Earlier editions: 2026-09
Planning Code›Chapter 17.10 — USE CLASSIFICATIONS
Oakland Municipal Code § 17.10.690 Rooming House Residential Facilities
Oakland Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Oakland
Cite as: Oakland Municipal Code § 17.10.690 · Text as of 2026-10-04
17.10.630 - General description of Residential Facilities.¶
Residential Facilities include living quarters which accommodate or are intended to accommodate Residential Activities. They also include certain facilities accessory to the above, as specified in Section 17.10.070.
(Prior planning code § 2550)
17.10.640 - One-Family Dwelling Residential Facilities.¶
One-Family Dwelling Residential Facilities include permanently fixed buildings, or those portions thereof, which accommodate or are intended to accommodate Residential Activities and contain one Regular Dwelling Unit on a parcel, along with any Accessory Dwelling Units that may be permitted as set forth in Section 17.103.080 and Chapter 17.88. One-Family Dwelling Residential Facilities also include manufactured homes, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18007; mobile homes, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18008; and employee housing providing accommodations for six (6) or fewer employees. They also include certain facilities accessory to the above, as specified in Section 17.10.070.
(Ord. No. 13763, § 5, 10-3-2023; Ord. No. 13677, § 4(Exh. A), 1-18-2022; Ord. No. 13666, § 3(Exh. A), 11-16-2021; Prior planning code § 2560)
17.10.650 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 13677, § 4(Exh. A), adopted Jan. 18, 2022, repealed § 17.10.650, which pertained to One-Family Dwelling with Secondary Unit Residential Facilities, and derived from Ord. 12199 § 3 (part), 2000: prior planning code § 2560.1; and Ord. No. 13357, § 3(Exh. A), adopted Feb. 16, 2016.
17.10.670 - Two- to Four-Family Dwelling Residential Facilities.¶
Two- to Four-Family Dwelling Residential Facilities include permanently fixed buildings, or those portions thereof, which accommodate or are intended to accommodate Residential Activities and contain two (2) to four (4) Regular Dwelling Units or Efficiency Dwelling Units on a parcel, along with any Accessory Dwelling Units that may be permitted as set forth in Section 17.103.080 and Chapter 17.88. They also include certain facilities accessory to the above, as specified in Section 17.10.070.
(Ord. No. 13763, § 5, 10-3-2023; Ord. No. 13677, § 4(Exh. A), 1-18-2022; Ord. No. 13435, § 4(Exh. A), 5-2-2017; Ord. No. 13064, § 2(Exh. A), 3-15-2011; Prior planning code § 2561)
17.10.680 - Multifamily Dwelling Residential Facilities.¶
Multifamily Dwelling Residential Facilities include permanently fixed buildings, or those portions thereof, which accommodate or are intended to accommodate Residential Activities and contain five (5) or more Regular Dwelling Units or Efficiency Dwelling Units on a parcel, along with any Accessory Dwelling Units that may be permitted as set forth in Section 17.103.080 and Chapter 17.88. They also include certain facilities accessory to the above, as specified in Section 17.10.070.
(Ord. No. 13763, § 5, 10-3-2023; Ord. No. 13677, § 4(Exh. A), 1-18-2022; Ord. No. 13064, § 2(Exh. A), 3-15-2011; Prior planning code § 2562)
17.10.690 - Rooming House Residential Facilities.¶
Rooming House Residential Facilities include permanently fixed buildings, or those portions thereof, which accommodate or are intended to accommodate Residential Activities and each of which contains one or more rooming units. They also include certain facilities accessory to the above, as specified in Section 17.10.070.
(Prior planning code § 2566)
17.10.700 - Vehicular residential facilities.¶
Vehicular Residential Facilities include recreational vehicles as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18010. They do not include manufactured homes, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18007; mobile homes, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18008; or structures installed on a permanent foundation. They also include certain facilities accessory to the above, as specified in Section 17.10.070.
(Ord. 12872 § 4 (part), 2008: prior planning code § 2567; Ord. No. 13666, § 3(Exh. A), 11-16-2021)
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1366, § 3(Exh. A), adopted Nov. 16, 2021, amended the title of § 17.10.700 to read as herein set out. The former § 17.10.700 title pertained to mobile home residential facilities.
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