Clovis, CA

Clovis enforces weed abatement under CMC Chapter 8.12, requiring property owners to clear dry vegetation. Eastern edge parcels near the Sierra foothills must comply with CA PRC §4291…

Most of Clovis is in a Local Responsibility Area (LRA) classified as moderate hazard. Eastern foothill-adjacent parcels may fall in CAL FIRE-mapped Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones…

Clovis bans the sale of 'dangerous fireworks' outright and lets only eligible nonprofit organizations sell 'safe and sane' fireworks, and then only with a Fire Department permit, under…

Clovis requires stationary fire pits, outdoor fireplaces and barbecues on single-family lots to sit at least 10 feet from the front property line, 3 feet from side and rear lines, and…

Clovis Fire Code Section 307.1.1 bans open burning in any incinerator, can, barrel, pit, outdoor fireplace or similar container anywhere in the city. Residents who want to burn debris…

Clovis enforces California requirements for smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on each floor. Carbon monoxide detectors are required in all dwellings with…

Fresno County requires residential liquified propane storage tanks to be installed to NFPA 58 standards, and any tank of 125 gallons or more has to stay clear of the property's fire…

Clovis Municipal Code § 6.1.307 bars owners from letting any animal, except a spayed or neutered cat, run at large in the city; a first offense is an infraction, but an animal caught…

Clovis pet stores may sell dogs and cats, but only inside a permitted store; Municipal Code § 6.1.517 bars anyone from selling, bartering, or giving away a puppy or kitten under eight…

Clovis does not license cats: Municipal Code § 6.1.201 requires tags only for dogs and Vietnamese potbellied pigs. Spayed or neutered cats are also the only animal exempt from the…

Clovis bars feeding any household or wild bird outdoors if it creates health or sanitation problems, property damage, slippery sidewalks, dependency, or draws coyotes, squirrels, rats…

Clovis doesn't require every pet owner to microchip their animal, but Municipal Code § 6.1.406 requires Animal Services to implant a microchip in every dog or cat impounded at the…

Clovis has no ordinance singling out any dog breed. Instead, Municipal Code Article 6 (§§ 6.1.601-6.1.608) lets the Supervisor of Animal Services or Chief of Police petition to have…

Clovis Municipal Code § 6.1.301 caps household pets at three dogs, three cats, three reptiles, and two Vietnamese potbellied pigs per premises, but the combined dog/cat/pig total…

Clovis zoning limits backyard poultry, rabbits and small furbearing animals to the R-R, R-A and R-1-A districts, with coops kept 25 feet from any property line, 100 feet from the front…

Clovis requires every dog or cat over four months old to be spayed or neutered unless the owner documents a specific exemption, and no shelter animal may be adopted out unaltered…

Clovis bars beekeeping on ordinary residential property: Municipal Code Section 9.40.040(B) allows a stand of bees only in conjunction with a permitted agricultural operation, limited…

Clovis defines pet grooming as a standalone use distinct from animal hospitals, veterinary clinics, or kennels, and allows it with an administrative use permit in the C-1, C-2, and C-3…

Clovis requires a conditional use permit for every veterinary clinic and animal hospital, whether proposed in the C-2 Community Commercial District or in the C-M, M-1, or M-2…

Exotic animals prohibited under CA Fish & Game Code §2118 and CCR Title 14 §671. Ferrets, hedgehogs, monkeys, most wild animals illegal statewide. Clovis enforces state restricted…

Fresno County bans killing, wounding, chasing or capturing any wild bird or animal in county parks and recreation areas under Code Section 13.16.030(F). The rule covers all county park…

Street trees trimmed by city; property owner trims private trees. Trees overhanging sidewalks/streets must clear 8 ft pedestrian, 14 ft vehicle. Neighbor may trim encroaching branches…

Rainwater harvesting legal in California and Clovis. AB 1750 (2012) legalized rainfall capture. Rain barrels under 100 gallons generally permit-exempt; larger cisterns may require…

Clovis requires new and rehabilitated landscape projects to select plants that protect and preserve native species and local natural vegetation. Municipal Code Section…

Clovis requires a tree removal permit before any protected tree listed in Municipal Code Section 9.30.040 comes down on private property. Section 9.30.030 makes unpermitted removal…

Clovis enforces weed and rubbish abatement under CA Gov Code §39561+. Annual fire-season weed abatement program notifies owners; failure to clear triggers city abatement with costs…

Clovis limits overhead sprinkler irrigation to the hours between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. under Municipal Code § 6.5.505, and the City Council can impose stricter mandatory limits by…

Artificial turf allowed in Clovis as water-saving landscaping. CA Civil Code §4735 prohibits HOAs from banning artificial turf and drought-tolerant landscaping. Building permit may be…

SB 1383 requires every California resident and business to separate food scraps and yard waste from trash, with universal collection or on-site composting.

