California Local Codes and Charters

The IGS Library maintains a large depository collection of local ordinance codes and charters issued by California cities and counties.

Below is a list of currently available codes and charters issued in loose-leaf format, with call numbers appearing immediately after each locality designation.

Links are provided to electronic versions of these documents, when available.

An asterisk [*] after a place name indicates that the code also includes the jurisdiction's charter. Some separately published loose-leaf charters and zoning ordinances are also listed. Other separately published charters and zoning ordinances may be found in the Melvyl Catalog under the following subject headings:

  • [PLACE NAME]--CHARTERS
  • ZONING LAW--CALIFORNIA--[PLACE NAME]

A
Adelanto (code) [print version not updated after 1992] C001
Agoura Hills (code) [select code from list] C002
Alameda (city code) C004
Alameda (city charter) 96 00583
Alameda County (administrative code)* C005
Alameda County (ordinance code) C006
Albany (charter) C007
Albany (code) C008
Alhambra (code) [print version not updated after Aug. 2006 (CD-ROM)] C009
Alpine County (code) C010
Amador City
Amador County (code)
American Canyon (code) C010.1
Anaheim (code)* C011
Anderson (code)
Angel's Camp (code) [print version not updated after 1983] C012
Antioch (code) C013
Apple Valley (code)
Arcadia (code) C014
Arcata (code) C014.5
Arroyo Grande (code) C015
Artesia (code) C016
Arvin (code) 
Atascadero (code)
C107
Atherton (code)
C017.1
Atwater (code) C017.1
Auburn (code) [select code from list] C018
Avalon (code) [print version not updated after Feb. 2003] C019
Azusa (code)
C020

B
Bakersfield (code)
* C021
Baldwin Park (code) C022
Banning (code)
C023
Barstow (code)
C024
Bay Area Air Quality Management District (code) 90 00974 2 vols.
Beaumont (code) 026
Bell Gardens (code)
C027
Bellflower (code) C028
Belmont (code)
[print version not updated after June 2003] C029
Belvedere (code) C030
Benicia (code)
[print version not updated after Sept. 2003] C031
Berkeley (charter) C032
Berkeley (code) C033
Berkeley (Rent Stablization Bd. regs.) C034
Beverly Hills (code) C035
Biggs
Big Bear Lake (code) C036
Bishop (code) C037
Blythe (code)
C038
Bradbury (code) [print version not updated after 1988] C039
Brawley (code)
Brea (code) C040
Brentwood (code)
C041
Brisbane (code) C042
Buellton (code)

Buena Park (code)
C043
Burbank (code)* C044
Burlingame (code) C045
Butte County (code)
[print version not updated after May 2001] C046

C
Calabasas (code)
C046.1
Calaveras County (code)

Calexico (code)

California City (code)
Calistoga (code) C047
Camarillo (code)
C048
Campbell (code)
C049
Capitola (code) C050
Carlsbad (code) C051
Carmel-by-the-Sea (code)

Carpinteria (code)
C052
Carson (code) C053
Cathedral City (code)
C054
Ceres (code)
Cerritos (code) C055
Chico (code)* C056
Chino (code) C057
Chino Hills (code)

Chowchilla (code)
[print version not updated after July 1994] C058
Citrus Heights (code)

Chula Vista (code)
C059
Claremont (code) [print version not updated after 2004] C060
Clayton (code) C060.1
Clearlake (code) C061
Cloverdale (code) C062 [print version not updated after Oct. 2004]
Clovis (code) [print version not updated after July 2006] C063
Coachella (code)
Coalinga (code) C064
Colfax (code) [print version not updated after July 2006] C065
Colma (code) C066
Colton (code) C067
Colusa (city code) [print version not updated after June 1992] C068
Colusa County (code) C069
Commerce(code) C070
Compton (code)
Concord (code) [print version not updated after Dec. 1999] C071
Contra Costa County (code) C072
Corcoran (code) C073
Corning

