Earlier editions: 2026-09
Monterey County Municipal Code Title 20 Coastal Zoning
Monterey County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Monterey County
Sections in this part
- Chapter 20.02 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 20.04 — ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
- Chapter 20.06 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 20.08 — ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION OF ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.10 — REGULATIONS FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "HDR (CZ)"…
- Chapter 20.12 — REGULATIONS FOR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "MDR…
- Chapter 20.14 — REGULATIONS FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "LDR (CZ)"…
- Chapter 20.16 — REGULATIONS FOR RURAL DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "RDR…
- Chapter 20.17 — REGULATIONS FOR WATERSHED AND SCENIC CONSERVATION RESIDENTIAL ZONING…
- Chapter 20.18 — REGULATIONS FOR COASTAL GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "CGC…
- Chapter 20.20 — REGULATIONS FOR MOSS LANDING COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "MLC (CZ)"…
- Chapter 20.21 — REGULATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "IC (CZ)"…
- Chapter 20.22 — REGULATIONS FOR VISITOR SERVING COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "VSC…
- Chapter 20.24 — REGULATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "AI (CZ)"…
- Chapter 20.26 — REGULATIONS FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "LI (CZ)" DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.28 — REGULATIONS FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "HI (CZ)" DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.30 — REGULATIONS FOR COASTAL AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE ZONING DISTRICTS OR "CAP…
- Chapter 20.32 — REGULATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION ZONING DISTRICTS "AC (CZ)"…
- Chapter 20.36 — REGULATIONS FOR RESOURCE CONSERVATION ZONING DISTRICTS OR "RC (CZ)"…
- Chapter 20.38 — REGULATIONS FOR OPEN SPACE RECREATION ZONING DISTRICTS OR "OR (CZ)"…
- Chapter 20.40 — REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC/QUASI-PUBLIC ZONING DISTRICTS OR "PQP (CZ)"…
- Chapter 20.42 — REGULATIONS FOR BUILDING SITE ZONING DISTRICTS OR "B" DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.44 — REGULATIONS FOR DESIGN CONTROL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "D" DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.48 — REGULATIONS FOR LIMITED AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICTS OR "A" DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.54 — REGULATIONS FOR HISTORIC RESOURCES ZONING DISTRICTS OR "HR" DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.56 — REGULATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT ZONING DISTRICTS OR "Z" DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.58 — REGULATIONS FOR PARKING
- Chapter 20.60 — REGULATIONS FOR SIGNS
- Chapter 20.61 — REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- Chapter 20.62 — HEIGHT AND SETBACK EXCEPTIONS
- Chapter 20.64 — SPECIAL REGULATIONS
- Chapter 20.65 — DENSITY BONUS AND INCENTIVES
- Chapter 20.66 — DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Chapter 20.67 — COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES
- Chapter 20.68 — LEGAL NONCONFORMING LAND USES
- Chapter 20.69 — OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION PILOT PROGRAM
- Chapter 20.70 — COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
- Chapter 20.76 — COASTAL ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS
- Chapter 20.78 — VARIANCES
- Chapter 20.79 — EMERGENCY PERMITS
- Chapter 20.80 — RENEWAL OF PERMITS APPROVED PRIOR TO ADOPTION OF THE COASTAL…
- Chapter 20.82 — COMBINED DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
- Chapter 20.83 — INACTIVE APPLICATIONS
- Chapter 20.84 — PUBLIC HEARINGS
- Chapter 20.86 — APPEALS
- Chapter 20.88 — APPEALS TO ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATIONS
- Chapter 20.90 — ENFORCEMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL PROCEDURES, PENALTIES
- Chapter 20.92 — AIRPORT APPROACHES ZONING
- Chapter 20.94 — AMENDMENTS TO TITLE
- Chapter 20.96 — MONTEREY COUNTY ORDINANCES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Cite as: Monterey County Municipal Code Title 20 · Text as of 2026-10-04
Footnotes:
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Printed herein is the Coastal Zoning Implementation Plan of the County, as certified by the County Board of Supervisors on January 12, 1988. Amendments to the ordinance are indicated by parenthetical history notes following amended provisions. The absence of a history note indicates that the provision remains unchanged from the original ordinance. Obvious misspellings and punctuation errors have been corrected without notation. For stylistic purposes, headings and catchlines have been made uniform and the same system of capitalization, citation to state statutes, and expression of numbers in text as appears in the Code of Ordinances has been used. Additions made for clarity are indicated by brackets.
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