Earlier editions: 2026-07
Municipal code
Vacaville Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Vacaville, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-04
- Contents
- 16 titles · 2,355 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Vacaville
Contents
▸Title 1 — General Provisions
Overview- Chapter 1.01 — CODE ADOPTION
- Chapter 1.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 1.08 — CITY SEAL, LOGOTYPE AND NAME
- Chapter 1.10 — CLAIMS PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 1.12 — DATUM PLANE
- Chapter 1.16 — GENERAL PENALTY
- Chapter 1.20 — CITATIONS FOR ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS
- Chapter 1.24 — IMPRISONMENT
- Chapter 1.28 — ABATEMENT OF CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS
▸Title 2 — Administration and Personnel
Overview- Chapter 2.04 — COUNCIL MEETINGS
- Chapter 2.08 — CITY MANAGER
- Chapter 2.12 — DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
- Chapter 2.16 — BONDS OF CITY OFFICIALS
- Chapter 2.20 — COUNCIL SALARIES AND VACANCIES
- Chapter 2.28 — PLANNING COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.29 — INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
- Chapter 2.30 — REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Chapter 2.31 — COMMISSION ON AGING
- Chapter 2.32 — HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.33 — HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.34 — PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.36 — MOBILE HOME RENT ARBITRATION
- Chapter 2.40 — FIRE CHIEF
- Chapter 2.44 — POLICE RESERVE
- Chapter 2.48 — PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING
- Chapter 2.52 — EMERGENCY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS
- Chapter 2.56 — LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY
- Chapter 2.60 — CITY COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT ELECTIONS – MAYOR AT-LARGE ELECTIONS
- Chapter 2.64 — CHANGE OF ELECTION DATE
- Chapter 2.65 — CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS AND REGULATIONS
- Chapter 2.66 — ELECTRONIC FILING OF CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS AND STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC …
▸Chapter 2.68 — PURCHASES OF SUPPLIES, MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT – CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES – DISPO…
- Chapter 2.72 — INFORMAL BIDDING PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
- Chapter 2.74 — DISQUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS
▸Title 3 — Revenue and Finance
Overview- Chapter 3.04 — TRANSFER OF TAX DUTIES
▸Chapter 3.06 — COMMUNITY SERVICES AND FACILITIES TAX
- Chapter 3.08 — REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
- Chapter 3.12 — SALES AND USE TAX
- Chapter 3.14 — TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX
- Chapter 3.16 — TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 3.17 — VACAVILLE HOTEL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
- Chapter 3.20 — SPECIAL GAS TAX STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND
- Chapter 3.24 — CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND
- Chapter 3.28 — SCHOOL IMPACT FEES
- Chapter 3.32 — MAJOR STREETS AND INTERCHANGES FEE
▸Title 5 — Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations
▸Title 8 — Health and Safety
Overview- Chapter 8.04 — ABATEMENT OF WEEDS AND RUBBISH
- Chapter 8.08 — SOLID WASTE, RECYCLABLE MATERIALS, ORGANIC WASTE, AND HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
- Chapter 8.10 — ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC NUISANCE
- Chapter 8.13 — ABATEMENT OF GRAFFITI OR OTHER INSCRIBED MATERIAL
- Chapter 8.20 — INTERSTATE TRUCK TERMINAL DESIGNATION AND ACCESS
▸Title 9 — Public Peace, Morals and Welfare
Overview▸Part IV — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE
Overview- Chapter 9.13 — COMMERCIAL CANNABIS BUSINESS REGULATIONS
- Chapter 9.14 — PERSONAL HOME CANNABIS CULTIVATION
- Chapter 9.16 — LOUDSPEAKERS, SOUND AMPLIFIERS AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
- Chapter 9.17 — CIRCUSES, CARNIVALS AND AMUSEMENT RIDES
- Chapter 9.18 — PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS
- Chapter 9.19 — POLICE SERVICES AT DISTURBANCES ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
▸Part V — OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
▸Part VII — OFFENSES BY OR AGAINST MINORS
▸Part VIII — WEAPONS
▸Part IX — MISCELLANEOUS
Overview- Chapter 9.50 — SALE AND DISPLAY OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
- Chapter 9.60 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN PUBLIC PLACES
- Chapter 9.61 — SOCIAL HOST ORDINANCE
- Chapter 9.62 — FIREWORKS REGULATION
- Chapter 9.65 — SMOKING RESTRICTIONS