Corona (code)
C074
Coronado (code) C075 Corte Madera (code) C076
Costa Mesa (code) [select code from list] C077
Cotati (code) C078 Covina (code) C079 Covina
Crescent City (code) [print version not updated after Dec. 2003] C080
Cudahy (code) C081
Culver City (code)* C082
Cupertino (code) C083
Cypress (code) [select code from list] C084

D
Daly City (code)
C085
Dana Point (code)
Danville (code)
C085.1
Davis (code) [print version not updated after Dec. 1998] C086
Del Mar (code) C087
Del Norte County (code) [print version not updated after July 2001] C087.1
Del Ray Oaks (code)
Delano (code) C088
Desert Hot Springs (code)
[print version not updated after June 1998] C089
Diamond Bar (code) C089.1
Dinuba (code)
C090
Dixon (code) C091
Downey (code)
C092
Duarte (code) C093
Dublin (code) C093.1
Dunsmuir (code) [print version not updated after May 1996] C094

E
East Palo Alto (code)
El Cajon (code) [print version not updated after June 2003] C095
El Centro (code)
[select code from list] C096
El Cerrito (code)
C097
El Dorado County (code)* [print version not updated after Dec. 1998] C098
El Monte (code)
C099
El Paso De Robles see Paso Robles
El Segundo (code)
Elk Grove (code)
Emeryville (code) C099.1
Encinitas (code) C100
Escondido (code) C102
Etna (code) C103
Eureka (code)
C104
Exeter (code) C105

F
Fairfax (code)
Fairfield (code)
C106
Farmersville (code) C107
Fillmore (code)
Firebaugh (code) C108
Folsom (code)* C109
Fontana (code)*
Fort Bragg (code) C109.5
Fontana (code)
Fortuna (code)

Foster City (code)
C110
Fountain Valley (code)
C111
Fremont (code)
C112
Fresno (city code)
* C113
Fresno County (code) [print version not updated after May 2003] C114
Fullerton (code) C115

G
Galt (code) C116
Garden Grove (code) C117 [print version not updated after February 2004]
Garden Grove (land use code) C118 [print version not updated after March 2005]
Gardena (code) [print version not updated after May 2001] C119
Gilroy (code)
C120
Glendale (code)
Glendora (code)
C122
Glenn County (code)
C123
Gonzales (code)
Grand Terrace (code) C124
Grass Valley (code)
Greenfield (code) C125 [print version not updated after July 1998]
Gridley (code) C126
Grover Beach (code) C127
Gustine (code)
[print version not updated after June 1994] C128

H
Half Moon Bay (code) [print version not updated after Oct. 1988] C129
Hanford (code)
Hawaiian Gardens (code) C130
Hawthorne (code)
C131
Hayward (code) C132
Healdsburg (code) C133
Hemet (code) [select code from list] C134
Hercules (code) [print version not updated after Oct. 1988] C135
Hermosa Beach (code)
Hesperia (code)
Hidden Hills (code) [print version not updated after Jan. 1998] C136
Highland (code) C136.3
Hillsborough (code) C136.5
Hollister (code) Holtville
Hughson (code) [print version not updated after 2003] C137
Humboldt County (code) [print version not updated after 2005] C138
Huntington Beach (code)
* C140
Huntington Beach (zoning code) C141
Huntington Park (code)

IJK
Imperial Beach (code)
Imperial County (code) C142
Indian Wells (code) [print version not updated after July 1999] C143
Indio (code) [print version not updated after July 1991]
C144
Industry (code) C145
Inglewood (code) C146
Inyo County (code)
C147
Irvine (code)
* C148
Irvine (zoning ordinance)

Irwindale (code) C149
Jackson (code)
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Kerman (code) [print version not updated after January 2002] C150
Kern County (code) C151
King City (code)

Kings County
Kingsburg (code)

L
La Cañada Flintridge (code)
Lafayette (code) C161
Laguna Beach (code) C162
Laguna Hills (code)
Laguna Niguel (code)
[select code from list]
Laguna Woods (code)

