Palo Alto Municipal Code Title 9 Public Peace, Morals and Safety\
Palo Alto Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · Palo Alto
Sections in this part
- Chapter 9.04 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- Chapter 9.05 — ENTERTAINMENT ZONES
- Chapter 9.06 — RENTAL OF VEHICLES FOR HUMAN HABITATION
- Chapter 9.07 — SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS
- Chapter 9.08 — GUNS AND EXPLOSIVES
- Chapter 9.09 — PUBLIC NUISANCE
- Chapter 9.10 — NOISE
- Chapter 9.12 — LOUDSPEAKERS
- Chapter 9.14 — SMOKING AND TOBACCO REGULATIONS
- Chapter 9.22 — IMPERSONATING PUBLIC OFFICIALS
- Chapter 9.24 — RESERVED
- Chapter 9.26 — PRIVATE PATROL SERVICE
- Chapter 9.28 — HOTELS AND ROOMING HOUSES
- Chapter 9.40 — AIRCRAFT
- Chapter 9.44 — SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYMENT, BUSINESS, OR CONTRIBUTIONS WITHIN PUBLIC…
- Chapter 9.45 — SOLICITATION IN STREETS, COMMERCIAL PARKING AREAS, AND IN AND ADJACENT…
- Chapter 9.48 — OBSTRUCTING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
- Chapter 9.50 — GRAFFITI
- Chapter 9.56 — ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES
- Chapter 9.60 — CIVIC CENTER BLOCK REGULATIONS
- Chapter 9.64 — REGULATION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES
- Chapter 9.65 — RESIDENTIAL RENTAL REGISTRY PROGRAM
- Chapter 9.68 — RENTAL HOUSING STABILIZATION
- Chapter 9.70 — RESALE CONTROLS FOR UNITS ORIGINALLY FINANCED WITH MORTGAGE REVENUE BONDS
- Chapter 9.72 — MANDATORY RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION OF DISPUTES BETWEEN…
- Chapter 9.73 — CITY POLICY AGAINST ARBITRARY DISCRIMINATION
- Chapter 9.74 — DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FAMILIES WITH MINOR CHILDREN IN HOUSING
- Chapter 9.76 — MOBILEHOME PARK CONVERSION
- Chapter 9.78 — MOSQUITO ABATEMENT
- Chapter 9.79 — NEWSRACKS
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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