Earlier editions: 2026-09
Municipal code
Shafter Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Shafter, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-04
- Contents
- 19 titles · 1,333 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Shafter
Contents
▸SHAFTER MUNICIPAL CODE 1989
- SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE
▸Title 2 — ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Overview- Chapter 2.04 — CITY COUNCIL
- Chapter 2.12 — MAYOR
- Chapter 2.36 — HEALTH OFFICER
- Chapter 2.44 — POLICE RESERVE
- Chapter 2.48 — PLANNING COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.52 — COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Chapter 2.60 — FEE AND SERVICE CHARGE REVENUE/COST COMPARISON SYSTEM
- Chapter 2.64 — PERSONNEL SYSTEM
- Chapter 2.68 — PURCHASING AND PUBLIC PROJECTS BID PROCEDURES
- Chapter 2.69 — DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS
- Chapter 2.72 — PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS, EXEMPTION FROM LABOR CODE REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 2.74 — LEASING CITY PROPERTY FOR LONGER THAN FIFTY-FIVE YEARS
▸Title 5 — BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Overview- Chapter 5.04 — BUSINESS LICENSES GENERALLY
- Chapter 5.08 — STORAGE REQUIREMENTS
▸Chapter 5.12 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- Chapter 5.16 — AMUSEMENT MACHINES
- Chapter 5.20 — AUCTIONEERS
- Chapter 5.24 — BINGO
- Chapter 5.28 — DANCES
- Chapter 5.32 — JUNK AND AUTOMOBILE DISMANTLING YARDS
- Chapter 5.36 — PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS
- Chapter 5.44 — TAXICABS
- Chapter 5.48 — TRANSIENT OUTDOOR BUSINESSES
- Chapter 5.50 — SIDEWALK VENDING
- Chapter 5.52 — YARD SALES
- Chapter 5.54 — PUBLIC TELEPHONES IN THE CITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY
- Chapter 5.56 — FOOD VENDING VEHICLES
- Chapter 5.58 — STATE VIDEO SERVICE FRANCHISES
▸Title 6 — ANIMALS
Overview- Chapter 6.04 — PURPOSE
- Chapter 6.08 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 6.12 — ADOPTION—PROCEDURE, POLICY AND FEES
- Chapter 6.16 — LICENSING—DOG REGISTRATION
- Chapter 6.20 — IMPOUNDMENT
- Chapter 6.24 — ANIMAL TRAPS
- Chapter 6.28 — LEASHING—TETHERING
- Chapter 6.32 — VICIOUS AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DOGS—SEIZURE HEARING PROCEDURES
- Chapter 6.36 — RABIES QUARANTINE AND PROCEDURES
- Chapter 6.40 — NOISY ANIMALS
- Chapter 6.44 — ANIMAL CARE REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 6.48 — CONTROL OF NEGLECTED AND MISTREATED ANIMALS
- Chapter 6.52 — VEHICLES—TRANSPORTING ANIMALS
- Chapter 6.56 — ANIMAL WASTE—IMPROPER SANITATION
- Chapter 6.60 — ANIMALS CREATING A NUISANCE
- Chapter 6.64 — RESISTING AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL
- Chapter 6.68 — PERMITTING ANIMALS TO GO WITHOUT CARE—PRE-SEIZURE AND POST-SEIZURE HEARINGS
- Chapter 6.72 — SERVICES REQUIRING COLLECTION OF FEES
- Chapter 6.76 — VIOLATIONS—PENALTIES
- Chapter 6.80 — KEEPING OF ANIMALS—AGRICULTURAL USE
- Chapter 6.84 — KEEPING OF ANIMALS— R-1, R-2, R-3 ZONES
- Chapter 6.88 — KEEPING OF FOWL
- Chapter 6.92 — STUDENT-ORIENTED PROJECTS INVOLVING ANIMALS
- Chapter 6.96 — KENNELS—COMMERCIAL OR NONCOMMERCIAL
- Chapter 6.100 — EXOTIC ANIMALS
▸Title 8 — HEALTH AND SAFETY
Overview- Chapter 8.04 — AMBULANCES
- Chapter 8.05 — SMOKING
- Chapter 8.12 — FIREWORKS
- Chapter 8.16 — SOLID WASTE, RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AND ORGANIC WASTE
- Chapter 8.20 — HANDBILLS
- Chapter 8.24 — NOISE CONTROL REGULATIONS
- Chapter 8.28 — NUISANCES
- Chapter 8.32 — SWIMMING POOLS AND PONDS
- Chapter 8.36 — WEEDS AND WASTE MATTER
- Chapter 8.38 — PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
