Chino Hills, CA

Chino Hills does not license or leash cats: Chapter 6.08's licensing duty in Section 6.08.040 and leash rule in Section 6.08.130 both name only dogs. Cats are still subject to…

Chino Hills bans pet stores from selling dogs or cats outright. Chapter 6.03 of the Municipal Code, adopted in 2014, prohibits any pet store from displaying, selling, delivering…

A Chino Hills house on a standard residential lot cannot keep more than five dogs and cats combined, and no more than three of them can be dogs, under Municipal Code Section 6.08.020…

Any dog on a Chino Hills street, alley, public place, or unenclosed lot must be on a cord, chain, or leash no longer than six feet and held continuously by a competent person, under…

Chino Hills has no breed-specific dog ordinance. CHMC § 6.16.055 instead adopts the state's potentially-dangerous-and-vicious-dog scheme, Food and Agricultural Code §§ 31601 et seq…

Chino Hills Municipal Code § 6.12.060 sets the accessory animal-raising limits for hens and other small fowl kept alongside a single-family home. Lots under 7,200 square feet may keep…

Chino Hills bars anyone from feeding, hunting, molesting, or harassing wild animals or birds in City-Owned Open Space, and from taking eggs, nests, or young, under Municipal Code §…

Chino Hills bans feeding coyotes anywhere in the city. CHMC § 6.16.080 makes it unlawful to wilfully feed or otherwise provide for one or more coyotes, with narrow exceptions only for…

Chino Hills bans keeping any wild animal on private property. CHMC § 6.16.010(A) prohibits any species commonly referred to as wild, as defined by California Fish and Game Code § 2116…

Every dog over four months old in Chino Hills must carry an implanted identifying microchip under Municipal Code Section 6.08.160, and compliance is a prerequisite to getting the dog…

Chino Hills bars veterinary practices from operating as a home occupation. Development Code section 16.56.035 lists veterinary uses, including boarding, among the businesses the City…

Chino Hills effectively bars beekeeping on ordinary residential lots. CHMC § 6.16.010(D) prohibits intentionally maintaining bees on any property smaller than ten acres, and even on…

San Bernardino County residents may not keep injured wildlife without a California Department of Fish and Wildlife rehabilitator permit. SBC Animal Care refers calls to permitted…

San Bernardino County requires every Pit Bull over four months old to be spayed or neutered, with narrow exemptions for AKC/UKC-registered purebreds, working, and medically unfit dogs.

San Bernardino County Code § 28.0307(k) bans molesting, injuring or killing any bird or mammal, or disturbing its habitat, inside any County Regional Park. The rule sits among two…

Pet grooming parlors in unincorporated San Bernardino County must get a license from the County Health Officer before opening, and comply with zoning and sanitation rules under County…

Chino Hills has no blanket overnight parking ban; instead, Municipal Code Section 10.08.250 bars leaving any vehicle parked on a street or alley for more than a consecutive seventy-two…

Chino Hills marks commercial loading zones with yellow curb paint under Municipal Code Section 10.08.130. The paint restricts the space to freight and passenger loading between 7:00…

Chino Hills marks no-parking zones with red curb paint under Municipal Code Section 10.08.010, the baseline color in a citywide scheme that also uses yellow for freight loading, white…

Chino Hills bars parking any commercial vehicle rated 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or more on residential streets between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. under Municipal Code Section…

Chino Hills bars parking any recreational vehicle, boat, or trailer on a city street at any time under Municipal Code Section 10.12.030, unless the owner holds a free annual temporary…

Chino Hills treats abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles on private or public property as a public nuisance under Municipal Code Chapter 10.28. The city's Director…

Chino Hills runs an expedited, streamlined permitting process for electric vehicle charging stations under Municipal Code § 15.17.030, implementing state law Government Code § 65850.7…

Chino Hills requires every driveway and parking space to be paved with concrete, asphalt, or a city-approved surface under CHMC 16.34.080(A); parking on unpaved ground is expressly…

Chino Hills requires every vehicle parked at a curb to sit with its right-hand wheels parallel to and within eighteen inches of that curb, under Municipal Code Section 10.08.190, which…

Chino Hills lets the City Council designate permit parking zones by resolution under Municipal Code Section 10.16.020, making it illegal to stop, stand, or park in a posted zone…

California doesn't ban private-property towing, but Vehicle Code Section 22658 controls how it happens. A posted sign at least 17 by 22 inches must warn drivers before a tow company…

Chino Hills bars residential noise that intrudes on sleep between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. CHMC § 16.48.020(F) caps interior noise from a neighboring source at 45 dBA overnight, and §…

Chino Hills treats a booming car stereo as a noise violation any time of day, not just at night. Municipal Code Section 16.48.020(G)(2) makes it prima facie evidence of a violation to…

