Earlier editions: 2026-09
Municipal code
Siskiyou County Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Siskiyou County, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-04
- Contents
- 15 titles · 2,096 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Siskiyou County
Contents
- SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE
▸Title 2 — ADMINISTRATION
Overview- Chapter 1 — AIRPORTS
- Chapter 3 — COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
- Chapter 4 — INVENTORIES
- Chapter 5 — JUSTICE COURT JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
- Chapter 6 — PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
- Chapter 7 — PUBLIC DEFENDER
- Chapter 8 — PURCHASING SYSTEM
- Chapter 9 — CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
- Chapter 10 — COUNTY SURVEYOR
- Chapter 11 — PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR/PUBLIC GUARDIAN
- Chapter 12 — COUNTY CLERK FEES
- Chapter 13 — ASSISTANT COUNTY COUNSEL
- Chapter 14 — JUVENILE HALL SCHOOLS
- Chapter 15 — CORONER
▸Chapter 16 — RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING STANDARDS
▸Chapter 17 — RECORDER'S FEES
- Chapter 19 — FUNDS FOR TRAINING SUPERVISORS-ELECT
- Chapter 20 — CHIEF DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
- Chapter 21 — COUNTY MUSEUM
- Chapter 22 — CLAIMS
- Chapter 23 — COUNTY AUDITOR-CONTROLLER
- Chapter 24 — SMOKING
- Chapter 25 — FILING FEES FOR TWENTY-DAY NOTICES BY MECHANICS LIEN CLAIMANTS
- Chapter 26 — PROBATION SERVICES
- Chapter 28 — PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATION FEES ON LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCIES
▸Chapter 30 — TREASURER/TAX COLLECTOR
▸Chapter 31 — SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/JAIL FEES
▸Chapter 32 — WORK PROJECTS AND WORK/EDUCATION FURLOUGHS
- Chapter 33 — DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES
- Chapter 34 — IN HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
- Chapter 35 — COURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL REGISTRATION FEES
- Chapter 36 — COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
- Chapter 37 — HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY
- Chapter 38 — CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER
- Chapter 40 — CONTRACTOR DEBARMENT
▸Title 3 — PUBLIC SAFETY
Overview- Chapter 1 — BOATING
- Chapter 2 — CIVIL DEFENSE
- Chapter 3 — FIRE HAZARDS AND FIRE PERMITS
- Chapter 3.1 — FIREWORKS PROHIBITED
▸Chapter 4 — TRAFFIC
Overview- Article 1 — Airport Runways
- Article 2 — Bicycles
- Article 3 — Parking
- Article 4 — Pedestrian Crosswalks
- Article 5 — Skiing on Highways
- Article 6 — Speed Limits
- Article 7 — Stop and Decreased Speed Intersections
- Article 8 — Vehicle Load Limits
- Article 9 — Vehicles with Corrugated Wheels or Tracks
- Article 10 — Tire Chains
- Article 11 — Irrigation on County Roads
- Article 12 — Highway Construction and Maintenance by Modoc County
- Article 13 — Parking Violations
- Article 14 — Public Enforcement on Private Roads Serving Commercial Establishments and Private…
- Article 16 — Off-Highway Vehicles
- Chapter 5 — PEACE OFFICERS
- Chapter 6 — AIRPORTS AND AIRCRAFT
- Chapter 7 — SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS
- Chapter 8 — ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANTLED, OR INOPERATIVE VEHICLES OR PARTS THEREOF
- Chapter 9 — INTERSTATE TRUCKS
- Chapter 10 — UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
- Chapter 11 — HAZARDOUS AND ACUTELY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
- Chapter 12 — AIR TOXIC "HOT SPOT" FEES
▸Chapter 14 — CUSTODIAL OFFICERS
▸Chapter 15 — EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Overview- Article 1 — Purpose
- Article 2 — Definitions
- Article 3 — Local Emergency Medical Services Agency
- Article 4 — County EMS Advisory Group
- Article 5 — Ambulance Provider Agencies
- Article 6 — Licensing Procedures
- Article 7 — Renewal Procedure
- Article 8 — Transfer
- Article 9 — Insurance Requirements
