Earlier editions: 2026-07
Municipal code
Pleasant Hill Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Pleasant Hill, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-04
- Contents
- 17 titles · 1,666 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Pleasant Hill
Contents
▸Title 1 — General Provisions
Overview- Chapter 1.05 — TITLE – DEFINITIONS – GENERAL
- Chapter 1.10 — APPEALS
- Chapter 1.15 — JUDICIAL REVIEW
- Chapter 1.20 — CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY
- Chapter 1.25 — VIOLATION OF CODE – ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 1.30 — CRIMINAL PENALTIES – INFRACTION CITATIONS
- Chapter 1.35 — ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS
- Chapter 1.40 — COMPLIANCE ORDERS
▸Title 2 — Administration
Overview- Chapter 2.05 — CITY COUNCIL
- Chapter 2.10 — CITY MANAGER
- Chapter 2.15 — CITY CLERK
- Chapter 2.20 — CITY TREASURER
- Chapter 2.25 — CITY ATTORNEY
- Chapter 2.30 — REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Chapter 2.35 — DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
- Chapter 2.40 — DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
- Chapter 2.45 — PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
- Chapter 2.50 — POLICE DEPARTMENT
- Chapter 2.57 — ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM
- Chapter 2.60 — BONDS
▸Title 3 — Boards and Commissions
Overview- Chapter 3.05 — PLANNING COMMISSION
- Chapter 3.10 — ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION
- Chapter 3.15 — COMMISSION ON AGING
- Chapter 3.20 — EDUCATION COMMISSION
- Chapter 3.25 — CIVIC ACTION COMMISSION
- Chapter 3.35 — TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION
- Chapter 3.40 — DIABLO VISTA WATER SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD
- Chapter 3.45 — DISASTER COUNCIL
- Chapter 3.50 — BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS
- Chapter 3.55 — RELOCATION APPEALS BOARD
- Chapter 3.60 — DIVERSITY COMMISSION
▸Title 5 — Revenue and Finance
Overview▸Chapter 5.10 — PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS
- Chapter 5.15 — DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
- Chapter 5.20 — TAX ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION DUTIES
- Chapter 5.25 — UNIFORM LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX
- Chapter 5.27 — TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX
- Chapter 5.30 — UNIFORM TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 5.35 — REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
- Chapter 5.40 — BEDROOM TAX
- Chapter 5.45 — UTILITY USERS TAX
- Chapter 5.50 — GAS TAX STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND
- Chapter 5.55 — TRAFFIC MITIGATION FEE
▸Title 6 — Business Regulations
Overview- Chapter 6.05 — CONTROLLED SALES
▸Chapter 6.10 — TAXICABS
- Chapter 6.15 — PEDDLERS
- Chapter 6.20 — SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT
- Chapter 6.25 — PRIVATE PATROL SERVICES
- Chapter 6.30 — MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS AND THERAPISTS
- Chapter 6.35 — TOWING SERVICES
- Chapter 6.40 — BINGO
- Chapter 6.55 — HOTEL AND MOTEL REGISTRATION
- Chapter 6.60 — CANNABIS BUSINESSES
▸Title 7 — Community Preservation
Overview▸Chapter 7.05 — PUBLIC NUISANCES
- Chapter 7.10 — BUILDING ABATEMENT
- Chapter 7.15 — ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANTLED AND INOPERATIVE VEHICLES
- Chapter 7.20 — MOTOR VEHICLES – REGULATION OF STORAGE AND REPAIR
- Chapter 7.25 — SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE
- Chapter 7.30 — GRAFFITI CONTROL
- Chapter 7.35 — SHOPPING CARTS
- Chapter 7.40 — REGULATION OF NEWSRACKS
- Chapter 7.45 — WEED ABATEMENT
▸Title 9 — Health, Safety and Welfare
Overview▸Chapter 9.05 — ANIMALS
- Chapter 9.10 — COUNTY HEALTH ORDINANCES
- Chapter 9.15 — NOISE
- Chapter 9.20 — ALARM SYSTEMS
- Chapter 9.25 — FEE FOR SUBSEQUENT POLICE RESPONSES
- Chapter 9.30 — CURFEW FOR MINORS
- Chapter 9.35 — FIREARMS
- Chapter 9.40 — SALE AND DISPLAY OF NARCOTIC AND OTHER PARAPHERNALIA
▸Chapter 9.45 — TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES
- Chapter 9.50 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- Chapter 9.55 — AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES
- Chapter 9.60 — DISTRIBUTION OF ADVERTISING CIRCULARS
