Municipal code
Rancho Santa Margarita Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Rancho Santa Margarita, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-09-27
- Contents
- 113 chapters · 1,255 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Rancho Santa Margarita
Contents
- Chapter 2.01 — City Council and Elections
- Chapter 2.02 — City Manager
- Chapter 2.03 — Planning Commission
- Chapter 2.04 — Personnel System
- Chapter 2.05 — City Treasurer
- Chapter 2.06 — City Attorney
- Chapter 2.07 — Public Meeting Decorum
- Chapter 3.01 — Demands Generally
- Chapter 3.02 — Assessor and Tax Collector
- Chapter 3.03 — Special Gas Tax Improvement Fund
- Chapter 3.04 — Sales and Use Tax
- Chapter 3.05 — Real Property Documentary Transfer Tax
- Chapter 3.06 — Motor Vehicle Registration Fee
- Chapter 3.07 — Procurement Code
- Chapter 3.08 — Public Construction; Informal Bidding
- Chapter 4.01 — Miscellaneous Licenses and Regulations
▸Chapter 4.02 — Regulation of Massage Establishments
▸Chapter 4.03 — Taxicabs and Taxicab Businesses
- Chapter 4.04 — Sidewalk Vending
- Chapter 5.01 — Alcoholic Beverages Warning Signs
- Chapter 5.02 — Construction Site Sanitation Facilities
- Chapter 5.03 — Food Handling Businesses
- Chapter 5.04 — Noise Control
- Chapter 5.05 — Public Smoking
- Chapter 5.07 — Tattooing Establishment and Operation Regulations
- Chapter 5.08 — Well Water Conservation
- Chapter 5.09 — Water Well Construction and Abandonment
- Chapter 5.10 — Water Quality Control
- Chapter 5.11 — Ambulance Service
- Chapter 5.12 — Animal Control, Welfare and License Requirements
- Article I — GENERAL
- Article II — CONTROL AND LICENSING OF DOGS, CATS, LIVESTOCK, AND OTHER DOMESTIC AND
- Article III — DOG LICENSING
- Article IV — CAT LICENSING
- Article V — RABIES CONTROL
- Article VI — DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS
- Article VII — ANIMAL IMPOUNDMENT
- Article VIII — ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE
- Article IX — KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK
- Article X — GENERAL LICENSING PROCEDURES
- Article XI — ADDITIONAL OR UNUSUAL ANIMAL LICENSE
- Article XII — LICENSING OF ANIMAL FACILITIES
- Article XIII — ANIMAL EXHIBITIONS
- Chapter 6.01 — Miscellaneous
- Chapter 6.02 — Alcoholic Beverage Consumption in Public Places
- Chapter 6.03 — Charitable and Commercial Solicitations
- Chapter 6.04 — Curfew for Children
- Chapter 6.05 — Emergency Management and Continuity of Government
- Chapter 6.06 — Gambling
- Chapter 6.07 — Public Safety and Order
- Chapter 6.08 — Trespass and Property Damage
- Chapter 6.09 — Skateboarding, Roller Skating, Scootering, and Bicycling
- Chapter 6.10 — Adult Businesses
- Chapter 6.11 — Cybercafes
- Chapter 6.12 — Motion Picture, Television and Still Photo Productions on Public and Private Pr…
- Chapter 6.13 — Camping in Public Areas
- Chapter 7.02 — Commercial Marketing—Promotion and Advertising
- Chapter 7.03 — Public Skate Park Facilities
- Chapter 7.04 — Tree City USA Designation
- Title 8 — Public Nuisances, Code Enforcement, and Abatement
- Chapter 8.01 — General Provisions
- Chapter 8.02 — Nuisance Defined
- Chapter 8.03 — Administrative Public Nuisance Abatement Procedures, Appeals and Cost Recovery
- Chapter 8.04 — Graffiti
- Title 9 — Planning and Zoning
▸Chapter 9.01 — General Provisions
- Chapter 9.02 — Enforcement, Violations, Abatement and Penalties
▸Article I — ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS
- Article II — DISTRICT REGULATIONS—GENERAL PROVISIONS
▸Article III — BASE DISTRICTS
Overview- 9.05 and the administrative processes identified in Chapter 9.08.
- 9.05 and the administrative processes identified in Chapter 9.08.
- 9.04 and 9.05 and the administrative processes identified in Chapter 9.08.
- 9.04 and 9.05 and the administrative processes identified in Chapter 9.08.
- 9.14 Supportive Housing P Subject to Chapter 9.14.070
- 9.14 Supportive Housing P Subject to Chapter 9.04.200
- Chapter 9.04 — Regulations for Special Uses and Structures
▸Chapter 9.05 — Special Regulations
▸Chapter 9.06 — Parking
Overview- 0.5 spaces per dwelling unit visitor parking
- 0.5 spaces per dwelling unit visitor parking
- 1.5 spaces per dwelling unit visitor parking.
- 1.0 off-street parking space per every
- 1.0 off-street parking space per each
- 4.0 off-street parking spaces per bowling
- 1.0 per every 300 square feet of gross
- 1.0 off-street parking space per 250
- 1.0 off-street parking space per 1,000
- 1.0 per every 300 square feet of gross
- 1.0 off-street parking space per every
- Chapter 9.07 — Signs
- Chapter 9.08 — Administration
- Chapter 9.09 — Fees
- Chapter 9.10 — Subdivision Code
▸Chapter 9.11 — Local Park Code
- Chapter 9.12 — Floodplain Management Regulations
▸Chapter 9.13 — Objective Development Standards for Multi-Family and Mixed-Use Development
- Chapter 9.14 — Housing Development Project Special Regulations
- Chapter 10.01 — Authority, Purpose and Findings
- Chapter 10.02 — Codes Adopted by Reference
- Chapter 10.03 — Amendments to California Building Code
- Chapter 10.04 — Amendments to California Residential Code
- Chapter 10.05 — Amendments to the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code
- Chapter 10.06 — California Fire Code—Adoption
▸Chapter 10.07 — Amendments to the California Fire Code
Overview- § 5001.5
- 2801.2 Permit. Permits shall be required as set forth in Section 105.5 and 105.5.31.
- 2808.2 Storage site. Storage sites shall be level and on solid ground, elevated soil lifts or …
- 2808.3 Size of piles. Piles shall not exceed 15 feet in height, 50 feet in width and 100 feet …
- 2808.7 Pile fire protection. Automatic sprinkler protection shall be provided in conveyor tunn…
- 2808.9 Material-handling equipment. All material-handling equipment operated by an internal co…
- 2808.11 Temperature control. The temperature shall be monitored and maintained as specified in…
- 2808.12 Water availability. Facilities with over 2500 cubic feet shall provide a water supply.…
- 2808.13 Tipping areas shall comply with the following:
- 2808.14 Emergency contact. The contact information of a responsible person or persons shall be…
- 2808.15 Maximum grid of piles and rows. Rows of Piles shall not exceed 500 feet by 500 feet. G…
- 2808.16 Push-out/clear area. Piles exceeding 20 cubic yards shall be provided with push-out ar…
- 5608.2 Firing. All fireworks displays, regardless of mortar, device, or shell size, shall be e…
- Chapter 10.08 — Small Residential Rooftop Solar Energy System Permits
- Chapter 10.10 — Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permits
- Chapter 10.11 — Floodplain Management Regulations for Properties in Designated Zones
▸Chapter 10.12 — Grading and Excavation
- Title 11 — Streets and Sidewalks
- Chapter 11.01 — City Streets Defined, Construction Standards, Driving Over New Pavements, and …
- Chapter 11.02 — Appurtenant Construction
- Chapter 11.03 — Obstructions
- Chapter 11.04 — News Racks
- Chapter 11.05 — Bus Passenger Shelters and Benches
- Chapter 11.06 — Private Streets
- Chapter 11.07 — Encroachment Excavation, Filling and Obstruction of Highways
- Chapter 11.08 — Major Thoroughfare and Bridge Fees
- Chapter 11.09 — Pedestrians Prohibited on City Street Medians
- Title 12 — Vehicles and Traffic
- Chapter 12.01 — General and Administrative Provisions
- Chapter 12.02 — Stopping, Standing, and Parking
- Chapter 12.03 — Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Pedestrians
- Chapter 12.04 — Vehicle Size, Weight, and Load
- Chapter 12.05 — Abandoned, Wrecked, Dismantled, or Inoperative Vehicles
- Chapter 12.06 — Sleeping In Vehicles
- Chapter 12.07 — Advertising on Parked Vehicles