Title 17 — ZONING
Crescent City Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Crescent City
Sections in this part
- Chapter 17.20 — C-1 DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.22 — C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.18 — R-P RESIDENTIAL-PROFESSIONAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.23 — CW WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.36 — SPECIFIC PLANS AND REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.46 — SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
- Chapter 17.52 — TEMPORARY USES
- Chapter 17.64 — Chapter 17.69 CZ-R1 COASTAL ZONE LOW DENSITY CZ-HS COASTAL ZONE HIGHWAY…
- Chapter 17.81 — COASTAL ZONE AMENDMENTS AND REZONING
- Chapter 17.92 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- Chapter 17.02 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 17.04 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 17.06 — ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 17.08 — DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS
- Chapter 17.10 — R-1 LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.14 — R-2 MODERATE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.16 — R-3 HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.18 — R-P RESIDENTIAL-PROFESSIONAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.20 — C-1 DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.22 — C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.23 — CW WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.24 — HS HIGHWAY SERVICE DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.26 — C-M COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.28 — M MANUFACTURING DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.30 — M-P INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.31 — NR NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.32 — O OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.33 — PUBLIC FACILITY OR PF DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.34 — PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.35 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
- Chapter 17.36 — SPECIFIC PLANS AND REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.39 — SIGNS
- Chapter 17.40 — FENCES
- Chapter 17.41 — LANDSCAPING
- Chapter 17.42 — OFF-STREET PARKING
- Chapter 17.43 — LANDSCAPING STANDARDS
- Chapter 17.44 — HEIGHT AND AREA EXCEPTIONS
- Chapter 17.46 — SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
- Chapter 17.48 — SPECIAL ZONING USES
- Chapter 17.50 — NONCONFORMING USES
- Chapter 17.52 — TEMPORARY USES
- Chapter 17.54 — USE PERMITS
- Chapter 17.55 — RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
- Chapter 17.56 — VARIANCES
- Chapter 17.58 — AMENDMENTS AND REZONING
- Chapter 17.59 — BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENTS
- Chapter 17.60 — COASTAL ZONE GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 17.61 — COASTAL ZONE DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 17.62 — COASTAL ZONE ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 17.63 — COASTAL ZONE DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS
- Chapter 17.64 — CZ-R1 COASTAL ZONE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.65 — CZ-R1B COASTAL ZONE LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL-BEACH DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.68 — CZ-C2 COASTAL ZONE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.69 — CZ-HS COASTAL ZONE HIGHWAY SERVICE DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.70 — HARBOR-RELATED DISTRICT CZ-HR COASTAL ZONE
- Chapter 17 — 70A CZ-HD COASTAL ZONE HARBOR DEPENDENT DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.71 — CZ-O COASTAL ZONE OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.72 — CZ-NR COASTAL ZONE NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.73 — CZ-CW COASTAL ZONE WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.74 — COASTAL ZONE SIGNS
- Chapter 17.75 — COASTAL ZONE FENCES
- Chapter 17.76 — COASTAL ZONE OFF-STREET PARKING
- Chapter 17.77 — COASTAL ZONE SPECIFIC PLANS AND REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.78 — COASTAL ZONE HEIGHT AND AREA EXCEPTIONS
- Chapter 17.79 — SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
- Chapter 17.80 — COASTAL ZONE NONCONFORMING USES
- Chapter 17.81 — COASTAL ZONE AMENDMENTS AND REZONING
- Chapter 17.82 — COASTAL ZONE USE PERMITS
- Chapter 17.83 — SPECIAL ZONING USES
- Chapter 17.84 — COASTAL ZONE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS AND APPEALS
- Chapter 17 — 84A COASTAL RESOURCE PROTECTION PUBLIC ACCESS AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
- Chapter 17 — 84B CALIFORNIA COASTAL ZONE RESOURCE PROTECTION PROCEDURES WATER QUALITY
- Chapter 17 — 84C CALIFORNIA COASTAL ZONE RESOURCE PROTECTION PROCEDURES BIOLOGICAL…
- Chapter 17 — 84D CALIFORNIA COASTAL ZONE RESOURCE PROTECTION PROCEDURES PROTECTION OF…
- Chapter 17 — 84F CALIFORNIA COASTAL ZONE RESOURCE PROTECTION PROCEDURES VISUAL RESOURCES
- Chapter 17 — 84G CALIFORNIA COASTAL ZONE RESOURCE PROTECTION PROCEDURES NATURAL AND…
- Chapter 17.85 — VARIANCES
- Chapter 17.86 — COASTAL ZONE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 17.87 — PUBLIC TREES
- Chapter 17.88 — STORM WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Chapter 17.89 — BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENTS
- Chapter 17.90 — SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- Chapter 17.91 — SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
