Municipal code
Sausalito Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Sausalito, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-09-27
- Contents
- 216 chapters · 1,549 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Sausalito
Contents
- § 1.05.040. Enforcement.
- § 1.10.120. Collection.
- § 1.12.160. Alternative Remedies.
- Chapter 1.01 — CODE ADOPTION
- Chapter 1.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
▸Chapter 1.05 — PENALTY PROVISIONS
- Chapter 1.07 — CLAIMS FOR MONEY AND DAMAGES AGAINST THE CITY OF SAUSALITO
- Chapter 1.09 — FEES
- Chapter 1.10 — ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES
- Chapter 1.12 — ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC NUISANCES
- Chapter 2.60 — MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE POLICY
- Chapter 2.04 — CITY COUNCIL
- Chapter 2.08 — CITY MANAGER
- Chapter 2.12 — OFFICER'S BONDS
- Chapter 2.16 — DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
- Chapter 2.20 — PLANNING AGENCY1
- Chapter 2.22 — ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
- Chapter 2.24 — HISTORICAL LANDMARKS COMMITTEE
- Chapter 2.28 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.30 — TREES AND VIEWS COMMITTEE
- Chapter 2.32 — REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Chapter 2.36 — CIVIL SERVICE
- Chapter 2.40 — LIBRARY
- Chapter 2.44 — CIVIL DEFENSE
- Chapter 2.48 — PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING
- Chapter 2.50 — PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER STANDARDS AND TRAINING
- Chapter 2.52 — MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
- Chapter 2.54 — CITIZENS ADVISORY REVIEW BOARD
- Chapter 2.58 — CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
- Chapter 2.60 — MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE POLICY
- Chapter 3.04 — SALES AND USE TAX
- Chapter 3.06 — TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX
- Chapter 3.08 — REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
- Chapter 3.12 — TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 3.16 — CONSTRUCTION TAX
- Chapter 3.20 — TRANSFER OF TAX FUNCTIONS
- Chapter 3.24 — SPECIAL GAS TAX STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND
- Chapter 3.28 — CAPITAL EQUIPMENT DEPRECIATION SYSTEM
- Chapter 3.29 — INFORMAL BIDDING
- Chapter 3.30 — PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES AND PROCEDURES FOR
- Chapter 3.32 — UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
- Chapter 3.36 — CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC ROAD FEES
- Chapter 4.04 — CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
- Chapter 4.10 — DISCLOSURE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR INDEPENDENT
- Chapter 4.12 — ELECTRONIC FILING OF CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE
- Chapter 5.04 — BUSINESS LICENSES GENERALLY
- Chapter 5.08 — BOOK AND MAGAZINE SOLICITORS
- Chapter 5.12 — TAXICABS – FOR-HIRE VEHICLES1
- Chapter 5.16 — SHORT TERM RENTAL PROHIBITION
- Chapter 5.20 — MINIATURE GOLF COURSES
- Chapter 5.24 — SECONDHAND GOODS
- Chapter 5.28 — OPERATION OF GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS
▸Chapter 6.04 — ANIMAL CONTROL1
- Chapter 6.06 — FAMILY FELIDAE PROHIBITED
- Chapter 6.08 — KEEPING OF POULTRY, FOWL AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS
- Chapter 6.12 — KILLING OR INJURING BIRDS
- Chapter 6.16 — BEEKEEPING
- Chapter 6.20 — LIVESTOCK
- Chapter 6.24 — HUNTING
- Chapter 6.28 — FEEDING OF WILDLIFE
▸Chapter 8.02 — BUILDING STANDARDS CODES
Overview- 1807.4 Wooden retaining walls. Wooden retaining walls may not be used to support any
- 3109.3 Hydrostatic pressure test. Circulation system piping, other than that integrally
- 3201.5 Projection into right-of-way. Any permit granted pursuant to this Code does not
- 3303.8 Statement of Vacated Structure. If the application is for the demolition of any building
- 3303.9 Notice of Building Permit Issued. If the proposed work is to be performed on the
- Section 100.0 – SCOPE – of Subchapter 1 – ALL OCCUPANCIES – GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 8.04 — LOW CARBON CONCRETE STANDARDS
- Chapter 8.06 — CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- Chapter 8.08 — CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 8.10 — CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE
- Chapter 8.12 — CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE
- Chapter 8.14 — CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE
- Chapter 8.16 — CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE
- Chapter 8.18 — CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE
- Chapter 8.20 — CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 8.22 — CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 8.24 — CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE
- Chapter 8.26 — CALIFORNIA REFERENCED STANDARDS CODE
- Chapter 8.28 — INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
- Chapter 8.30 — STREET DAMAGE AND CLEANUP
- Chapter 8.32 — RESIDENTIAL BUILDING RECORDS
- Chapter 8.34 — BUILDING PERMIT CONDITIONS
- Chapter 8.40 — FIRE CODE
- Chapter 8.42 — CONDITIONS OF BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE - ADEQUACY OF FIRE
- Chapter 8.43 — EARTHQUAKE HAZARD ANALYSIS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
- Chapter 8.44 — PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL LANDMARKS
- Chapter 8.48 — FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
- Chapter 8.52 — WATER CONSERVING LANDSCAPING
- Chapter 8.54 — CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE RECOVERY
- Chapter 8.56 — EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
- Chapter 9.05 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
▸Chapter 9.10 — SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 9.15 — IMPROVEMENTS
- Chapter 9.20 — SURVEY AND MONUMENTS
- Chapter 9.25 — SUGGESTIONS BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION
- Chapter 9.30 — TENTATIVE MAP
- Chapter 9.35 — CONSTRUCTION DATA
- Chapter 9.40 — FINAL MAP
- Chapter 9.15 — SMC.