Chino Hills limits when leaf blowers, lawn mowers, hedge trimmers and similar outdoor power equipment may run: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays…

A dog that barks substantially continuously, day or night, to the annoyance of neighbors can be declared a nuisance under Chino Hills Municipal Code Section 6.04.050. The city runs a…

Chino Hills treats amplified sound as a prima facie noise violation when it is plainly audible in a residential zone at night. Municipal Code Section 16.48.020(G)(1) makes it a…

Chino Hills limits construction, repair, remodeling, demolition, and grading noise to set hours under CHMC § 8.08.020(A): 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on…

Industrial sources in unincorporated San Bernardino County are capped at 70 dB(A), day and night, measured at the nearest noise-sensitive property line under Development Code §…

California sets statewide airport noise limits under Title 21 CCR, with the state preempting most local aviation noise control because federal FAA authority dominates aircraft…

Chino Hills lets residents manage their own organic waste at home instead of subscribing to full curbside organics service: CHMC § 13.20.051(A) allows generators to reduce waste…

Chino Hills can inspect and require correction of any tree overhanging a public street. Municipal Code Section 12.26.090 lets the City declare a hazardous or right-of-way-obstructing…

Chino Hills requires landscape design plans for qualifying projects to protect native species and favor water-conserving, often native, plants. New construction adding 500 square feet…

Removing or destroying a protected tree in Chino Hills, whether a heritage tree or a native tree species, is unlawful without a City tree permit under Municipal Code Section 16.90.040…

Chino Hills encourages, but does not mandate, on-site rainwater capture and infiltration in new landscape designs, while requiring friable soil in all planted areas to maximize…

Chino Hills irrigation rules run on a City Council-declared four-stage water conservation ordinance, CHMC Chapter 13.08. Once a Moderate (Stage II) alert is in effect, residential…

Chino Hills treats unmowed lawns and weeds that reach the sidewalk or curb as a public nuisance, and the code presumes vegetation is illegally overgrown if it goes thirty days after…

San Bernardino County's Development Code does not ban artificial turf and actively directs that natural turf be minimized to save water. Synthetic turf is an accepted water-saving…

State law under Government Code § 65852.2 requires Chino Hills to allow accessory dwelling units, and the city's own standards in § 16.10.140 fill in the size, setback and height…

Chino Hills bars short-term rentals of accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units: § 16.10.140(D) requires any rental or lease to run longer than 30 days, closing off…

A detached, one-story tool or storage shed in Chino Hills does not need a building permit if it is no taller than 10 feet from grade and no larger than 120 square feet of floor area…

Chino Hills charges its standard traffic, storm drain, parks, and general facilities impact fees against accessory dwelling units "to the maximum extent allowed by state law" rather…

Chino Hills requires the property owner to live on-site, either in the junior accessory dwelling unit or the remaining primary home, whenever a JADU shares sanitation facilities with…

Converting a garage, carport, or covered parking structure into an accessory dwelling unit does not require the homeowner to replace the lost parking, under CHMC 16.10.140(P)(3). The…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County allows a permitted "Tiny Home" on single-family residential parcels if it meets California Residential Code or manufactured-home construction…

Chino Hills bars home occupations from displaying any sign, banner, or flag visible from outside the dwelling under Municipal Code Section 16.56.020(F). The only exception is a small…

Every home-based business in Chino Hills needs a Home Occupation Permit. Municipal Code Section 16.56.020 caps the business to twenty percent of the dwelling or four hundred square…

A Chino Hills Home Occupation Permit (HOP) caps client visits at three people per day under Municipal Code Section 16.56.020(I). The home cannot double as a retail storefront where…

Chino Hills treats small and large family day care homes as defined residential uses rather than home businesses. Municipal Code section 16.02.160 caps a small family day care home at…

Government Code section 51035 forbids any California city, county, or city and county from prohibiting a cottage food operation in a residential dwelling. The local agency must pick…

California lets home cooks sell meals from their own kitchen under a microenterprise home kitchen operation (MEHKO) permit, capped at 30 meals a day, 90 a week, and $100,000 in annual…

Chino Hills exempts fences from a building permit only up to 6 feet in height, and only if built of material weighing less than three pounds per square foot, under the city's amendment…

Chino Hills caps a fence, wall, or hedge in a single-family front yard at four feet under CHMC § 16.06.120(A), rising to six feet only if the top three feet is open, transparent…

Chino Hills bans barbed wire and razor ribbon as fencing material citywide, and bars chain-link or similar wire fencing from front and street-facing side or rear yards, under CHMC §…

Chino Hills limits a retaining wall on a prominent knoll, ridgeline, or in the Carbon Canyon area to four feet under CHMC § 16.06.120(B)(1), rising to five feet with a minor variance…

