Municipal code
Ontario Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Ontario, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-18
- Contents
- 10 titles · 2,189 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Ontario
Contents
▸Title 2 — ADMINISTRATION
Overview▸Chapter 1 — CITY COUNCIL
▸Chapter 2 — COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS
▸Chapter 3 — DEPARTMENTS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES
Overview- Article 1 — City Manager
- Article 2 — Police Department
- Article 3 — Fire Department
- Article 4 — Director of Finance
- Article 5 — Salaries of City Clerk and City Treasurer
- Article 6 — Bonds
- Article 7 — Office Hours, Holidays, and Records
- Article 8 — Training of Law Enforcement Officers
- Article 9 — Distress Duties of Police Officers and Firefighters
- Article 10 — Recreation and Community Services Department
- Article 11 — City Clerk
- Article 12 — Records Management Department
- Chapter 4 — CUSTODY AND USE OF OFFICIAL CITY SEAL AND CITY INSIGNIA
- Chapter 5 — PUBLIC LIBRARY
- Chapter 6 — PURCHASING SYSTEM
- Chapter 7 — MERIT SYSTEM FOR PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 8 — INELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT
- Chapter 9 — PUBLIC MUSEUM
- Chapter 10 — ELECTIONS
- Chapter 11 — CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
▸Title 3 — FINANCE
▸Title 4 — PUBLIC SAFETY
Overview- Chapter 2 — BICYCLES
- Chapter 3 — EMERGENCY ORGANIZATION
▸Chapter 4 — FIRE CODE
Overview- Sec. 4-4 .04. Amendment: Code Compliance Agency.
- Sec. 4-4 .06. Adopted by Reference: General.
- Sec. 4-4 .17. Adopted by Reference: Applications and permits.
- Sec. 4-4. 21. Adopted by Reference: Approved materials and equipment.
- Sec. 4-4 .24. Adopted by Reference: Fire authority at fires and other emergencies.
- Chapter 5 — TAXICABS AND AUTOMOBILES FOR HIRE
▸Chapter 6 — TRAFFIC
Overview- Article 1 — Definitions
- Article 2 — Administration
- Article 3 — Enforcement and Obedience to Traffic Regulations
- Article 4 — Traffic Control Devices
- Article 5 — Turning Movements
- Article 6 — One-Way Streets and Alleys
- Article 7 — Special Stops Required
- Article 8 — Miscellaneous Driving Rules
- Article 9 — Pedestrian Regulations
- Article 10 — Stopping, Standing, and Parking for Certain Purposes or in Certain Places
- Article 11 — Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restricted or Prohibited
- Article 12 — Stopping for Loading or Unloading
- Article 13 — Restricted Use of Certain Streets
- Article 14 — Trains
- Article 15 — Special Speed Zones
- Article 16 — Violations and Penalties
- Article 17 — Parking At Ontario International Airport
- Article 18 — Interstate Trucks, Terminal Designation, and Terminal Access
- Article 19 — Skateboards, Roller Skates and Roller Blades on Public and Private Property
- Article 20 — Private Roads, Travel Ways, and Parking Lots Serving the Ontario Mills Developmen…
- Article 21 — Prohibiting Cruising
- Article 22 — Valet Parking
- Chapter 7 — TENTS AND STRUCTURES OF SIMILAR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS
- Chapter 8 — USE OF AUTOMATIC DIALING AND TAPED MESSAGE BURGLAR AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS
- Chapter 11 — SECURITY STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS
- Chapter 12 — COST RECOVERY FOR POLICE SERVICES AT LARGE PARTIES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
- Chapter 13 — OFF-STREET PARKING PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
- Chapter 14 — NEWSRACKS
- Chapter 15 — REGULATIONS RELATING TO SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYMENT ON PUBLIC STREETS AND CERTAIN …
- Chapter 16 — PAY TELEPHONES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
- Chapter 17 — PAY TELEPHONES ON PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
- Chapter 18 — ICE CREAM TRUCK OPERATING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 19 — ROTATIONAL TOWING SERVICES
▸Chapter 20 — VIDEO PROVIDERS
Overview- Article 1 — General Provisions
- Article 2 — Procedures for Granting, Renewing, Transferring, and Acquiring Video Provider Lice…
- Article 3 — Provisions Relating to the Use of Public Rights-of-Way by Video Provider Systems
- Article 4 — Registration of Video Providers Not Using the Public Rights-of-Way
