Earlier editions: 2026-07
Municipal code
Albany Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Albany, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-04
- Contents
- 34 chapters · 1,859 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Albany
Contents
- Chapter C — Charter
- Chapter I — INTRODUCTORY
- Chapter II — CITY COUNCIL
- Chapter III — ADMINISTRATIVE
- Chapter IV — FISCAL AND TAXATION
- Chapter V — ELECTIONS
- Chapter VI — BOARD OF EDUCATION
- Chapter VII — RELATION TO STATE LAW
- Chapter VIII — CIVIL SERVICE
- Chapter IX — PENSIONS
▸Chapter 2 — Administration
Overview▸Article I — The City Council
▸Article II — City Officers
- Article III — (RESERVED)
▸Article V — Living Wage Provisions
▸Article VI — Administrative Procedures
▸Chapter 3 — Personnel
▸Chapter 4 — Finance
Overview- § 4-1. ASSESSMENT, LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES
- § 4-2. UNIFORM LOCAL SALES AND USE TAXES
- § 4-3. HOTEL-MOTEL ROOM TAX
- § 4-5. REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
- § 4-6. MUNICIPAL FACILITIES REVENUE BOND LAW
- § 4-7. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, AND FIRE PROTECTION SPECIAL TAX
- § 4-9. COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 1 SPECIAL TAX
- § 4-10. ALBANY STREET PAVING AND STORM DRAIN FACILITY IMPROVEMENT TAX
- § 4-11. UTILITY USER'S TAX
- § 4-12. TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX
- § 4-13. SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION TAX
- § 4-14. SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS AND PATHWAYS SPECIAL PARCEL TAX
- § 4-15. PARKS AND OPEN SPACE SPECIAL PARCEL TAX
▸Chapter 5 — General Licensing and Business Regulations
Overview- § 5-1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 5-2. LICENSE TAX
- § 5-3. BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITY
- § 5-4. ALTERNATIVE CONSULTING
- § 5-5. SALES
- § 5-6. LAUNDRIES
- § 5-7. VEHICLES FOR HIRE
- § 5-8. LODGING HOUSES AND HOTELS
- § 5-9. ENCAMPMENTS
- § 5-10. CANNABIS BUSINESSES
- § 5-11. AMUSEMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT PREMISES
- § 5-12. DOCKLESS SHARED MOBILITY SYSTEMS
- § 5-13. MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS, MASSAGE TECHNICIANS AND MASSAGE SERVICES
- § 5-14. HORSE RACES
- § 5-15. BAIL BOND BROKERS
- § 5-16. SPECIAL EVENTS
- § 5-19. SALE OF CHRISTMAS TREES, PUMPKINS AND OTHER SEASONAL DECORATIONS
- § 5-20. PARADES
- § 5-21. MOORING OR ANCHORING OF VESSELS WITHIN THE WATER BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF ALBANY
- § 5-22. LIBRARY SERVICES ACT OF 1994
- § 5-23. SUPPLEMENTAL LIBRARY SERVICES ACT OF 2006
- § 5-24. TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSE
- § 5-25. RENT REVIEW PROGRAM
- § 5-26. SUSTAINABLE FOODWARE
▸Chapter 6 — Community Antenna Television Systems
Overview- § 6-3. DEFINITIONS
- § 6-4. GRANT OF FRANCHISE
- § 6-5. REGULATION OF FRANCHISE
- § 6-6. GENERAL FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE PROVISIONS
- § 6-7. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROVISIONS
- § 6-8. SERVICE PROVISIONS
- § 6-9. CONSUMER PROTECTION
- § 6-10. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
- § 6-11. RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE GRANTOR
- § 6-12. RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE GRANTEE
- § 6-13. FRANCHISE VIOLATIONS
- § 6-14. REPORTS
- § 6-15. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Chapter 6A — State-Franchised Video Service Providers
▸Chapter 7 — Ranked Choice Voting Elections
▸Chapter 8 — Law Enforcement
Overview- § 8-1. NOISE
- § 8-2. CURFEW FOR CHILDREN
- § 8-3. FALSE ALARMS
- § 8-4. CITY-OWNED PROPERTY, PARKS, RECREATION, OPEN SPACE, WATERFRONT AND ALBANY HILL AREAS
- § 8-5. SOLICITING
- § 8-6. TOPLESS WAITRESSES, ENTERTAINERS, ETC
- § 8-7. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- § 8-9. ABANDONED REFRIGERATORS
- § 8-10. PROFESSIONAL STRIKEBREAKERS
- § 8-11. GAMBLING AND GAME ROOMS
- § 8-12. BICYCLES
- § 8-14. REMOVAL OR DEFACEMENT OF OFFICIAL NOTICES, SIGNS OR PLACARDS
- § 8-15. DISTRIBUTION OF ADVERTISING MATTER
- § 8-16. ADVERTISING DISPLAYS ADJACENT TO LANDSCAPED FREEWAYS
- § 8-18. DANGEROUS WEAPONS AND FIREARMS
- § 8-19. PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FIREARMS DEALERS
- § 8-20. POLYSTYRENE FOAM, DEGRADABLE AND RECYCLABLE FOOD PACKAGING
- § 8-21. PROHIBITION AND LIMITATION AGAINST CERTAIN FORM, TIME, PLACE AND MANNER OF AGGRESSIVE …
- § 8-22. SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS
▸Chapter 9 — Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Overview- § 9-1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 9-2. TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION
- § 9-3. ENFORCEMENT OF AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
- § 9-4. TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
- § 9-5. TURNING MOVEMENTS
- § 9-6. ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
- § 9-7. SPECIAL STOPS
- § 9-8. MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
- § 9-9. PEDESTRIANS
- § 9-10. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
- § 9-11. LOADING ZONES
- § 9-12. PERMIT PARKING
- § 9-13. IMPOUNDMENT OF ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES
- § 9-14. ABANDONED VEHICLES
- § 9-15. RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS
- § 9-16. SCHEDULES
- § 9-17. TRIP REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS
▸Chapter 11 — Fire Prevention
▸Chapter 12 — Building and Housing
Overview- § 12-5. UNSAFE OR DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
- § 12-6. BUILDING CODE
- § 12-7. WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE
- § 12-8. MANAGEMENT OF PCB-CONTAINING MATERIALS AND WASTES DURING BUILDING DEMOLITION
- § 12-10. DEMOLITION PERMITS
- § 12-11. CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS RECYCLING REQUIREMENTS
- § 12-12. REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION OF DAMAGED STRUCTURES
- § 12-13. SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND POSTING OFFICIAL PLACARDS DURING AN EMERGENCY
- § 12-14. SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR SYSTEMS; STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS
- Article 12-15 — MANDATORY SEISMIC RETROFIT OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
▸Chapter 13 — Public Works Projects, Contracts and Procedures
Overview- § 13-1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE
- § 13-2. NEED FOR BUDGETARY FLEXIBILITY
- § 13-4. DEFINITIONS
- § 13-5. THRESHOLDS FOR CONTRACT PROCUREMENT
- § 13-6. BID INITIATION; WHEN ADVERTISING IN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONTR…
- § 13-8. ISSUANCE OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONTRACTS REQUIRING BIDDING
- § 13-10. ADDENDA TO SPECIFICATIONS
- § 13-13. BID OPENING
- § 13-14. BID OPENING EXCEPTIONS
- § 13-16. AWARD OF CONTRACTS AND PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS
- § 13-18. PROTESTS OF CONTRACT AWARD
- § 13-19. ALTERATIONS IN CONTRACTS, AND PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS
- § 13-20. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S CERTIFICATION OF SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- § 13-21. DESIGN-BUILD ALTERNATE METHOD
- Chapter 16 — (Reserved)
▸Chapter 18 — Nuisances
▸Chapter 19 — Waterfront
▸Chapter 20 — Planning and Zoning
Overview- § 20.04. TITLE, PURPOSE, AUTHORITY
- § 20.08. DEFINITIONS
- § 20.12. ZONING DISTRICTS AND PERMITTED USES
- § 20.16. LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS
- § 20.20. REGULATION OF SPECIFIC LAND USES
- § 20.24. DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
- § 20.28. OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS
- § 20.32. SIGNS
- § 20.36. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- § 20.40. HOUSING PROVISIONS
- § 20.44. NONCONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES AND LOTS
- § 20.48. REMOVAL OF TREES
- § 20.52. FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION REGULATIONS
- § 20.56. CAPITAL FACILITIES FEE
- § 20.58. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
- § 20.60. CONDOMINIUM AND OTHER COMMUNITY HOUSING CONVERSIONS
- § 20.64. WATER REUSE
- § 20.68. GREEN BUILDING AND BAY-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING REGULATIONS
- § 20.100. PROCEDURES
▸Chapter 22 — Subdivision
Overview- § 22-1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 22-2. DEFINITIONS
- § 22-3. MAPS REQUIRED
- § 22-4. TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION MAPS, FIVE OR MORE PARCELS
- § 22-5. FINAL SUBDIVISION MAPS, FIVE OR MORE PARCELS
- § 22-6. SUBDIVISION OF FOUR OR LESS PARCELS
- § 22-7. VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS
- § 22-8. DEDICATIONS AND RESERVATIONS
- § 22-9. IMPROVEMENTS
- § 22-10. REVERSIONS TO ACREAGE
- § 22-11. PARCEL MERGERS AND UNMERGERS
- § 22-12. CORRECTION AND AMENDMENTS OF MAPS
▸Chapter 23 — Grading Ordinance
- Chapter DL — Disposition of Legislation