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Implementing Zoning Ordinance (IZO)

On May 19, 2008, the City Council adopted the Implementing Zoning Ordinance (IZO) to replace the zoning ordinance that was originally adopted in 1973. The intent of the IZO is to provide immediate consistency between the General Plan 2025 that also was adopted on May 19, 2008 and the City’s zoning regulations. The IZO includes zoning districts, development standards, and uses consistent with the General Plan 2025 and regulations from the previous zoning ordinance that remain applicable, such as signs, performance standards, and parking. In order to implement General Plan 2025 goals and policies related to hillside development and trees, the IZO also includes Hillside Protection and Tree Preservation chapters.

The IZO implements the goal and polices of the General Plan 2025 by classifying and regulating the uses of land and structures within the City. The IZO includes regulations for the following:

• permitted, conditional, accessory and prohibited uses of land and structures
• building location and height
• parking requirements
• signs

Zoning Districts

The IZO establishes zoning districts that are consistent with the land use designations created by the General Plan 2025. The IZO includes residential, mixed use, commercial, business park, and industrial zoning districts. The zoning district for a specific site is shown on the City’s Zoning Map which is located online through the online GIS portal. The IZO includes a use table and development standards table for each zoning district within the city. The use table identifies the permitted, conditionally permitted, and prohibited uses for a building or property within a specific zoning district. The development standards table identifies the location and height requirements for a structure, as well as the minimum lot size requirements for a parcel within a specific zoning district.

The following documents are in the pdf format, please download Acrobat Reader if you are unable to view the documents below.

For more information regarding Zoning Districts, you may contact the City of Petaluma Community Development Department at (707) 778-4301, email at cdd@ci.petaluma.ca.us, or visit us in person at 11 English Street, Petaluma, CA 94952.

Complete Implementing Zoning Ordinance Report

City of Petaluma, Implementing Zoning Ordinance Cover Page and Table of Contents for Final IZO Chapter 1 - Purpose and Applicability of Zoning Ordinance Chapter 2 - Zoning Map and Zones Chapter 3 - Development and Land Use Approval Requirements Chapter 4 - Zone Districts and Allowable Land Uses Chapter 5 - Overlay Zones Chapter 6 - Floodway and Flood Plain Districts Chapter 7 - Standards for Specific Land Uses Chapter 8 - Alcoholic Beverage Establishment Chapter 9 - Cardroom Establishments Chapter 10 - Adult Oriented Business Chapter 11 - Parking and Loading Facilities, Off-Street Chapter 12 - Development Standards Modifications Chapter 13 - Placement of Fences and Walls Chapter 14 - Landscaping and Screening Chapter 15 - Preservation of the Cultural and Historic Environment Chapter 16 - Hillside Protection Chapter 17 - Tree Preservation Chapter 18 - Public Art Chapter 19 - Planned Unit District Chapter 20 - Signs and Sign Structures Chapter 21 - Performance Standards Chapter 22 - Non-Conforming Uses Chapter 23 - Development Agreements Chapter 24 - Administrative Precedures Chapter 25 - Amendments Chapter 26 - Enforcement, Violations, Penalties, Enactment Chapter 27 - Glossary

For more information regarding Zoning Districts you may contact the City of Petaluma Community Developmet Department at 707. 778.4301, email the Community Development Department at cdd@ci.petaluma.ca.us or visit us in person at 11 English St. Petaluma, CA 94952.