Earlier editions: 2026-07
Municipal code
Pacific Grove Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Pacific Grove, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-04
- Contents
- 23 titles · 1,963 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Pacific Grove
Contents
▸Title CHA — Charter of the City of Pacific Grove, California
Overview- Article 4 — Powers
- Article 5 — General Laws Applicable
- Article 5.5 — Residential Character of the City
- Article 6 — Officers and Employees
- Article 8 — Elections
- Article 9 — Canvass of Returns
- Article 11 — The Mayor
- Article 12 — The Council
- Article 12.5 — Limitation of Terms
- Article 13 — Meetings of the Council
- Article 15 — Ordinances
- Article 19 — City Manager
- Article 20 — City Manager Pro Tempore
- Article 21 — Interference with or by City Manager
- Article 22 — City Clerk
- Article 23 — City Treasurer
- Article 24 — City Attorney
- Article 26 — Appointive Commissions and Boards
- Article 27 — Approving Illegal Claims
- Article 30 — Taxation
- Article 31 — Annual Tax Levy
- Article 32 — Limit and Apportionment of the Tax Levy
- Article 33 — Special Tax Levy
- Article 34 — Tax Liens
- Article 36 — Payment of City Moneys
- Article 39 — Franchises
- Article 40 — Contracts on Public Works; Materials and Supplies
- Article 41 — Official Records
- Article 42 — Newspaper Advertising
- Article 43 — Political Activities
- Article 45 — Enforcement
▸Title 1 — General Provisions
Overview- Chapter 1.04 — ADOPTION OF CODE
- Chapter 1.08 — AMENDMENTS
- Chapter 1.12 — NOTICES
- Chapter 1.16 — VIOLATIONS
- Chapter 1.17 — ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS
- Chapter 1.18 — MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 1.19 — MUNICIPAL CODE AND ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 1.20 — TIME LIMITATIONS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW
▸Title 2 — Administration and City Government
Overview- Chapter 2.04 — COUNCIL
- Chapter 2.05 — MAYOR
- Chapter 2.06 — CITY MANAGER
- Chapter 2.07 — CITY ATTORNEY
- Chapter 2.12 — UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
- Chapter 2.14 — INVENTORY
▸Chapter 2.16 — PURCHASING SYSTEM AND PROCEDURES
- Chapter 2.20 — ELECTION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 2.30 — CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 2.40 — CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- Chapter 2.50 — ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
- Chapter 2.60 — CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS, ELECTRONIC FILING
- Chapter 2.70 — DISTRICT-BASED ELECTIONS
▸Title 3 — Boards and Commissions
Overview- Chapter 3.02 — PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENTS – CHARTER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
- Chapter 3.04 — PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENTS – OTHER BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
- Chapter 3.20 — EMERGENCY SERVICES
- Chapter 3.24 — BEAUTIFICATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
- Chapter 3.28 — CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
- Chapter 3.44 — MUSEUM BOARD
- Chapter 3.46 — TASK FORCE ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
▸Title 4 — Personnel
Overview- Chapter 4.08 — VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION
- Chapter 4.12 — PEACE OFFICER TRAINING STANDARDS
- Chapter 4.14 — PACIFIC GROVE POLICE RESERVE
▸Chapter 4.20 — PERSONNEL SYSTEM, RULES AND REGULATIONS
Overview- Article I — Definition Of Terms
- Article II — Personnel System
- Article III — Promotion And Recruitment Process
- Article IV — Recruitment
- Article V — Probationary Period
- Article VI — Classification Plan
- Article VII — Layoff Policy And Procedure
- Article VIII — Personnel Records
- Article IX — Discipline
- Article X — Miscellaneous Regulations
- Chapter 4.30 — EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BENEFIT – SUSTAINABILITY
▸Title 6 — Revenue and Finance
Overview- Chapter 6.02 — FEE AND SERVICE CHARGE REVENUE/COST COMPARISON SYSTEM
- Chapter 6.04 — TAX COLLECTION
- Chapter 6.06 — UNIFORM CLAIMS PRESENTATION
- Chapter 6.07 — TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX
- Chapter 6.08 — UNIFORM SALES AND USE TAX
- Chapter 6.09 — UNIFORM TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 6.10 — TELEPHONE, GAS, ELECTRICITY AND TELEVISION CABLE USERS TAX
- Chapter 6.11 — TIME-SHARE TAX IN LIEU OF TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 6.12 — REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE
- Chapter 6.14 — CHANGE AND PETTY CASH FUNDS
- Chapter 6.16 — SPECIAL GAS TAX IMPROVEMENT FUND
- Chapter 6.18 — INTERFUND LOANS
- Chapter 6.20 — WARRANTS
- Chapter 6.24 — WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND
- Chapter 6.28 — FIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT FUND
- Chapter 6.32 — BOOK FUND
- Chapter 6.40 — PROPERTY/LIABILITY INSURANCE FUND AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT SINKING FUND
- Chapter 6.50 — DOWNTOWN PACIFIC GROVE BUSINESS DISTRICT
- Chapter 6.54 — PACIFIC GROVE HOSPITALITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
▸Title 7 — Business Licenses and Regulations
Overview- Chapter 7.04 — BUSINESS LICENSE TAX
- Chapter 7.06 — MASSAGE THERAPY AND MASSAGE BUSINESSES OR ESTABLISHMENTS
- Chapter 7.08 — POOL HALLS
- Chapter 7.10 — DRUG PARAPHERNALIA SALES
- Chapter 7.12 — DANCE HALLS
- Chapter 7.14 — CANNABIS BUSINESS TAX
- Chapter 7.16 — TAXICABS
- Chapter 7.20 — ADVERTISING HANDBILLS
- Chapter 7.30 — DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX
- Chapter 7.40 — SHORT-TERM RENTAL LICENSE
▸Title 9 — Health
Overview- Chapter 9.04 — HEALTH DEPARTMENT
- Chapter 9.10 — HEALTH PERMITS
- Chapter 9.16 — SOLID WASTE
- Chapter 9.17 — REDUCTION OF SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANTS
- Chapter 9.20 — SEWAGE DISPOSAL
▸Chapter 9.30 — STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE CONTROL
- Chapter 9.40 — ABANDONED VEHICLES
▸Title 11 — Health, Safety and Environment
Overview- Chapter 11.04 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- Chapter 11.08 — CURFEW FOR JUVENILES
- Chapter 11.09 — LOITERING
- Chapter 11.10 — GARAGE SALES
- Chapter 11.12 — SOLICITORS AND PEDDLERS
- Chapter 11.20 — CARD ROOMS
- Chapter 11.24 — SMOKING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 11.26 — TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSE
- Chapter 11.32 — OBSTRUCTING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
- Chapter 11.36 — DAMAGING PUBLIC BUILDINGS
- Chapter 11.38 — TRESPASS TO POSTED PUBLIC WORKS
- Chapter 11.40 — EXPECTORATING IN PUBLIC PLACES
- Chapter 11.42 — TRANSIT BUSES
- Chapter 11.44 — WEAPONS
- Chapter 11.45 — MILITARY EQUIPMENT
- Chapter 11.48 — MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
- Chapter 11.56 — FIRE SIGNAL CODE
- Chapter 11.60 — CONCEALED WEAPONS
- Chapter 11.62 — ALARM SYSTEMS
- Chapter 11.64 — NEWSRACKS
- Chapter 11.68 — WATER DISTRIBUTION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 11.72 — AIRCRAFT LANDING; RECREATIONAL UAS PROHIBITED
- Chapter 11.76 — WALL CLIMBING
- Chapter 11.80 — OFFSHORE DRILLING SUPPORT FACILITIES
- Chapter 11.84 — FIREWORKS
- Chapter 11.88 — PUBLIC URINATION AND DEFECATION
- Chapter 11.92 — DISTURBANCE ABATEMENT
- Chapter 11.94 — SOUND AMPLIFICATION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 11.96 — UNLAWFUL NOISES
- Chapter 11.97 — COMMUNITY FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
- Chapter 11.98 — REDUCTION OF SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
- Chapter 11.100 — CANNABIS
- Chapter 11.101 — ABANDONED PROPERTY REGISTRATION
▸Title 12 — Trees and the Urban Forest
Overview- Chapter 12.04 — INFECTED TREES, PLANTS AND SHRUBS
- Chapter 12.08 — WEED AND RUBBISH ABATEMENT
- Chapter 12.10 — PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS, APPLICABILITY, AND EFFECT
- Chapter 12.20 — PROTECTED TREES
- Chapter 12.30 — TREES AND DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 12.40 — HIGH-RISK TREES AND NUISANCE TREES
- Chapter 12.50 — TREE SERVICE CONTRACTORS
- Chapter 12.60 — PERMIT APPLICATION AND PROCESSING
- Chapter 12.70 — APPEALS
▸Title 15 — Streets and Sidewalks
Overview- Chapter 15.01 — STREET ENCROACHMENTS
- Chapter 15.08 — HOUSE NUMBERS
- Chapter 15.16 — SIDEWALKS
- Chapter 15.20 — DRIVEWAYS
- Chapter 15.24 — EXCAVATIONS
- Chapter 15.26 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
- Chapter 15.28 — UTILITY POLES
- Chapter 15.29 — UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES
- Chapter 15.30 — UTILITY ENCROACHMENTS IN PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
- Chapter 15.40 — REFUSE AND STORAGE CONTAINERS ON CITY STREETS
▸Title 16 — Traffic
Overview- Chapter 16.04 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 16.08 — ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 16.12 — ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE
- Chapter 16.16 — TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
- Chapter 16.20 — TURNING AT INTERSECTIONS
- Chapter 16.24 — ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
- Chapter 16.25 — CREATION OF CUL-DE-SAC STREETS
- Chapter 16.28 — SPECIAL STOPS
- Chapter 16.32 — MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
- Chapter 16.36 — PEDESTRIANS
- Chapter 16.40 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
- Chapter 16.41 — RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT AREAS
- Chapter 16.42 — PARKING METERS
