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Chapter XXX — DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS›Article I — ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS

Alameda Municipal Code § 30-1 Zoning Plan

Alameda Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Alameda

Cite as: Alameda Municipal Code § 30-1 · Text as of 2026-10-04

30-1.1 - Adoption of Zoning Plan.

There is hereby adopted a Zoning Plan which is the zoning law of the City of Alameda, State of California.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 11-111; Ord. No. 1277 N.S.)

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30-1.2 - Purpose of Adoption of Zoning Plan.

The Zoning Plan is adopted to provide for the promotion and protection of the public health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, convenience, and general welfare, and:

a. To assist in providing a definite plan of development for the City, and to guide, control and regulate the future growth of the City in accordance with the General Plan and the objectives set forth therein.

b. To protect and elevate the character and the social and economic stability of residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, and other areas within the City, and to assure the orderly and beneficial development of such areas.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 11-112; Ord. No. 1277 N.S.)

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30-1.3 - Effect of Zoning Plan.

a. The Zoning Plan consists of the establishment of various districts within the City within some, all, or none of which it shall be unlawful to erect, construct, alter, move, locate or maintain certain buildings or to carry on certain trades or occupations or to conduct certain uses of land or of buildings; within which the height and bulk of future buildings shall be limited; within which certain open spaces shall be required about future buildings and consisting further of appropriate regulations to be enforced in such districts, all as set forth in this chapter.

b. The Zoning Plan shall apply to private, public, quasi-public, institutional, and public utility properties and all other lands and structures within the incorporated area of the City.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 11-113; Ord. No. 1277 N.S.)

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