- Chapter 9.66 — VENDING MACHINES – CIGARETTES AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS
- Chapter 9.70 — POLICE DOGS
- Chapter 9.72 — AGGRESSIVE AND UNSAFE SOLICITING
▸Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic
Overview- Chapter 10.04 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 10.08 — ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 10.12 — ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 10.16 — TRAFFIC CONTROL
- Chapter 10.20 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
- Chapter 10.24 — PARKING METER ZONES
- Chapter 10.28 — LOADING AND UNLOADING
- Chapter 10.32 — TRUCKS AND TRUCK ROUTES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
- Chapter 10.36 — PEDESTRIANS
- Chapter 10.40 — MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS
- Chapter 10.44 — MOTOR VEHICLES ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY
- Chapter 10.48 — ABANDONED VEHICLES
- Chapter 10.52 — BICYCLES
- Chapter 10.54 — SKATEBOARDS, ROLLER SKATES AND NON-MOTORIZED WHEELED VEHICLES
- Chapter 10.56 — VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
- Chapter 10.60 — TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT
▸Title 11 — Development
▸Title 12 — Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
Overview▸Chapter 12.04 — CONSTRUCTION
- Chapter 12.08 — STREET GRADES
- Chapter 12.12 — EXCAVATIONS
- Chapter 12.16 — OBSTRUCTING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
▸Chapter 12.17 — CRUISING AND LOITERING IN NO-CRUISING ZONES
- Chapter 12.20 — NUMBERING BUILDINGS
- Chapter 12.24 — MEETINGS AND PARADES
- Chapter 12.28 — PARK AND RECREATION AREA REGULATIONS
- Chapter 12.30 — SIDEWALK REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
- Chapter 12.32 — CAMPING
- Chapter 12.34 — ENTERTAINMENT ZONES
▸Title 13 — Public Utilities
Overview- Chapter 13.04 — STATE VIDEO SERVICE FRANCHISES
▸Chapter 13.08 — SEWERS
Overview- Article I — General Provisions
- Article II — Requirements
- Article III — Service Applications, Rates, and System Connection and Lateral Service Charges
- Article IV — Rendering and Payment of Bills and Charges
- Article V — Sewer Laterals and Connections
- Article VI — Public Sewer Construction
- Article VII — Use of Public Sewers
- Article VIII — Enforcement
- Chapter 13.12 — WATER
- Chapter 13.14 — CONTROL OF BACKFLOW AND CROSS-CONNECTION TO THE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM
- Chapter 13.16 — UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS
- Chapter 13.18 — WELL REGULATION AND MONITORING
- Chapter 13.20 — WATER CONSERVATION IN NORMAL, DROUGHT AND EMERGENCY CONDITIONS
- Chapter 13.22 — SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES
▸Title 14 — Land Use and Development Code
Overview▸Division 14.02 — INTERPRETATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
▸Division 14.03 — ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Overview- Chapter 14.03.020 — ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 14.03.021 — EXEMPTIONS
- Chapter 14.03.022 — ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
- Chapter 14.03.023 — ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS, NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS
- Chapter 14.03.024 — ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS
- Chapter 14.03.025 — ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS, REAFFIRMATIONS
- Chapter 14.03.026 — ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS, MITIGATION FACTORS
▸Division 14.04 — GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS
▸Division 14.05 — PLANNED GROWTH
▸Division 14.09 — ZONING
Overview▸Part I — ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES
▸Part II — DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Overview- Chapter 14.09.040 — ZONING AND OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAP
- Chapter 14.09.050 — AGRICULTURE ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 14.09.060 — RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 14.09.070 — COMMERCIAL AND MIXED-USE ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 14.09.080 — EMPLOYMENT ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 14.09.090 — PUBLIC AND SEMI-PUBLIC ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 14.09.100 — AGRICULTURAL BUFFER (AB) OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.09.110 — AIRPORT ENVIRONS (AE) OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.09.120 — HILLSIDE (H) OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.09.130 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION (HP) OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.09.140 — LOWER LAGOON VALLEY (LLV) OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.09.150 — RICE MCMURTRY (RMM) OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.09.160 — RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL SERVICES (RSS) OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.09.170 — VINE STREET (VS) OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.09.180 — PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (PD) OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.09.190 — SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICT
- Chapter 14.09.191 — NORTHEAST GROWTH AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT
▸Part III — SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
Overview- Chapter 14.09.200 — GENERAL SITE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 14.09.210 — AFFORDABLE HOUSING, DENSITY BONUSES, AND INCENTIVES
- Chapter 14.09.220 — NONCONFORMING USES, SITES, AND STRUCTURES
- Chapter 14.09.230 — PARKING AND LOADING
- Chapter 14.09.240 — PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Chapter 14.09.250 — RESOURCE PROTECTION
- Chapter 14.09.260 — SIGNS
- Chapter 14.09.270 — STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC USES AND ACTIVITIES
- Chapter 14.09.271 — BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
▸Division 14.11 — SUBDIVISIONS
Overview- Chapter 14.11.010 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 14.11.020 — TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION MAPS
- Chapter 14.11.030 — FINAL MAPS
- Chapter 14.11.040 — TENTATIVE PARCEL MAPS
- Chapter 14.11.050 — PARCEL MAPS
- Chapter 14.11.060 — WAIVER OF PARCEL MAP
- Chapter 14.11.070 — VESTING MAPS, APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
- Chapter 14.11.080 — COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENT, CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS
- Chapter 14.11.090 — AMENDMENT TO RECORDED MAPS
- Chapter 14.11.100 — LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS
- Chapter 14.11.110 — REVERSION TO ACREAGE
- Chapter 14.11.120 — PARCEL MERGERS
▸Division 14.12 — DEDICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS
▸Division 14.13 — TRAFFIC IMPACT MITIGATION
▸Division 14.14 — SCHOOL FACILITIES IMPACT MITIGATION
▸Division 14.15 — BENEFITS DISTRICTS
▸Division 14.18 — FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
▸Division 14.25 — ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
▸Division 14.26 — URBAN STORM WATER QUALITY, MANAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE CONTROL
▸Division 14.27 — WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING
Overview- Chapter 14.27.010 — TITLE, PURPOSE, APPLICABILITY
- Chapter 14.27.020 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 14.27.030 — PROVISIONS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OR REHABILITATED LANDSCAPES
- Chapter 14.27.040 — PROVISIONS FOR EXISTING LANDSCAPES
- Chapter 14.27.050 — EFFECTIVE PRECIPITATION
- Chapter 14.27.060 — REPORTING
- Chapter 14.27.070 — PRESCRIPTIVE COMPLIANCE OPTION
▸Division 14.28 — AGRICULTURAL AND AVIAN FORAGING HABITAT IMPACT MITIGATION PROGRAM
▸Title 15 — Building, Construction and Fire Code
Overview▸Division 15.20 — BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND FIRE CODE
Overview- Chapter 15.20.251 — CODES ADOPTED AND AMENDED
- Part 12 — California Referenced Standards Code
- Chapter 15.20.252 — CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE ADOPTED AND AMENDED
- Chapter 15.20.253 — CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE ADOPTED AND AMENDED
- Chapter 15.20.254 — CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE ADOPTED
- Chapter 15.20.255 — CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE ADOPTED
- Chapter 15.20.256 — CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE ADOPTED AND AMENDED SECTIONS
- Chapter 15.20.257 — CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE ADOPTED
- Chapter 15.20.258 — CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE ADOPTED
- Chapter 15.20.259 — CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE ADOPTED
- Chapter 15.20.260 — CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE ADOPTED
- Chapter 15.20.261 — CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE (CALGREEN) ADOPTED
- Chapter 15.20.262 — CALIFORNIA REFERENCED STANDARDS CODE ADOPTED
- Chapter 15.20.263 — INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ADOPTED
- Chapter 15.20.264 — SECONDARY CODES AND STANDARDS ADOPTED
- Chapter 15.20.270 — FIRE CODE AND ADMINISTRATION OF FIRE CODE
- Chapter 15.20.272 — ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF CERTAIN HAZARDOUS…
- Chapter 15.20.273 — DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION ADJACENT TO OPEN SPACE LANDS WH…
- Division 15.28 — BUILDING SECURITY
- Title SR — Statutory References for California Cities
- Title CRT — Prior Code Cross-Reference Table
- Title OL — Ordinance List and Disposition Table