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Palo Alto Municipal Code Title 9 Public Peace, Morals and Safety\

Palo Alto Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · Palo Alto

Cite as: Palo Alto Municipal Code Title 9 · Text as of 2026-10-19

Chapters:

  • 9.04 Alcoholic Beverages

  • 9.05 Entertainment Zones

  • 9.06 Rental of Recreational Vehicles for Human Habitation

  • 9.07 Safe Storage of Firearms

  • 9.08 Guns and Explosives

  • 9.09 Public Nuisance

  • 9.10 Noise

  • 9.12 Loudspeakers

  • 9.14 Smoking and Tobacco Regulations

  • 9.16 Reserved

  • 9.17 Reserved

  • 9.20 Reserved

  • 9.22 Impersonating Public Officials

  • 9.24 Reserved

  • 9.26 Private Patrol Service

  • 9.28 Hotels and Rooming Houses

  • 9.32 Reserved

  • 9.40 Aircraft

  • 9.44 Solicitation of Employment, Business, or Contributions Within Public Parking Lots

  • 9.45 Solicitation in Streets, Commercial Parking Areas, and in and Adjacent to Driveway Entrances

  • 9.48 Obstructing Streets and Sidewalks

  • 9.50 Graffiti

  • 9.56 Abatement of Nuisances

  • 9.57 Reserved

  • 9.60 Civic Center Block Regulations

  • 9.64 Regulation of Community Facilities

  • 9.65 Residential Rental Registry Program

  • 9.68 Rental Housing Stabilization

  • 9.70 Resale Controls For Units Originally Financed With Mortgage Revenue Bonds

  • 9.72 Mandatory Response to Request for Discussion of Disputes Between Landlords and Tenants

  • 9.73 City Policy Against Arbitrary Discrimination

  • 9.74 Discrimination Against Families with Minor Children in Housing

  • 9.76 Mobilehome Park Conversion

  • 9.78 Mosquito Abatement

  • 9.79 Newsracks

* A city may enact local, police, sanitary and other regulations not in conflict with general laws. See Constitution Article 11 § 11. For public dance provisions - See Chapter 4.46. For park regulations - See Title 22.

Chapter 9.16 — RESERVED

* Editor's Note: Chapter 9.16, False Report of Crime, previously codified herein, was repealed in its entirety by Section 49 of Ordinance No. 4453.

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Chapter 9.17 — RESERVED

* Editor's Note: Chapter 9.17, Personal Cultivation of Marijuana, previously codified herein, was repealed in its entirety by Section 2 of Ordinance No. 5419.

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Chapter 9.20 — RESERVED

* Editor's Note: Chapter 9.20, Police Radio Messages, previously codified herein, was repealed in its entirety by Section 52 of Ordinance No. 4453.

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Chapter 9.32 — RESERVED

* Editor's Note: Chapter 9.32, Hypnotism and Fortune Telling, previously codified herein, was repealed in its entirety by Secton 8 of Ordinance No. 4745.

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Chapter 9.57 — RESERVED

* Editor's Note: Chapter 9.57, Narcotics Paraphernalia Sale and Display, previously codified herein, was relocated and renumbered as Chapter 4.58 by Section 45 of Ordinance No. 4453.

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