Chapter 17.10 — ZONING DISTRICTS
Sebastopol Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · Sebastopol
17.10.010 Zoning districts. ¶
Each of the zoning districts into which the City of Sebastopol is divided are hereby established as follows:
| Zoning District | SMC |
|---|---|
| Chapter | |
| R1 - Single Family Residential | 17.20 |
| R2 - Single Family Residential | 17.20 |
| R3 - Single-Family Residential | 17.20 |
| R4 - - Single-Family Residential | 17.20 |
| R5 - Single Family and Multifamily Residential | 17.20 |
| R6 – Single Family and Multifamily Residential | 17.20 |
| R7 - Multifamily Residential | 17.20 |
| RMH - Mobile Home Park | 17.20 |
| CO - Office Commercial | 17.25 |
| CG - General Commercial | 17.25 |
| CD - Central Core | 17.25 |
| M - Industrial | 17.25 |
| OLM - Office/Light Industrial | 17.25 |
| CM –Commercial Industrial | 17.25 |
| CF - Community Facilities | 17.30 |
| OS – Open Space | 17.32 |
| PC - Planned Community | 17.40 |
| W – Primary Wetland | 17.44 |
| Combining Districts | |
| ESOS – Environmental and Scenic Open Space | 17.46 |
| WF – Wetlands Fringe | 17.46 |
| WS – Secondary Wetlands | 17.46 |
| REC – Recovery | 17.48 |
17.10.020 Zoning Map. ¶
A. The Zoning Map shall apply to all property within the City of Sebastopol, except streets, alleys and paths. Said property is hereby divided into and included within zone districts as hereinafter set forth.
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B. The designations, locations and boundaries of the districts established are delineated upon the Zoning Map. The map and all notations and information thereon are hereby made a part of this code by reference.
17.10.030 Interpretation. ¶
A. Whenever the location of a boundary or other feature appearing in the Zoning Map is indicated in a legal description or other written statement incorporated herein, said location shall be interpreted precisely as described in such statement.
B. Whenever no applicable written statement exists, and the location of a boundary or other feature included in the Zoning Map approximates an edge or centerline, as the case may be, of a street, alley, path, or body of water which was in existence when said boundary or other feature was established, the location of the boundary or other feature shall be interpreted to follow such edge or centerline.
C. Whenever the situations described in subsections A and B of this section are not applicable, the location of a boundary or other feature included in the Zoning Map shall be determined through use of the scale on the map. Should any further uncertainty exist, said location shall be interpreted by the Planning Commission.
D. If a lot is divided by a zone boundary, the Planning Commission shall determine the precise boundaries.
E. Whenever this title requires consideration of distances, parking spaces, unit density, or other aspects of development or the physical environment expressed in numerical quantities which are fractions of whole numbers, such numbers shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number when the fraction is one-half or more, and rounded down to the next lowest whole number when the fraction is less than one-half, except as otherwise provided by this title.
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