▸Chapter 8.40 — MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH REGULATIONS
- Chapter 8.42 — FOOD ESTABLISHMENT GRADING
- Chapter 8.46 — PROHIBITION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA COOPERATIVES, COLLECTIVES, OR DISPENSARIES
- Chapter 8.48 — FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION
- Chapter 8.50 — TOBACCO RETAILER'S PERMIT
▸Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Overview- Chapter 9.04 — OFFENSES BY OR AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT
- Chapter 9.08 — OFFENSES AGAINST PERSON
- Chapter 9.12 — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY
- Chapter 9.20 — OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
- Chapter 9.24 — OFFENSES BY OR AGAINST MINORS
- Chapter 9.28 — WEAPONS
- Chapter 9.32 — MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
- Chapter 9.36 — GRAFFITI PREVENTION AND ABATEMENT
- Chapter 9.40 — REGULATION OF REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS
- Chapter 9.44 — PSYCHOACTIVE BATH SALTS, PSYCHOACTIVE HERBAL INCENSE (SPICE), AND OTHER SYNTHET…
▸Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Overview- Chapter 10.04 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 10.08 — TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 10.12 — TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
- Chapter 10.16 — TURNING MOVEMENTS
- Chapter 10.20 — SPEED LIMITS
- Chapter 10.24 — SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
- Chapter 10.28 — MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 10.32 — ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
- Chapter 10.36 — LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONES
▸Chapter 10.40 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
- Chapter 10.44 — ABANDONED VEHICLES
- Chapter 10.48 — BICYCLES
- Chapter 10.52 — INTERSTATE TRUCKS
- Chapter 10.54 — TOWING OF VEHICLES
▸Title 12 — STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Overview- Chapter 12.04 — DATUM PLANE
- Chapter 12.08 — PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT SPECIFICATIONS
- Chapter 12.12 — SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS
- Chapter 12.16 — EXCAVATIONS
- Chapter 12.20 — PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS
- Chapter 12.24 — SCHOOL FACILITIES—CONDITIONS OF OVERCROWDING
- Chapter 12.28 — TREES AND SHRUBS
- Chapter 12.32 — PUBLIC PARKS
▸Title 13 — PUBLIC SERVICES
▸Title 15 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Overview- Chapter 15.04 — BUILDING REGULATIONS—GENERAL
- Chapter 15.06 — RESIDENTIAL CODE
- Chapter 15.08 — BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 15.10 — GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE
- Chapter 15.12 — MECHANICAL CODE
- Chapter 15.16 — PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
- Chapter 15.20 — PLUMBING CODE
- Chapter 15.26 — EXISTING BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 15.28 — GRADING CODE
- Chapter 15.32 — FIRE CODE
- Chapter 15.34 — RESIDENTIAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE
- Chapter 15.36 — BUILDING RELOCATION
- Chapter 15.40 — MOBILE HOMES AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES
- Chapter 15.48 — SIGN CODE
- Chapter 15.51 — MURALS
- Chapter 15.52 — ENERGY CODE
- Chapter 15.54 — BUILDING SAFETY ASSESSMENT PLACARD SYSTEM
- Chapter 15.56 — PERMITTING SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR SYSTEMS
- Chapter 15.57 — EXPEDITED AND STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING S…
- Title 16 — SUBDIVISIONS
- Title 17 — ZONING
▸Title 18 — ENVIRONMENT
- STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES
- CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
- ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE