Cameron Park, CA

Aircraft noise around the Placerville, Georgetown, and Cameron Park airports is regulated through the El Dorado County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans (ALUCPs), adopted by the…

Operating a vehicle or other internal combustion engine without a proper, functioning muffler is unlawful anywhere in unincorporated El Dorado County under Section 9.16.030. The…

Non-transportation noise reaching a sensitive receptor in unincorporated El Dorado County cannot exceed the hourly and maximum dBA levels set in Table 130.37.060.1 of the Zoning…

El Dorado County does not impose a comprehensive countywide quiet-hours ordinance on residential properties in unincorporated areas. The county's only codified 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m…

El Dorado County has no countywide ordinance setting construction start or stop times for unincorporated properties. The Code Enforcement Division's official guidance is to ask the…

El Dorado County Ordinance Code section 6.12.060 makes it unlawful for any dog or other animal to disturb the peace by habitual or persistent noise. Complaints are investigated by El…

El Dorado County's only specific amplified-music restriction is in its Vacation Home Rental (VHR) ordinance, which prohibits unreasonable noise (including amplified sound) and outdoor…

El Dorado County regulates apiaries under Chapter 6.44 of the County Code. Residential beekeepers face no hive-count cap or commercial spacing rule, but must fence bees away from…

El Dorado County requires anyone keeping a wild animal, drawn from the Fish and Game Code's list of non-domesticated species, to hold a permit from the Director of Animal Control on…

El Dorado County bans letting any dog, other animal or livestock run at large on public streets or unenclosed private land, and requires any animal removed from an enclosed lot to be…

El Dorado County bans disturbing nesting Canada geese in Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, at any time and by any means during the annual breeding closure. Section 12.68.030 protects the geese…

El Dorado County classifies any home keeping five or more dogs, or five or more cats, at least four months old as a 'noncommercial kennel' or 'noncommercial cattery' under Code section…

El Dorado County enforces state Food and Agricultural Code sections 31601 through 31683 for potentially dangerous and vicious dogs under Code section 6.12.050, adding local triggers…

El Dorado County makes it an infraction to knowingly feed any wild mammal in the South Lake Tahoe watershed, and to feed coyotes, mountain lions, deer or bears anywhere else in the…

El Dorado County requires a license from the Director of Animal Control to operate a pet grooming parlor and holds it to sanitation standards under Code sections 6.24.010 and 6.24.025…

El Dorado County requires a license for any noncommercial cattery keeping five or more cats over four months old, under Code Sections 6.25.010 and 6.25.020. Licensed catteries need a…

El Dorado County zones veterinary clinics as an Agricultural Support Service under Code Section 130.40.070, not as a by-right use. Depending on road access and neighborhood impact, a…

El Dorado County allows small animals like chickens and rabbits on most residential lots under Section 130.40.080, but bans roosters, guinea hens and peacocks on parcels under three…

El Dorado County requires any drowning-prevention device on a pool, spa, or hot tub to be paired with an enclosure isolating it from surrounding properties, meeting the state…

El Dorado County ties every new swimming pool or spa permit to state anti-entrapment standards, and any remodel permit on an existing pool must upgrade the suction outlet to match. The…

El Dorado County allows one accessory dwelling unit and one junior ADU by right on any lot zoned for single-family or multi-family use under Code Section 130.40.300. Detached units are…

El Dorado County lets a portable shed sit as close as five feet from the side or rear property line, but only if it is non-habitable, under 120 square feet, and carries no utilities…

El Dorado County Code Section 130.40.300(D) requires the property owner to live in either the primary home or the accessory dwelling unit for any ADU permitted after January 1, 2025…

El Dorado County Code Section 130.40.300(B) lets an accessory dwelling unit be rented separately from the main house, but only for terms of 30 consecutive days or longer, which rules…

El Dorado County Code Section 130.40.300(C)(3)(c) lets a homeowner convert a legally permitted garage or other accessory structure into an accessory dwelling unit with no setback…

A hosted home rental in El Dorado County is legal only if the operator's home is genuinely their primary residence: Chapter 5.56 defines "Host" as the owner or lessee for whom the…

El Dorado County caps vacation home rental permits at 900 within the unincorporated Lake Tahoe Basin under Section 5.56.055. Hosted home rentals don't count against the cap, once the…