The San Bernardino County Development Code sets fence height, materials, and placement, but does not allocate the cost of a shared boundary fence between neighbors. Cost-sharing for…

Every public and residential swimming pool in Chino Hills must be completely enclosed by a barrier that keeps the public out, under the city's amendment adding Section 3109.3 to the…

Building or altering a residential pool in Chino Hills routes through the city's building permit system, and the city's local amendment at Section 3109.9 of the California Building…

New construction and any addition of 50 percent or more within Chino Hills' Fire Hazard Overlay District must meet Section 7A of the Building Code plus CHMC 16.22.030's mandatory…

Chino Hills does not have a stand-alone citywide smoke-alarm ordinance separate from the state-adopted Building Code, but its Development Code imposes its own smoke-detector mandate on…

Chino Hills prohibits open burning and recreational fires whenever atmospheric or local conditions make them hazardous, including any time the National Weather Service issues a…

Chino Hills allows non-wood-burning outdoor fire pits under Municipal Code § 16.06.070, but bars them entirely from the required front setback and requires at least five feet of…

Chino Hills bans all fireworks outright. Municipal Code § 8.30.020 prohibits manufacturing, possessing, selling, storing, displaying, discharging, or setting off any firework within…

Development inside Chino Hills' Fire Hazard Overlay District must maintain a permanent fuel modification area at least 100 feet wide around the project perimeter under CHMC…

Chino Hills' local Fire Code amendment at Municipal Code § 8.10.050(D) restricts liquefied petroleum gas storage under CFC § 6104.2, capping any single LP-gas installation at 2,000…

Loud or disturbing noise from a short-term rental in unincorporated San Bernardino County is unlawful under a reasonable-person standard, not a decibel limit.

Bookings of thirty-one consecutive days or longer fall outside the SBC short-term rental program and are treated as standard residential tenancies subject to AB 1482 statewide rent and…

Development Code Section 84.28.060(d) requires all renter vehicles to park on the STR property at a ratio of at least one space per four renters. On-street and right-of-way parking is…

Under Development Code Section 84.28.060, sleeping occupancy is set by room size (70 sq ft for one person, +50 sq ft per additional person), then capped by unit size and parcel acreage…

A San Bernardino County short-term rental permit can be revoked outright once it has been suspended twice within a rolling 24-month period, under County Code § 84.28.100(a)(4). The…

Airbnb, Vrbo and similar hosting platforms must collect and remit transient occupancy tax, disclose listing data to the County on request, and display the STR permit number for every…

STR owners in unincorporated San Bernardino County must answer complaint calls within 30 minutes and reach the property in person within one hour, 24 hours a day.

Unincorporated San Bernardino County requires a current STR permit before any dwelling can be rented short-term, capped at one or two per parcel.

Short-term rental renters in unincorporated San Bernardino County must pay the county's 7% Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax on top of STR permit application and annual renewal fees set…

California requires hosting platforms to warn hosts to check their lease and insurance before listing (Business and Professions Code 22592), and AB 537 requires short-term lodging…

Chino Hills has fully opted out of commercial cannabis: Municipal Code Section 16.92.020 prohibits any commercial marijuana activity, marijuana establishment, or marijuana-related…

California Business and Professions Code 26054 requires licensed cannabis businesses to sit at least 600 feet from schools, daycares, and youth centers; San Bernardino cities often…

Adults 21 and older may grow up to six cannabis plants per private residence in San Bernardino County, but unincorporated areas require indoor cultivation inside a fully enclosed…

Health and Safety Code section 11362.2 grants every adult 21 or older the statewide right to cultivate up to six cannabis plants indoors, and bars local governments from completely…

Selling food or merchandise from a pushcart, table, or stand on a Chino Hills sidewalk requires a City sidewalk vendor permit under Municipal Code Chapter 5.58. The permit runs twelve…

Chino Hills requires at least three food trucks and a City permit before a food truck event can run, and caps non-City-sponsored events at three consecutive days on private or City…

Individual Chino Hills sidewalk vendors face a long list of no-vend buffer zones, from curb returns to fire hydrants to freeway ramps, under Municipal Code Section 5.58.050(M)…

Chino Hills caps private winter seasonal decorations and string lights that encroach into the public right-of-way to the window between Thanksgiving Day and January 8th. Any display…

Chino Hills only allows electronic changeable message displays as part of one permanent freestanding sign, and only in public and private institutional districts, under CHMC 16.38.033…

Commercial properties near SR-71 in Chino Hills can install freeway-oriented signs up to 100 feet tall and 400 square feet per face under CHMC 16.38.035, capped at one sign for…

Non-residential businesses in Chino Hills can cover no more than 25 percent of their window area with signage under CHMC 16.38.037(A). Illuminated window signs are capped at 4 square…

Chino Hills lets residents post temporary election season political signs in any zoning district without a permit. City Code Section 16.38.046 caps residential signs at eight square…

