Municipal code
Alhambra Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Alhambra, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-01
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- 25 titles · 3,589 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Alhambra
Contents
▸Charter
Overview- § 11.5. Limitations on terms of councilpersons
- § 193.1. Repealed
- Article I — NAME AND RIGHTS OF CITY
- Article II — BOUNDARIES AND DISTRICTS OF CITY
- Article III — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article IV — MAYOR
- Article V — EXECUTIVE AND
- Article VI — THE COUNCIL
- Article VII — POWERS OF THE
- Article VIII — CITY CLERK
- Article IX — CITY ATTORNEY
- Article X — DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND EX OFFICIO CITY TREASURER, ASSESSOR AND TAX AND LICENSE
- Article XI — POLICE COURT
- Article XII — CITY MANAGER
- Article XIII — POLICE, FIRE AND HEALTH DIVISIONS
- Article XIV — BOARD OF EDUCATION
- Article XV — PUBLIC LIBRARY
- Article XVI — ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
- Article XVII — ELECTIONS
- Article XVIII — FINANCE
- Article XIX — CONTRACTS
- Article XX — STREETS AND SEWERS
- Article XXI — FRANCHISES
- Article XXII — RECALL
- Article XXIII — INITIATIVE
- Article XXIV — REFERENDUM
- Article XXIVa — CIVIL SERVICE
- Article XXV — MISCELLANEOUS
- Article XXVI — STATE
▸Title II — ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Overview- Chapter 2.04 — CITY COUNCIL
- § 2.12
- Chapter 2.16 — OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
- Chapter 2.20 — EMERGENCY
- Chapter 2.22 — BOARD OF APPEALS
- Chapter 2.23 — HCDA CITIZEN
- Chapter 2.24 — PLANNING COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.25 — COMMUNITY
- Chapter 2.26 — INDUSTRIAL
- Chapter 2.27 — DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
- Chapter 2.28 — PARKS AND
- Chapter 2.30 — YOUTH COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.32 — PUBLIC LIBRARY AND BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
- Chapter 2.34 — TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.35 — ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.36 — ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.38 — HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.40 — FIRE DEPARTMENT UNIFORMS
- Chapter 2.41 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.42 — POLICE DEPARTMENT UNIFORMS
- Chapter 2.44 — POLICE RESERVE ORGANIZATION
- Chapter 2.48 — CIVIL SERVICE
- Chapter 2.49 — HOURS OF CITY FACILITIES
- Chapter 2.50 — REGULAR PERIODS
- Chapter 2.51 — OVERTIME
- Chapter 2.52 — VACATIONS
- Chapter 2.54 — ILLNESS AND SICK LEAVE
- Chapter 2.56 — HOLIDAYS
- Chapter 2.60 — ATTENDANCE AT
- Chapter 2.64 — RETIREMENT PROMOTIONS
▸Title III — FINANCE
Overview- Chapter 3.04 — TAX RATE DISTRICTS
- Chapter 3.08 — SALES AND USES TAX
- Chapter 3.09 — TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX
- Chapter 3.10 — DOCUMENTARY TRANSFER TAX
- Chapter 3.12 — BUDGET PROCEDURE
- Chapter 3.16 — CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST CITY
- Chapter 3.23 — PROPERTY FOUND OR SAVED
- Chapter 3.24 — UNCLAIMED PROPERTY IN POSSESSION OF POLICE
- Chapter 3.32 — PERMANENT SPECIAL FUNDS
- Chapter 3.34 — ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 3.36 — PURCHASING OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
- Chapter 3.38 — CONTRACTS FOR CONSULTING AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
- Chapter 3.40 — BIDDING AND CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS
- Chapter 3.42 — HEALTH FACILITIES
- Chapter 3.50 — ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS
- Chapter 3.60 — ADMINISTRATION OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES
▸Title V — BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Overview- Chapter 5.04 — BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONS LICENSE TAXES
- Chapter 5.06 — NEW CONSTRUCTION TAX
- Chapter 5.07 — HAZARDOUS
- Chapter 5.08 — AUCTIONS
- Chapter 5.12 — FIRE, BANKRUPT
- Chapter 5.14 — FORTUNETELLING
- Chapter 5.16 — PAWNBROKERS, SECONDHAND AND JUNK DEALERS
- Chapter 5.24 — PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
- Chapter 5.25 — SIDEWALK VENDING PROGRAM
- Chapter 5.28 — CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS
- Chapter 5.29 — RELIGIOUS SOLICITATIONS
- Chapter 5.30 — PROMOTERS
- Chapter 5.31 — DISABLED VETERANS
- Chapter 5.32 — STREET BEGGING
- Chapter 5.36 — HANDBILLS AND CIRCULARS
- Chapter 5.38 — GAMES OF SKILL AND SCIENCE
- Chapter 5.40 — SHOWS AND ENTERTAINMENT
- Chapter 5.41 — FILMING OF
- Chapter 5.42 — EXHIBITING MOTION PICTURES OR SLIDES WHERE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE SOLD
- Chapter 5.43 — EXHIBITING MOTION PICTURES OR SLIDES BY MEANS OF COIN-OPERATED MACHINES OR DEVI…
- Chapter 5.44 — PUBLIC DANCES
- Chapter 5.46 — YOUTH DANCES
- Chapter 5.48 — BOWLING ALLEYS
- Chapter 5.50 — ADULT BUSINESSES
- Chapter 5.51 — ADULT BUSINESS PERFORMERS
- Chapter 5.52 — POOL AND BILLIARD HALLS
- Chapter 5.54 — CARDROOMS
- Chapter 5.60 — PATROL SERVICE
- Chapter 5.64 — MOTOR BUSES
- Chapter 5.68 — TAXICABS
- Chapter 5.70 — TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 5.71 — UTILITY USERS TAX
- Chapter 5.72 — MOTOR VEHICLE WRECKERS
- Chapter 5.76 — COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILE WASHING FACILITIES
- Chapter 5.80 — CIRCUSES AND CARNIVALS
- Chapter 5.82 — REVOCATION OF
- Chapter 5.85 — COVID-19 HERO PAY
- Chapter 5.90 — TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE
- Chapter 5.92 — SHORT-TERM RENTALS
▸Title VI — HEALTH AND SANITATION
Overview- Chapter 6.04 — PUBLIC HEALTH CODE
- Chapter 6.12 — LIQUEFIED HYDROCYANIC ACID
- Chapter 6.13 — DISPOSABLE FOODWARE ITEMS
- Chapter 6.14 — FOOD HANDLER'S
- Chapter 6.15 — GRADING SYSTEM FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
- Chapter 6.16 — INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Chapter 6.18 — MANDATORY ORGANIC WASTE
- Chapter 6.20 — LITTER
- Chapter 6.24 — REMOVAL OF
- Chapter 6.26 — REAL PROPERTY NUISANCES
- Article I — NUISANCES ENUMERATED
- Article II — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES
- Article III — RECORDATION OF SUBSTANDARD NOTICE
- Chapter 6.27 — RECOVERY OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT EXPENSES
- Chapter 6.28 — VACANT PROPERTY REGULATIONS
- Chapter 6.32 — CITY DUMP AND INCINERATOR
- Chapter 6.36 — SANITARIUMS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
- Chapter 6.40 — POOL MAINTENANCE
▸Title VII — ANIMALS
▸Title VIII — ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BOND LAW
▸Title IX — PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY
Overview- Chapter 9.04 — ADVERTISING
- Chapter 9.08 — AIRCRAFT
- Chapter 9.10 — BINGO GAMES
- Chapter 9.12 — MINORS; LOITERING AND CURFEW
- Chapter 9.14 — JUVENILE CITATION PROGRAM
- Chapter 9.16 — POSSESSION OF OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL
- Chapter 9.18 — SMOKING REGULATED
- Chapter 9.20 — FALSE REPORTS TO POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENTS
- Chapter 9.22 — FLOWER STANDS
- Chapter 9.28 — GAMBLING
- Chapter 9.30 — HAZARDOUS
- Chapter 9.31 — HEALTH WARNINGS
- Chapter 9.32 — LOITERING
- Chapter 9.36 — MARATHON CONTESTS
- Chapter 9.40 — PARADES
- Chapter 9.44 — MASSAGE THERAPY, MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS, AND MASSAGE THERAPISTS
- Chapter 9.48 — PROSTITUTION
- Chapter 9.49 — VEHICLE SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE: PROSTITUTION AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
- Chapter 9.50 — METALLIC BALLOONS
