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Chapter 6 — FLOODWAY AND FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICTS

6.060 Prezoning of Flood Hazard Lands.

Petaluma Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · Petaluma

All areas not within the City of Petaluma but within the boundaries of the “Areas of Special Flood Hazard” identified by the Federal Insurance Administration through a scientific and engineering report entitled “The Flood Insurance Study for the County of Sonoma” dated May 31, 1979, or any updates thereto and which are also within the City of Petaluma planning area as shown on the Petaluma General Plan are hereby prezoned to the FP-C

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

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Ch. 6 Floodway and Flood Plain Districts | Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance

(Flood Plain-Combining Zone) or FW (Floodway Zone) in accordance with the principles set out in Sections 6.040 through 6.050 and this Chapter.

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▸Contents — Petaluma Zoning Code
Petaluma Zoning Code
  1. Chapter 1 — PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY OF ZONING ORDINANCE
  2. Chapter 2
  3. Chapter 3 — DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS
  4. Chapter 4 — ZONE DISTRICTS AND ALLOWABLE LAND USES
  5. Chapter 5 — OVERLAY ZONES
  6. ▸Chapter 6 — FLOODWAY AND FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICTS
    Overview
    1. 6.010 Purpose.
    2. 6.011 Findings of Fact.
    3. 6.013 Methods of Reducing Flood Losses.
    4. 6.020 Flood Plain and Floodway Areas.
    5. 6.030 Definitions.
    6. 6.040 Flood Plain/Flood Prone Area – Combining District (FP-C).
    7. 6.050 Floodway District (FW).
    8. 6.060 Prezoning of Flood Hazard Lands.
    9. 6.070 General Provisions.
    10. 6.080 Duties and Responsibilities of the Community Development…
    11. 6.090 Warning and Disclaimer of Liability.
  7. Chapter 7 — STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES
  8. Chapter 8 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT
  9. Chapter 9
  10. Chapter 10 — ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESS
  11. Chapter 11 — PARKING AND LOADING FACILITIES, OFF-STREET
  12. Chapter 12 — DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS MODIFICATIONS
  13. Chapter 13
  14. Chapter 14 — LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING
  15. Chapter 15
  16. Chapter 16
  17. Chapter 17 — TREE PRESERVATION
  18. Chapter 18 — PUBLIC ART
  19. Chapter 19 — PLANNED UNIT DISTRICT AND PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTR…
  20. Chapter 20 — SIGNS AND SIGN STRUCTURES
  21. Chapter 21 — PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
  22. Chapter 22 — NONCONFORMING USES
  23. Chapter 23
  24. Chapter 24
  25. Chapter 25 — AMENDMENTS
  26. Chapter 26 — ENFORCEMENT, VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES, ENACTMENT
  27. Chapter 27 — RESIDENTIAL DENSITY BONUS
  28. Chapter 28 — GLOSSARY

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