Chino Hills limits each yard or garage sale to one sign, no larger than six square feet and no taller than five feet (four feet in a front or side street setback), posted only on the…

Chino Hills city parks open thirty minutes before sunrise and close thirty minutes after sunset under Municipal Code Section 12.40.040. Anyone who remains past closing without a…

Chino Hills bars minors under 18 from public places on school days between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. under the daytime curfew at Municipal Code § 9.12.010, and citywide between 10:00…

Chino Hills bars anyone from taking off or landing a drone, model aircraft, or remote-controlled car or boat in the City-Owned Open Space unless the City Manager or a designee…

Chino Hills bans unmanned aircraft takeoff and landing outright at six named parks and facilities, and at every other park restricts flying to the operator's visual line of sight, a…

Chino Hills bars drone takeoffs and landings within 500 feet of any City-permitted event open to the public inside parks where flying is otherwise allowed, under Municipal Code Section…

Chino Hills bans rollerblading, skateboarding, roller-skating, and scootering wherever the City Council has designated a No Wheeled Toy Area or No Skateboarding Area and posted…

Chino Hills bills the host of a loud or disorderly gathering for the full cost of the police response once officers return a second time after warning the group. Property owners…

Chino Hills Municipal Code § 12.32.200 flatly bans possessing or drinking alcohol anywhere in the city's open space preserve, with no exceptions written into the section. The parallel…

Chino Hills bans smoking tobacco, cigars, pipes and vapes throughout every city park and across its entire City-Owned Open Space system under Municipal Code §§ 12.40.190 and 12.32.120…

Chino Hills bars anyone from urinating, defecating, washing dishes, or dumping waste liquids, garbage, or refuse in any city park or park facility, reserving trash disposal to the…

California Proposition 64 and San Bernardino County rules ban smoking, vaping, or eating cannabis in public places, including streets, parks, and county buildings in unincorporated…

San Bernardino County bans school-age minors from loitering in public places countywide during school hours, unless they have a valid excuse like an emergency errand or a medical…

Chino Hills prohibits riding an electric bicycle or motorized scooter, including Class 1, 2, and 3 e-bikes, on any city sidewalk under Municipal Code Chapter 10.40, adopted in December…

A low-speed vehicle in California may not be driven on any roadway with a speed limit above 35 miles per hour. Vehicle Code section 21260 permits it to cross a faster road only where…

Chino Hills declares it a public nuisance to let play equipment or overgrown vegetation encroach into a public right-of-way, including streets, alleys, or sidewalks, in a way that…

Anyone who wants to excavate, build, or place a structure, obstruction, or banner in a Chino Hills street right-of-way needs an Encroachment Permit from the City Engineer under…

Under CA Streets and Highways Code 5610, adjacent property owners in unincorporated San Bernardino County are responsible for maintaining and repairing sidewalks fronting their…

Chino Hills taxes every stay of 30 consecutive days or less at 12 percent of the rent charged, collected by the operator and remitted to the city. The code's definition of "hotel"…

Chino Hills caps yard, garage, patio, and rummage sales at three per household in any 12-month period, each running no more than three consecutive days (or two consecutive weekends of…

Chino Hills makes it unlawful to walk onto private property posted with a visible sign or placard prohibiting soliciting, unless the occupant expressly invited that person onto the…

Door-to-door peddlers and solicitors need a County-issued license before working the unincorporated area, with the Sheriff vetting every applicant.

Chino Hills' nuisance chapter is enforced the same way on every property in the city, but it explicitly does not enforce, supersede, or preempt a homeowners association's CC&Rs: city…

California Civil Code 5600-5740 governs HOA assessments in San Bernardino County, requiring annual budget disclosure, limits on increases without member vote, and specific collection…

California Civil Code 5900-5965 requires HOAs in San Bernardino County to offer internal dispute resolution (IDR) and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) before filing litigation over…

California's Davis-Stirling Act gives every HOA member the right to inspect and copy association records under Civil Code § 5205. Boards must produce current-year records within 10…

California voids any HOA governing-document clause that effectively bans or unreasonably restricts a clothesline or drying rack in an owner's exclusive-use backyard. Civil Code Section…

Civil Code section 4735 voids any HOA rule that bans low-water plants, turf replacement, or artificial turf, and bars fines for cutting back watering during a declared drought…

Civil Code § 4745 voids any HOA covenant or governing-document rule that prohibits or unreasonably restricts installing an EV charging station in an owner's unit or designated parking…

Civil Code § 4705 bars every California homeowners association from limiting a member's display of the United States flag on their own lot or within their exclusive-use common area…

California law caps homeowners association fines at $100 per violation or the amount listed in the association's published penalty schedule, whichever is less. Civil Code section 5850…

