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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Yolo County Municipal Code Title 6 Sanitation and Health

Yolo County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Yolo County

Cite as: Yolo County Municipal Code Title 6 · Text as of 2026-10-03

Chapters:

    1. Animals
    1. Barbers and Cosmetologists
    1. Food Handling
    1. Milk Inspection and Distribution
    1. Public Sewage Disposal
    1. Housing Code
    1. Litter and Contaminants
    1. Water Quality
    1. Public Health Permits
    1. General Provisions
    1. Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances (Repealed)
    1. Regulation of Biosolids
    1. Camping Within the Unincorporated Area of Yolo County
    1. Limitations to Access to Tobacco Products
    1. Tobacco Retailer Permit
    1. Recycling And Diversion of Debris From Construction and Demolition
    1. Waste, Recyclables and Organics
    1. Smoking in Workplaces, Enclosed Public Places and Multiunit Residences
    1. Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
    1. Promotion of Safe and Open Public Spaces
    1. COVID-19 Penalty
    1. LNU Complex Fire Debris Removal

Chapter 1 — ANIMALS

* Article 1 entitled “Animals at Large”, consisting of Section 6-1.101, codified from Ordinance No. 63, Article 2 entitled “Dogs”, consisting of Sections 6-1.201 through 6-1.226, codified from Ordinance No. 468, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 494 and 536 and Ordinance No. 620, effective January 1, 1970, and 701, effective January 28, 1974, and Article 3 entitled “Poundmaster”, consisting of Sections 6-1.301 through 6-1.304, codified from Ordinance No. 468, and Section 6-1.305, added by Ordinance No. 637, effective October 14, 1970, repealed by Section 1, Ordinance No. 703, effective May 22, 1974.

  • Article 1. Title, Purpose, Authority, and Territory

  • Article 2. Administration

  • Article 3. Definitions

  • Article 4. Prohibitions

  • Article 5. Licenses: General

  • Article 6. Licenses: Dogs

  • Article 7. License: Kennels

  • Article 8. Impoundment

  • Article 9. Rabies

  • Article 10. Regulation of Vicious Animals

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Chapter 5 — PUBLIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL

  • Article 1. Definitions.

  • Article 2. Public Sewers: Construction

  • Article 3. Public Sewers: Use.

  • Article 4. Building and House Connection Sewers

  • Article 5. Permits, Fees, Deposits, and Insurance

  • Article 6. Private Sewage Disposal (Repealed)

  • Article 7. Inspections: Enforcement: Violations

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Article 6 — Private Sewage Disposal

Chapter 8 — WATER QUALITY

  • Article 1. Authority and Title

  • Article 2. Purposes.

  • Article 3. Policies

  • Article 4. Definitions

  • Article 5. Administration

  • Article 6. Prohibitions

  • Article 7. Waste Discharge Standards

  • Article 8. Permits

  • Article 9. Standards, Criteria, and Regulations for Public Water Supplies

  • Article 10. Standards, Criteria, and Regulations for Wells

  • Article 11. Water Conservation

  • Article 12. Cache Creek

  • Article 13. Violations: Penalties

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Article 7 — Waste Discharge Standards

Chapter 9 — PUBLIC HEALTH PERMITS

  • Article 1. Authority and Purpose

  • Article 2. Definitions

  • Article 3. Prohibitions

  • Article 4. Permits

  • Article 5. Standards

  • Article 6. Violations: Penalties

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Chapter 10 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter 11

* Chapter 11 entitled "Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances", consisting of Sections 6-11.01 through 6-11.23, codified from Ordinance No. 970, repealed in its entirety by § 2, Ord. 1575, eff. August 22, 2025.

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Chapter 17 — WASTE, RECYCLABLES, AND ORGANICS

Sections:

  • Article 1. Title and Purpose

  • Article 2. Definitions

  • Article 3. Waste Collection.

  • Article 4. Waste Transportation and Disposal Requirements, Generally.

  • Article 5. Franchises.

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Chapter 19 — ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS

  • Article 1: Legal Authority

  • Article 2: Purposes

  • Article 3: Applicability

  • Article 4: Definitions

  • Article 5: Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Manual

  • Article 6: General Requirements

  • Article 7: Alternative System Requirements

  • Article 8: Non-Discharging Wastewater Disposal

  • Article 9: Graywater Systems

  • Article 10: Septage Pumping, Inspections and Reporting Requirements

  • Article 11: Land Use Project

  • Article 12: Connection to Public Sewer System

  • Article 13: Groundwater Protection

  • Article 14: Reporting to Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board

  • Article 15: Enforcement and Penalties

  • Article 16: Appeals

  • Article 17: Severability

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Chapter 22 — LNU COMPLEX FIRE DEBRIS REMOVAL

Sections:

  • Article 1. Citation.

  • Article 2. Debris Removal.

  • Article 3. Hazard Tree Removal Program.

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