Municipal code
Westminster Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Westminster, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-09-27
- Contents
- 262 chapters · 2,099 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Westminster
Contents
▸Title 1
- Title 2
- Chapter 2.04
- Chapter 2.08 — CITY MANAGER
- Chapter 2.12 — CITY CLERK
- Chapter 2.16 — CITY TREASURER
- Chapter 2.20 — DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
- Chapter 2.24
- Chapter 2.28 — OFFICIAL BONDS
- Chapter 2.32 — DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS
- Chapter 2.34 — FIRE DEPARTMENT
- Chapter 2.36 — POLICE DEPARTMENT
- Chapter 2.38 — PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING
- Chapter 2.40 — POLICE RESERVE
- Chapter 2.42
- Chapter 2.44 — PLANNING COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.46 — (RESERVED)
- Chapter 2.48 — EMERGENCY SERVICES COUNCIL
- Chapter 2.52 — DEPARTMENT OF FIELD SERVICES
- Chapter 2.56
- Chapter 2.57 — CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.60 — COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
- Chapter 2.64 — CITY BUSINESS HOURS
- Chapter 2.68 — PERSONNEL SYSTEM
- Chapter 2.69 — (RESERVED)
- Chapter 2.70 — CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS
- Title 3
- Chapter 3.04 — TAX ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTOR
- Chapter 3.08 — REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
- Chapter 3.10 — TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX OF 2024
- Chapter 3.11 — TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX OF 2022
- Chapter 3.12 — SALES AND USE TAX
▸Chapter 3.14 — UTILITY USERS TAX
- Chapter 3.20 — CASH BOND FUND
- Chapter 3.24 — CAPITAL OUTLAYS FUND
- Chapter 3.28 — PAYROLL REVOLVING FUND
▸Chapter 3.32
- Chapter 3.40 — CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND WARRANTS
- Chapter 3.44 — PURCHASING SYSTEM
- Chapter 3.48 — UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
- Chapter 3.50
- Chapter 3.54 — PARAMEDIC SERVICE FEE PROGRAM
- Chapter 3.56 — HEALTH SERVICES FEES
- Chapter 3.58 — TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES
- Chapter 3.60
- Chapter 3.62
- Title 5
- Chapter 5.68 — PENALTY
- Chapter 5.04 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 5.08 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 5.12 — LICENSE TAX
- Chapter 5.14 — TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 5.16 — VIOLATION—PENALTY
- Chapter 5.20 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 5.24 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 5.28 — BUSINESSES AND ACTIVITIES REQUIRING PERMITS
- Chapter 5.30 — AMBULANCE SERVICES
- Chapter 5.32 — MASSAGE AND REFLEXOLOGY
- Chapter 5.36 — BINGO
- Chapter 5.38 — TOBACCO PRODUCT RETAILERS
- Chapter 5.40 — CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS
- Chapter 5.44 — ENTERTAINMENT
- Chapter 5.48 — PATROL SYSTEMS
- Chapter 5.50 — ALARM SYSTEMS—PERMIT REQUIREMENT
- Chapter 5.51 — ALARM SYSTEMS—FALSE ALARMS
- Chapter 5.52
- Chapter 5.60 — TAXICABS
- Chapter 5.64 — MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING SERVICE
- Chapter 5.65 — FIRE SERVICE FEES
- Chapter 5.68 — PENALTY
- Title 6
▸Chapter 6.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
▸Title 8
- Chapter 8.06 — SIDEWALK VENDING
- Chapter 8.08 — FOOD HANDLING BUSINESSES
- Chapter 8.10
- Chapter 8.12 — DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS
▸Chapter 8.20 — NUISANCES
- Chapter 8.25 — AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION
- Chapter 8.26 — POWERED YARD EQUIPMENT
▸Chapter 8.28 — NOISE CONTROL
▸Chapter 8.31 — HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISCLOSURE
▸Chapter 8.40 — SWIMMING POOLS
- Chapter 8.48 — MOBILE X-RAY UNITS
- Chapter 8.52 — OCCUPANCY OF HOUSE TRAILERS