La Habra (code)
C153
La Habra Heights (code) [print version not updated after Apr. 2003] C154
Lake County (code)
C163
Lake Elsinore (code) C164 Lake Forest (code) C164.1
Lakeport (code) C165 [print version not updated after Dec. 2005]
Lakewood (code) C166
La Mesa (code) C155
La Mirada (code) C156
Lancaster (code) [print version not updated after April 2006] C167
La Palma (code) C157
La Puente (code) C158
La Quinta (code)* C159
Larkspur (code) C167.1
Lassen County (code)

Lathrop (code)
La Verne (code)
C160
Lawndale (code)
C168
Lemon Grove (code)

Lemoore (code)
Lincoln (code) Select "browse" to access code.
Lindsay (code) C169 Livermore (code) C170
Livermore (planning and zoning code) C170
Live Oak As of 3/25/13
Lodi (code)
C171
Loma Linda (code)

Lomita (code)
Lompoc (code) C172
Long Beach (charter) C173
Long Beach (code) [print version not updated after Sept. 1990] C174
Loomis (code)
[print version not updated after 1990] C175
Los Alamitos (code)* C177
Los Altos (code)
Los Altos Hills (code)
C178 [print version not updated after June 2001]
Los Angeles (city administrative code)
C179
Los Angeles (city charter) C180
Los Angeles (municipal code) C181
Los Angeles County (code)* C182
Los Banos (code)
C183
Los Gatos (code)
[select code from list] C184
Lynwood (code) [print version not updated after May 2003] C185

M
Madera (city code) C186
Madera (county code)
Malibu (code)
C187
Mammoth Lakes (code) C188
Manhattan Beach (code) C189
Manteca (code)
C190 [Select Municipal Code from sidebar]
Marin County (code)
Marina (code)
Mariposa County (code)
C191
Martinez (code) C192
Marysville (code) C193 [print version not updated after June 2000]
Maywood (code)
Mendocino County (code) C194
Menlo Park (code)
Select code from Municode library
Merced (city code)
* C195
Merced County (code)
C196
Mill Valley (code) C198 [print version not updated after May 2016]
Millbrae (code) C199
Milpitas (code) C200 [select code from list; print version not updated after Apr. 2001]
Mission Viejo (code)
C201
Modesto (code)
* C202
Modoc County (code) C203
Mono County (code) C204
Monrovia (code)
C205
Montague (code) C206
Montclair (code)

Monte Sereno (code) C211
Montebello (code)
C207
Monterey (city code)
C208
Monterey County (code) [print version not updated after Dec. 2003] C209
Monterey Park (code) C210
Moorpark (code)
C212
Moraga (code)
  [print version not updated after April 2006]
Moreno Valley (code) C213
Morgan Hill (code) C214
Morro Bay (code)
Mountain View (code)* C215 Mt. Shasta (code)
Murrieta (code) C216

N
Napa (city code) C217
Napa County (code)
C218
National City (code)
C219
Needles (code)* C220
Nevada County (general code) C221
Nevada County (land use/zoning code) C222
Newark (code) C223 Newman (code)
Newport Beach (code)
* C224
Norco (code) C225
Norwalk (code)
* C225.5
Novato (code)
C226

O
Oakdale (code) [print version not updated after Sept. 2002] C227
Oakland (code)
* C229
Oceanside (code)
[select code from list]
Oakley (code) C230
Ojai (code) C231
Ontario (code) C232
Orange (city code)
C233
Orange County (code) C234
Orinda (code)
C234.2
Oroville (code)Select code from Municode library C234.1
Oxnard (code) [print version not updated after Feb. 2001] C235

P
Pacific Grove (code)* [print version not updated after Jan. 2001] C236
Pacifica (code)
C237
Palm Desert (code)
C238
Palm Springs (code)
* C239
Palmdale (code)
C241 [print version not updated after Aug. 2004]
Palo Alto (code)*
C242
Palos Verdes Estates (code)
C243
Paradise (code) C244
Paramount (code)
Pasadena (code)* C245
Paso Robles (code)

