Belvedere Municipal Code

Title 1 - General Provisions (PDF)

• 1.01 Code Adoption (PDF)
• 1.04 General Provisions (PDF)
• 1.08 Official Posting Places (PDF)
• 1.12 Code Enforcement - Remedies and Penalties for Violations (PDF)
• 1.14 Administrative Remedies for Code Violations (PDF)

Title 2 - Administration and Personnel (PDF)

• 2.04 City Manager (PDF)
  
• 2.08 City Council (PDF)
  
• 2.12 Police Officer Standards and Training (PDF)
  
• 2.16 Police Reserve (PDF)
  
• 2.28 Planning Commission (PDF)
  
• 2.32 Disaster Council and Emergency Services (PDF)
• 2.36 Public Employees' Retirement System (PDF)
• 2.40 Personnel System (PDF)
• 2.44 Community Hall (PDF)
• 2.46 Municipal Library (PDF)

* A new Chapter 2.02, Municipal Elections, has been added by Ordinance 2018-8 (PDF).

Title 3 - Revenue and Finance (PDF)

• 3.04 Special Gas Tax-Street Improvement Fund (PDF)
• 3.08 Purchasing (PDF)
• 3.12 Claims and Demands (PDF)
• 3.16 Property Taxation (PDF)
• 3.20 Real Property Transfer Tax (PDF)`
• 3.24 Sales and Use Tax (PDF)
• 3.28 Special Taxes and Appropriation Limit Increases (PDF)

This Title is reserved for future use.

Title 5 - Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations (PDF)

• 5.04 Business License Tax (PDF)
• 5.08 Solicitors, Peddlers and Spokespersons (PDF)
• 5.12 Taxicabs (PDF)
• 5.16 Still Photography, Motion Pictures, Radio and Television Productions (PDF)

Title 6 - Animals (PDF)

• 6.04 Animal Control (PDF) *
• Marin County Animals Code (PDF)

* This Chapter has been amended by Ordinance 2018-6 (PDF).

This Title is reserved for future use.

Title 8 - Health and Safety (PDF)

• 8.04 Food Establishments (PDF)
• 8.06 Carryout Bags (PDF)
• 8.08 Garbage Collection and Disposal (PDF)
• 8.10 Noise (PDF)
• 8.12 Nuisance Abatement (PDF)
• 8.16 Debris Boxes (PDF)
• 8.18 Smoking an Tobacco Regulations (PDF)
• 8.20 Disposing of Materials in Streets (PDF)
• 8.24 Asphalt Heating Kettles (PDF)
• 8.28 Trees (PDF)
• 8.32 Water Wells (PDF)
• 8.36 Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention (PDF)

Title 9 - Public Peace, Morals and Welfare (PDF)

• 9.52 Curfew for Minors (PDF)
• 9.54 Social Host Accountability (PDF)
• 9.60 Discharge of Weapons, Firearms and Fireworks (PDF)
• 9.70 Regulation of Firearms (PDF)

Title 10 - Vehicles and Traffic (PDF)

• 10.04 Definitions (PDF)
• 10.08 Administration (PDF)
• 10.12 Enforcement (PDF)
• 10.16 Speed Limits (PDF)
• 10.20 Traffic-Control Devices (PDF)
• 10.24 Turning Movements (PDF)
• 10.28 One-Way Streets (PDF)
• 10.32 Special Stops (PDF)
• 10.36 Stopping, Standing and Parking (PDF)
• 10.38 Abatement of Abandoned Vehicles (PDF)
• 10.40 Loading Zones (PDF)
• 10.44 Inhabitation of Vehicles (PDF)
• 10.48 Removal of Vehicles (PDF)
• 10.52 Miscellaneous Driving Rules (PDF)
• 10.56 Commercial Vehicles (PDF)
• 10.60 Sound Trucks (PDF)
• 10.64 Bicycles (PDF)
• 10.68 Skateboards (PDF)
• 10.70 Regulating Passenger Bus/Tour Operations Within the City Limits (PDF)
• 10.72 Trip Reduction and Travel Demand Management (PDF)

Title 11 - Water and Watercraft (PDF)

• 11.04 General Provisions (PDF)
• 11.05 Permit Requirements, Remedies for Marin Debris, and Abandoned or Derlict Vessels (PDF)
• 11.08 Watercraft Operation (PDF)
  
• 11.16 Piers and Moorings (PDF)
• 11.20 Miscellaneous Regulations (PDF)

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Title 13 - Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places (PDF)

• 13.04 Encroachments (PDF)
• 13.08 Underground Utility Services (PDF)
• 13.12 Telecommunications (PDF)
• 13.16 House Numbers (PDF)
• 13.20 Poles and Wires (PDF)
• 13.24 Repair and Construction of Sidewalks (PDF)

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Title 16 - Buildings and Construction (PDF)

