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Tuolumne County Ordinance Code

Tuolumne County Ordinance Code

Title 1 - General Provisions
Title 2 - Administration and Personnel
Title 3 - Revenue and Finance
Title 4 - Cable Systems
Title 5 - Business Regulations
Title 6 - Animals
Title 7 - Integrated Waste Management
Title 8 - Health and Safety
Title 9 - Public Peace, Morals, and Welfare

Title 10 - Vehicles and Traffic
Title 11 - Road Standards
Title 12 - Streets, Sidewalks, and Public Places
Title 13 - Water and Sewers
Title 14 - Cultural Resources
Title 15 - Buildings and Construction
Title 16 - Subdivisions
Title 17 - Zoning
Title 18 - Airports

Title 1 - General Provisions

Chapter 1.01 - Code Adoption
Chapter 1.04 - General Provisions
Chapter 1.08 - General Penalty
Chapter 1.10 - Code Compliance
Chapter 1.12 - Supervisorial Districts

Chapter 1.16 - Judicial Districts
Chapter 1.20 - Arrests
Chapter 1.24 - Avoiding Unconstitutional Takings of Property
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Title 2 - Administration & Personnel

Chapter 2.04 - Supervisorial Meetings
Chapter 2.08 - County Office Hours and Holidays
Chapter 2.12 - County Administrative Officer
Chapter 2.16 - County Officers
Chapter 2.20 - Public Administrator - Public Guardian
Chapter 2.24 - Purchasing Agent
Chapter 2.28 - Sheriff's Department
Chapter 2.32 - Planning Agency
Chapter 2.33 - Area Planning Agency
Chapter 2.36 - Design Review Committee
Chapter 2.38 - Historic Preservation Review Commission
Chapter 2.40 - Emergency Services
Chapter 2.44 - Veterans Service Office

Chapter 2.48 - Automobile Usage
Chapter 2.52 - Salaries
Chapter 2.56 - Personnel Policies
Chapter 2.57 - Military Leave of Absence
Chapter 2.60 - Public Employees Retirement
Chapter 2.64 - Jurors
Chapter 2.68 - Industrial Development Authority
Chapter 2.72 - Work and Educational Furloughs
Chapter 2.76 - Department of Child Support Services
Chapter 2.80 - Tuolumne County Film Commission (Repealed)
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Title 3 - Revenue & Finance

Chapter 3.04 - Claims
Chapter 3.08 - Warrants
Chapter 3.12 - Unclaimed Property
Chapter 3.16 - County Service Area Charges
Chapter 3.20 - Purchasing
Chapter 3.21 - Leasing of Real Property Belonging to or Leased by the County
Chapter 3.22 - Public Projects Bidding Procedures
Chapter 3.24 - Real Property Transfer Tax
Chapter 3.28 - Sales and Use Tax

Chapter 3.30 Commercial Cannabis Business Tax
Chapter 3.32 - Transient Occupancy Tax
Chapter 3.36 - Disaster Reassessment
Chapter 3.40 - Fees
Chapter 3.44 - Charges Reasonably Necessary to Recover Costs of Providing Copies Under the Public Records Act Beyond Direct Costs of Duplication
Chapter 3.50 - County Services Impact Fees
Chapter 3.54 - Traffic Impact Mitigation Fees
Chapter 3.56 - Advertising on County Property
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Title 4 - Cable Systems

Chapter 4.01 - Legislative Findings and Purpose
Chapter 4.02 - General
Chapter 4.04 - Special Rules Applicable to Cable Systems
Chapter 4.06 - Customer Service and Consumer Protection Standards

Chapter 4.08 - Miscellaneous
Chapter 4.10 - State Video Service Franchises
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Title 5 - Business Regulations

Chapter 5.04 - Bingo Games
Chapter 5.08 - Itinerant Vendors
Chapter 5.10 - Authorizing and Regulating Street Vending on Public Right of Way in Columbia State Historic Park
Chapter 5.12 - Outdoor Music Festivals
Chapter 5.16 - Ambulance Services
Chapter 5.20 - Right to Farm

Chapter 5.24 - Registration of Burglar and Robbery Alarms
Chapter 5.26 - Registration of Fire Alarm Systems
Chapter 5.28 - Mobile Home Rent Increase
Chapter 5.30 - Economic Revitalization
Chapter 5.34 - Filming Permit
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Title 6 - Animals

Chapter 6.04 - Animal Control
Chapter 6.08 - Fishing

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Title 7 - Integrated Waste Management

Chapter 7.04 - General Provisions
Chapter 7.08 - Definitions
Chapter 7.12 - Necessary Franchises and Permits
Chapter 7.16 - Franchise Requirements
Chapter 7.20 - Permit Requirements