Patterson (code)
[print version not updated after June 2003] C246
Perris (code)
[print version not updated after May 2007] C247
Petaluma (code)*
C248
Pico Rivera (code)

Piedmont (code)*
C249 [print version not updated after Oct. 1997]
Pinole (code)
C250 [print version not updated after May 2002]
Pismo Beach (code) C251
Pittsburg (code)
C252
Placentia (code)
Select code from Municode library C253
Placer County (code)
* C254
Placerville (code)
Pleasant Hill (code) C255
Pleasanton (code) C256
Plumas County (code) [print version not updated after June 2002] C257
Plymouth (code) C258
Point Arena (code)
Pomona (code)* C259
Port Hueneme (code) [print version not updated after Feb. 2007] C260
Porterville (code)* C260.1
Portola (code) Select code from Municode library [print version not updated after 2000] C261
Portola Valley (code) C262
Poway (code)
C263

R
Rancho Cordova
Rancho Cucamonga (code)* C264
Rancho Mirage (code) C266
Rancho Palos Verdes (code) C267
Rancho Santa Margarita (code)
Red Bluff (code) C268
Redding (code) C269
Redlands (code) C270
Redondo Beach (code)
* C271
Redwood City (charter) 88 00814
Redwood City (code)
C271.1
Redwood City (zoning code)
Reedley (code)
[print version not updated after Apr. 2000] C272
Rialto (code) C273
Richmond (code)* C274
Ridgecrest (code) C275
Rio Vista (code)
Ripon (code) C276
Riverbank (code)
[print version not updated after June 1990] C277
Riverside (city code)* C278
Riverside County (code) C279
Rocklin (code) C280
Rohnert Park (code) C281
Rolling Hills (code) C282
Rolling Hills Estates (code) C283
Rosemead (code)*
Roseville (code)
* C284
Ross (code)
C285

Sa
Sacramento (city code)* C287 [print version not updated after Aug. 2005]
Sacramento County (code)* C288
Saint Helena (code)

Salinas (code)* C289
San Anselmo (code) C289.1
San Benito County (code) C290
San Bernardino (city code)
* C291
San Bernardino County (code)
[print version not updated after Mar. 1993] C292
San Bruno (code)
C293 [print version not updated after Oct. 2000]
San Buenaventura
C 377
San Carlos (code) Select code from Municode library C294
San Clemente (code)
Select code from Municode library C295
San Diego (city charter)
San Diego (city code)

San Diego County (administrative code)
C296
San Diego County (regulatory code)
C297
San Dimas (code)
C298
San Fernando (code)

San Francisco - all sections
San Francisco (administrative code) C299 3v.
San Francisco (building inspection codes) C300
San Francisco (business and tax regulations code) C301
San Francisco (campaign and governmental conduct code) C303.1
San Francisco (charter) C301.1
San Francisco (electrical code) C300.1
San Francisco (environment code) C300.3
San Francisco (fire code) C300.2 San Francisco (health code) C302
San Francisco (housing code) C303
San Francisco (mechanical code) C302.1
San Francisco (municipal elections code) C303.1 San Francisco (park code) C303.2
San Francisco (planning code) C304 2v.
San Francisco (plumbing code) C300.4
San Francisco (police code) C305
San Francisco (port code) C305.1
San Francisco (public works code) C306
San Francisco (subdivision code) C307
San Francisco (transportation code) C308
San Francisco (zoning maps) C308.1
San Gabriel (code)
San Joaquin County (code) C309
San Jacinto (code)
San Jose (code) C310
San Juan Bautista (code)
San Juan Capistrano (code) C311
San Leandro (code) C312
San Luis Obispo (city code)
* [print version not updated after Jan. 2006] C313
San Luis Obispo County (code) C314 
San Marcos (code) [print version not updated after May 2006] C315
San Marino (code)
San Mateo (city code)*
C316
San Mateo County (code) C317
San Pablo (code) C318
San Rafael (code)* C319
San Ramon (code) [print version not updated after 1991] C320
Sanger (code)