• 16.04 Construction Codes (PDF)
• 16.12 California Fire Code (PDF)
• 16.14 Burglary, Fire, and Robbery Alarms (PDF)
• 16.15 Grading and Erosion Control (PDF)
• 16.16 Structures in Inundated Land (PDF)
• 16.20 Floodplain Management (PDF)
• 16.24 Residential Building Records Reports (PDF)
• 16.28 Demolition Permits (PDF)
  
• 16.30 Construction and Demolition Debris Diversion (PDF)
• 16.32 Small Residential Rooftop Solar Systems (PDF)

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Title 18 - Subdivisions (PDF)

• 18.04 General Provisions (PDF)
  
• 18.08 Design Standards (PDF)
  
• 18.12 Improvements (PDF)
  
• 18.16 Survey and Monuments (PDF)
  
• 18.20 Tentative Map (PDF)
  
• 18.24 Final Map (PDF)
  
• 18.26 Parcel Map (PDF)
  
• 18.28 Lot Line Adjustments (PDF)
  
• 18.32 Minor Subdivisions (PDF)
  
• 18.34 Merger of Contiguous Parcels (PDF)
  
• 18.36 Exceptions (PDF)

Title 19 - Zoning (PDF)

• 19.04 General Provisions (PDF)
  
• 19.08 Definitions (PDF) *
  
• 19.12 Zones Established-Boundaries and Zoning Map (PDF)
  
• 19.16 O Zone (PDF)
  
• 19.20 R Zone (PDF) *
  
• 19.24 R-1 Zones (PDF)
  
• 19.26 R-15 Zone (PDF)
  
• 19.28 R-2 Zone (PDF)
  
• 19.32 R-3C Zone (PDF)
  
• 19.36 R-3 Zone (PDF)
  
• 19.37 SC-H Zone (PDF)
  
• 19.38 Condominiums and Community Apartments (PDF)
  
• 19.40 C-1 Zone (PDF)
  
• 19.42 PUD Overlay Zone (PDF)
  
• 19.44 Lot Area, Width and Frontages (PDF)
  
• 19.48 Yards and Setbacks (PDF) *
  
• 19.52 Density and Open Space Requirements (PDF)
  
• 19.56 Height Limits (PDF)
  
• 19.60 Building Requirements (PDF)
  
• 19.64 Streets and Private Ways (PDF)
  
• 19.68 Off-Street Parking (PDF)
  
• 19.72 Signs (PDF)
  
• 19.74 Reasonable Accomodation (PDF)
  
• 19.76 Nonconforming Uses and Structures and Sites (PDF)
  
• 19.78 Second Kitchens (PDF)
  
• 19.79 Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (PDF)
  
• 19.80 Conditional Use Permits (PDF)19.84 Variances (PDF)
  
• 19.86 Development Agreement and Adoption Procedure (PDF)
  
• 19.87 Planned Unit Development Permits (PDF)
  
• 19.88 Amendments (PDF)
  
• 19.92 Administration and Enforcement (PDF)
  
• 19.93 Marijuana Regulation (PDF)

* This Chapter has been amended by Ordinance 2018-7 (PDF).

Title 20 - Architectural and Environmental Design Review (PDF)

• 20.04 Design Review (PDF) *  **
  
• 20.06 Standards for Installation of Buoys, Piers, Gangways, Floats, Hoists and Related Structures on West Shore Road (PDF)

* This Chapter has been amended by Ordinance 2018-5 (PDF).

** This Chapter has been amended by Ordinance 2018-7 (PDF).

Title 21 - Historic Preservation (PDF)

• 21.04 Findings and Purposes (PDF)
  
• 21.08 Definitions (PDF)
  
• 21.12 Historic Preservation Committee (PDF)
  
• 21.16 Powers and Duties of the Preservation Committee (PDF)
  
• 21.20 Designation of Structures (PDF)
  
• 21.24 Proposed Modifications to Designated Structures (PDF)
  
• 21.32 Enforcement (PDF)

Ordinances Not Yet Codified:

• 2018-5 (PDF)
  Amending Section 20.04.035, "Time Limits for Construction," of the Belvedere Municipal Code.
  
• 2018-6 (PDF)
  Adopting by reference, with certain amendments, Title 8, Animals, of the Marin County Code.
• 2018-7 (PDF)
  Amending Titles 19 and 20 relating to fencing.
• 2018-8 (PDF)
  Adding Chapter 2.10, "Municipal Elections," to Title 2 of the Belvedere Municipal Code.
• 2019-1 (PDF)
  Amending Title 19, "Zoning" regarding the measurement of height in the R-1L and R-2 Zoning Districts.
• 2019-2 (PDF)
  Amending Chapter 3.08, "Purchasing," and 3.12, "Claims and Demands," of the Code.

• Ordinance List and Disposition Table (PDF)
• Index (PDF)