Chapter 82.01 — LAND USE PLAN, LAND USE ZONING DISTRICTS, AND OVERLAYS

San Bernardino County Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · San Bernardino County

§ 82.01.010 Purpose. ¶

This Chapter establishes the primary and overlay land use zoning districts applied to property within the County. (Ord. 4011, passed - -2007)

§ 82.01.020 Land Use Plan and Land Use Zoning Districts. ¶

The Land Use Plan and the Land Use Zoning District Maps have been adopted as part of the General Plan by ordinance and resolution. This Development Code implements the goals and policies contained in the General Plan and contains the development standards and regulations for the land use zoning districts.

(a) Land Use Zoning Districts Established. The County shall be divided into primary districts and overlays that implement the San Bernardino County General Plan. The land use zoning districts shown in Table 82-1 and the overlays shown in Table 82-2 are hereby established and shall be shown on the Land Use Plan.

(b) Amendments. Changes, additions, and amendments to the Land Use Plan may be determined and defined from time-to-time by ordinance adopting sectional Land Use Zoning District Maps covering portions of the County, each of which shall become, upon final adoption and certification by the Clerk of the Board, part of the Land Use Plan. Map changes, additions, and amendments shall be processed, considered, and approved or denied in compliance with Chapter 86.12 (Amendments).

(1) Agricultural and Resource Management Land Use Zoning Districts.

(A) AG (Agriculture). The AG (Agriculture) land use zoning district provides sites for commercial agricultural operations, agriculture support services, rural residential uses and similar and compatible uses. Open space and recreation uses may occur on non-farmed lands within this AG (Agriculture) land use zoning district.

(B) RC (Resource Conservation). The RC (Resource Conservation) land use zoning district provides sites for open space and recreational activities, single-family homes on very large parcels and similar and compatible uses.

(C) FW (Floodway). The FW (Floodway) land use zoning district provides sites for animal keeping, grazing, crop production, and similar and compatible uses.

(D) OS (Open Space). The OS (Open Space) land use zoning district provides sites for open space and recreational uses, and similar and compatible uses.

(2) Residential Land Use Zoning Districts.

(A) RL (Rural Living). The RL (Rural Living) land use zoning district provides sites for rural residential uses, incidental agricultural uses, and similar and compatible uses.

(B) RS (Single Residential). The RS (Residential) land use zoning district provides sites for single-family residential uses, incidental agricultural and recreational uses, and similar and compatible uses.

(C) RM (Multiple Residential). The RM (Multiple Residential) land use zoning district provides sites for multiple residential uses, mixed residential uses, and similar and compatible non-residential uses and activities.

(3) Commercial Land Use Zoning Districts.

(A) CR (Rural Commercial). The CR (Rural Commercial) land use zoning district provides sites for retail trade and personal services, repair services, lodging services, recreation and entertainment services, transportation services, and similar and compatible uses. Agriculture and residential uses allowed also but are secondary in importance.

(B) CN (Neighborhood Commercial). The CN (Neighborhood Commercial) land use zoning district provides sites for retail trade and personal services, repair services, lodging services, professional services, recreation and entertainment services, and similar and compatible uses.

(C) CO (Office Commercial). The CO (Office Commercial) land use zoning district provides sites for professional services, and similar and compatible uses.

(D) CG (General Commercial). The CG (General Commercial) land use zoning district provides sites for retail trade and personal services, lodging services, office and professional services, recreation and entertainment services, wholesaling and warehousing, contract/construction services, transportation services, open lot services, and similar and compatible uses.

(E) CS (Service Commercial). The CS (Service Commercial) land use zoning district provides sites for a mixture of heavy commercial uses and light industrial uses, including light manufacturing uses, and similar and compatible uses.

(F) CH (Highway Commercial). The CH (Highway Commercial) land use zoning district provides sites for retail trade and personal services, lodging services, office and professional services, recreation and entertainment services, wholesaling and warehousing, contract/construction services, transportation services, open lot services, and similar and compatible uses.

(4) Industrial Land Use Zoning Districts.

(A) IC (Community Industrial). The IC (Community Industrial) land use zoning district provides sites for light industrial uses such as light manufacturing uses, wholesale/warehouse services, contract/construction services, transportation services, agriculture support services, incidental commercial and accessory residential uses, and similar and compatible uses. These uses shall have limited outside storage.

(B) IR (Regional Industrial). The IR (Regional Industrial) land use zoning district provides sites for heavy industrial uses that have the potential to generate severe negative impacts, incidental commercial uses, agricultural support services, salvage operations, and similar and compatible uses.

(5) Special Purpose Land Use Zoning Districts.

(A) IN (Institutional). The IN (Institutional) land use zoning district provides sites for public and quasi-public uses facilities, and similar and compatible uses.

(B) SD (Special Development). The SD (Special Development) land use zoning district provides sites for a combination of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, open space and recreation uses, and similar and compatible uses.

(C) SP (Specific Plan). The SP (Specific Plan) land use zoning district provides sites for a combination of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, open space, recreational and similar and compatible uses as determined by the Specific Plan.

combination of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, open space and recreation uses, and similar and compatible uses. (C)_SP (Specific Plan)._The SP (Specific Plan) land use zoning district provides sites for a combination of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, open space, recreational and similar and compatible uses as determined by the Specific Plan.

	*Table 82-1*
	*Land Use Zoning Districts*
*Land Use Zoning District Symbol*	*Land Use Zoning District Name*	*Applicable Development Code* *Chapter/Section*

	*Table 82-1*
	*Land Use Zoning Districts*
*Land Use Zoning District Symbol*	*Land Use Zoning District Name*	*Applicable Development Code* *Chapter/Section*
Agricultural and Resource Management Land Use Zoning Districts
AG	Agriculture	82.03

RC	Resource Conservation	82.03
FW	Floodway	82.03
OS	Open Space	82.03
Residential Land Use Zoning Districts
RL	Rural Living	82.04
RS	Single Residential	82.04
RM	Multiple Residential	82.04
Commercial Land Use Zoning Districts
CR	Rural Commercial	82.05
CN	Neighborhood Commercial	82.05
CO	Office Commercial	82.05
CG	General Commercial	82.05
CS	Service Commercial	82.05
CH	Highway Commercial	82.05
Industrial Land Use Zoning Districts
IC	Community Industrial	82.06
IR	Regional Industrial	82.06
Special Purpose Land Use Zoning Districts
IN	Institutional	82.06
SD	Special Development	82.06
SP	Specific Plan	82.06

(Ord. 4011, passed - -2007; Am. Ord. 4085, passed - -2009)

§ 82.01.030 Overlays. ¶

(a) Purpose. The overlays established by § 82.01.020 (Land Use Plan and Land Use Zoning Districts), and detailed in Chapters 82.13 through 82.19 are intended to guide development within the overlays by providing standards that apply to proposed development in addition to the standards and regulations of the primary land use zoning district, where important community, site, environmental, safety, compatibility, or design issues require particular attention in project planning. The overlays are shown in Table 82-2.

(b) Purpose of Individual Overlays . The purpose of each overlay is described in Chapters 82.07 through 82.22.

(c) Mapping of Overlays. The applicability of one or more overlays to a specific site is shown by the overlay district symbol established by Chapter 82.01 (Land Use Plan, Land Use Zoning Districts, and Overlays), being appended as a suffix to the symbol for the primary land use zoning district on the Land Use Plan. Overlays are applied to property through the amendment process in Chapter 86.12 (Amendments).

(d) Allowed Land Uses, Permit Requirements, Development Standards. Except as may be otherwise provided by this Division for a specific overlay:

(1) Any land use normally allowed in the primary land use zoning district by this Division may be allowed within a overlay, subject to any additional requirements of the overlay;

(2) Development and new land uses within a overlay shall obtain the planning approvals required by this Division for the primary land use zoning district; and

(3) Development and new land uses within an overlay shall comply with all applicable development standards of the primary land use zoning district, the standards established for the specific overlay by Chapters 82.13 through 82.19, and all other applicable provisions of this Development Code (e.g., Division 3 - Site Planning and General Development Standards). In the event of any conflict between an overlay requirement and a primary land use zoning district requirement, the most restrictive shall control.

he primary land use zoning district, the standards established for the specific overlay by Chapters 82.13 through 82.19, and all other applicable provisions of this Development Code (e.g., Division 3 - Site Planning and General Development Standards). In the event of any conflict between an overlay requirement and a primary land use zoning district requirement, the most restrictive shall control.

(3) Development and new land uses within an overlay shall comply with all applicable development standards of the primary land use zoning district, the standards established for the specific overlay by Chapters 82.13 through 82.19, and all other applicable provisions of this Development Code (e.g., Division 3 - Site Planning and General Development Standards). In the event of any conflict between an overlay requirement and a primary land use zoning district requirement, the most restrictive shall control.

	*Table 82-2*
	*Overlays*
*Overlay Symbol*	*Overlay Name*	*Applicable Development Code* *Chapter/Section*

	*Table 82-2*
	*Overlays*
*Overlay Symbol*	*Overlay Name*	*Applicable Development Code* *Chapter/Section*
Overlays
AA(1)	Additional Agriculture	82.07
AP(1)	Agricultural Preserve	82.08
AR(2)	Airport Safety	82.09
AH(2)	Alternate Housing	82.10
BR(2)	Biotic Resources	82.11
CP(2)	Cultural Resources Preservation	82.12
FS(2)	Fire Safety	82.13
FP(2)	Flood Plain Safety	82.14
GH(2)	Geologic Hazard	82.15
HW(2)	Hazardous Waste	82.16
MR(2)	Mineral Resources	82.17
NH(2)	Noise Hazard	82.18
OS(2)	Open Space	82.19
PR(2)	Paleontologic Resources	82.20
SC(1)	Sign Control	82.21
SS(3)	Sphere Standards	82.22
Notes:
(1) Included as a suffix to the land use designation on the Land Use Zoning District Maps.
(2) Not included on the Land Use Zoning District Map, but a separate map.
(3) Only applied to the city sphere of influence area designated in Chapter 82.22.

(2) Not included on the Land Use Zoning District Map, but a separate map.

(3) Only applied to the city sphere of influence area designated in Chapter 82.22.

(Ord. 4011, passed - -2007; Am. Ord. 4057, passed - - 2008; Am. Ord. 4098, passed - -2010; Am. Ord. 4400, passed - -2021)

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