- Chapter 9.65 — CARRYOUT BAGS
- Chapter 9.75 — CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
▸Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic
▸Title 11 — Public Property
▸Title 13 — Utilities and Franchises
Overview- Chapter 13.05 — FRANCHISES GENERALLY
▸Chapter 13.10 — SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
▸Chapter 13.15 — CABLE TELEVISION
- Chapter 13.20 — DIABLO VISTA WATER SYSTEM
▸Title 14 — Buildings and Construction
Overview- Chapter 14.05 — CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 14.40 — CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS
- Chapter 14.45 — HOUSE MOVING
- Chapter 14.50 — NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS AND HOUSES
- Chapter 14.55 — BUILDING SECURITY
- Chapter 14.65 — FALLOUT SHELTERS
- Chapter 14.70 — GAS SHUT-OFF DEVICES
- Chapter 14.75 — ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEMS – STREAMLINED PERMITTING
▸Title 15 — Stormwater, Grading and Erosion Control
▸Title 17 — Subdivisions
Overview- Chapter 17.05 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 17.10 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 17.15 — RESPONSIBILITIES/ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 17.20 — MAPS: GENERAL PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 17.25 — MAPS: TENTATIVE AND VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS
- Chapter 17.30 — FINAL AND PARCEL MAPS
- Chapter 17.35 — DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENTS
- Chapter 17.40 — DEDICATION AND RESERVATIONS
- Chapter 17.45 — RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUMS
- Chapter 17.50 — RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS
- Chapter 17.52 — COMMERCIAL CONDOMINIUMS
- Chapter 17.54 — COMMERCIAL CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS
- Chapter 17.55 — REVERSION TO ACREAGE
- Chapter 17.60 — PARCEL MERGER
- Chapter 17.62 — PARCEL MERGER BY PROPERTY OWNER
- Chapter 17.65 — CORRECTION AND AMENDMENT OF RECORDED MAP
- Chapter 17.70 — ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL REVIEW
▸Title 18 — Zoning Ordinance
Overview▸Part 1 — ENACTMENT AND APPLICABILITY
▸Part 2 — ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Overview- Chapter 18.15 — RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 18.20 — MIXED-USE DISTRICTS
- Chapter 18.25 — COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 18.30 — PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS (PUD) AND PRECISE PLAN DISTRICTS (PPD)
- Chapter 18.35 — HILLSIDE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (HPUD)
- Chapter 18.40 — OVERLAY DISTRICTS
- Chapter 18.45 — PARKS AND RECREATION ZONING DISTRICT
- Chapter 18.50 — OPEN SPACE ZONING DISTRICT
▸Part 3 — REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL ZONING DISTRICTS
Overview- Chapter 18.55 — GENERAL SITE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Chapter 18.60 — ADULT BUSINESSES
- Chapter 18.65 — CANNABIS
- Chapter 18.70 — CREEK SETBACKS
- Chapter 18.75 — FENCES, WALLS, AND SCREENING
- Chapter 18.80 — OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
- Chapter 18.85 — PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Chapter 18.90 — SCENIC ROUTE SETBACKS
- Chapter 18.95 — SIGNS
- Chapter 18.100 — TREE PRESERVATION
- Chapter 18.105 — WATER-EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING
- Chapter 18.110 — WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
▸Part 4 — PERMIT AND ENTITLEMENT PROCESSING PROCEDURES
Overview- Chapter 18.115 — ADULT USE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
- Chapter 18.120 — ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW PERMITS
- Chapter 18.125 — DEVELOPMENT PLAN
- Chapter 18.130 — MINOR EXCEPTIONS
- Chapter 18.135 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- Chapter 18.140 — SIGN PERMIT
- Chapter 18.145 — TEMPORARY SIGN PERMIT
- Chapter 18.150 — MASTER SIGN PROGRAM
- Chapter 18.155 — USE PERMIT
- Chapter 18.160 — USE PERMIT, TEMPORARY
- Chapter 18.165 — VARIANCE
- Chapter 18.170 — ZONING PERMIT
▸Part 5 — ZONING ORDINANCE ADMINISTRATION
▸Part 6 — DEFINITIONS AND LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS
- Title SR — Statutory References for California Cities
- Title CRT — Cross-Reference Tables
- Title OL — Ordinance List and Disposition Table