Municipal code
Los Altos Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Los Altos, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-03
- Contents
- 14 titles · 2,177 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Los Altos
Contents
▸Title 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
Overview- Chapter 1.01 — CODE ADOPTION
- Chapter 1.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 1.08 — CITY SEAL
- Chapter 1.10 — ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 1.12 — APPEALS
- Chapter 1.16 — ARREST AND CITATION PROCEDURE
- Chapter 1.20 — VIOLATIONS
- Chapter 1.30 — ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS AND ORDERS
- Chapter 1.40 — GOVERNMENT CLAIM FILING REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 1.50 — MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT
▸Title 2 — ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Overview- Chapter 2.01 — CITY MANAGER
- Chapter 2.02 — CITY CLERK
- Chapter 2.03 — CITY ATTORNEY
- Chapter 2.04 — CITY COUNCIL
- Chapter 2.05 — PUBLIC MEETING RULES FOR CONDUCT
- Chapter 2.08 — CITY COMMISSIONS GENERALLY
- Chapter 2.12 — HISTORICAL COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.16 — COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS
- Chapter 2.20 — PURCHASING SYSTEM
- Chapter 2.24 — DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
- Chapter 2.28 — DISASTER COUNCIL AND CITY EMERGENCY ORGANIZATION
- Chapter 2.30 — ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
▸Title 3 — REVENUE AND FINANCE
Overview- Chapter 3.04 — FISCAL PROVISIONS GENERALLY
- Chapter 3.12 — TRANSFER OF ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION DUTIES TO COUNTY
- Chapter 3.16 — BIDDING PROCEDURES UNDER THE UNIFORM PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION COST
- Chapter 3.20 — CITY FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES
- Chapter 3.24 — CONSTRUCTION TAX
- Chapter 3.28 — REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
- Chapter 3.32 — SALES AND USE TAX
- Chapter 3.36 — TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 3.40 — UTILITY USERS' TAX
- Chapter 3.42 — COMMUNICATION USERS' TAX
- Chapter 3.44 — SPECIAL GAS TAX STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND
- Chapter 3.50 — MINIMUM WAGE
- Chapter 3.52 — PUBLIC ART FUNDING
- Chapter 3.60 — DEVELOPMENT IMPACT AND IN-LIEU FEES
- Chapter 3.62 — AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEES
▸Title 4 — BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Overview- Chapter 4.04 — BUSINESS LICENSES GENERALLY
- Chapter 4.08 — GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALES
- Chapter 4.12 — BINGO
- Chapter 4.16 — FORTUNETELLING AND SIMILAR PRACTICES
- Chapter 4.20 — MASSAGE BUSINESSES
- Chapter 4.24 — PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS
- Chapter 4.28 — PRIVATE PATROL SERVICES
- Chapter 4.32 — SECONDHAND DEALERS
- Chapter 4.36 — SKATING FACILITIES
- Chapter 4.40 — TAXICABS
- Chapter 4.44 — STATE VIDEO SERVICE FRANCHISES
- Chapter 4.48 — TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSING
▸Title 5 — ANIMALS
Overview- Chapter 5.04 — ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
- Chapter 5.08 — ANIMAL CONTROL REGULATIONS GENERALLY
- Chapter 5.10 — ANIMAL CONTROL REGULATIONS IN R1/R3 DISTRICTS
- Chapter 5.12 — DOGS AND CATS
- Chapter 5.16 — DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS
- Chapter 5.20 — IMPOUNDMENT
- Chapter 5.24 — PET SHOPS, KENNELS AND OTHER ANIMAL FACILITIES
▸Title 6 — HEALTH AND SAFETY
Overview- Chapter 6.04 — ALARM SYSTEMS
- Chapter 6.08 — FIREWORKS
- Chapter 6.12 — SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, REMOVAL, DISPOSAL, PROCESSING AND RECYCLING
- Chapter 6.13 — EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY
- Chapter 6.14 — COLLECTION, RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE GENERATED FROM
- Chapter 6.15 — MANAGING POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) IN PRIORITY BUILDING MATERIALS
- Chapter 6.16 — NOISE CONTROL
- Chapter 6.24 — RESTAURANTS AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
- Chapter 6.28 — SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS
- Chapter 6.32 — WATERCOURSE PROTECTION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 6.36 — MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH REGULATIONS
- Chapter 6.40 — REUSABLE BAGS
- Chapter 6.42 — REGULATIONS ON DISPOSABLE FOODWARE
▸Title 7 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Overview- Chapter 7.04 — OFFENSES RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- Chapter 7.08 — DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
- Chapter 7.12 — GAMBLING
- Chapter 7.20 — CURFEW
- Chapter 7.24 — UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY
- Chapter 7.28 — WEAPONS
- Chapter 7.29 — SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS
- Chapter 7.30 — MILITARY EQUIPMENT POLICY
- Chapter 7.31 — POSSESSION OF FIREARMS IN SENSITIVE PLACES
▸Title 8 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Overview▸Chapter 8.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS, ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 8.08 — SPEED LIMITS
- Chapter 8.12 — PEDESTRIANS
- Chapter 8.16 — TRUCK ROUTES
- Chapter 8.24 — MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
- Chapter 8.28 — ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANTLED OR INOPERATIVE VEHICLES
- Chapter 8.32 — BICYCLES AND ELECTRIC MOBILITY DEVICES
- Chapter 8.34 — MOBILE VENDORS
▸Title 9 — STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Overview- Chapter 9.04 — EXCAVATIONS
- Chapter 9.08 — HANDBILLS
- Chapter 9.12 — ROADWAY SOLICITATION
- Chapter 9.16 — NEWSRACKS
- Chapter 9.20 — TREES AND SHRUBS
- Chapter 9.24 — PUBLIC PARKS
- Chapter 9.25 — SPECIAL EVENTS
- Chapter 9.26 — SIGNS ON CITY PROPERTY
- Chapter 9.28 — NAMING OF PUBLIC STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES
- Chapter 9.30 — Camping and Storage of Personal Property in Public Areas
▸Title 10 — PUBLIC SERVICES
Overview▸Chapter 10.04 — SEWER SERVICE SYSTEM GENERALLY
- Chapter 10.08 — SEWER SYSTEM PROTECTION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 10.16 — STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION MEASURES
▸Title 11 — MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTY REGULATIONS
Overview- Chapter 11.06 — WEED ABATEMENT
- Chapter 11.08 — TREE PROTECTION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 11.10 — NUISANCE ABATEMENT
- Chapter 11.12 — WIRELESS FACILITIES
- Chapter 11.13 — RESTRICTION ON THE LOS ALTOS COMMUNITY CENTER SITE
- Chapter 11.14 — MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
- Chapter 11.15 — LEAF BLOWER REGULATIONS
- Chapter 11.20 — STREET IMPROVEMENTS
▸Title 12 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Overview- Chapter 12.04 — Administrative Code
- Chapter 12.06 — Building Code
- Chapter 12.08 — Residential Code
- Chapter 12.10 — Electrical Code
- Chapter 12.12 — Mechanical Codes
- Chapter 12.14 — Plumbing Code
- Chapter 12.16 — Energy Code
- Chapter 12.18 — Wildland-Urban Interface
- Chapter 12.20 — Historical Building Code
- Chapter 12.22 — Fire Code
- Chapter 1 — SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 5 — FIRE SERVICE FEATURES
- Chapter 7 — FIRE AND SMOKE PROTECTION FEATURES
- Chapter 9 — FIRE PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS
- Chapter 12 — ENERGY SYSTEMS SECTION
- Chapter 33 — FIRE SAFETY DURING CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION Section
- Chapter 41 — TEMPORARY HEATING AND COOKING OPERATIONS
- Chapter 50 — HAZARDOUS MATERIALS-GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 54 — CORROSIVE MATERIALS
- Chapter 56 — EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS
- Chapter 57 — FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS
- Chapter 58 — FLAMMABLE GASES AND FLAMMABLE CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
- Chapter 60 — HIGHLY TOXIC AND TOXIC MATERIALS
- Chapter 61 — LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES
- Chapter 64 — PYROPHORIC MATERIALS
- Chapter 12.24 — California Existing Building Code
- Chapter 12.26 — Green Building Standards Code
- Chapter 12.28 — California Referenced Standards Code
- Chapter 12.30 — Penalty for Expired Permits
- Chapter 12.32 — Property Maintenance Code