- Chapter 17.92 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- Chapter 17.93 — STANDARDS FOR MARIJUANA
- Chapter 17.94 — CANNABIS CULTIVATION FOR PERSONAL OR MEDICAL USE
- Chapter 17.95 — COMMERCIAL CANNABIS REGULATIONS
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| Chapter 17.02 | § 17.04.125. | Community-use facility or | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GENERAL PROVISIONS | center. | |||
| § 17.04.130. | Court. | |||
| § | 17.02.010. | Purposes and objectives. | § 17.04.135. | Dairy. |
| § | 17.02.020. | Short title. | § 17.04.140. | District. |
| § | 17.02.030. | Components. | § 17.04.145. | Dormitory. |
| § | 17.02.040. | Interpretation. | § 17.04.150. | Drive-ins. |
| § | 17.02.050. | Application. | § 17.04.155. | Dwelling, multiple. |
| § | 17.02.060. | Construction and | § 17.04.160. | Dwelling, one-family. |
| definitions. | § 17.04.165. | Dwelling, two-family. | ||
| § | 17.02.070. | Violation. | § 17.04.170. | Dwelling group. |
| Chapter 17.04 DEFINITIONS |
§ 17.04.175. § 17.04.179. |
Dwelling unit. Emergency shelter. |
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| § 17.04.180. | Essential service. | |||
| § | 17.04.005. | Scope. | § 17.04.185. | Family. |
| § | 17.04.010. | Accessory building. | § 17.04.190. | Fraternity or sorority house. |
| § | 17.04.015. | Accessory living quarters. | § 17.04.195. | Frontage. |
| § | 17.04.020. | Accessory use. | § 17.04.200. | Front wall. |
| § | 17.04.025. | Advertising sign. | § 17.04.205. | Garage, private. |
| § | 17.04.030. | Advertising structure. | § 17.04.210. | Garage, public. |
| § | 17.04.035. | Agriculture. | § 17.04.215. | Garage, storage. |
| § | 17.04.040. | Alley. | § 17.04.220. | Grade. |
| § | 17.04.045. | Apartment. | § 17.04.230. | Guestroom. |
| § | 17.04.050. | Apartment house. | § 17.04.235. | Home occupations. |
| § § |
17.04.055. 17.04.060. |
Area, building. Automobile and trailer sales |
§ 17.04.240. | Hospital, sanitarium, nursing or convalescent homes. |
| area. | ||||
| § § § § § § § § § § § § |
17.04.065. 17.04.070. 17.04.075. 17.04.085. 17.04.090. 17.04.095. 17.04.100. 17.04.103. 17.04.105. 17.04.110. 17.04.115. 17.04.120. |
Automobile wrecking. Basement or cellar. Block. Building. Building height. Building main. Building site. Care facility, residential. Carport. Cemetery. Centerline. Common open space. |
§ 17.04.245. § 17.04.247. § 17.04.250. § 17.04.260. § 17.04.265. § 17.04.270. § 17.04.275. § 17.04.280. § 17.04.285. § 17.04.290. § 17.04.295. § 17.04.300. |
Hotel. Hotel, residential. Junk. Kennel. Kitchen. Labor camp. Landowner. Loading space. Lodging or roominghouse. Lots. Lot area. Lot, corner. |
CRESCENT CITY CODE
| § | 17.04.305. | Lot, interior. | § 17.04.495. | Yard. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| § | 17.04.310. | Lot, key. | § 17.04.500. | Yard, front. |
| § | 17.04.315. | Lot line, front. | § 17.04.505. | Yard, rear. |
| § | 17.04.320. | Lot line, rear. | § 17.04.510. | Yard, side. |
| § | 17.04.325. | Lot line, side. | ||
| § | 17.04.330. | Lot of record. | Chapter 17.06 | |
| § | 17.04.335. | Lot reversed corner. | ADMINISTRATION | |
| § § § § |
17.04.340. 17.04.345. 17.04.350. 17.04.353. |
Lot, through. Lot width. Marina. Mixed use development. |
§ 17.06.010. § 17.06.020. |
Director to administer and enforce provisions. Certificate of occupancy required. |
| § | 17.04.360. | Mobile home park. | § 17.06.030. | Schedule of fees. |
| § | 17.04.365. | Motel. | § 17.06.040. | Complaints regarding |
| § | 17.04.370. | Motor freight depot. | violations. | |
| § | 17.04.375. | Natural production use. | § 17.06.050. | Violations—Penalties. |
| § | 17.04.380. | Nonconforming building. | ||
| § | 17.04.385. | Nonconforming lot. | Chapter 17.08 | |
| § | 17.04.390. | Nonconforming use. | DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS | |
| § | 17.04.400. | Parking area, public. | ||
| § | 17.04.405. | Parking space, automobile. | § 17.08.010. | Established. |
| § | 17.04.410. | Patio, covered. | § 17.08.020. | Boundaries. |
| § | 17.04.415. | Place. | § 17.08.030. | Districts. |
| § | 17.04.425. | Pool hall or billiard parlor. | § 17.08.040. | Changes. |
| § | 17.04.430. | Schools, elementary and | § 17.08.050. | Zoning of vacated or |
| high. | abandoned streets, rights-of- | |||
| § | 17.04.435. | Second-hand store. | way and easements. | |
| § | 17.04.440. | Service station. | § 17.08.060. | Zoning of annexed areas. |
| § § § § |
17.04.445. 17.04.450. 17.04.455. 17.04.457. |
Setback. Sign. Sign area. Small wind energy |
§ 17.08.070. § 17.08.080. |
Prezoning of unincorporated territory. Restrictions except as otherwise provided. |
| § | 17.04.460. | conversion system (WECS). Street. |
R-1 LOW | Chapter 17.10 DENSITY RESIDENTIAL |
| § | 17.04.465. | Street-line. | DISTRICT | |
| § | 17.04.470. | Structural alterations. | ||
| § | 17.04.475. | Structure. | § 17.10.010. | R-1 Purpose. |
| § | 17.04.476. | Supportive housing. | § 17.10.020. | R-1 Principally permitted |
| § | 17.04.478. | Total extended height. | uses. | |
| § | 17.04.479. | Tower height. | § 17.10.030. | R-1 Uses permitted subject |
| § | 17.04.480. | Townhouse or row house. | to a use permit. | |
| § § § |
17.04.484. 17.04.485. 17.04.490. |
Transitional housing. Truck terminal. Use. |
§ 17.10.040. § 17.10.050. |
R-1 Property development standards. R-1 Building placement. |
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§ 17.90.010. Purpose and intent. § 17.90.020. Definitions. § 17.90.030. Review Process.
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