Chapter 7.24 - Solid Waste Collection Regulations
Chapter 7.25 - Mandatory Organic Waste Reduction Ord.
Chapter 7.28 - Customer Rates
Chapter 7.30 - Illegal Dumping
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Title 8 - Health & Safety

Chapter 8.05 - Refuse, Rubbish, and Recyclables Storage and Handling
Chapter 8.08 - Houseboat Sanitation
Chapter 8.12 - Agricultural Burning
Chapter 8.16 - Explosives
Chapter 8.20 - Surface Mining
Chapter 8.24 - Boating and Water Skiing

Chapter 8.28 - Gun Safety
Chapter 8.32 - Beekeeping
Chapter 8.36 - Clean Indoor Air and Health Protection Ordinance
Chapter 8.40 - First 5 Tuolumne County Commission
Chapter 8.50 - Tulloch Reservoir
Chapter 8.60 - Prohibition on Evictions Arising from Substantial Income Loss or Medical Expenses Related to Coronavirus Pandemic
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Title 9 - Public Peace, Morals & Welfare

Chapter 9.04 - Expectoration in Court House
Chapter 9.08 - Changing Clothes in Restrooms
Chapter 9.12 - Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in Certain Areas
Chapter 9.16 - Curfew for Minors

Chapter 9.18 - Display of Harmful Matter to Minors
Chapter 9.20 - Indemnification for Landowners
Chapter 9.24 - Premature Removal of Native Oak Trees
Chapter 9.26 - Tuolumne County Steps to Success Juvenile Camp Program
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Title 10 - Vehicles & Traffic

Chapter 10.04 - Speed Limits
Chapter 10.08 - Turning Movements
Chapter 10.12 - One-Way Roads
Chapter 10.14 - Emergency Access Roads
Chapter 10.16 - Special Stops
Chapter 10.20 - Yield Intersections
Chapter 10.24 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking

Chapter 10.28 - Snow Removal
Chapter 10.32 - Highway Closures
Chapter 10.36 - Load Limits and Truck Routes
Chapter 10.40 - Abandoned Vehicles
Chapter 10.44 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 10.48 - Pedestrian Facilities
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Title 11 - Road Standards

Chapter 11.02 - Definitions
Chapter 11.04 - Preparation of Plans
Chapter 11.08 - Inspection
Chapter 11.10 - Testing
Chapter 11.12 - Basic Road Design and Construction Standards

Chapter 11.16 - Road Standards for Commercial and Industrial Development
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Title 11 Footnotes

Title 12 - Streets, Sidewalks & Public Places

Chapter 12.04 - Connecting Roadways
Chapter 12.06 - Directional Signs in County Rights-of-Way
Chapter 12.08 - Underground Utility Districts
Chapter 12.12 - Uniform Property Numbering System
Chapter 12.16 - Parks
Chapter 12.20 - Grading

Chapter 12.24 - Interstate Truck Access to Local Road
Chapter 12.28 - Jumping from Bridges
Chapter 12.32 - Coasting Devices
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Title 13 - Water & Sewers

Chapter 13.04 - Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
Chapter 13.08 - On-Site Sewage Treatment and Disposal Code
Chapter 13.16 - Water Wells

Chapter 13.20 - Groundwater Management
Chapter 13.24 - Hazardous Materials Management
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Title 14 - Cultural Resources

Chapter 14.04 - Definitions
Chapter 14.06 - Management of Cultural Resources Based on Priority Designations
Chapter 14.08 - Demolition of Buildings and Structures
Chapter 14.10 - Project Review Procedures and Standardized Resource Management Conditions

Chapter 14.12 - Database of Cultural Resources, County Archive, and County-Sponsored Resource Inventories
Chapter 14.14 - Heritage Corridors
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Title 15 - Buildings & Construction

Chapter 15.04 - Construction Codes
Chapter 15.12 - Mobile Home Accessory Structures
Chapter 15.16 - Solar Shade Control
Chapter 15.20 - Fire Safety Standards
Chapter 15.24 - Flood Damage Prevention
Chapter 15.28 - Landscaping Requirements

Chapter 15.30 - Post-Disaster Safety Assessment Placards
Chapter 15.32 - Post-Disaster Abatement
Chapter 15.34 - Disaster Repair and Reconstruction
Chapter 15.36 - Damaged or Neglected Buildings
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Title 16 - Subdivisions

Chapter 16.02 - General Provisions
Chapter 16.04 - Definitions
Chapter 16.06 - General Regulations
Chapter 16.08 - General Plan Consistency
Chapter 16.09 - Lot Line Adjustment
Chapter 16.10 - Merger
Chapter 16.11 - Resubdivision
Chapter 16.12 - Dedications
Chapter 16.14 - Construction of Bridges and Major Thoroughfares