Santa Ana (code)
* C321
Santa Barbara (city code)* C322
Santa Barbara County (code) C323
Santa Clara (city code)
C324 [print version not updated after Feb. 1996]
Santa Clara County (code)*
Santa Clarita (code) C325
Santa Clarita (unified development code) C325.1
Santa Cruz (city code)* C326
Santa Cruz County (code) C327
Santa Fe Springs (code) C328
Santa Maria (code)
C329
Santa Monica (code)
* C330
Santa Paula (code) C331
Santa Rosa (code)* C332
Santee (code) C333
Saratoga (code)
C334
Sausalito (code) [print version not updated after Jan. 1994] C335

Sc-Su
Scotts Valley (code)
C336
Seal Beach (code) C337
Seaside (code) C338
Sebastopol (code)
Selma (code)
[print version not updated after Jan. 2001] C339
Shafter (code)
C340
Shasta County (code) [print version not updated after Oct. 2006] C341
Shasta Lake (code)
Sierra County (code)

Sierra Madre (code)

Signal Hill (code)
C342
Simi Valley (code)
Siskiyou County (code) C342.1
Solana Beach (code)
Solano County (code) [print version not updated after Apr. 2003] C344
Soledad (code) C345
Sonoma (city code) C346
Sonoma County (code) [print version not updated after June 2003] C347
Sonora (code) [print version not updated after Jan. 1998] C348
South El Monte (code) C349
South Gate (code)
C350 [print version not updated after Nov. 1998]
South Lake Tahoe (code)
C351
South Pasadena (code)
C352
South San Francisco (code)
C353
Stanislaus County (code)
C354
Stanton (code)
C355
Stockton (charter) 99 00629
Stockton (code)
[print version not updated after Jan. 2009] C356
Suisun City (code)
C357
Sunnyvale (code)
* C358
Susanville (code)
C359
Sutter County (code) C360

T
Taft (code)
Tehachapi (code) C361
Tehama County (code)* C362
Temecula (code)

Temple City (code)
C363.1
Thousand Oaks (code) C364
Tiburon (code) C365
Torrance (code)* C366
Tracy (code)
C367 Trinidad (code)
Trinity County (code) C368
Truckee (code)
Tulare (city code)*
C369
Tulare County (code) C370
Tuolumne County (code) [print version not updated after March 2006] C371
Turlock (code)
[print version not updated after July 1998] C372
Tustin (code)
C373
Twentynine Palms

U
Ukiah (code) [print version not updated after Aug. 2003] C373.1
Union City (code)
C374
Upland (code)
C375

V
Vacaville (code)
Vallejo (code)* C376
Ventura (city code) C377
Ventura County (code) C379
Vernon (code)* C380
Victorville (code)
C381
Villa Park (code) C382
Visalia (code)* C383
Vista (code) C384
Vista (development code)C385

W
Walnut (code)
C386 [print version not updated after April 2003]
Walnut Creek (code) C387
Wasco(code)

Waterford (code) [print version not updated after Nov. 1996] C388
Watsonville (code)* C389
Weed (code)
West Covina (code) C389.1
West Hollywood (code)
C390
West Sacramento (code)
C391
Westlake Village (code)
Westminster (code)
C392
Whittier (code) C393
Williams (code) [print version not updated after Dec. 2001] C394
Willits (code) C395 Willows (code)
Windsor (code)
Winters (code) [print version not updated after 1982] C396
Woodland (code)
C397
Woodside (code)
C398

XYZ
Yolo County (code)
Yorba Linda (code)
C399
Yountville (code) C400
Yreka (code) C401
Yuba City (code) [print version not updated after Sept. 2002] C402
Yuba County (code) [print version not updated after Oct. 2000] C403
Yucaipa (code)

Yucca Valley (code)