- Chapter 8.55 — FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
- Chapter 8.60 — WESTMINSTER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Chapter 8.65 — WESTMINSTER REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
- Chapter 8.70 — LABOR CAMPS
- Chapter 8.74 — SHOPPING CARTS
- Chapter 8.78 — MANDATORY SHOPPING CART CONTAINMENT PROGRAM AND RETRIEVAL BY OWNERS
- Chapter 8.82 — PERSONAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION
- Title 9
- Chapter 9.44
- Chapter 9.04 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 9.08
▸Chapter 9.12 — GAMBLING
- Chapter 9.20 — DISTURBING THE PEACE
- Chapter 9.24 — GATE CRASHING
- Chapter 9.28 — HANDBILLS
- Chapter 9.36 — INJURING AND DEFACING PROPERTY
- Chapter 9.38 — DAMAGING PROPERTY WITH GRAFFITI
- Chapter 9.40 — CONSUMER PROTECTION
- Chapter 9.44
- Chapter 9.48 — WEAPONS
- Chapter 9.50 — LOUD PARTY RESPONSES
- Chapter 9.52 — PREMISES SELLING DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
- Chapter 9.56 — ESCORTS, ESCORT BUREAUS, INTRODUCTORY SERVICES AND INTERLOCUTRIX ESTABLISHMENTS
- Chapter 9.57
- Chapter 9.60 — HOTEL AND MOTEL RENTAL REGULATIONS
- Chapter 9.61
- Chapter 9.62 — FILMING ACTIVITIES—RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Chapter 9.66
- Chapter 9.68 — PROHIBITION AGAINST DRINKING OR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN PUBLIC
- Chapter 9.69
- Chapter 9.70 — MINORS
- Chapter 9.72 — HARMFUL MATTER
- Chapter 9.74
- Chapter 9.76 — ALCOHOL OR DRUG RECOVERY FACILITIES
- Chapter 9.77
- Title 10
- Article I — Uniform Traffic Ordinance
- Chapter 10.16 — ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
- Chapter 10.12 — TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION
- Article II — Miscellaneous Regulations
▸Article I — Uniform Traffic Ordinance
- Chapter 10.12 — TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 10.16
- Chapter 10.20
- Chapter 10.24 — TURNING MOVEMENTS
- Chapter 10.28 — ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
- Chapter 10.32 — SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
▸Chapter 10.36 — MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
- Chapter 10.44
- Chapter 10.45 — SALE OF GOODS FROM VEHICLES
- Chapter 10.48 — LOADING AND UNLOADING
- Chapter 10.52 — RESTRICTED USE ON CERTAIN STREETS
- Chapter 10.60 — TRAINS
- Chapter 10.64 — SPECIAL SPEED ZONES
- Chapter 10.68 — OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY
- Chapter 10.72
- Chapter 10.76 — VEHICULAR NUISANCES
- Chapter 10.78 — PAY PARKING SYSTEM
▸Chapter 10.80 — STORAGE OF VEHICLES
- Chapter 10.84 — BICYCLES
- Chapter 10.85
▸Chapter 10.86 — FIRE LANES
- Title 12
- Chapter 12.04 — EXCAVATION
- Chapter 12.10 — NEWSRACKS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
- Chapter 12.12 — STREET FORESTRY POLICY
- Chapter 12.16 — OBSTRUCTIONS
- Chapter 12.20 — SECURITY GATES
- Chapter 12.24 — PARKS
- Chapter 12.28 — UNLAWFUL CAMPING AND OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND PUBLIC FACILITIES
- Chapter 12.32 — AGGRESSIVE AND UNSAFE SOLICITING
- Chapter 12.34 — SKATE PARKS
- Chapter 12.38 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS
- Title 13
- Article I — Water
- Chapter 13.04 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 13.08 — WATER SYSTEM REGULATIONS
- Chapter 13.12 — PROHIBITED ACTS
- Chapter 13.14
- Chapter 13.16 — SUBDIVIDED OR ANNEXED PROPERTY
- Chapter 13.20 — WELLS
- Chapter 13.24 — DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
- Chapter 13.28 — UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS
▸Title 14
- Chapter 14.08 — DRILLING AND OPERATION
▸Chapter 14.12 — STORAGE AND HANDLING
- Title 15
- Chapter 15.04 — ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- Chapter 15.08 — BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 15.10 — RESIDENTIAL CODE
- Chapter 15.12 — ELECTRICAL CODE