Short-term rental guests in El Dorado County pay a 10 percent transient occupancy tax countywide, rising to 14 percent in the unincorporated Tahoe Area under Section 3.28.030, where…

El Dorado County short-term rentals are capped at two overnight occupants per permitted bedroom under Section 5.56.090(A)(1), counting every guest age six and up. A hosted home rental…

No one may rent a home in unincorporated El Dorado County for 30 days or less without a valid hosted or vacation home rental permit under Section 5.56.050. Only one permit is issued…

El Dorado County Code Section 5.56.130(C) requires every hosted home rental to have a designated host who lives in the house as a primary residence and stays available 24 hours a day…

Every hosted or vacation home rental in El Dorado County must provide at least two on-site parking spaces under Section 5.56.110. In the Lake Tahoe Basin those spaces must sit on an…

El Dorado County Code Section 5.56.120 makes it unlawful for anyone at a hosted or vacation home rental to create loud, raucous, or offensive noise, and separately bans hosting any…

El Dorado County Code Section 5.56.140 escalates penalties for short-term rental violations: fines climb from up to $1,500 for a first offense to $3,000 for a second and $5,000 for a…

El Dorado County allows small and large family child day care homes by right in any zone that permits detached single-unit dwellings, per Section 130.40.110 of the zoning code. Large…

El Dorado County caps home occupation staffing and traffic under Section 130.40.160: parcels under an acre get one employee, larger lots up to two, and group student-instruction…

El Dorado County Title 130 Chapter 130.36 (Signs) regulates on-site identification signage for home occupations through Table 130.36.070.3 (Sign Standards for Home Occupation Signs)…

Section 130.40.160 of the El Dorado County Zoning Ordinance (Title 130) permits home occupations in any zone that allows single- or multi-unit residential use, provided the business is…

El Dorado County limits parking in a designated loading zone to loading or unloading passengers or freight for up to one hour, under Section 10.12.050 of the County Traffic Ordinance…

El Dorado County runs an expedited, ministerial permit process for home and commercial EV charging stations under Chapter 110.70, following state law AB 1236. The Building Official can…

El Dorado County's Title 130 Zoning Ordinance regulates off-street parking and recreational-vehicle uses through Chapter 130.35 (Parking and Loading) and the Temporary Housing Option…

El Dorado County does not adopt a separate countywide commercial-vehicle on-street parking ordinance for unincorporated residential areas; under California Vehicle Code Section…

El Dorado County does not impose a general countywide overnight on-street parking ban, but in the unincorporated Lake Tahoe Basin and at elevations above 3,000 feet, overnight parking…

El Dorado County Ordinance Code Sections 10.12.180 and 10.12.184 prohibit parking on County-owned roads, highways, and rights-of-way in unincorporated areas above 3,000 feet elevation…

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office administers a state-funded vehicle abatement program under California Vehicle Code Section 22710 to remove abandoned vehicles that constitute a…

In El Dorado County's heavy snow-load areas, every new or reconnected propane installation needs a two-stage regulator system, protected risers, and snow stakes marking the tank, plus…

Recreational fire pits for cooking and warming on your own property in unincorporated El Dorado County generally do not require a CAL FIRE campfire permit, but they must comply with…

Beyond the 100-foot structure clearance, Section 8.09.070(D)(6)-(7) requires anyone who owns, leases or maintains a parcel to keep ladder fuels cleared at least ten feet beyond the…

El Dorado County has formally adopted the State Fire Marshal's 2023 State Responsibility Area and 2025 Local Responsibility Area maps, designating unincorporated land as Moderate, High…

All fireworks - including California State Fire Marshal-classified 'Safe and Sane' devices - are illegal to possess, sell, use, or discharge anywhere in unincorporated El Dorado…

Outdoor burning of vegetative debris in unincorporated El Dorado County requires (1) a free CAL FIRE residential burn permit obtained at burnpermit.fire.ca.gov, (2) verification with…

El Dorado County's landscaping ordinance only reaches industrial, commercial, multi-unit residential, civic, and utility projects, and even there it exempts areas kept as existing…

El Dorado County Chapter 130.39 (Oak Resources Conservation Ordinance, Ord. 5061) regulates removal of native oak trees below 4,000 ft elevation, requires permits and mitigation fees…

El Dorado County applies California's Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) to new and rehabilitated landscape projects requiring permits; day-to-day outdoor watering…