A California homeowners association cannot foreclose on a member’s home over unpaid dues until the delinquent assessments alone reach $1,800, or until the assessments secured by the…

Civil Code § 4741 bars every California homeowners association from adopting or enforcing a rule that prohibits, or unreasonably restricts, renting out a separate interest, and sets a…

A structure the Building Official finds "dangerous," under any of twenty defined conditions from collapse risk to fire damage, is declared a public nuisance in Chino Hills and must be…

Chino Hills' nuisance code covers vacant land the same as occupied property: the chapter applies expressly to "vacant" parcels, and leaving a vacant or abandoned building unsecured…

Chino Hills declares overgrown trees, weeds, and debris a public nuisance whenever the growth "may harbor rats, vermin, or other disease carriers," giving code enforcement a direct…

Chino Hills adopts San Bernardino County's food inspection grading system by reference at Municipal Code § 8.20.010, incorporating Chapter 14 of Division 3 of Title 3 of the County…

San Bernardino County requires every food handler to carry an unexpired food handler card or state food safety certificate before working, under County Code § 33.0409(b). A new…

California Civil Code 1954.603 requires landlords to disclose bed bug information and prohibits renting units with known infestations; San Bernardino County enforces habitability…

Chino Hills gives its Building Official concurrent inspection authority over fire and building code compliance, working alongside the Chino Valley Independent Fire District, which is…

Chino Hills requires automatic fire sprinklers in any new building 5,000 square feet or larger under Fire Code § 903.2, as locally amended by Municipal Code § 8.16.040, regardless of…

Chino Hills enforces building permits through its 2025 California Building Code amendments at Municipal Code § 15.04.020. Owning, using, occupying, or maintaining any structure that…

Chino Hills regulates plumbing work under the 2025 California Plumbing Code, adopted at Municipal Code § 15.04.050, covering erection, installation, alteration, repair, relocation, and…

Chino Hills has no maximum floor-area ratio for residential lots, but any addition or new home equal to 50 percent or more of existing floor area triggers mandatory design review under…

Chino Hills applies the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code to every building permit in the city under Municipal Code § 15.04.080, adopted with no local amendments, to cut…

Chino Hills enforces the 2025 California Electrical Code for all wiring, fixtures and electrical appliance work inside city limits, adopted without local amendments under Municipal…

California Labor Code 7300-7323 and Title 8 CCR 3000+ require annual elevator inspections by Cal/OSHA in San Bernardino County, with permits to operate and licensed elevator…

Chino Hills defines a street fair as a scheduled gathering to buy and sell goods that usually closes a public street to traffic, and groups it with farmers' markets in § 12.36.030's…

Chino Hills Municipal Code § 12.36.020 defines a parade as any procession, march, ceremony or similar display on a public right-of-way, and § 12.36.030 requires a City permit, plus an…

Reserving a Chino Hills community, neighborhood, or nature park requires an Approved Facility Use Application, and any organized gathering over 50 people, from weddings to parades…

Chino Hills regulates commercial outdoor dining patios under § 16.09.100 of its Non-Residential Design Guidelines: patios run 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. unless the Planning Commission approves…

Chino Hills defines a block party as a resident-requested street closure for neighborhood socializing, and Chapter 12.36 lets it happen on cul-de-sacs, through streets, and even…

Chino Hills prohibits home-based auto repair outright. Municipal Code Section 16.56.035(A)(11) lists storage, repair, or reconditioning of motorized vehicles, large equipment, or major…

Since January 1, 2024, no one may own or manage a massage establishment in Chino Hills without a City operator permit under Municipal Code Section 5.24.035. Owners also need a…

Chino Hills confines adult-oriented businesses to the freeway commercial north area and general commercial north area of the city and requires a separate adult-oriented business permit…

Secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers in unincorporated San Bernardino County must register with the Sheriff and report transactions through the California Department of Justice CAPSS…

In unincorporated San Bernardino County it is unlawful to solicit or offer paid motor vehicle repair or towing work on public roads and highways. County Code §§ 41.0601 and 41.0602…

The Sheriff's Department charges $35.00 to process a State pawnbroker permit for anyone opening a pawnshop in unincorporated San Bernardino County, per County Code § 16.0226(w)(2).

