Building on your lot in Morro Bay

Fences, walls, dense hedges, and similar structures located outside the required front and corner side setback areas may be a maximum of six feet, six inches high.

Solid fences, walls, dense hedges, and similar structures may be a maximum of three feet high within the required front and corner side setback except on parcels north of Alva Paul Creek and east of Highway One where solid fences, walls, dense hedges, and similar structures may be a maximum of four feet.

Solid fences, walls, dense hedges, and similar structures may be a maximum of three feet high within the required front and corner side setback except on parcels north of Alva Paul Creek and east of Highway One where solid fences, walls, dense hedges, and similar structures may be a maximum of four feet.

Fences, walls, hedges, and similar structures with fifty percent or more of the surface open to the passage of air and light may be a maximum of four feet high within the required front and corner side setback except on parcels north of Alva Paul Creek and east of Highway One where such open fences, walls, dense hedges, and similar structures may be a maximum of five feet.

Fences, walls, hedges, and similar structures with fifty percent or more of the surface open to the passage of air and light may be a maximum of four feet high within the required front and corner side setback except on parcels north of Alva Paul Creek and east of Highway One where such open fences, walls, dense hedges, and similar structures may be a maximum of five feet.

Fence heights in existence as of date of adoption of Ordinance 662 shall be considered legal, non-conforming and allowed to remain to the maximum height of six and one-half feet.

The director may allow additional height, up to two feet with zoning clearance approval, where the location or characteristics of the site warrant additional height for safety or security purposes.

A guesthouse shall not contain more than six hundred forty square feet of habitable floor area, nor shall it exceed thirty percent of the floor area of the primary single-unit dwelling.

A guesthouse shall not contain more than six hundred forty square feet of habitable floor area, nor shall it exceed thirty percent of the floor area of the primary single-unit dwelling.

Roofed accessory structures eight feet in height or more or one hundred twenty square feet or greater in size shall be at least six feet from any dwelling existing or under construction, either on the same lot or an adjacent lot.

A maximum of one independent contractor other than residents of the dwelling shall be permitted to work at the location of a home occupation except as otherwise allowed for cottage food operations.

Only the cottage food operator and members of his or her household living in the unit, as well as one full-time equivalent cottage food employee, may participate in a cottage food operation.

Each home occupation constituting a business and not otherwise specifically enumerated or taxed in this chapter shall pay an annual business tax in accordance with the schedule enumerated in Section 5.08.020.

The following specific businesses are not permitted as home occupations.

No person shall park or store any boat, trailer, or recreational vehicle upon any street, highway, city parking lot or public area (whether improved or unimproved) within a business district, as defined in Section 235 of the California Vehicle Code, between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m., unless such area is designated by the city for such parking or storage.

The building and safety division shall issue a building permit, the issuance of which is nondiscretionary within five business days for residential installations, and ten business days for commercial installations upon receipt of a complete application that meets the requirements of the approved checklist and standard plan.

The building official shall implement an administrative, nondiscretionary review process to expedite approval of electric vehicle charging stations.

The building division shall adopt an administrative, nondiscretionary review process for the department to expedite approval of small residential rooftop solar energy systems within thirty days of the adoption on this chapter.

The department shall issue a building permit or other nondiscretionary permit the same day for over-the-counter applications or within three business days for electronic applications of receipt of a complete application and meets the requirements of the approved checklist and city standard plan.

The department shall issue a building permit or other nondiscretionary permit the same day for over-the-counter applications or within three business days for electronic applications of receipt of a complete application and meets the requirements of the approved checklist and city standard plan.

RS and RL | Required building setback plus 5 feet | 5 feet

RS and RL | Required building setback plus 5 feet | 5 feet

All other districts | Required building setbacks | Required building setbacks

No person shall keep upon any premises in the city more than twelve of any poultry, rabbits, or other fowl:

no person shall own, keep, maintain, stake or pasture any bovine, swine, sheep, goat, horse or other livestock upon any premises in the city unless the lot or parcel size is a minimum twenty thousand square feet or, the parcel is in a properly zoned agricultural district in which case the number of animals shall not exceed the maximum density allowed for such animals pursuant to section 17.30.060 of this code.

No person or persons may own, harbor, or maintain or cause to be maintained more than two pygmy animals at any dwelling within the city, unless such dwelling is on a parcel that meets the size and zoning criteria as contained in section 7.16.040 in which case the number of animals shall be limited to the maximum listed density allowed as codified.