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
Sections in this part
- 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 — Licenses: Kennels
- Article 8 — Impoundment
- Article 9 — Rabies
- Article 10 — Regulation of Vicious Animals
- Chapter 2 — BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS
- Chapter 3 — FOOD HANDLING
- Chapter 4 — MILK INSPECTION AND DISTRIBUTION
- 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 7 — Inspections: Enforcement: Violations
- Chapter 6 — HOUSING CODE
- Chapter 7 — LITTER AND CONTAMINANTS
- Article 1 — Authority and Title
- Article 2 — Purposes
- Article 3 — Policies
- Article 4 — Definitions
- Article 5 — Administration
- Article 6 — Prohibitions
- 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
- Article 1 — Authority and Purpose
- Article 2 — Definitions
- Article 3 — Prohibitions
- Article 4 — Permits
- Article 5 — Standards
- Article 6 — Violations: Penalties
- Article 1 — Arrest Authority
- Chapter 12 — REGULATION OF BIOSOLIDS
- Chapter 13 — CAMPING WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF YOLO COUNTY
- Chapter 14 — LIMITATIONS TO ACCESS TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS
- Chapter 15 — TOBACCO RETAILER PERMIT
- Chapter 16 — RECYCLING AND DIVERSION OF DEBRIS FROM CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION
- Article 1 — Title and Purpose
- Article 2 — Definitions
- Article 3 — Waste Collection
- Article 4 — Waste Transportation and Disposal Requirements, Generally
- Article 5 — Franchises
- Chapter 18 — SMOKING IN WORKPLACES, ENCLOSED PUBLIC PLACES AND MULTIUNIT RESIDENCES
- Article 1 — Legal Authority
- Article 2 — Purposes
- Article 3 — Applicability
- Article 4 — Definitions
- Article 6 — General Requirements
- Article 7 — Alternative System Requirements
- Article 8 — Non-Discharging Wastewater Disposal
- Article 9 — Graywater Systems
- Article 10 — Septage Pumping, Inspection, and Reporting Requirements
- 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
- Chapter 20 — PROMOTION OF SAFE AND OPEN PUBLIC SPACES
- Chapter 21 — COVID-19 PENALTY
- Article 1 — Citation
- Article 2 — Debris Removal
- Article 3 — Hazard Tree Removal Program
Cite as: Yolo County Municipal Code Title 6 · Text as of 2026-10-03
Chapters:
- Animals
- Barbers and Cosmetologists
- Food Handling
- Milk Inspection and Distribution
- Public Sewage Disposal
- Housing Code
- Litter and Contaminants
- Water Quality
- Public Health Permits
- General Provisions
- Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances (Repealed)
- Regulation of Biosolids
- Camping Within the Unincorporated Area of Yolo County
- Limitations to Access to Tobacco Products
- Tobacco Retailer Permit
- Recycling And Diversion of Debris From Construction and Demolition
- Waste, Recyclables and Organics
- Smoking in Workplaces, Enclosed Public Places and Multiunit Residences
- Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
- Promotion of Safe and Open Public Spaces
- COVID-19 Penalty
- 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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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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