- Chapter 12.34 — Abatement of Dangerous Buildings
- Chapter 12.36 — Housing Code
- Chapter 12.38 — Undergrounding Utilities
▸Chapter 12.40 — Floodplain Management
Overview- Article 2 — Applicability
- Article 3 — Duties and Powers of The Floodplain Administrator
- Article 4 — Permits for Floodplain Development
- Article 5 — Site Plans and Construction Documents
- Article 6 — Inspections
- Article 7 — Variances
- Article 8 — Violations
- Article 9 — Definitions
- Article 10 — Buildings and Structures
- Article 11 — Subdivisions
- Article 12 — Site Improvements, Utilities and Limitations
- Article 13 — Installation of Manufactured Homes
- Article 14 — Recreational Vehicles
- Article 15 — Other Development
- Article 16 — Flood Control Projects
▸Title 13 — SUBDIVISIONS
▸Title 14 — ZONING
Overview- Chapter 14.01 — ADMINISTRATION OF ZONING
- Chapter 14.02 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 14.04 — ZONING DISTRICTS DESIGNATED
- Chapter 14.06 — R1-10 SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.08 — R1-H SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.10 — R1-20 SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.12 — R1-40 SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.13 — SINGLE-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.14 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
- Chapter 14.15 — ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN R DISTRICTS
- Chapter 14.16 — R3-4.5 MULTIPLE-FAMILY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.18 — R3-5 MULTIPLE-FAMILY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.20 — R3-3 MULTIPLE-FAMILY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.22 — R3-1.8 MULTIPLE-FAMILY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.24 — R3-1 MULTIPLE-FAMILY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.26 — CONVERSIONS TO COMMUNITY HOUSING
▸Chapter 14.28 — MULTIPLE-FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- Chapter 14.30 — SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROHIBITION
- Chapter 14.34 — OA OFFICE-ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.36 — OA-1/OA-4.5 OFFICE-ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.40 — CN COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.44 — CD COMMERCIAL DOWNTOWN DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.48 — CRS COMMERCIAL RETAIL SALES DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.50 — CT COMMERCIAL THOROUGHFARE DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.52 — CD/R3 COMMERCIAL DOWNTOWN/MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.54 — CRS/OAD COMMERCIAL RETAIL SALES/OFFICE-ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.56 — PC PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.58 — PCF PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.60 — PCF/R1-10 PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES/SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.62 — PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS
▸Chapter 14.63 — SPECIALIZED HOUSING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 14.64 — DUAL OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENTS (SB9)
- Chapter 14.66 — GENERAL STANDARDS AND EXCEPTIONS
- Chapter 14.68 — SIGNS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
- Chapter 14.70 — COMMUNITY FACILITIES
- Chapter 14.72 — FENCE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 14.74 — ACCESS, OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
- Chapter 14.75 — BICYCLE PARKING
- Chapter 14.77 — DESIGN REVIEW
- Chapter 14.80 — USE PERMITS
- Chapter 14.81 — VARIANCES
- Chapter 14.82 — MEDICAL AND ADULT-USE CANNABIS REGULATIONS
- Chapter 14.84 — CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY
- Chapter 14.85 — STANDARDS FOR THE LOCATION OF WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
- Chapter 14.86 — ZONING AMENDMENTS
- Chapter 14.88 — ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS
- Chapter 14.91 — LIGHTING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Chapter 14.93 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Chapter 14.95 — MILLS ACT PROGRAM
- § 14.46
- § 14.76
▸§ 14.78