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Title 8 — Zoning

Dublin Municipal Code § 8.12.020 Zoning Districts Established

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

Cite as: Dublin Municipal Code § 8.12.020 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 8.12.010. Purpose.

The purpose of this Chapter is to establish zoning districts, adopt an official Zoning Map, show equivalent zoning districts between the new Zoning Ordinance and the former Zoning Ordinance, determine permitted land uses and conditionally permitted land uses, and establish decision maker authority for such conditionally permitted land uses.

Intent. The intent of this Chapter is to ensure the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare; and to classify and regulate the use of land, buildings and structures within the City of Dublin that will consistently implement the General Plan and specific plans.

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§ 8.12.020. Zoning Districts Established.

The City of Dublin shall be divided into zoning districts which consistently implement the General Plan and specific plans. The following zoning districts (which may be commonly referred to as “Zones”) are established, and shall be shown on the official Zoning Map, Section 8.12.030.

A Agricultural Zoning District
R-1 R-2 R-M PD Single Family Residential Zoning District Two Family Residential Zoning District Multi-Family Residential Zoning District Planned Development Zoning District
C-O C-N C-1 C-2 Commercial Office Zoning District Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District Retail Commercial Zoning District General Commercial Zoning District
M-P M-1 M-2 Industrial Park Zoning District Light Industrial Zoning District Heavy Industrial Zoning District
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§ 8.12.030. Zoning Map Adopted.

A. The boundaries of the zoning districts established by Section 8.12.020 shall be shown upon the map designated as the “City of Dublin Zoning Map” (hereafter referred to as the “Zoning Map”, on file with the City Clerk, and available at the Department of Community Development.

B. The Zoning Map, together with all legends, symbols, notations, references, zoning district boundaries, map symbols, and other information on the map has been adopted by the City Council in compliance with Government Code Sections 65800 et seq., and is hereby incorporated into this Ordinance by reference as though it were fully set forth here.

C. The Zoning Map shall implement the adopted General Plan and specific plans.

D. Amendments to the Zoning Map shall follow the process established in Chapter 8.120, Zoning Ordinance Amendment.

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§ 8.12.040. Zoning District Conversion Table.

The following zoning district conversion table shows the equivalent zones of the new Zoning Ordinance and of the former Zoning Ordinance:

New Zoning Ordinance New Zoning Ordinance Former Zoning Ordinance Former Zoning Ordinance
A Agricultural District A Agricultural District
R-1 R-2 R-M R-M PD Single Family Residential District Two Family Residential District Multi-Family Residential District Multi-Family Residential District Planned Development District R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 PD Single Family Residence District Two Family Residence District Four Family Dwelling District Multiple Residence District Planned Development District
C-O C-N C-1 C-2 Commercial Office District Neighborhood Commercial District Retail Commercial District General Commercial District C-O C-N C-1 C-2 Administrative Office District Neighborhood Business District Retail Business District General Commercial District
M-P M-1 M-2 Industrial Park District Light Industrial District Heavy Industrial District M-P M-1 M-2 Industrial Park District Light Industrial District Heavy Industrial District
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§ 8.12.050. Permitted and Conditionally Permitted Land Uses.

The following “Land Use Matrix” lists the permitted and conditionally permitted Use Types, as defined in Chapter 8.08, Definitions, in each Zoning District, and the decision-making authority. Uses in the Downtown Dublin Zoning District are set forth in Chapter 8.30 (Downtown Dublin Zoning District) of the Zoning Ordinance. Uses in the Dublin Crossing Zoning District are set forth in Chapter 8.31 (Dublin Crossing Zoning District) of the Zoning Ordinance.