All weeds, grasses, hazardous vegetation, and combustible materials on improved and designated unimproved parcels in unincorporated El Dorado County are declared a public nuisance…

Under El Dorado County Code Chapter 8.09 (Vegetation Management and Defensible Space) and California Public Resources Code 4291, owners must maintain a 100-foot defensible space…

A retaining wall over 36 inches high in an El Dorado County front yard can only sit within the setback if the front-half slope exceeds 25 percent, and exposed height then caps at seven…

El Dorado County caps solid front-yard fences at 40 inches and open fences at seven feet, and bars anything over 40 inches inside the corner cross-visibility triangle, under Section…

El Dorado County prohibits concertina, serpentine, barbed, and razor wire fencing outright under Section 130.30.070(G), unless a Minor Use Permit proves the material is genuinely…

El Dorado County requires a building permit for any fence taller than seven feet under Section 130.30.070(I), reviewed through Title 110's building code. Fences that don't meet the…

Under El Dorado County Code Section 8.45.040, every single-family household must subscribe to organic waste collection through its franchised hauler and place yard waste, meaning…

Residents and tenants who want curbside recycling pickup in unincorporated El Dorado County must separate recyclables from regular trash and put them in a container the franchisee…

It's illegal in unincorporated El Dorado County for anyone other than the property's franchised hauler or the owner to touch recyclables once they're set out for pickup. Code Section…

Dumping, scattering or discarding litter or solid waste on any road, right-of-way, or public or private property in unincorporated El Dorado County is unlawful under Code Section…

Property owners in El Dorado County's mandatory collection area, covering the South Lake Tahoe Basin and the Cameron Park Community Services District, must pay solid waste collection…

El Dorado County property owners must keep non-recyclable waste from sitting out more than seven days, per Code Section 8.42.500. The clock only resets for strikes, severe weather, or…

Anyone running a construction or demolition site in unincorporated El Dorado County must keep adequate on-site containers for solid waste and litter under Code Section 8.42.560…

El Dorado County requires trash and recycling containers to stay out of view from the street except on pickup day. Code Section 8.42.550 caps curbside set-out at 12 hours before…

El Dorado County bars sleeping on public property outright, with narrow exceptions for young children, permitted campers and on-duty employees on break, and separately bars sitting…

El Dorado County bans camping on public property unless authorized by County ordinance, an emergency declaration from the Chief Administrative Officer, or a Board of Supervisors…

El Dorado County classifies business license fees by activity type rather than gross receipts: a flat $61 covers most businesses, door-to-door sellers pay $76, and fortunetellers…

El Dorado County's public smoking ordinance defines 'smoking' broadly, in County Code Section 8.60.030, to include lighting or burning any pipe, cigar, cigarette, weed, or plant, and…

Unincorporated El Dorado County makes it an infraction to urinate or defecate in public. Section 9.08.070 only requires that the person acted willfully and knew, or should have known…

Carrying an open container of alcohol on a public highway outside a vehicle is a misdemeanor in unincorporated El Dorado County under Section 9.12.010. The Code applies once any…

El Dorado County's Loitering Ordinance, Section 9.34.040, does not ban standing around generally; it bans loitering that breaches the peace, blocks pedestrians or vehicles, or…

El Dorado County bans smoking throughout the parks, trails and open space it manages except in areas the Parks Division has specifically designated for it. Section 9.46.720 of the…

El Dorado County makes it unlawful to ride a skateboard, roller skate or roller blade on private property without the owner's consent once a sign prohibiting the activity and citing…

El Dorado County Code Section 8.45.120 folds the state's CALGreen recycling mandate into building permits: any project covered by the California Green Building Standards Code must give…

El Dorado County requires child day care centers and large family day care homes to go through an Administrative Permit process under Section 130.40.110, including compliance with all…

El Dorado County has adopted the National Electrical Code as part of its building code, and any electrical work without the required permit gets a recorded notice of noncompliance and…

El Dorado County adopted the 2010 California Building Standards Code with local amendments in Chapter 110.16, and a permit is required for construction unless the work falls under a…

El Dorado County enforces plumbing work under the 2009 Uniform Plumbing Code, adopted by reference with a local amendment in Sec. 110.16.170 that ties plumbing permit exemptions to the…

El Dorado County requires a foundation inspection and a final inspection before any building is occupied. Before the foundation is approved, a licensed surveyor must verify setback…

