227, 54231, 54232
Unused school sites 65852.9
PERMIT PROCESS 65920-65961
Applications 65920-65961
Approval 65950-65957.1
Criteria 65941
Errors in notification process 65945.7
Fees 65941.5, 65945, 65945.3, 65946(e)
Notices 65945, 65945.3, 65945.5, 65945.7
Office of Planning and Research 65946
Review 65943, 65944
Approval 65950-65957.1
Building permit 65961, 65080.2
California Environmental Quality Act 65923.5(c)
Compliance 65923
Deadlines 65924
Geothermal field development project 65960
Grants 65922.7
Guidelines 65922.5
Lead agency 65923.8
Local process 65922.7
Mediation 65923.5(a), (b)
Notice 65945, 65945.3, 65945.5, 65945.7
Office of Permit Assistance 65922.3, 65922.7
Office of Planning and Research 65922.3, 65946
Streamlining 65923.5(b)
Technical assistance 65922.7
PERMITS
Coastline 66478.13
Fees 65905.5, 65913.3
Hazardous waste facility 65963.1
Hearings 65905
Housing development 65913.3,
Judicial action 65755
Solid waste facility 65963.1(e)
Tentative map 65863.9
Zoning ordinance 65905, 65909, 65909.5
PLANNING AGENCIES
Information 65106
Public officials 65106
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT *BPC: 11003
PLANNING ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE COUNCIL
Creation 65040.6
Duties 65040(a), (c), 65040.6(b), 65362
Long-range policies 65040(a)
PLANNING AGENCIES
Annual survey 65040.5
Authority 65105
Development agreement 65867
Establishment 65100
Fees 65104
Financing 65104, 65250-65251
Functions 65102, 65103
General plan 65103, 65300-65307, 65352
Amendments
Appeals procedures 65354.5
Implementation 65400-65403, 65103
capital improvements 65103(c)
consultation 65103(e)
coordination with other agencies 65103(f)
public interest 65103(d)
Public compliance 65103, 65104
Rules/procedures 65102
Specific plan 65450
PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM
See Statewide Plan And Implementation Program
PLANNING COMMISSION
Creation 65100, 65101, 65006
General plan
Adoption 65356
Approval 65354
Hearings 65353, 65355, 65919.4
Notice 65353
Membership 65101,65101.1
Recommendations 65354
Referrals 65919-65919.11
Zoning regulations
Administration 65902
Hearings 65853, 65854
Notice 65854
Procedures 65853-65858
Recommendations 65855
Review 65857
PLANNING DEPARTMENT 65100
PLANNING SURVEY 65040.5
POLITICAL SIGNS *BPC: 5405.3
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT 65008(e)
PREZONING 65859
PRIVATE LAND
Entry onto land by planning agency personnel 65105
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Open space zoning 65912
Public access 66478.1-66478.14
PUBLIC ACCESS
Coastline 66478.11, 66478.13
Dedications of land 66475-66478
Public resources 66478.1-66478.14
Alternatives 66478.8
Benefits 66478.14
Coastline 66478.11, 66478.13
Inapplicability 66478.9, 66478.10
Legislative intent 66478.1-66478.3
Limitations 66478.7
Maps 66478.6, 66478.8, 66478.11
Waterways 66478.4-66478.6, 66478.12
Waterways 66478.4-66478.6, 66478.12
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
General plan 65402, 65403(a)(1)
PUBLIC HEALTH/SAFETY
Development permits 66499.34
Office of Planning and Research responsibilities 65040(f)
Open space 65560(b)(4)
Vesting tentative map 66498.6
PUBLIC HEARINGS
See Hearings
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
Fees 65913.8
Tentative maps 66452.6
PUBLIC LANDS
See Surplus Land
PUBLIC MEETINGS
See Hearings
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
Assistance to planning agencies 65106
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
See also Hearings
Environmental Goals and Policy Report 65043
Planning process 65033
Regional plan 65065.1(a)
PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES
Development survey 65036.5
Housing development 65864
PUBLIC UTILITY
Final map 66436(3)
Parcel map 66428
PUBLIC WORKS
See also Infrastructure; Capital Improvement Program
General plan 65401