- Article 5 — Consumer Protection and Service Standards Applicable to All Video Providers
- Chapter 20A — STATE VIDEO SERVICE FRANCHISES
- Chapter 21 — FIREWORKS, PYROTECHNIC DEVICES, EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES OR THEIR COMPONENTS
- Chapter 22 — PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY MINORS AND ALLOWING OR…
- Chapter 23 — REGULATION OF REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS
- Chapter 24 — UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER PROHIBITED
▸Title 5 — PUBLIC WELFARE, MORALS AND CONDUCT
Overview- Chapter 1 — ADVERTISING DISTRIBUTION
- Chapter 4 — DANCE HALLS, DANCING CLUBS, AND BALLROOMS
- Chapter 5 — GAMBLING
- Chapter 6 — REGULATIONS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, SECONDHAND DEALERS, AND PAWNBROKERS
- Chapter 7 — CURFEW AND DAYTIME LOITERING
- Chapter 9 — TRESPASSING
- Chapter 10 — WEAPONS
- Chapter 11 — MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
- Chapter 12 — ABATEMENT AND REMOVAL OF ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANTLED, AND INOPERATIVE VEHICLES
- Chapter 14 — REMOVAL OF IGNITION KEYS FROM UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLES
- Chapter 15 — YARD SALES
- Chapter 16 — REGULATION AND LICENSING OF FESTIVALS
- Chapter 18 — BINGO FOR CHARITY
- Chapter 18A — REMOTE CALLER BINGO
- Chapter 19 — RETAIL GROCERY ITEM PRICE MARKING
- Chapter 20 — PICTURE ARCADES
- Chapter 22 — PROPERTY APPEARANCE - NUISANCE
- Chapter 23 — CAMPING AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
- Chapter 24 — REGULATION OF PUBLIC LODGING FACILITIES
- Chapter 25 — SHOPPING CART REGULATIONS
- Chapter 26 — TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURES DUE TO CONTINUING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
- Chapter 29 — NOISE
- Chapter 30 — ABANDONED PROPERTY REGISTRATION
- Chapter 31 — SIDEWALK VENDING
- Chapter 32 — CITY LIBRARIES, MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART, AND RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES …
- Chapter 33 — PUBLIC ART PROGRAM
- Chapter 34 — FLAVORED TOBACCO; NITROUS OXIDE; KRATOM PRODUCTS
▸Title 6 — SANITATION AND HEALTH
Overview▸Chapter 3 — INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Overview- Article 1 — General Provisions
- Article 2 — Prohibitions
- Article 3 — Solid Waste Services
- Article 4 — Rates and Provisions for Services and Billing
- Article 5 — Allowable Composting and Recycling, Non-Waste Disposal
- Article 6 — Business Recycling Requirements
- Article 7 — Reduction and Reuse Provisions
- Article 8 — Mandatory Organic Waste Disposal Reduction
- Chapter 4 — HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
▸Chapter 6 — STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Overview- Article 1 — Authority, Purpose, Policy and Definitions
- Article 2 — General Conditions and Prohibitions
- Article 3 — Residential Requirements
- Article 4 — Industrial and Commercial Requirements
- Article 5 — Construction Requirements
- Article 6 — Administrative Enforcement Remedies
- Article 7 — Judicial Enforcement Remedies
- Article 8 — Fees and Charges
- Article 9 — General Clauses
▸Chapter 8A — WATER CONSERVATION PLAN
- Chapter 8B — WATER SERVICES
▸Chapter 8D — POTABLE WATER FACILITIES
- Chapter 9 — WEEDS AND REFUSE ABATEMENT
- Chapter 11 — CERTIFICATION OF WORKER COMPETENCY AND FOOD INDUSTRY SANITARY PROCEDURES
- Chapter 12 — CONTROL OF BLOWING SAND AND PREVENTION OF SOIL EROSION BY WIND
- Chapter 13 — SMOKING
- Chapter 13A — SMOKE-FREE PARKS
- Chapter 14 — GRAFFITI SUPPRESSION
- Chapter 16 — REGULATION OF EPHEDRINE PURCHASES
- Chapter 17 — REGULATION OF BUTANE PURCHASES
- Chapter 18 — MARIJUANA
▸Title 7 — PUBLIC WORKS
Overview▸Chapter 1 — AIRPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS
Overview- Article 1 — Definitions
- Article 2 — General Provisions
- Article 3 — Rules of Conduct
- Article 4 — Aircraft Operations
- Article 5 — Aircraft Refueling and Defueling
- Article 6 — Fire Protection
- Article 7 — Traffic Regulations Within the Airport
- Article 8 — Damages to Airport Property
- Article 9 — Arrests and Penalties
- Article 10 — Drone Regulations
- Chapter 2 — DATUM PLANE
- Chapter 3 — PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
- Chapter 4 — STREET FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS
- Chapter 5 — UNDERGROUND PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICTS
- Chapter 6 — UNDERGROUND UTILITY SERVICE CONNECTIONS
▸Chapter 7 — UNDERGROUNDING OF OVERHEAD UTILITIES
▸Title 8 — BUILDING REGULATIONS
Overview- Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 2 — MECHANICAL CODE
- Chapter 3 — HOUSING CODE
- Chapter 4 — ELECTRICAL CODE
- Chapter 5 — RESIDENTIAL CODE
- Chapter 6 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 7 — PLUMBING CODE
- Chapter 8 — SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
- Chapter 9 — ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS
- Chapter 10 — ENERGY CODE
- Chapter 11 — INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
- Chapter 12 — CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE
- Chapter 14 — HISTORIC BUILDING CODE, EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND REFERENCED STANDARDS
▸Chapter 15 — SOUND TRANSMISSION CONTROL IN HIGH NOISE IMPACT AREAS
Overview- Article 1 — General
- Article 2 — Building Requirements for New Residential Construction in the 70 CNEL to 75 CNEL N…
- Article 3 — Building Requirements for New Residential Construction in the 65 CNEL to 70 CNEL N…
- Article 4 — Building Requirements for New Residential Construction in the 60 CNEL to 65 CNEL N…
- Article 5 — Modification Requirements for Existing Residential Buildings in the 70 CNEL to 75 …
- Article 6 — Modification Requirements for Existing Residential Buildings in the 65 CNEL to 70 …
- Article 7 — Modification Requirements for Existing Residential Buildings in the 60 CNEL to 65 …
- Chapter 16 — STRUCTURED WIRING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS GOVERNING NEW CONSTRUCTION WI…
- Chapter 17 — SYSTEMATIC HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION PROGRAM
- Chapter 18 — SEISMIC SAFETY MITIGATION PROGRAM FOR UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS
- Chapter 19 — MANDATORY SEISMIC STRENGTHENING PROVISIONS FOR EXISTING WOOD-FRAME BUILDINGS WITH…
▸Title 9 — DEVELOPMENT CODE
▸Title 10 — PARKS AND RECREATION
Overview- Chapter 1 — PARKS, PARKWAYS, AND TRAILS
- Chapter 2 — PARKWAY TREES
- Chapter 3 — PARK AND RECREATION TAXES (REPEALED)
▸Chapter 1.0 — DEVELOPMENT CODE ENACTMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
▸Chapter 2.0 — ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES
- Chapter 3.0 — NONCONFORMING LOTS, LAND USES, STRUCTURES, AND SIGNS
▸Chapter 4.0 — PERMITS, ACTIONS, AND DECISIONS
▸Chapter 5.0 — ZONING AND LAND USE
▸Chapter 6.0 — DEVELOPMENT AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 7.0 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Chapter 8.0 — SIGN REGULATIONS
▸Chapter 9.0 — DEFINITIONS AND GLOSSARY
Overview- Division 9.01 — Definitions
- Division 9.02 — Glossary
- Division 1.02 — Development Code Interpretation and Enforcement
- Division 1.02 — Development Code Interpretation and Enforcement
- Division 1.02 — Interpretation and Enforcement
- Division 1.02 — Interpretation and Enforcement
- Division 1.02 — Interpretation and Enforcement
- Division 2.06 — Performance Guarantees
- Division 2.02 — Application Filing and Processing
- Division 2.05 — City Initiated Modification or Revocation
- Division 2.05 — City Initiated Modification or Revision
- Division 2.05 — City Initiated Modification or Revision
- Division 2.05 — City Initiated Modification or Revision
- Division 2.05 — City Initiated Modification or Revision
- Division 2.05 — City Initiated Modification or Revision
- Division 3.01 — Nonconforming Lots, Land Uses, and Structures
- Division 3.01 — Nonconforming Lots, Land Uses and Structures
- Division 4.03 — Ministerial (Administrative) Permits and Decisions
- Division 4.03 — Ministerial (Administrative) Permits and Decisions
- Division 4.03 — Ministerial Permits and Decisions
- Division 5.03 — Supplemental Land Use Regulations
- Division 6.11 — Shopping Cart Retention and Storage
- Division 6.02 — Walls, Fences, and Obstructions
- Division 6.06 — Street Naming and Street Address Numbering
- Division 7.01 — Historic Preservation
- Division 8.01 — Sign Regulations
- Division 8.01 — General Sign Provisions
- Division 8.01 — General Sign Provisions
- Division 9.02 — Glossary
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