Chapter 26 — ENFORCEMENT, VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES, ENACTMENT

Sections:

26.010 Enforcement. 26.020 Violations and Penalties. 26.030 Enactment.

All department officials and public employees of the City of Petaluma vested with the duty or authority to issue permits shall conform to the provisions of this Ordinance and shall issue no permit, certificate, or license for uses, buildings, or purposes in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance; and any such permit, certificate, or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, intentionally or otherwise, shall be null and void. It shall be the duty of the Zoning Administrator (Director) and the Building Official of the City of Petaluma to enforce the provisions of this ordinance pertaining to the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, conversion, alteration, or addition to any building or structure and the use of any land, building, or premise.

A. Any building or structure set up, erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved or maintained contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, any use of the land, building or premise established, conducted, operated or maintained contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, shall be and same hereby is declared to be, unlawful and a public nuisance; and the City Attorney of the City of Petaluma shall, upon order of the City Council, immediately commence action or proceedings for the abatement and removal and enjoinment thereof in the manner provided by law, and shall take such other steps and shall supply to such Courts as may have jurisdiction to grant relief as will abate and remove such building or structure, and restrain and enjoin any person, firm, or corporation from setting up, erecting, building, maintaining, or using any such building or structure or using property contrary to the provisions of this ordinance.

• B. The remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

A. Earlier ordinance repeal. The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Petaluma, adopted by the City Council on the seventeenth day of January, 1973, and any and all amendments thereto, are hereby repealed. Such repeal shall not affect impair any act done, offense committed, or right accruing, accrued, or acquired, or liability, penalty,

The Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance is current through Ordinance 2907, passed September 8, 2025.

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forfeiture, or punishment incurred, prior to the time such repeal takes effect, but the same may be enjoined, asserted, enforced, prosecuted, or inflicted as fully and to the same extent as if such repeal had not been effected.

B. The City Clerk is hereby directed to post this ordinance for the period and in the manner as required by the City Charter.

The Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance is current through Ordinance 2907, passed September 8, 2025.

Disclaimer: The city clerk’s office has the official version of the Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance. Users should contact the city clerk’s office for ordinances passed subsequent to the ordinance cited above.

City Website: cityofpetaluma.net

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The Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance is current through Ordinance 2907, passed September 8, 2025.

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