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Title 17 — PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE›Division III — OVERLAY ZONES

Sacramento Municipal Code § 17.300.010 Purpose and definition

Sacramento Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Sacramento

Cite as: Sacramento Municipal Code § 17.300.010 · Text as of 2026-10-04

17.300.010 Purpose and definition.

An overlay zone is a zoning district that encompasses one or more underlying zones and imposes additional or alternate requirements to those of the underlying zone. Overlay zones deal with special situations that are not appropriate to a specific district or that apply to several zones. (Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)

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