- Chapter 15.21 — WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE
- Chapter 15.04 — ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- Chapter 15.06 — SMALL RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM PERMITS
- Chapter 15.08 — BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 15.12 — ELECTRICAL CODE
- Chapter 15.14 — MECHANICAL CODE
- Chapter 15.16 — PLUMBING CODE
- Chapter 15.18 — ENERGY CODE
- Chapter 15.19 — EXISTING BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 15.20 — GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE
- Chapter 15.21 — WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE
▸Chapter 15.22 — FIRE CODE
- Chapter 15.23 — HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 15.24 — HOUSING CODE
- Chapter 15.25 — REFERENCED STANDARDS CODE
- Chapter 15.28 — CODE FOR ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
- Chapter 15.30 — INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
- Chapter 15.32 — PENALTY
▸Title 16
- Chapter 16.04
- Chapter 16.06 — VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT AND PARCEL MAPS
- Chapter 16.08
- Title 17
- Article 1 — Zoning Code Applicability
- Article 2 — Zoning Districts, Permitted Land Uses, and Zone-Specific Standards
- Article 3 — Site Planning and General Development Standards
- Article 4 — Standards for Specific Land Uses and Accessory Uses
- Chapter 17.555 — ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS AND VARIANCES
- Chapter 17.540 — TEMPORARY USE, TEMPORARY EVENT
- Chapter 17.550 — ADMINISTRATIVE AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
- Chapter 17.570 — AFFORDABLE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS, INCENTIVES AND WAIVERS
- Article 6 — Zoning Code Administration
- Chapter 17.630 — PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
- Article 7 — Definitions
- Chapter 17.700 — DEFINITIONS OF SPECIALIZED TERMS
- Chapter 17.100 — PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF ZONING CODE
- Chapter 17.110 — LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 17.120
- Article 2
- Chapter 17.200
▸Chapter 17.210 — RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.230 — INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.240 — SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONING DISTRICTS
▸Chapter 17.250 — OVERLAY ZONES
- Chapter 17.330 — SIGNS
- Article 4
- Chapter 17.400
- Chapter 17.500 — APPLICATIONS, PROCESSING, AND FEES
- Chapter 17.510
- Chapter 17.515 — ZONING CLEARANCE
- Chapter 17.540 — TEMPORARY USE, TEMPORARY EVENT
- Chapter 17.550 — ADMINISTRATIVE AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
- Chapter 17.555 — ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS AND VARIANCES
- Chapter 17.560 — COMPREHENSIVE PLANS
- Chapter 17.565 — SPECIFIC PLANS
- Chapter 17.570
- Chapter 17.580 — DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- Chapter 17.585 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
- Chapter 17.600 — ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
- Chapter 17.610
- Chapter 17.620
- Chapter 17.630 — PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
▸Chapter 17.640 — APPEALS AND CALLS FOR REVIEW
- Chapter 17.660 — REVOCATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
- Chapter 17.700 — DEFINITIONS OF SPECIALIZED TERMS
- Title SR
- § SR.010. General Provisions.
- § SR.020. Administration and Personnel.
- § SR.030. Revenue and Finance.
- § SR.040. Business Licenses, Taxes and Regulations.
- § SR.050. Animals.
- § SR.060. Health and Safety.
- § SR.070. Public Peace, Morals and Welfare.
- § SR.080. Vehicles and Traffic.
- § SR.090. Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places.
- § SR.100. Public Services.
- § SR.110. Buildings and Construction.
- § SR.120. Subdivisions.
- § SR.140. Environment.
- Title PC
- Title OL