San Bernardino County requires every tattoo, piercing and permanent-makeup studio to register annually with the Department of Public Health under Code Section 16.0213B(h) and pay set…

San Bernardino County bans self-service tobacco and e-cigarette displays and outlaws tobacco vending machines outright in the unincorporated area under County Code § 31.0308. Every…

Chino Hills requires every residential, multifamily and commercial property to subscribe to the city's organic waste collection service and separate materials into color-coded…

Chino Hills requires refuse to be removed from every property at least once a week, and Municipal Code § 13.20.130 bars franchised haulers from collecting trash, recycling or organics…

Chino Hills residents may set carts at the curb no more than twenty-four hours before their regular collection time and must pull them back within twelve hours after pickup under…

Dumping solid or liquid waste anywhere on property within Chino Hills is unlawful under Municipal Code § 13.20.330 unless the dumper first obtains a conditional use permit under the…

Chino Hills requires residential and commercial generators to source-separate recyclables such as paper, cardboard, glass, aluminum, steel cans and numbered plastics into the blue…

Chino Hills defines yard waste as leaves, grass clippings, brush and branches source-separated from other trash, and requires residential customers to set that material out in the…

Chino Hills residents cannot set bulky items such as furniture or appliances at the curb without first arranging pickup with the city's franchised hauler. Municipal Code § 13.20.240…

Chino Hills requires an encroachment permit from the City Engineer before a temporary service bin, roll-off box, or commercial dumpster goes on any public street, alley, sidewalk, or…

Once you set recyclables out in a designated container for the city's authorized hauler, Municipal Code § 13.20.190 makes them the hauler's property by operation of state law, so…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County requires solid-waste collection service through the County's franchise system. The Solid Waste Management Division runs 20 Franchise Areas and a…

Collection trucks working in Chino Hills cannot exceed 75 decibels measured 25 feet away and 5 feet off the ground while compacting a load at the curb. Municipal Code § 13.20.170 sets…

Chino Hills treats HVAC units as "mechanical equipment" under its Development Code, requiring a minimum three-foot setback from rear, interior side, and street-side property lines and…

A standby or portable generator installed outdoors in Chino Hills is governed as an accessory feature under CHMC § 16.06.070's Table 10-1(B): it cannot sit in a front yard, needs a…

San Bernardino County Code § 24.0706(b) bars sound amplifying equipment or live music from being plainly audible inside an occupied dwelling between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., a standard that…

In unincorporated San Bernardino County, a car stereo or speaker's rhythmic bass alone is enough to prove a plainly-audible noise violation: no decibel meter needed.

Once Chino Hills has declared a water conservation alert under CHMC Chapter 13.08, letting water leak on your property becomes a prohibited water-waste practice, and § 13.08.070(G)…

Under CHMC § 16.07.150, a residential landscape project of 2,500 square feet or less that uses the prescriptive compliance option cannot cover more than 25 percent of its landscape…

Chino Hills runs a reclaimed water system under Chapter 13.32 of its Municipal Code, delivering tertiary-treated recycled water for irrigation, construction, and industrial uses…

Chino Hills bans any discharge into its municipal storm drain system that isn't stormwater itself, under CHMC § 13.16.090. Dumping trash, chemicals or wash water into a street, gutter…

Chino Hills bans any site condition that causes or is likely to cause accelerated erosion. Municipal Code Section 16.54.030 lets the Building Official cite a property, order corrective…

New construction and substantial improvements inside a Chino Hills special flood hazard area must raise the lowest floor, including any basement, at least one foot above the base flood…

Any construction or land change within a Chino Hills special flood hazard area needs a development permit before work starts, under Municipal Code § 15.12.130, and building or altering…

Chino Hills' locally amended Wildland-Urban Interface Code requires owners of buildings in State Responsibility Areas, Very High Fire Hazard Zones, and city-designated WUI areas to…

California Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards mandate cool-roof reflectance values for new and re-roofed buildings in San Bernardino County climate zones 10, 14, 15, and 16…

San Bernardino County caps off-road diesel equipment idling at five minutes on unincorporated land use project sites, with exceptions for queuing, safety checks, servicing, and…

The California Coastal Act, Public Resources Code sections 30000 through 30900, requires Coastal Development Permits for nearly all work in the coastal zone and gives the Coastal…

Rooftop solar systems in Chino Hills get only one inspection under the city's expedited review, and every electric system must meet California Electrical Code, IEEE and UL safety…

Chino Hills must approve a complete small residential rooftop solar application the same day for over-the-counter submittals or within three business days for electronic ones, under…

California Civil Code 714 (Solar Rights Act) prohibits HOAs in San Bernardino County from banning solar panels, limiting restrictions to reasonable placement that does not…

Chino Hills treats a built-in barbecue, countertop kitchen, or pizza oven as an accessory feature under CHMC § 16.06.070's setback table, not a separate use with its own permit…

Chino Hills regulates outdoor fireplaces and fire pits through Development Code section 16.06.070's setback table and an attached figure spelling out permit steps. Both a fireplace and…

Chino Hills has no dark-sky ordinance, but its non-residential design guidelines require shielded lighting. Municipal Code Section 16.09.070 requires parking lot lighting to be…

Chino Hills bars lights and glare from spilling onto neighboring land. Municipal Code Section 16.48.040 requires that all lights and glare associated with operations and illuminated…

