Earlier editions: 2026-07
Municipal code
Palmdale Municipal Code
The enacted municipal code of Palmdale, California, as published — every title, chapter, and section, verbatim and citable.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-04
- Contents
- 19 titles · 1,935 sections
- Jurisdiction
- Palmdale
Contents
▸Title CHA — Charter of the City of Palmdale, California 2009
▸Title 2 — Administration and Personnel
Overview- Chapter 2.04 — CITY MANAGER
- Chapter 2.06 — CITY ATTORNEY
- Chapter 2.08 — CITY COUNCIL
- Chapter 2.10 — CITY CLERK
- Chapter 2.12 — ASSESSOR AND TAX COLLECTOR
- Chapter 2.16 — BONDS
- Chapter 2.24 — COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Chapter 2.25 — INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
- Chapter 2.26 — BUILDING REHABILITATION APPEALS BOARD
- Chapter 2.28 — CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTERS
- Chapter 2.32 — PUBLIC LIBRARY
- Chapter 2.40 — PALMDALE FEE RESOLUTION
- Chapter 2.46 — PLANNING COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.52 — PALMDALE AIRPORT
- Chapter 2.60 — ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
▸Title 3 — Revenue and Finance
Overview- Chapter 3.02 — OFFICE OF FINANCE – OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
- Chapter 3.04 — BUDGET ADOPTION PROCEDURES
- Chapter 3.05 — AUDIT COMMITTEE
- Chapter 3.08 — PURCHASING
- Chapter 3.12 — CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY
- Chapter 3.14 — PROCEDURES FOR RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF WARRANTS
- Chapter 3.16 — REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
- Chapter 3.20 — SALES AND USE TAX
- Chapter 3.21 — TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX
▸Chapter 3.22 — REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT SALES AND USE TAXES
- Chapter 3.24 — TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 3.28 — PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING FUND
- Chapter 3.32 — SPECIAL GAS TAX STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND
- Chapter 3.33 — AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND
- Chapter 3.34 — PARKLAND DEDICATION
- Chapter 3.36 — REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FEE
- Chapter 3.38 — DRAINAGE FEE REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 3.40 — TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 3.42 — FIRE FACILITIES IMPACT FEE REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 3.43 — DEFERRED PAYMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES
- Chapter 3.44 — BUSINESS LICENSE TAX
- Chapter 3.45 — PUBLIC FACILITY DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 3.46 — PALMDALE SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT FINANCING CODE
▸Title 5 — Business Licenses, Taxes and Regulations
Overview▸Chapter 5.04 — BUSINESS REGULATION
- Chapter 5.05 — CANNABIS
- Chapter 5.10 — SYNTHETIC DRUGS
- Chapter 5.12 — STATE VIDEO FRANCHISES
- Chapter 5.28 — GAMBLING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
- Chapter 5.44 — MOBILE HOME SPACE RENT CONTROL
- Chapter 5.48 — INTERIM SCHOOL FACILITIES FINANCING
▸Chapter 5.52 — SOLID WASTE HANDLING AND RECYCLING SERVICES
Overview- Article I — General Provisions
- Article II — Franchises, Fees and Rates
- Article III — Contents of Franchise Agreements
- Article IV — Exclusions
- Article V — General Requirements
- Article VI — Residential Collection and Recycling
- Article VII — Commercial/industrial Collection
- Article VIII — Nonexclusive Franchises for Commercial/Industrial Solid Waste Handling Services
- Article IX — Mandatory Organic Waste Disposal Reduction
- Article X — Penalties
- Chapter 5.56 — PROHIBITION OF MANDATORY COVID‑19 VACCINATIONS AND VACCINE PASSPORTS
▸Title 8 — Health and Safety
Overview- Chapter 8.04 — ADOPTION OF HEALTH, SAFETY AND TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION CODES
- Chapter 8.05 — SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
- Chapter 8.06 — RECYCLING AND DIVERSION OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION (C&D) WASTE
▸Chapter 8.08 — GENERAL HAZARDS
Overview- Article I — General Provisions
- Article II — Definitions
- Article III — Oil Well Sumps, Sand and Gravel Pits and Similar Excavations
- Article IV — Wells, Test Holes, Cesspools, Cisterns and Septic Tanks
- Article V — Swimming Pools
- Article VI — Water Hazards
- Article VII — Boxes and Chests
- Article VIII — Hazardous Oil Machinery
- Chapter 8.16 — RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE OUTER GARMENTS