Pool enclosure required per CA Building Code Ch. 31 / CBC §3109 and CA H&S §115920 (Pool Safety Act). Clovis enforces 60-inch minimum barrier, self-closing/self-latching gates, no gaps…

Building a pool in Clovis requires a permit under Municipal Code Chapter 8.10, which adopts the Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub Code and charges the same Building Division fee…

Barking dogs and other animals that create excessive noise violate Clovis Municipal Code § 6.1.701, a misdemeanor unless the City Attorney charges it as an infraction. Animal Services…

Clovis bans playing a car stereo, radio, or any other sound amplifier loud enough to produce loud and raucous noises from a vehicle on any public street, alley, or thoroughfare in the…

Clovis bars amplified sound equipment, including speakers, PA systems and amplified music, between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights and between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. every…

Clovis bans loud sporting, business, or social activity on private property from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weeknights and 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights if it disturbs the…

Clovis limits construction activity to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends, with an earlier 6 a.m. weekday start allowed from June 1 through September 15…

Fresno County caps exterior noise measured at any affected home, school, hospital, church, or library on a sliding five-category scale, from 50 dBA daytime and 45 dBA nighttime for…

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…

Clovis caps fence, wall, and hedge height by location: 3 feet in front and street-side yards for solid materials (7 feet if the material lets through half the light), 7 feet at the…

Clovis allows retaining walls up to 6 feet tall within a required setback, but decorative landscape retaining walls are capped at 3 feet, and any wall visible from a public street must…

CA Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) presumes equal shared cost between adjoining owners for boundary fences. CA Civil §841.4 prohibits spite fences over 10 ft intended to…

Clovis bans barbed wire fencing citywide except in specific zoning districts. Industrial and commercial-zoned properties may add barbed wire atop a security fence with Planning…

Clovis exempts most residential fences and walls from land use permits: Municipal Code Section 9.04.030(B)(2) allows up to three feet in a required front yard and up to six feet…

Clovis allows one accessory dwelling unit and one junior ADU per single-family lot under Municipal Code Section 9.40.020. Detached units may reach 1,200 square feet, attached units up…

Clovis exempts a qualifying accessory dwelling unit from paying its own garbage, greenwaste, and recycling fees when the ADU and the main house function as one household. Owners must…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 9.40.020(G)(2) lets homeowners rent an ADU or JADU separately from the main house, but bars selling or otherwise conveying the accessory unit apart from…

Clovis does not require the owner to live on site for a standalone accessory dwelling unit, but Municipal Code Section 9.40.020(G)(3) does require owner-occupancy whenever a…

Clovis defines a tiny home as a structure on wheels intended for separate, independent living quarters, and Table 2-2 of the Development Code permits the use only in the MHP Mobile…

Clovis defines storage sheds as accessory structures under Municipal Code Section 9.40.030, requiring at least 64 square feet of floor area and, if placed in the required rear setback…

Clovis lets homeowners convert an existing garage into an accessory dwelling unit under Municipal Code Section 9.40.020(D), since ADUs may be built inside any existing accessory…

Clovis caps home-business client visits at eight patrons per calendar day and restricts visitation hours to 7 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays, with no business…

A Clovis home business gets exactly one sign: a wall-mounted plaque no larger than 2 square feet, flush-mounted to the house, under Municipal Code Section 9.34.120(A)(1)(a). The sign…

Clovis requires a home occupation permit before any business operates out of a residence. Chapter 9.58 confines the enterprise to a residential zoning district, limits it to 25% of the…

Clovis treats small family day care homes (eight or fewer children/adults) as a by-right residential use citywide and large family day care homes (nine to fourteen) as a permitted use…

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…

Clovis treats short-term rentals as a home occupation requiring city approval before operation. Section 9.58.065(G) bars advertising a dwelling as a short-term rental unless a home…

Clovis short-term rental owners or a designated local contact must be reachable by phone 24/7 while the unit is rented and must physically reach the property within 45 minutes of a…

Clovis bars amplified or reproduced sound audible outside a short-term rental unit between 10 p.m. and 9 a.m., and separately makes any loud or unusual noise disturbing the…

Every short-term rental in Clovis owes the city's 12% transient occupancy tax on top of maintaining a valid business registration, under Municipal Code Section 9.58.065(T) and Section…

Clovis STR occupancy typically capped at 2 persons per bedroom plus 2, with a hard max set by permit. Events/parties exceeding cap prohibited.

