Where is an emergency shelter allowed in Martinez?

Find your lot's zone on the city zoning map, then read its row. Every status below was read from the Martinez Municipal Code use tables (read October 2026). Base zones only. General information, not legal advice — check with the city before you apply.

Martinez's code calls this use “Homeless shelters, emergency”. Each row links to the use table it comes from. A zone marked “see note” has a condition in the code, for example upper floors only or a larger lot.

AV/R-20, AV/R-40, AV/A-5, DS, C.

• Standards for this use: § 22.34.230 Homeless Shelters.
• "Homeless shelters, ongoing, within permitted religious or eleemosynary institutions": CUP in R/RR (S4 O) and in commercial districts other than SC (S14 F).
• State law: State law (Gov. Code § 65583, SB 2) requires every city to allow emergency shelters by right in at least one zone.
• Not covered here: Individual codes of the RR and Agricultural districts and other R districts (R-20, R-40 ... implied by the ECD table) are not named in the packet; Chapter 22.04 (definitions), 22.34.230 (homeless shelters), 22.43 (ADUs), 22.58 (small animals) are not in the packet; ECD districts: only chapter-wide lists; not used. Overlay zones and specific plans can also change the answer.

• Apartment building
• Senior or assisted living
• Child care center
• Church or place of worship
• Horses and stables
• Private school