El Dorado County's Stormwater Quality Ordinance, County Code Chapter 8.79, makes it unlawful to discharge or connect anything but stormwater into the County's storm drains, ditches…

Under the county's Good Neighbor and Neighborhood Protection Policy, Section 8.09.070(D)(5), if hazardous vegetation on your parcel presents a fire risk to a neighbor's structure…

El Dorado County requires a grading permit for nearly all land-disturbing work in the unincorporated area under Chapter 110.14, the County's Grading Ordinance. Small residential jobs…

In Special Flood Hazard Areas, El Dorado County requires new and substantially improved residential structures to have their lowest floor, including any basement, built at or above the…

El Dorado County bars new residential construction in a mapped flood zone unless the lowest floor sits at or above the base flood elevation, and it bans creating new lots that fall…

Massage establishments and technicians in unincorporated El Dorado County are regulated as adult-related establishments under Chapter 5.34, needing a Sheriff-issued special business…

Secondhand dealers operating in unincorporated El Dorado County need a Sheriff-issued special business license valid two years, and the Sheriff must certify the dealer filed all…

El Dorado County requires adult (sex-oriented) business establishments to keep 300 feet from U.S. Highway 50 and 1,000 feet from schools, churches, libraries, residential zones and…

El Dorado County Code Section 130.40.340 defines 'tobacco product' to include e-cigarettes and vape devices, then bars any tobacco or vape retailer from locating within 1,500 feet of a…

El Dorado County Code Section 130.40.380 bars maintaining, repairing, or storing motor vehicles on a residential lot unless every vehicle is registered to someone who actually lives…

El Dorado County charges a 10% transient occupancy tax on rent paid for stays of 30 days or less in hotels, motels, vacation rentals and other short-term lodging countywide, per County…

Anyone going door-to-door in unincorporated El Dorado County to sell goods, take orders or solicit for profit needs a special business license from the Sheriff under Section…

El Dorado County limits which trees may be planted along public roads. Under Code Section 12.12.050, every tree set out in a highway right-of-way within a subdivision or in one-family…

El Dorado County only opens an administrative code case after a resident files a bona fide complaint, the County is already reviewing a project, or the case fits a uniform enforcement…

El Dorado County bans planting seven tree species in public road rights-of-way. Section 12.12.070 outlaws Acacia, Black walnut, Eucalyptus, Elm, Palm, Poplar and Tree of heaven in…

El Dorado County requires a special event permit from the Director of Transportation before any parade, march, procession or similar gathering of more than 10 vehicles or 20 people…

Commercial filming in unincorporated El Dorado County runs on its own permit track, Chapter 5.58 (Filming Permits), separate from the Chapter 12.37 special-event permit that covers…

Group picnics, day camping, overnight camping and other group gatherings in El Dorado County parks require a park use permit from the Parks Manager under County Code Sec. 9.46.220…

Section 8.42.700 bans dumping litter or solid waste anywhere in unincorporated El Dorado County and separately makes it unlawful to let wastepaper, litter, or combustible or flammable…

El Dorado County enforces the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings against unsafe structures and treats junk accumulation, visual blight, and unmaintained pools as…

Under Chapter 8.07, any fire lit on private or public property without the owner's consent and safety-law compliance is an unlawful fire. Cooking or heating fires, campfires, charcoal…

Outdoor and mixed-light commercial cannabis cultivation in unincorporated El Dorado County must sit at least 1,500 feet from schools, parks, day cares and similar sensitive uses, plus…

El Dorado County allows storefront cannabis retail, but only in Community Commercial, Regional Commercial, General Commercial, Industrial Low and Meyers Community Center zones, capped…

El Dorado County bars anyone under 18 from loitering in public places, including streets, parks, and businesses, between 11:00 p.m. and sunrise under Section 9.36.020. Exceptions cover…

El Dorado County parks operate for day use only, from 6:00 a.m. until one hour after sunset. Entering a county park by foot or vehicle before 6:00 a.m. or after that dusk cutoff…

El Dorado County allows cardrooms only under a County Sheriff-issued license, capped at ten gaming tables per cardroom and one cardroom for every 7,500 residents countywide. Chapter…

Filming productions that need a public road or facility closed in El Dorado County must obtain the Section 5.58.020 permit, and Section 5.58.040(D) requires the production company to…

El Dorado County Code Section 5.58.010 defines regulated motion-picture activity to expressly include student films made to satisfy a post-secondary school course requirement, putting…