- Article 10 — General Requirements
- Article 11 — Indemnification
- Article 12 — Ambulance Service Areas
- Article 13 — Variances
- Chapter 16 — ACTIVITIES AT LAKE SHASTINA
- Chapter 17 — CAMPING
▸Chapter 19 — GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING
▸Chapter 20 — REGULATION OF ACTIVITIES AT LAKE SISKIYOU
▸Title 4 — PUBLIC WELFARE, MORALS, AND CONDUCT
Overview- Chapter 1 — ANIMALS
▸Chapter 2 — FISH AND GAME COMMISSION: FISHING
- Chapter 3 — GARLIC PLANT DISEASES
- Chapter 3.1 — MINT NURSERY STOCK—EXCLUSION OF VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE OF MINT
▸Chapter 4 — MISDEMEANORS
- Chapter 5 — TRANSPORTATION OF CHRISTMAS TREES
- Chapter 6 — BEES AND APIARIES
- Chapter 8 — OUTDOOR FESTIVALS
- Chapter 9 — COUNTY LIBRARIES
- Chapter 10 — TRESPASSING
- Chapter 11 — BINGO GAMES
- Chapter 12 — TRANSPORTATION OF FARM EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY
- Chapter 13 — CURFEW FOR MINORS
- Chapter 14 — LIMITS ON RETAIL SALES OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING EPHEDRINE AND PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE
- Chapter 15 — CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST COMMISSION
▸Title 5 — SANITATION AND HEALTH
Overview- Chapter 1 — GARBAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL
- Chapter 2 — SEWAGE DISPOSAL
▸Chapter 3 — ANIMAL CONTROL
Overview- Article 1 — Title and Scope
- Article 2 — Office of Animal Control
- Article 3 — Definitions
- Article 4 — Duties of Health Officer
- Article 5 — Duties of Sheriff
- Article 6 — Licensing
- Article 7 — Rabies Vaccination
- Article 8 — Care Shelter
- Article 9 — Impoundment, Reclaiming, Adoption; Fees
- Article 10 — Rabies
- Article 11 — Dead Animals; Abandoned Animals
- Article 12 — Potentially Dangerous and Vicious Dogs
- Article 13 — Rabies Treatment and Eradication Fund
- Article 14 — Animals at Large
- Article 15 — Enforcement
- Article 16 — Duties and Authority of Animal Control Officer
- Chapter 4 — PRELIMINARY SOIL REPORTS
- Chapter 5 — FOOD FACILITY STANDARDS
- Chapter 6 — SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FEES
- Chapter 6.1 — GATE FEES
- Chapter 7 — FEES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- Chapter 8 — STANDARDS FOR WELLS
- Chapter 9 — CIGARETTE VENDING MACHINES
- Chapter 11 — MENTAL HEALTH, ALCOHOL AND DRUG SERVICES
▸Chapter 12 — SEPTAGE RECEIVING FACILITIES
- Chapter 13 — COUNTY ORGANIZED HEALTH SYSTEM
- Chapter 5-14 — EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY ORDINANCE
▸Title 6 — BUSINESSES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES
Overview- Chapter 1 — BUSINESS LICENSING
- Chapter 2 — CLEANING OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS
- Chapter 3 — SALVAGE BUSINESSES
- Chapter 4 — DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLERS AND AUCTIONEERS
- Chapter 5 — COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEM
- Chapter 6 — TATTOOING
▸Chapter 7 — WEIGHING AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
▸Chapter 8 — WILD MUSHROOM HARVESTING, SALE, AND PURCHASE
- Chapter 9 — PEST CONTROL AND AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS
▸Title 8 — FINANCE, REVENUE, AND TAXATION
Overview- Chapter 1 — CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND
- Chapter 2 — SALES AND USE TAX
- Chapter 3 — WARRANTS
- Chapter 4 — UNIFORM TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 5 — REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
- Chapter 6 — REASSESSMENTS OF PROPERTY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED
- Chapter 7 — INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS OF TAX INCREASES
- Chapter 8 — INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
- Chapter 9 — TAX COLLECTOR AND TREASURER FEES
- Chapter 11 — ASSESSOR FEES
▸Title 10 — PLANNING AND ZONING
Overview- Chapter 1 — AIRPORT ENVIRONS COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING
- Chapter 2 — PLANNING COMMISSION
- Chapter 3 — SETBACK LINES