- Chapter 9.45 — DEDICATION – FINAL MAP APPROVAL
- Chapter 9.50 — REVERSION TO ACREAGE MAPS
- Chapter 9.55 — DIVISIONS OF LAND – MINOR SUBDIVISIONS
- Chapter 9.60 — EXCEPTIONS
- Chapter 9.65 — PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
- Chapter 9.70 — URBAN LOT SPLITS
- Chapter 10.10 — ADOPTION OF ZONING ORDINANCE
- Chapter 10.12 — ORGANIZATION, APPLICABILITY AND INTERPRETATION
- Chapter 10.26 — SMC
▸Chapter 10.20 — OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC DISTRICTS
- Chapter 10.21 — SECOND UNITS
▸Chapter 10.22 — RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 10.24 — COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 10.44 — SMC
- Chapter 10.26 — INDUSTRIAL MARINSHIP DISTRICT
▸Chapter 10.44 — SMC (Specific Use Requirements) for certain specific land uses.
- Chapter 10.40 — GENERAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
- Chapter 10.42 — SIGN AND AWNING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 10.88 — SMC, definition of "vehicle storage.") No more than two commercial
▸Chapter 10.24 — SMC (Commercial Zoning Districts) and when allowed in the W or CW
▸Chapter 10.45 — SMC (Standards and Criteria for Wireless Communications Facilities) or
- Chapter 10.45 — STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES15
▸Chapter 10.46 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Chapter 10.47 — MARIJUANA REGULATIONS
- Chapter 10.50 — LAND USE PERMIT PROCEDURES
- Chapter 10.56 — SMC Encroachment Construction of any City Council, with
- Chapter 10.58 — SMC Minor use permit Uses specified in Zoning Administrator
- Chapter 10.60 — SMC Conditional use Uses specified in Planning
- Chapter 10.64 — SMC Lot line adjustment Move lot line(s) Zoning Administrator
- Chapter 10.66 — SMC Condominium Converting existing or Planning
▸Chapter 10.68 — SMC Variance Reduction of, or Zoning Administrator
- Chapter 10.52 — ZONING PERMITS
- Chapter 10.54 — DESIGN REVIEW PROCEDURES
- Chapter 10.82 — SMC (Public Notice and Hearings). Design review for signs and awnings
- Chapter 10.56 — ENCROACHMENT REVIEW AND AGREEMENTS
▸Chapter 10.58 — MINOR USE PERMITS
▸Chapter 10.60 — CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
▸Chapter 10.62 — NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
- Chapter 10.64 — LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS
▸Chapter 10.66 — CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION PERMITS
- Chapter 10.50 — SMC (Land Use Permit Procedures) and SMC Title 9 (Subdivisions). Submittals
- Chapter 10.82 — SMC (Public Notice and Hearings). The Planning Commission shall consider the
- Chapter 10.67 — HOTEL-CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION PERMITS
- Chapter 10.82 — SMC (Public Notice and Hearings).
- Chapter 10.42 — SMC.
▸Chapter 10.68 — VARIANCES
- Chapter 10.70 — PROCESS FOR SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
- Chapter 10.80 — ZONING ORDINANCE ADMINISTRATION
▸Chapter 10.84 — SMC (Appeals).