- Chapter 9.56 — PROPERTY DAMAGE
- Chapter 9.57 — GRAFFITI PREVENTION
- Chapter 9.60 — RADIO RECEPTION INTERFERENCE
- Chapter 9.64 — EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS
- Chapter 9.68 — CONVICT REGISTRATION
- Chapter 9.74 — ALARM SYSTEMS
- Chapter 9.75 — MOTOR VEHICLE ALARMS
- Chapter 9.77 — SHOPPING CARTS
- Chapter 9.80 — TRAIN SPEED
- Chapter 9.84 — TRESPASS
- Chapter 9.88 — WATERWAYS
- Chapter 9.92 — WEAPONS
- Chapter 9.93 — VEHICLE DEALERS
- Chapter 9.94 — BUSINESS CONSTITUTING
- Chapter 9.95 — VEHICULAR PARKING
- Chapter 9.96 — DISPLAY OF BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
- Chapter 9.97 — POLICE DEPARTMENT DOGS
- Chapter 9.98 — PUBLIC LODGING FACILITIES
- Chapter 9.99 — POLICE DEPARTMENT
- Chapter 9.100 — PROHIBITED
- Chapter 9.101 — SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS
▸Title XI — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Overview- Chapter 11.04 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 11.08 — GENERALLY
- Chapter 11.12 — ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
- Chapter 11.16 — HEAVY AND
- Chapter 11.18 — INTERSTATE TRUCKS
- Chapter 11.20 — THROUGH HIGHWAYS
- Chapter 11.24 — REPOSSESSION
- Chapter 11.28 — STOPPING
- Chapter 11.29 — PREFERRED PARKING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 11.30 — REMOVAL OF ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES
- Chapter 11.31 — ABANDONED VEHICLES
- Chapter 11.32 — LOADING AND UNLOADING
- Chapter 11.34 — HABITATION IN VEHICLES
- Chapter 11.36 — ALL-NIGHT PARKING
- Chapter 11.38 — CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
▸Title XIII — STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Overview- Chapter 13.04 — DATUM PLANE
- Chapter 13.16 — IMPROVEMENTS
- Chapter 13.20 — EXCAVATIONS
- Chapter 13.24 — DRIVEWAYS
- Chapter 13.28 — DRIVING OVER
- Chapter 13.32 — PERMANENT
- Chapter 13.34 — NEWSRACKS ON CITY STREETS
- Chapter 13.36 — TEMPORARY
- Chapter 13.40 — STREET NAMES
- Chapter 13.44 — IMPROVEMENTS
- Chapter 13.48 — UNDERGROUND
▸Title XIV — PARKS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS
▸Title XV — WATER
Overview- Chapter 15.02 — ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 15.04 — SERVICE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 15.08 — RATES
- Chapter 15.12 — WATER METERS
- Chapter 15.16 — FIRE PROTECTION
- Chapter 15.18 — CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL
- Chapter 15.24 — WATER DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
- Chapter 15.25 — WATER SHORTAGE PLAN
- Chapter 15.30 — RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR UTILITY SERVICE
▸Title XVI — SEWERS
Overview- Chapter 16.02 — ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 16.04 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 16.08 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 16.12 — HOUSE SEWERS
- Chapter 16.16 — PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM
- Chapter 16.18 — SEWER USER FEE
- Chapter 16.20 — INTERCEPTORS
- Chapter 16.24 — DISCHARGE
- Chapter 16.28 — PERMIT TO CONNECT
- Chapter 16.29 — SANITARY SEWER RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
- Chapter 16.32 — MANHOLES
- Chapter 16.34 — STORM WATER AND URBAN RUNOFF POLLUTION CONTROL
- Chapter 16.36 — STORMWATER LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT (LID) STANDARDS
- Chapter 16.38 — PROTECTION OF SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM FROM DISCHARGE OF FATS, OILS, AND GREASE
▸Title XVII — INDUSTRIAL WASTE
▸Title XVIII — COMMUNITY NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROL
▸Title XIX — FIRE
▸Title XX — BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
Overview- Chapter 20.01 — PERMIT FEE EXEMPTIONS
- Chapter 20.03 — SANDBLASTING