El Dorado County Code Section 5.58.020 requires anyone filming motion pictures, television, commercials, digital media, or commercial still photography on public or private property, a…

El Dorado County outlaws syringe exchange programs entirely in the unincorporated county, declaring in Section 9.56.030 that creating, operating or even participating in one is…

El Dorado County does not write its own bike-lane conduct code; instead Section 10.08.080 lets the Board of Supervisors establish bicycle lanes separated from vehicle lanes on County…

El Dorado County treats Class 1 and Class 2 electric bicycles as regular bikes on its trail facilities, exempting them from the ban on motorized vehicles under Section 10.32.030(D)…

El Dorado County requires any filming permit application involving a drone to include the pilot's remote pilot certificate, the UAS registration certificate, and flight-operation…

El Dorado County fixes minimum yard setbacks by zone under Code Section 130.30.050 and Table 130.24.030: front yards run 20 feet in the RM3 and R1 zones up to 30 feet in R1A through…

El Dorado County caps residential building height by zone under Code Section 130.30.060 and Table 130.24.030: 40 feet in the R1 and R20K zones, 45 feet in R1A, R2A, R3A, and RE, and 50…

El Dorado County does not set a flat lot-coverage percentage for ordinary residential parcels; the Residential Zones Development Standards table (130.24.030) regulates only setbacks…

El Dorado County Code Section 130.40.290 shields existing agricultural operations on PA, LA, AG, FR, and TPZ-zoned land from nuisance claims filed by neighbors who move in later…

El Dorado County zones agricultural, rural and resource land under six designations in Code Chapter 130.21: Planned Agricultural, Limited Agricultural, Agricultural Grazing, Timber…

El Dorado County requires an encroachment permit from the Director of Transportation before anyone excavates, builds an access road, places a cut or fill, or otherwise uses a County…

El Dorado County bans placing or keeping any obstruction, from fences and signs to billboards and buildings, on a County highway right-of-way without first obtaining an encroachment…

El Dorado County allows garage sales by right for residents, capped at four sales and 12 total days a year per single-unit address, three days per sale. Advertising signs under Section…

Temporary noncommercial and political signs in unincorporated El Dorado County are capped at six square feet year-round, but Section 130.36.030(B)(10) triples the allowance to 32…

Signs meant to be seen from U.S. Highway 50, including any sign within 100 feet of the highway right-of-way, need a discretionary Design Review Permit under Section 130.36.070(J) of…

Window signs in unincorporated El Dorado County cannot cover more than 25 percent of a storefront's total window area, under Section 130.36.030(B)(1) of the Zoning Ordinance, and any…

Electronic message signs in unincorporated El Dorado County can use digital display for no more than 50 percent of a sign's allowed face area, cannot change their message faster than…

El Dorado County requires sidewalk sales and mobile food vendors to obtain an Administrative Permit as temporary outdoor retail sales under Section 130.40.220(C). Events are capped at…

El Dorado County treats mobile food vendors as Temporary Outdoor Retail Sales under Section 130.40.220(C): an Administrative Permit is required, plus a County Health Department permit…

El Dorado County allows mobile food vendors to operate as temporary outdoor retail sales under Section 130.40.220(C), but only after securing an Administrative Permit from the Planning…

Every outdoor light fixture in unincorporated El Dorado County must be shielded and aimed so no direct light crosses the property line or spills into the public right-of-way, per…

El Dorado County Code Section 130.40.220(E) lets residents hold garage sales by right, but caps single-unit homes at four sales a year, each running up to three days and no more than…

El Dorado County grants a density bonus above the General Plan's maximum allowed density to housing projects of five or more units that set aside affordable units, under Chapter…

Air conditioners, heat pumps, and other HVAC units are classified as a 'Non-Transportation Noise Source' under Section 130.37.040 of the Zoning Ordinance, so new commercial…

El Dorado County Code Section 130.40.310 allows active solar collection systems by right in every zone, but roof panels must stay within the zone's height limit and ground-mounted…

El Dorado County has no data-center ordinance. In unincorporated areas a data center is an industrial use the Planning Director classifies under Section 130.20.030 as an…

El Dorado County's General Plan Noise Element (Policy 6.5.1.7, Table 6-2) caps noise from stationary sources at a neighboring home. A data center's cooling and generators must stay at…