- Chapter 10.81 — DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS16
- Chapter 10.82 — PUBLIC NOTICE AND HEARINGS
- Chapter 10.84 — APPEALS
▸Chapter 10.88 — DEFINITIONS17
- Chapter 10.46 — SMC.
- Chapter 11.04 — ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY GUIDELINES
- Chapter 11.08 — RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
- Chapter 11.12 — PRESERVATION OF TREES AND VIEWS1
- Chapter 11.16 — PEST CONTROL
- Chapter 11.17 — URBAN RUNOFF POLLUTION PREVENTION
- Chapter 1.05 — SMC.
- Chapter 11.18 — REGULATORY FEE FOR CLEAN STORM WATER ACTIVITIES
- Chapter 11.20 — ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE PACKAGING MATERIALS
- Chapter 11.30 — SINGLE USE CARRYOUT BAGS
- Chapter 1.05 — SMC and/or subject to the administrative penalties set forth in Chapter 1.10 SMC.
- Chapter 11.40 — REUSABLE FOODWARE ORDINANCE
- Chapter 12.02 — REGULATIONS GOVERNING PRIVATE BURGLAR/ROBBERY/PANIC AND FIRE
- Chapter 12.04 — FIRE PREVENTION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 12.08 — FOOD HANDLING ESTABLISHMENTS
- Chapter 12.12 — VEHICLE HABITATION
- Chapter 12.16 — NOISE CONTROL
- Chapter 12.20 — NUISANCE ABATEMENT
- Chapter 12.24 — GARBAGE, ORGANIC MATERIAL, AND RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
- Chapter 12.28 — CLEAN INDOOR AIR AND HEALTH PROTECTION
- Chapter 12.32 — TREES
- Chapter 12.36 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
- Chapter 12.40 — REGULATION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT
- Chapter 13.04 — CURFEW
- Chapter 13.08 — FIREARMS
- Chapter 13.12 — FORTUNETELLING, PALMISTRY AND SIMILAR PRACTICES
- Chapter 13.16 — HANDBILLS AND ADVERTISING MATTER
- Chapter 13.20 — PEDDLERS AND DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICITATION
- Chapter 13.24 — PUBLIC CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL
- Chapter 13.28 — TRESPASSING ON CITY PROPERTY
- Chapter 13.32 — SOCIAL HOST ACCOUNTABILITY
- Chapter 13.33 — SIDEWALK VENDORS
- Chapter 15.04 — TRAFFIC REGULATIONS GENERALLY
- Chapter 15.08 — PARKED AND ABANDONED VEHICLES
- Chapter 15.12 — BICYCLES
- Chapter 15.13 — BICYCLE PARKING
- Chapter 15.14 — MARIN ELECTRIC BICYCLE SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM
- Chapter 15.16 — SKATEBOARDS
- Chapter 15.20 — MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS1
- Chapter 15.24 — PAID PARKING ZONES
- Chapter 15.26 — OPERATION OF PASSENGER BUSES
- Chapter 15.28 — TRIP REDUCTION
- Chapter 15.30 — VALET PARKING
- Chapter 16.04 — CITY WATERS1
- Chapter 16.08 — HOUSEBOATS
- Chapter 16.12 — DUNPHY PARK WATERS
- Chapter 16.16 — MOORAGE
- Chapter 16.20 — CITY WATERS AND BEACHES
- Chapter 17.01 — PENALTIES
- Chapter 17.04 — MAINTENANCE AND USE OF STREETS
- Chapter 17.08 — EXCAVATIONS GENERALLY
- Chapter 17.12 — STREET OR SIDEWALK EXCAVATIONS
- Chapter 17.16 — ENCROACHMENTS ON PUBLIC STREETS AND PROPERTY
- Chapter 17.18 — PROCEDURES FOR VACATING CITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY OR PORTIONS
- Chapter 17.20 — STREET NUMBERING
- Chapter 17.24 — ADVERTISING STRUCTURES AND DISPLAYS
- Chapter 17.28 — TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS
- Chapter 17.32 — SPECIAL EVENTS ON CITY PROPERTY
- Chapter 17.36 — MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF SIDEWALKS1
- Chapter 18.04 — UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS
- Chapter 18.08 — UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL WIRING AND FACILITIES
- Chapter 18.12 — SEWERS
- Chapter 18.14 — REGULATIONS FOR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF INDIVIDUAL
- Chapter 18.16 — WATER WELLS
▸Chapter 18.20 — CATV FRANCHISES