- Chapter 20.05 — BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 20.07 — RESIDENTIAL CODE
- Chapter 20.09 — ELECTRICAL CODE
- Chapter 20.11 — PLUMBING CODE
- Chapter 20.13 — MECHANICAL CODE
- Chapter 20.15 — SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE
- Chapter 20.17 — UNIFORM HOUSING CODE
- Chapter 20.19 — SMALL RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
- Chapter 20.21 — EXISTING BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 20.23 — ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS
- Chapter 20.25 — CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE MANAGEMENT
▸Title XXII — SUBDIVISIONS
Overview- Chapter 22.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 22.08 — RESPONSIBILITIES
- Chapter 22.12 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 22.16 — MAPS REQUIRED
- Chapter 22.20 — TENTATIVE TRACT MAP
- Chapter 22.24 — TENTATIVE PARCEL MAPS
- Chapter 22.28 — LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS
- Chapter 22.32 — REVERSION TO ACREAGE AND PARCEL MERGER BY DOCUMENT
- Chapter 22.36 — CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
- Chapter 22.40 — CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION
- Chapter 22.44 — DEDICATIONS
- Chapter 22.48 — VESTING MAPS
- Chapter 22.52 — DESIGN STANDARDS
- Chapter 22.56 — SURVEY AND MONUMENTS
- Chapter 22.60 — IMPROVEMENT SECURITY
- Chapter 22.64 — FINAL, PARCEL AND
- Chapter 22.68 — OFFICIAL MAPS
- Chapter 22.72 — FORCED MERGER AND UNMERGER OF PARCELS
- Chapter 22.76 — FEES AND CHARGES
▸Title XXIII — ZONING
Overview- Article I — INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
- Article II — DISTRICT REGULATIONS
- Article III — CITYWIDE REGULATIONS
- Article IV — ADMINISTRATION AND PERMITS
- Chapter 23.01 — PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF
- Chapter 23.02 — INTERPRETATION OF THE ZONING CODE
- Chapter 23.03 — ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAP
- Chapter 23.04 — RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.05 — COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.06 — EMPLOYMENT ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.08 — SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.10 — WEST MAIN CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN (-WMC) OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 23.11 — PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (-PD) OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 23.12 — GENERAL SITE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 23.13 — BUILDING AND SITE DESIGN STANDARDS
- Chapter 23.14 — AFFORDABLE HOUSING, DENSITY BONUSES AND INCENTIVES
- Chapter 23.15 — INCLUSIONARY HOUSING
- Chapter 23.16 — ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
- Chapter 23.17 — LANDSCAPING
- Chapter 23.18 — MAPPED STREETS
- Chapter 23.19 — NONCONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES, AND LOTS
- Chapter 23.20 — PARKING AND LOADING
- Chapter 23.21 — SIGNS
- Chapter 23.22 — STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC USES
- Chapter 23.23 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Chapter 23.30 — PLANNING AUTHORITIES
- Chapter 23.31 — COMMON PROCEDURES
- Chapter 23.32 — ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
- Chapter 23.33 — DESIGN REVIEW
- Chapter 23.34 — USE PERMITS
- Chapter 23.35 — TEMPORARY USE PERMITS
- Chapter 23.36 — MODIFICATIONS
- Chapter 23.37 — VARIANCES
- Chapter 23.38 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- Chapter 23.39 — DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- Chapter 23.40 — AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN, ZONING TEXT, AND ZONING MAP
- Chapter 23.42 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION PERMITS
- Chapter 23.43 — USE CLASSIFICATIONS
- Chapter 23.44 — DEFINITIONS