- Chapter 16.44 — TRUCKS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
- Chapter 16.52 — SPEED ZONES
- Chapter 16.56 — SCHEDULES
- Chapter 16.60 — PARADES
- Chapter 16.64 — USE OF PUBLIC AREAS FOR PHOTOGRAPHED PRODUCTIONS
- Chapter 16.68 — TOUR BUSES
- Chapter 16.70 — TRIP REDUCTION
▸Title 18 — Buildings and Construction
Overview- Chapter 18.04 — BUILDING CODES
- Chapter 18.08 — GREASE TRAPS
- Chapter 18.21 — UTILITIES
- Chapter 18.32 — FIRE PREVENTION
- Chapter 18.36 — MOTOR VEHICLES, MOBILE HOMES, AND MOBILE HOME PARKS
- Chapter 18.38 — WATER WELL REGULATIONS
- Chapter 15.08 — MCC, Water Wells
- Chapter 18.40 — SEISMIC HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
- Chapter 18.45 — RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR SYSTEM
- Chapter 18.46 — VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS
▸Title 20 — Signs
▸Title 23 — Zoning
Overview- Chapter 23.04 — PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF ZONING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 23.08 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 23.12 — DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.16 — R-1 DISTRICT AND R-1-B COMBINED DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.20 — R-2 DISTRICT AND R-2-B-3 COMBINED DISTRICT
- Chapter 23.24 — R-3 DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.26 — R-3-P.G.R. DISTRICT
- Chapter 23.28 — R-4 DISTRICT
- Chapter 23.29 — CONDOMINIUM AND COMMUNITY HOUSING CONVERSIONS
- Chapter 23.30 — M-H DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.31 — COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.32 — C-1-T ZONE CONDOMINIUMS
- Chapter 23.34 — LIMITED DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL (C-D)(C-1-T) USES
- Chapter 23.42 — O DISTRICT
- Chapter 23.43 — INITIATIVE RESTRICTION OF USE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON PARK
- Chapter 23.44 — U DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.45 — INITIATIVE ORDINANCE ENACTING REGULATIONS FOR MULTIPLE UNIT DEVELOPMENTS INVOL…
- Chapter 23.52 — R-3-M DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.56 — R-H DISTRICT
- Chapter 23.57 — R-3-P.G.B. DISTRICT
- Chapter 23.60 — PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT – PUD
- Chapter 23.64 — GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
- Chapter 23.68 — NONCONFORMING USES AND BUILDINGS
- Chapter 23.70 — COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PERMIT REVIEW AUTHORITIES AND PROCEDURES
- Chapter 23.72 — PERMIT APPLICATION FILING AND PROCESSING
- Chapter 23.73 — PERMIT IMPLEMENTATION, TIME LIMITS, AND EXTENSIONS
- Chapter 23.74 — APPEALS AND CALL-UPS
- Chapter 23.76 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Chapter 23.77 — ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS
- Chapter 23.78 — SALE OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
- Chapter 23.79 — DENSITY BONUS REGULATIONS
- Chapter 23.80 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
- Chapter 23.81 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
- Chapter 23.82 — INTERPRETATIONS OF PERMITTED USE LISTS
- Chapter 23.84 — LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS
- Chapter 23.86 — PUBLIC MEETING AND HEARING PROCEDURES
- Chapter 23.88 — ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 23.90 — LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
- Chapter 23.92 — CANNABIS BUSINESSES
▸Title 24 — Subdivisions
Overview- Chapter 24.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 24.05 — CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
- Chapter 24.06 — LOT-LINE ADJUSTMENTS AND OWNER-INITIATED MERGERS
- Chapter 24.08 — PARCEL MAP PROCEDURES
- Chapter 24.12 — FILING OF TENTATIVE MAP
- Chapter 24.16 — APPROVAL OF FINAL MAPS
- Chapter 24.20 — IMPOSITION OF FEES
- Chapter 24.24 — ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND GRADING AND EROSION CONTROL
- Chapter 24.28 — SOIL REPORTS
- Chapter 24.32 — SUBDIVISION STANDARDS
- Chapter 24.36 — WAIVER OF DIRECT STREET ACCESS
- Chapter 24.40 — DEDICATION REGULATIONS FOR STREETS, ALLEYS, DRAINAGE, PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS…
- Chapter 24.44 — RESERVATIONS
- Chapter 24.48 — PARK AND RECREATION DEDICATION AND FEES
- Chapter 24.52 — SCHOOL SITE DEDICATIONS
- Chapter 24.56 — SUPPLEMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTS
- Chapter 24.60 — MONUMENTS
- Chapter 24.64 — IMPROVEMENT SECURITY
- Chapter 24.68 — REVERSION TO ACREAGE
- Chapter 24.72 — CERTIFICATE OF USE AND OCCUPANCY FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING
- Title SR — Statutory References for California Cities
- Title CRT — Cross Reference Table
- Title FR — Franchises
- Title OL — Ordinance List and Disposition Table