STR permits typically require one off-street parking space per bedroom. On-street overflow discouraged; RV/trailer parking by guests prohibited per CMC.

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…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 5.27.101(z) makes it a public nuisance to park or store a vehicle, RV, motor home, camper, boat, or trailer outside a garage or carport on an unpaved…

Clovis marks curb loading zones in yellow paint and passenger zones in white under Municipal Code § 4.5.1200, and the City Engineer can reserve at most half a block's curb for them. A…

Clovis lets the City Traffic Engineer set up limited or permit parking in a residential neighborhood under Municipal Code Section 4.5.1190 whenever event-driven parking is found to…

Clovis caps commercial trucks over one ton (up to 15,000 pounds GVWR), buses and commercial trailers at four hours of street parking in any 24-hour period under Municipal Code Section…

Clovis prohibits anyone from painting any street or curb surface without City authorization under Municipal Code Section 4.5.480. The only carve-out is for house-number curb painting…

Clovis implements California's mandatory EV-charger permitting law through Municipal Code Chapter 8.18, requiring the Building Official to run an expedited, nondiscretionary review…

No citywide overnight parking ban in Clovis. Vehicles may park on residential streets overnight subject to the 72-hour max-move rule and posted street sweeping hours. Some signed…

Clovis prohibits parking a motor home, camper, boat, or boat trailer on a single-family lot except in specific locations. Side and rear yard storage requires a five- to six-foot…

On-street parking generally allowed citywide unless signed. 72-hour rule applies under CA Vehicle Code §22651(k): vehicles not moved for 72 hours may be cited or towed. Street sweeping…

Clovis aggressively enforces abandoned vehicle removal on both public streets and private property. Under California Vehicle Code 22669, vehicles left on streets for 72+ hours or…

Fresno County's own towing rules sit in Chapter 11.46, adopted by Ord. No. 24-009 on June 4, 2024. The Sheriff-Coroner may seize a vehicle for up to 30 days when a driver is arrested…

Coastal development rules do not apply to Clovis. Clovis is an inland Central Valley city in Fresno County, roughly 170 miles from the Pacific coast, and falls entirely outside…

Clovis bans illicit discharges into its storm drain system under the Urban Storm Water Quality Management and Discharge Control Ordinance, joining Fresno, Fresno County, Caltrans, and…

In a Clovis special flood hazard area, Municipal Code Section 8.12.05(a)(3) ties the required lowest-floor elevation to whichever standard applies under the California Residential Code…

Clovis Municipal Code Chapter 8.12 requires a development permit before any construction, grading, or manufactured home placement within a FEMA-mapped special flood hazard area. The…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 9.110.040 requires every subdivision grading plan to use best-available management practices to hold down erosion, sedimentation, and dust, and to be…

Fresno County requires owners of specific parcels along the San Joaquin River bluffs between Highways 99 and 41 to maintain a 30-foot firebreak around every inhabited dwelling from…

Not applicable. Clovis is in the San Joaquin Valley (Central Valley) and does not receive measurable snowfall. No snow removal ordinance exists.

Clovis makes it unlawful for any owner or person in control of a lot to let weeds, rubbish, or overgrown vegetation become a fire, health, or vermin hazard. Weeds within 36 inches of a…

Clovis requires owners of vacant residential, commercial, and industrial buildings to actively monitor and secure the property or it is deemed blighted and a nuisance. Broken windows…

No rent control in Clovis. CA AB 1482 caps annual rent increases at 5% + CPI (max 10%) for covered units. Costa-Hawkins exempts newer/SFR properties.

Clovis does not require a general rental property registration program. Landlords must obtain a business license; STRs have separate permit requirements.

Clovis mobile home park owners must give each home owner written notice of a rent increase, stating both the current rent and the proposed new rent, at least ninety days before the…

Fresno County Code Section 15.32.030 defines the specific conditions that make a rental unit legally substandard: inadequate sanitation, structural hazards, hazardous wiring or…

CA AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act) applies in unincorporated Fresno County: just-cause required after 12 months tenancy for covered properties.