- Chapter 8.20 — ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANTLED OR INOPERATIVE VEHICLES
- Chapter 8.24 — PARK AND RECREATION AREAS
- Chapter 8.25 — AMBULANCE SERVICE
- Chapter 8.28 — BUILDING CONSTRUCTION HOURS OF OPERATION AND NOISE CONTROL
- Chapter 8.32 — SKATEBOARDS, ROLLER SKATES AND BICYCLES
- Chapter 8.34 — REGULATION OF SMOKING AT PUBLIC PLACES AND PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT
- Chapter 8.36 — REGULATION OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
- Chapter 8.38 — VACANT AND ABANDONED PROPERTY REGISTRATION
- Chapter 8.40 — COMPREHENSIVE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNIT INSPECTION PROGRAM
- Chapter 8.41 — EMERGENCY KEY ACCESS SYSTEM
- Chapter 8.44 — MAINTENANCE OF STREET TREES
- Chapter 8.46 — REGULATION OF FOOD FACILITIES
- Chapter 8.48 — REGULATION OF ILLEGAL DUMPING
▸Title 9 — Public Peace, Morals and Welfare
Overview- Chapter 9.04 — OFFENSES BY OR AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT
- Chapter 9.08 — OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON
- Chapter 9.11 — PUBLIC URINATION AND DEFECATION
▸Chapter 9.12 — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY
- Chapter 9.13 — CRIMINAL STREET GANG ENFORCEMENT AND PREVENTION
- Chapter 9.14 — ILLEGAL MOTOR VEHICLE SPEED CONTESTS AND EXHIBITIONS OF SPEED
- Chapter 9.16 — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE
- Chapter 9.18 — DISTURBING, EXCESSIVE, LOUD, OR OFFENSIVE NOISE
- Chapter 9.20 — OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
- Chapter 9.24 — LOITERING FOR DRUG ACTIVITIES
- Chapter 9.25 — TRUANCY
▸Chapter 9.28 — OFFENSES BY OR AGAINST MINORS
- Chapter 9.30 — GRAFFITI PREVENTION AND ABATEMENT
- Chapter 9.32 — WEAPONS
- Chapter 9.33 — EVICTIONS FOR UNLAWFUL DRUG ACTIVITY
- Chapter 9.36 — VIOLATION – PENALTY
- Chapter 9.40 — BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS
- Chapter 9.44 — TRESPASS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
- Chapter 9.45 — TRESPASS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
- Chapter 9.46 — UNPERMITTED CAMPING, LODGING, AND SLEEPING ON PUBLIC STREETS, PUBLICLY OWNED PR…
- Chapter 9.47 — SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF NUISANCE VEHICLES
- Chapter 9.50 — FILMING POLICY
- Chapter 9.51 — AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING
▸Title 12 — Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
Overview▸Chapter 12.04 — UNDERGROUND UTILITIES
- Chapter 12.08 — HIGHWAY PERMITS
- Chapter 12.12 — PARADES
- Chapter 12.16 — ADVERTISING DISPLAYS ADJACENT TO LANDSCAPED HIGHWAYS
- Chapter 12.20 — POLICY FOR DISPLAYING WRITTEN MATERIALS AT CITY FACILITIES
- Chapter 12.24 — DISPLAYING PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR SALE – PARKING FOR REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE
- Chapter 12.28 — STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IN PUBLIC PLACES
- Chapter 12.30 — SHOPPING CARTS
- Chapter 12.32 — MAINTENANCE OF DRAINAGE FACILITIES
- Chapter 12.34 — COMMUNICATIONS AND UTILITIES
- Chapter 12.36 — PARKING RESTRICTED TO FACILITATE STREET SWEEPING
▸Title 13 — Sanitary Sewers and Industrial Waste
Overview▸Chapter 13.02 — DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 13.05 — SEWER COLLECTION SERVICE CHARGES
▸Chapter 13.08 — PERMITS, FEES, DESIGN AND INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 13.14 — SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW PREVENTION PROVISIONS
▸Title 14 — Environmental Management
▸Title 16 — Subdivisions
Overview- Chapter 16.00 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 16.03 — URBAN LOT SPLITS
- Chapter 16.10 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 16.20 — RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESIGNATIONS
- Chapter 16.30 — REQUIRED MAPS
- Chapter 16.40 — GENERAL TENTATIVE MAP PROCEDURES
- Chapter 16.50 — TENTATIVE MAP PROCEDURES FOR FIVE OR MORE LOTS
- Chapter 16.60 — TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP PROCEDURES FOR FOUR OR FEWER LOTS
- Chapter 16.70 — FINAL AND PARCEL MAP PROCESSING
- Chapter 16.80 — ADDITIONAL FINAL AND PARCEL MAP REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 16.90 — COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENT CONVERSIONS
- Chapter 16.100 — VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS
- Chapter 16.110 — DEDICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS
- Chapter 16.120 — REVERSION TO ACREAGE
- Chapter 16.130 — LOT MERGERS/UNMERGERS
- Chapter 16.140 — CORRECTIONS AND AMENDMENTS OF MAPS
- Chapter 16.150 — LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS
- Chapter 16.160 — CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
- Chapter 16.165 — REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTS
- Chapter 16.170 — ENFORCEMENT
▸Title 17 — Zoning
Overview▸Division 1 — INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
▸Division 2 — REVIEW PROCEDURES
Overview- Chapter 17.20 — GENERAL REVIEW PROCEDURES
- Chapter 17.21 — SITE PLAN REVIEW
- Chapter 17.22 — CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
- Chapter 17.23 — VARIANCES AND MINOR EXCEPTIONS
- Chapter 17.24 — ZONING/LAND USE ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 17.25 — AGREEMENTS
- Chapter 17.26 — ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS
- Chapter 17.27 — COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLANS
- Chapter 17.28 — NONCONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES AND PARCELS
▸Division 3 — RESIDENTIAL ZONES
Overview- Chapter 17.30 — GENERAL PURPOSE AND INTENT
- Chapter 17.31 — RURAL SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES
- Chapter 17.32 — SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES
- Chapter 17.33 — RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ZONES
- Chapter 17.34 — MOBILE HOME (MH)
- Chapter 17.35 — LAND USE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.36 — DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.37 — SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 17.38 — SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 17.39 — STANDARDS FOR TWO-UNIT DEVELOPMENTS AND URBAN LOT SPLITS IN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES
▸Division 4 — COMMERCIAL/OFFICE ZONES
Overview- Chapter 17.40 — GENERAL PURPOSE AND INTENT
- Chapter 17.41 — NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL (NC)
- Chapter 17.42 — REGIONAL COMMERCIAL (RC)
- Chapter 17.43 — VISITOR COMMERCIAL (VC)
- Chapter 17.44 — MEDICAL FLEX (MEDFX)
- Chapter 17.45 — EDUCATIONAL FLEX (EDFX)
- Chapter 17.46 — OFFICE FLEX (OFX)
- Chapter 17.47 — LAND USE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.48 — DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.49 — SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS
▸Division 6 — INDUSTRIAL ZONES
Overview- Chapter 17.60 — GENERAL PURPOSE AND INTENT
- Chapter 17.61 — LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (LI)
- Chapter 17.62 — HEAVY INDUSTRIAL (HI)
- Chapter 17.63 — AEROSPACE INDUSTRIAL (AI)
- Chapter 17.64 — MINERAL RESOURCE EXTRACTION (MRE)
- Chapter 17.65 — LAND USE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.66 — DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.67 — SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS
▸Division 7 — SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONES
Overview- Chapter 17.70 — GENERAL PURPOSE AND INTENT
- Chapter 17.71 — PUBLIC FACILITIES ZONES
- Chapter 17.72 — OPEN SPACE (OS)
- Chapter 17.73 — UTILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY (U-ROW)
- Chapter 17.74 — SPECIFIC PLAN (SP)
- Chapter 17.75 — LAND USE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.76 — DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
- Chapter 17.77 — SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS
▸Division 8 — GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Overview- Chapter 17.80 — PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
- Chapter 17.81 — PARCEL REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 17.82 — SETBACKS AND LOCATION OF BUILDINGS
- Chapter 17.83 — TRANSITION BETWEEN LAND USES AND ZONES
- Chapter 17.84 — PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Chapter 17.85 — UTILITIES AND SERVICES
- Chapter 17.86 — LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, WALLS, AND FENCES
- Chapter 17.87 — OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
- Chapter 17.88 — SIGNS
- Chapter 17.89 — ANIMAL KEEPING
▸Division 9 — SPECIAL REGULATIONS
Overview- Chapter 17.90 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 17.91 — RESIDENTIAL USES
- Chapter 17.92 — COMMERCIAL USES
- Chapter 17.93 — INDUSTRIAL USES
- Chapter 17.94 — PUBLIC AND CIVIC FACILITIES
- Chapter 17.95 — COMMUNICATIONS AND UTILITIES
- Chapter 17.96 — HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FACILITIES
- Chapter 17.97 — RECYCLING FACILITIES
- Chapter 17.98 — OTHER USES
- Chapter 17.99 — RENEWABLE ENERGY
▸Division 10 — ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
▸Title 18 — Aircraft Operations and Facilities
- Title SR — Statutory References for California Cities
- Title OT — Ordinance Table