Off-site sign (billboard) illumination in unincorporated San Bernardino County must comply with the county's outdoor lighting chapter, including mountain/desert dark-sky curfews where…

Chino Hills preserves large-lot agricultural land through its Agriculture-Ranch (R-A) zoning district. Municipal Code Section 16.10.010(B)(1) sets a five-acre minimum lot size and…

The California Right to Farm Act under Civil Code 3482.5 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits brought by neighbors who moved in after farming began. The…

Chino Hills does not fix business tax rates by class in its municipal code; instead, § 5.04.040 requires every business to pay a license fee "as prescribed by resolution," reviewed by…

Chino Hills has no data-center ordinance and no data center use in its Land Use Matrix. A server facility fits the Business Park or Light Industrial district as General Manufacturing…

Chino Hills caps exterior noise at the receiving property under Municipal Code Section 16.48.020: 60 dBA day and 45 dBA night at single-family homes, 75 dBA day and 70 dBA night on…

Chino Hills bars anyone from pitching a hut, tent, tarpaulin or other temporary structure anywhere in the city's open space preserve. City-Owned Open Space also closes thirty minutes…

County Code Section 28.0903 bars sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing personal property on unincorporated San Bernardino County streets, sidewalks, alleyways, trails, and county…

Chino Hills sets front, side, and rear yard setback minimums by residential zoning district in Development Code section 16.10.030, Table 20-1(A). A single-family home in the R-S…

Chino Hills caps residential building height at 35 feet in the R-A, R-R, R-S, and RM-1 districts, and 42 feet in the higher-density RM-2 and RM-3 districts, under Table 20-1(A) in CHMC…

Chino Hills caps how much of a residential lot a building can cover through Development Code section 16.10.030, Table 20-1(A). The single-family R-S district allows up to 40 percent…

Chino Hills' tree preservation ordinance names four native species as protected: California Sycamore, California Live Oak, California Black Walnut, and Coastal Scrub Oak. Under…

Chino Hills protects heritage trees, defined under Municipal Code Section 16.90.020(E) as any tree with a cumulative trunk diameter of 44 inches or more at breast height and judged…

Planting, removing, or relocating a City tree within a Chino Hills street parkway requires a permit from the Public Works Director under Municipal Code Chapter 12.26. The city sets…

Chino Hills bars the use of invasive plant species, such as those on the California Invasive Plant Council's list, in landscape designs sited near parks, buffers, greenbelts, water…

Chino Hills requires a City-issued film permit before anyone shoots commercial photography or video in the city's open space preserve, under § 12.32.220. City parks carry the identical…

Closing or temporarily using a County road for filming requires a separate, non-refundable road encroachment permit from the Transportation and Flood Control Department, arranged…

Student filmmakers in unincorporated San Bernardino County still need a filming permit but skip the processing fee with a school letter.

Chino Hills grants a density bonus and development incentives to housing projects that set aside units for lower, very low, or moderate income households, seniors, or other qualifying…

California SB 54, the California Values Act, limits how San Bernardino County Sheriff and other local agencies may cooperate with federal immigration authorities in unincorporated…

California SB 793, upheld by Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the retail sale of most flavored tobacco products and flavor enhancers across San Bernardino County, including menthol…

California prohibits sale of tobacco and vapor products to anyone under 21 statewide under Business and Professions Code 22958, enacted by SBX2-7 in 2016. The Tobacco 21 standard…

For covered units in unincorporated San Bernardino County, no-fault evictions are limited to AB 1482's enumerated reasons: owner or family move-in, substantial remodel, government…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County has not adopted a local relocation-assistance ordinance for displaced tenants. Only the relocation payment required by California AB 1482 for…

San Bernardino County rentals follow California Civil Code 1950.5, which limits security deposits to one month's rent for both furnished and unfurnished units and requires return…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County has no local rent control, but California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) imposes a statewide cap of CPI plus 5% annually (maximum 10%) on…

California requires landlords to include or attach an AB 1482 disclosure in every covered lease and lease renewal, informing tenants of the rent cap and just-cause protections in plain…

Licensed rental dwelling units in unincorporated San Bernardino County must meet Fire and Building Code standards, stay nuisance-free, and allow county inspection or risk losing their…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County does not require general rental-property registration. However, short-term rentals require county permits and Transient Occupancy Tax registration.

The Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino administers Housing Choice Vouchers across SBC, inspecting units for HUD habitability standards and paying the subsidy portion…

San Bernardino County tenants who have occupied 12+ months are protected by CA AB 1482 just-cause eviction rules. Landlords must state a valid reason and pay relocation for no-fault…

California evictions run through the unlawful detainer process. Under Code of Civil Procedure § 1161, nonpayment requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or quit (excluding weekends and…

California Civil Code § 1954 limits when a landlord may enter a rented home. Except in emergencies, abandonment, or with tenant consent, the landlord must give reasonable written…

California sets no fixed dollar or percentage cap on rent late fees, but a late fee in a residential lease is treated as liquidated damages. Under Civil Code § 1671, such a fee is…

To end a California month-to-month tenancy, a tenant gives 30 days' written notice. A landlord gives 30 days if the tenant has lived there under a year, or 60 days if a year or more…

California requires written notice before raising a month-to-month tenant's rent. Under Civ. Code § 827, increases of 10% or less in 12 months need 30 days' notice; increases above 10%…

California adverse possession requires five years of continuous, open, hostile possession AND payment of all property taxes during that period under Code of Civil Procedure § 325. A…

San Bernardino County does not set a local minimum wage, so the California statewide rate of 16.50 dollars per hour applies in 2026 to most employers in unincorporated areas, with…

California requires most employers, including warehouse and logistics operators in the Inland Empire portion of San Bernardino County, to provide at least 40 hours of paid sick leave…

San Bernardino County protects known and likely archaeological and historic sites through the Cultural Resources Preservation (CP) Overlay, County Code Chapter 82.12. Land is mapped…

California AB 1276 prohibits restaurants and food delivery platforms in San Bernardino County from automatically including plastic utensils, condiments, and napkins; items must be…

California AB 1884 bars full-service restaurants in San Bernardino County and statewide from automatically providing plastic straws; customers must specifically request them at…

California prohibits grocery stores and large retailers from providing single-use plastic carryout bags under Public Resources Code 42280-42288, enacted by SB 270 (2014) and ratified…

California restricts expanded polystyrene food containers statewide through SB 54 (2022) packaging requirements under Public Resources Code 42040-42081. The law mandates that…

San Bernardino County Code § 26.0101 makes it unlawful, in the unincorporated area, to keep, maintain, conduct, control, have charge of, or even be present at or visit any house, room…

California Penal Code § 326.5 lets only tax-exempt nonprofits, mobilehome park associations, senior groups, and school-affiliated charities run bingo, and only under a local city or…

California law exempts private home card games from gambling regulation entirely. Penal Code § 337j(e)(2)(D) excludes any card game played in a private home or residence from the…

California has no legal sports betting, in stores or online. Penal Code section 337a criminalizes bookmaking, pool-selling, and placing or accepting any bet on the result of a sporting…

County Environmental Health Services inspects every apartment house, hotel, and motel in unincorporated San Bernardino County before issuing the Certificate of Occupancy required to…

California is an all-party consent state for audio recording. All parties to a confidential conversation must consent to being recorded under Penal Code §632. Video recording in public…

California regulates concealed carry weapons licenses statewide under Penal Code 26150 through 26225. Senate Bill 2 (2023) imposes uniform sensitive-place restrictions and applicant…

California preempts most local firearm regulation under Government Code 53071 and Penal Code 25605, reserving licensing, registration, and manufacture authority to the state. However…

California broadly prohibits open carry of firearms statewide under Penal Code 25850 (loaded firearms in public) and Penal Code 26350 (open carry of unloaded handguns). The prohibition…

California prohibits carrying loaded firearms in vehicles statewide under Penal Code 25400 and 25850. Unloaded handguns transported in private vehicles must be in a locked container or…

Sobriety checkpoints are lawful in California and stopping at one is a statutory obligation, not a courtesy. Vehicle Code § 2814.2(a) requires a driver to stop and submit to a sobriety…

California is one of the few states that answers this by statute rather than by case law alone. Penal Code § 148(g) says that photographing or making an audio or video recording of a…

California has no general stop-and-identify statute. The old Penal Code § 647(e), which required a person lawfully detained to give "credible and reliable" identification, was held…

California has no statute that requires you to consent to a search of your car, and none that requires an officer to warn you that you may refuse. What the Legislature and the voters…

California works from a closed list: Vehicle Code section 24003 says no vehicle may carry any lamp or illuminating device not required or permitted by the code, so an accessory light…

California measures dash cam placement in square inches. Vehicle Code section 26708(b)(13) lets a video event recorder occupy a seven-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield…

Lane splitting is lawful in California. Vehicle Code section 21658.1, added by AB 51 in 2016, defines it as driving a motorcycle with two wheels in contact with the ground between rows…

California does not let you put a cover over your license plate. Vehicle Code section 5201(c) allows exactly two things: a full car cover on a lawfully parked vehicle, and a license…

No section of the California Vehicle Code makes it an offense for a private motorist to own, carry or use a radar detector. The prohibition in Vehicle Code section 28150 reaches only…

California permits metal studded tires only between November 1 and April 30, and only where the studs are tungsten carbide or another suitable material and the metal touching the road…

California never publishes a "legal VLT" for front side windows because it does not permit aftermarket darkening there at all. Vehicle Code section 26708(d) allows only clear…