▸Chapter 4 — SUBDIVISIONS
Overview- Article 1 — General Provisions
- Article 2 — Definitions and Responsibilities
- Article 3 — Maps Required
- Article 4 — Tentative Maps and Final Maps
- Article 5 — Parcel Maps
- Article 6 — Dedications and Reservations
- Article 7 — Condominium Conversions
- Article 8 — Subdivision Improvements
- Article 9 — Reversions to acreage
- Article 11 — Corrections and Amendments to Maps
- Article 12 — Enforcement
- Article 13 — Variances
- Article 14 — Property Owners' Associations
- Article 15 — Lot Line Adjustments
- Chapter 5 — SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION
▸Chapter 6 — ZONING
Overview- Article 1 — Adoption and Purpose of Zoning Plan
- Article 2 — Zoning Plan
- Article 3 — Administration and Enforcement
- Article 4 — Residential Agricultural Districts (R-A)
- Article 11 — D. - Planned Development Districts (P-D)
- Article 12 — Use Permits
- Article 13 — Variances
- Article 14 — Expiration, Revocation, and Appeals of Permits and Variances
- Article 15 — General Provisions, Conditions, and Exceptions
- Article 16 — Application Fees
- Article 25 — Nonconforming Buildings, Structures, and Uses
- Article 28 — Amendments
- Article 29 — Mitigation Monitoring Program
- Article 33 — Combining Districts (MH Mobile Home)
- Article 36 — Definitions
- Article 37 — Single-Family Residential District (Res-1)
- Article 38 — Limited Multiple-Family Residential District (Res-2)
- Article 39 — Mixed Multiple-Family Residential District (Res-3)
- Article 40 — Multiple-Family Residential District (Res-4)
- Article 41 — Rural Neighborhood Commercial District (C-R)
- Article 42 — Neighborhood Commercial District (C-U)
- Article 43 — Town Center District (C-C)
- Article 44 — Highway Commercial District (C-H)
- Article 45 — Limited Industrial District (M-L)
- Article 46 — Light Industrial District (M-M)
- Article 47 — Heavy Industrial District (M-H)
- Article 48 — Rural Residential Agricultural District (R-R)
- Article 49 — Non-Prime Agricultural District (AG-2)
- Article 50 — Prime Agricultural District (AG-1)
- Article 51 — Timberland Production District (TPZ)
- Article 52 — Open space district (O)
- Article 53 — Combining Districts (B)
- Article 54 — Floodplain Combining District (F)
- Article 55 — Dimensional Standards for Zoning Districts
- Article 56 — Improvement Standards
- Article 57 — Fault-Rupture Zone District (FRZ)
- Article 58 — Sign Regulation
- Article 59 — DENSITY BONUS AND OTHER DEVELOPER INCENTIVES
- Article 60 — Hemp Combining District (H)
- Article 61 — Vacation Rentals
- Chapter 7 — REMOVAL OF OVERHEAD UTILITY FACILITIES AND UNDERGROUND INSTALLATIONS
- Chapter 8 — SCHOOL DEDICATION FEES
- Chapter 9 — ROAD NAMES
▸Chapter 10 — FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
Overview- Article 1 — General Provisions
- Article 2 — Applicability
- Article 3 — Duties and Powers of the Floodplain Administrator
- Article 4 — Permits for Floodplain Development
- Article 5 — Site Plans and Construction Documents
- Article 6 — Inspections
- Article 7 — Variances
- Article 8 — Violations
- Article 9 — Definitions
- Article 10 — Buildings and Structures
- Article 11 — Subdivisions
- Article 12 — Site Improvements, Utilities, and Limitations
- Article 13 — Installation of Manufactured Homes
- Article 14 — Recreational Vehicles
- Article 15 — Other Development
- Article 16 — Flood Control Projects
- Chapter 11 — RIGHT TO FARM
- Chapter 12 — COUNTY PARTICIPATION IN STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES LAND TRANSACTIONS
- Chapter 13 — DEMOLITION, DECONSTRUCTION, REMOVAL AND RECLAMATION
- Chapter 14 — PERSONAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION
- Chapter 15 — COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED
- Chapter 16 — INDUSTRIAL HEMP CULTIVATION
- TABLE 1 - DISPOSITION OF ORDINANCES
- TABLE 2 - SPECIAL ORDINANCES NOT CODIFIED BUT TO REMAIN IN EFFECT
- CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE AND DISPOSITION LIST