AGRICULTURAL USE TYPES

AGRICULTURAL USE TYPE A R-1 R-2 R-M C-O C-N C-1 C-2 M-P M-1 M-2
Animal Keeping - Agricultural C/ZA - - - - - - - - - -
Animal Keeping - Commercial C/ZA - - - - - - - - - -
Agricultural Processing C/ZA - - - - - - - - - -
Bird Keeping - Commercial C/ZA - - - - - - - - - -
Crop Production C/ZA - - - - - - - - - -
Horse Stable/Riding Academy C/ZA - - - - - - - - - -
Horsekeeping C/ZA - - - - - - - - - -
Marijuana - Medical Cultivation - - - - - - - - - - -
Marijuana - Nonmedical Cultivation (up to 6 plants) 3 P P P P - - P P P P P

RESIDENTIAL USE TYPES

RESIDENTIAL USE TYPE A R-1 R-2 R-M C-O C-N C-1 C-2 M-P M-1 M-2
Accessory Dwelling Unit P P P P - - P - - - -
Agricultural Employee Housing P 5 C/ZA 5 P 6 - - - - - - - - -
Animal Keeping - Residential P P P P - - - - - - -
Boarding House - C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA - - - - - - -
Caretaker Residence C/ZA - - - - - C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC
Community Care Facility P P P P - - C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC -
Cottage Food Operations (see Chapter 8.65) ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP - - - - - - -
Duplex - - P P - - - - - - -
Emergency Shelter - - - - - - - - - P -
Family Day Care Home/Large (up to 14 children) P P P P - - - - - - -
Family Day Care Home/Small (up to 8 children) P P P P - - - - - - -
Garage/Yard Sale P P P P - - - - - - -
Home Occupation P P P P - - - - - - -
Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit P P P P - - - - - - -
Low-Barrier Navigation Center 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation P P P P - - - - - - -
Mobile Home P P P - - - - - - - -
Mobile Home/Manufactured Home Park - C/PC C/PC - - - - - - - -
Multi-Family Residence - - P P - - - - - - -
Parking Lot - Residential - C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA - - - - - - -
Residential Use Secondary to Commercial Use - C/PC - - - - C/PC - - - -
Residential Conversion of Garage to Living Space - P - - - - - - - - -
SB 9 Unit Developments - ZC - - - - - - - - -
Single-Family Residence P P P P - - - - - - -
Single Room Occupancy Units - - - - - - - ZC - - -
Supportive Housing P P P P - - C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC -
Temporary Mobile Home/Manufactured Home TUP TUP TUP - - - - - - - -
Tract and Sales Office/Model Home Complex - TUP TUP TUP - - - - - - -
Transitional Housing P P P P - - C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC -

CIVIC USE TYPES

CIVIC USE TYPE A R-1 R-2 R-M C-O C-N C-1 C-2 M-P M-1 M-2
Community Clubhouse - C/PC C/PC C/PC - - C/PC - - - -
Community Facility C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC
Hospital/Medical Center - - - C/PC - - C/PC C/PC - - -
Industrial Transfer/Storage/Treatment Facility - - - - - - - - - C/PC C/PC
Newspaper Recycling Bin TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP - - -
Small Scale Transfer and Storage Facility - - - - - - - - - C/PC C/PC

COMMERCIAL USE TYPES

COMMERCIAL USE TYPE A R-1 R-2 R-M C-O C-N C-1 C-2 M-P M-1 M-2
Adult Business Establishment - - - - - - C/PC C/PC - - -
Ambulance Service - C/PC - - - - - P - P -
Animal Sales and Services C/ZA - - - - - C/PC C/PC - C/PC C/PC
Arcade - - - - - - C/PC - - - -
Arts and Crafts Fair TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP -
Auction Yard - - - - - - - C/PC C/PC C/PC -
Auditorium - - - - - - C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA -
Automobile/Vehicle Brokerage - - - - P P P P - - ZC/MUP 1 -
Automobile/Vehicle Rental (see Chapter 8.34) - - - - - - - P - C/PC ZC/MUP 1 -
Automobile/Vehicle Repairs and Service (see Chapter 8.34) - - - - - - - P - C/PC ZC/MUP 1 -
Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Service (see Chapter 8.34) - - - - - - - C/PC - C/PC ZC/MUP 1 -
Automobile/Vehicle Storage Lot - - - - - - - TUP - C/PC -
Banks and Financial Services - - - - P P P P - - -
Bed and Breakfast Inn C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC - - C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC
Billiard/Pool Hall - - - - - - C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA -
Building Materials Sales - - - - - - P P - - -
Car Wash/Detailing - - - - - - - C/ZA - - -
Card Room - - - - - - C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA -
Carnival - - - - - - TUP TUP - - -
Cemeteries, Columbariums and Mortuaries C/PC - - - - - C/PC C/PC - C/PC -
Christmas Tree Sales Lot - - - - TUP TUP TUP TUP - - -
Comedy Club - - - - C/ZA C/ZA P P C/ZA C/ZA -
Commercial Kitchen - - - - - - - - P P -
Copying and Blueprinting - - - - P P P P - - -
Dance Floor - - - - - - C/PC C/PC - C/PC -
Day Care Center (15+ persons) (see Chapter 8.82) - ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP
Drive-in/Drive-through Business - - - - - C/PC C/PC C/PC - - -
Eating and Drinking Establishment - - - - C/ZA C/ZA P P C/ZA C/ZA -
Eating and Drinking Establishment – Specialty - - - - C/ZA P P P C/ZA C/ZA -
Eating and Drinking Establishment – Take Out - - - - C/ZA P P P C/ZA C/ZA -
Farmer’s Market - - - - TUP TUP TUP TUP - - -
Festival/Street Fair TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP - - -
Fireworks Sales - - - - - - TUP TUP - - -
Fortunetelling - - - - - - C/PC C/PC - - -
Health Services/Clinics - - - - P P P P P - -
Hotel/Motel - - - - - - C/PC C/PC - - -
Housemover’s Storage Lot - - - - - - - - - - C/PC
Impound Yard - - - - - - - - - C/PC C/PC
Laboratory - - - - P - - P P P P
Massage Establishment 2 - - - - - P P P - - -
Marijuana - Commercial Medical Business - - - - - - - - - - -
Marijuana - Commercial Nonmedical Business - - - - - - - - - - -
Marijuana - Medical Dispensary - - - - - - - - - - -
Mini-Storage - - - - - - - P - P -
Nightclub - - - - C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA -
Office - Contractor’s - - - - - - - P P P P
Office - Professional/Administrative - - - - P P P P P P -
Office Trailer - Commercial - - - - TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP
Outdoor Live Entertainment 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
Outdoor Mobile Vendor - - - - C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA
Outdoor Sale by Est. Dub. Bus. - - - - TUP TUP TUP TUP - - -
Outdoor Seating - Permanent - - - - P P P P P P -
Parking Lot/Garage-Commercial - - - - C/PC C/PC P P C/PC P P
Personal Services - - - - - P P P - - -
Plant Nursery C/PC C/PC - - - - C/PC C/PC - - -
Pumpkin Sales Lot - - - - TUP TUP TUP TUP - - -
Recording Studio - - - - - - - - P P -
Recreational Facility/Indoor (see Chapter 8.70) - - - - - - ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP ZC/MUP
Recreational Facility/Outdoor C/PC - - - - - C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC
Repair Shop - - - - - P P P - - -
Reproductive Health Services - - - - P P P P P P P
Retail - General - - - - - - P P - - -
Retail - Neighborhood - - - - - P P P - - -
Retail - Outdoor Storage - - - - - - C/PC C/PC - - -
Retail - Service - - - - - - - P - - -
School - Commercial - - - - - - P P P/MUP 4 P/MUP 4 P/MUP 4
Service Station - - - - - C/PC C/PC C/PC - C/PC C/PC
Shopping Center - - - - - - C/PC C/PC - - -
Superstore - - - - - - - - - - -
Temporary Construction Trailer TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP TUP
Temporary Outdoor Sale Not Related to On-Site Established Business (Sidewalk Sale) - - - - C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA C/ZA
Theater (other than Adult Business Establishment) - - - - - P P P C/ZA C/ZA -
Tobacco Retailer - - - - - - ZC ZC - - -
Vehicle Storage Yd-Commercial - - - - - - - - - C/ZA C/ZA

INDUSTRIAL USE TYPES

INDUSTRIAL USE TYPE A R-1 R-2 R-M C-O C-N C-1 C-2 M-P M-1 M-2
Equipment and materials Storage Yard - - - - - - - C/PC - C/PC -
Industrial - Heavy - - - - - - - - - - P
Industrial - Light - - - - - - - - P P P
Printing and Publishing - - - - - - - - P P -
Recycling Facility - Commercial - - - - - - C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC C/PC
Research and Development Laboratory - - - - - - - - P P P
Salvage and Wrecking Yard - - - - - - - - - C/PC C/PC
Storage Container - - - - - - - - TUP TUP TUP
Storage of Petroleum Products for On-Site Use - - - - - - - P P P P
Trucking Terminal - - - - - - - - - P P
Warehousing and Distribution - - - - - - - P P P P

KEY/DECISIONMAKER AUTHORITY

Permitted P
Not Permitted -
Zoning Clearance ZC
Minor Use Permit MUP
Conditional Use Permit/Zoning Administrator C/ZA
Conditional Use Permit/Planning Commission C/PC
Temporary Use Permit TUP
Notes:
1 Permitted with a zoning clearance/minor use permit in the Scarlett Court Overlay Zoning District.
2 Additionally, a Massage Establishment may also be established in a Planned Development (PD) Zoning District if not specifically prohibited by the PD regulations and if the project site has an underlying Commercial Land Use designation. Any PD regulations which require a Conditional Use Permit for Massage Establishments shall be superseded by this Chapter and any Massage Establishment in a PD Zoning District, unless specifically prohibited, shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 4.20 .
3 Nonmedical marijuana cultivation must comply with all regulations contained in Chapter 5.58 .
4 Permitted in M-P, M-1, and M-2 zoning districts when use type is conducted entirely within a building and permitted with approval of an MUP when use type is not entirely conducted within a building.
5 Housing consisting of up to 36 beds in a group quarters or 12 units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household is permitted as an agricultural land use. A conditional use permit by the Zoning Administrator is required for housing consisting of more than 36 beds in a group quarters or more than 12 units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household.
6 Permitted for six or fewer agricultural employees in a single-family residence.
7 Permitted with a Zoning Clearance in the Downtown Dublin Zoning Districts, and in the Planned Development (PD) Zoning District, if the approved PD allows mixed-use or is a commercial PD permitting multifamily uses.
8 Permitted with a Zoning Clearance or Minor Use Permit in the Downtown Dublin Zoning Districts only.

(Rev. Ord. 16-02 (October 2002); Ord. 9-03 (July 2003); Ord. 16-04 (April 2004); Ord. 20-06 (November 2006); Ord. 15-09 (November 2009); Ord. 3-10 (February 2010); Ord. 5-10 (April 2010); Ord. 27-10 (December 2010); Ord. 1-11 (February 2011); Ord. 4-11 (April 2011); Ord. 8-11 (June 2011); Ord. 20-12 (December 2012); Ord. 6-13 (November 2013); Ord. 7-13 (November 2013); Ord. 25-14 (December 2014); Ord. 4-15 (July 2015); Ord. 5-25 (July 2025); Ord. 1-16 (January 2016); Ord. 9-16 (October 2016); Ord. 1-19 (January 2019); Ord. 5-20 (June 2020); Ord. 17-20 (November 2020); Ord. 7-21 (August 2021); Ord. 3-22 (April 2022); Ord. 1-25 (February 2025); Ord. 11-25 (December 2025); Ord. 03-26, 4/7/2026)

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