Chapter 16.16 - Variances
Chapter 16.18 - Development Agreements
Chapter 16.19 - Planned Unit Development Permits
Chapter 16.20 - Vesting Tentative Maps
Chapter 16.22 - Administration and Enforcement
Chapter 16.24 - Parcel Maps
Chapter 16.26 - Subdivision Maps
Chapter 16.28 - Separate Valuation of Parcels
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Title 17 - Zoning

Chapter 17.02 - General Provisions
Chapter 17.04 - Definitions
Chapter 17.06 - Establishment of Districts and Zoning Maps
Chapter 17.07 - Exclusive Agricultural District, One Hundred Sixty Acre Minimum or (AE-160) District
Chapter 17.08 - Exclusive Agricultural District, Eighty Acre Minimum or (AE-80) District
Chapter 17.09 - Exclusive Agricultural District, Thirty-Seven Acre Minimum or (AE-37) District
Chapter 17.10 - General Agricultural District, 20-Acre Minimum, or (A-20) District
Chapter 17.12 - General Agricultural District, 10-Acre Minimum, or (A-10) District
Chapter 17.14 - Open Space District, or (O) District
Chapter 17.15 - Open Space - 1 District, or (O-1) District
Chapter 17.16 - General Recreational District, or (K) District
Chapter 17.18 - Single-Family Residential District, or (R-1) District
Chapter 17.20 - Medium Density Residential District, or (R-2) District
Chapter 17.22 - Multiple-Family Residential District, or (R-3) District
Chapter 17.24 - Residential Estate, One-Acre Minimum District or (RE-1) District
Chapter 17.26 - Residential Estate, Two-Acre Minimum District or (RE-2) District
Chapter 17.27 - Residential Estate, Three-Acre Minimum District or (RE-3) District
Chapter 17.28 - Residential Estate, Five-Acre Minimum District or (RE-5) District
Chapter 17.29 - Residential Estate, 10-Acre Minimum District or (RE-10) District
Chapter 17.30 - Mixed Use District, or (MU) District
Chapter 17.31 - Commercial Recreation District, or (C-K) District
Chapter 17.32 - Neighborhood Commercial District, or (C-O) District
Chapter 17.34 - General Commercial District, or (C-1) District
Chapter 17.35 - Heavy Commercial District, or (C-2) District
Chapter 17.36 - Special Commercial District, or (C-S) District

Chapter 17.37 - Business Park District, or (BP) District
Chapter 17.38 - Light Industrial District, or (M-1) District
Chapter 17.40 - Heavy Industrial District, or (M-2) District
Chapter 17.41 - Public District, or (P) District
Chapter 17.42 - Timberland Production District, or (TPZ) District
Chapter 17.43 - Mineral Preserve, or (MPZ) District
Chapter 17.44 - Historic Combining District, or (H) District
Chapter 17.45 - Historic Design Preservation Combining District, or (HDP) District
Chapter 17.46 - Design Control Combining District, or (:D) District
Chapter 17.48 - Mobile Home Exclusion Combining District, or (:MX) District
Chapter 17.49 Airport Combining District, or (:AIR) District
Chapter 17.50 - Planned Unit Development Combining District, or (:PD) District
Chapter 17.51 - Agricultural Preserve Combining District, or (:AP) District
Chapter 17.52 - General Provisions and Exceptions
Chapter 17.53 - Wireless Communications Facilities
Chapter 17.54 - Height Regulations
Chapter 17.56 - Parcel, Yard, and Space Regulations
Chapter 17.58 - Nonconforming Uses
Chapter 17.60 - Off-Street Parking
Chapter 17.62 - Signs
Chapter 17.64 - Mobile Home, Recreational Vehicles, and Campgrounds
Chapter 17.65 - Inclusionary Housing
Chapter 17.66 - Planned Unit Developments
Chapter 17.67 - Cannabis and Hemp
Chapter 17.68 - Permits, Variance, Amendments, and Administrative Procedure
Chapter 17.70 - Amendments, Text, and Map Changes
Chapter 17.72 - Administration and Enforcement
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Title 18 - Airports

Chapter 18.04 - General Regulations
Chapter 18.06 - Pedestrians
Chapter 18.08 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 18.10 - Animals
Chapter 18.12 - Fire Hazards

Chapter 18.16 - Aircraft Operations and Traffic Regulations
Chapter 18.20 - Aircraft Fueling and Draining of Fuel
Chapter 18.24 - Airport Referral Areas
Chapter 18.28 - Airport Zoning
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