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…

As of July 1, 2024, California landlords may collect no more than one month's rent as a security deposit, regardless of whether the unit is furnished. The deposit, minus any lawful…

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…

Dumping waste matter on a vacant lot, street, alley, gutter, highway, park, or other public place is unlawful in Clovis. Violators face a misdemeanor charge plus an administrative…

Clovis provides every residential customer with once-a-week greenwaste pickup on the same day as regular trash, charging $3.66 a month and supplying one City-labeled container at no…

Clovis requires every residential and commercial generator to sort food scraps and other organic waste into the City's green container under Chapter 6.3.2, adopted to implement state…

Once recyclables are set out at a Clovis collection point, whether curbside, a multifamily centralized bin, a commercial recycling bin, or a greenwaste container, only the City's…

Clovis property owners on alleys must use the alley for garbage, rubbish, and greenwaste pickup and put containers out before 6:00 a.m. on collection day. Everyone else places…

Every occupied property in Clovis must subscribe to and pay for the City's basic refuse service; opting out isn't allowed except for a narrow grandfather rule covering private haulers…

Mobile home parks, multifamily properties, and commercial or industrial users on bin or compactor service in Clovis must keep containers inside enclosures built to City standard…

Clovis bills every curbside customer $2.49 a month for recycling and hands out two City-labeled containers at no initial charge, with used motor oil set out separately in a…

Clovis handles bulky waste and excess rubbish through a request-based special haul, not free curbside bulk pickup. Residents call to schedule removal, and the City bills by the hour…

Clovis collects your gray trash, blue recycling, and green waste toters weekly on the same address-based day. Find it on the city's interactive service-day map; service slides one day…

Clovis allows one on-site freeway freestanding sign and one on-building freeway identification sign for qualifying commercial sites of five acres or more in the C-2 District, or…

Clovis caps window signage at 25 percent of any window's area for combined permanent and temporary signs under Municipal Code Sections 9.34.060(S) and 9.34.100(E). A temporary sale or…

Clovis exempts holiday decorations and displays, Christmas lights, Fourth of July bunting, or Thanksgiving displays, from the sign permit process entirely under Municipal Code Section…

Clovis bans digital billboards outright. Municipal Code Section 9.34.070 lists changeable copy signs and animated signs, defined to include blinking, flashing, flickering, moving text…

Clovis allows political signs up to 32 square feet per candidate or issue per site, exempt from a sign permit under Municipal Code Section 9.34.060(M). Signs cannot go up before the…

Clovis requires an encroachment permit from the City Engineer before anyone digs, builds, plants, or stores material within a public right-of-way. Applications take up to 30 working…

Clovis bars storing or placing personal property on a street, sidewalk, or public right-of-way in ways that impede ADA passage, or within 10 feet of a driveway, 5 feet of a building…

Under Clovis Municipal Code Chapter 7.9, the owner of any lot adjacent to a public sidewalk, not the City, must keep that sidewalk area safe and pay for its repair. The Public…

Clovis's Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance caps turf grass at 25% of the landscape area on residential lots and bars it outright on qualifying nonresidential projects. The rule…

Clovis regulates recycled water delivery under its Recycled Water Use Ordinance: users must sign a City user agreement before any recycled water reaches a property, pay metered rates…

Clovis has no blanket permit requirement for door-to-door canvassing, but Municipal Code Chapter 5.25 bans aggressive tactics and makes it unlawful to solicit at any home displaying a…

Posting a clearly visible no-soliciting sign is legally enforceable in Clovis: Municipal Code Section 5.25.03 makes it unlawful to hawk goods, solicit orders, or conduct charitable…

Clovis charges a 12% Transient Occupancy Tax on hotel, motel, and short-term rental stays of 30 consecutive days or less, effective since January 1, 2023. Operators must register with…

Clovis bans cannabis dispensaries and nearly all commercial cannabis operations citywide under Municipal Code Section 5.22.05. No zoning district authorizes a storefront dispensary…

CA Prop 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 plants per residence for personal use. Fresno County requires indoor-only cultivation; all outdoor personal cultivation banned per County…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 5.22.06 confines all marijuana smoking, vaping, and consumption to inside a private residence's habitable areas. Garages and accessory buildings do not…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 5.25.02 bans door-to-door solicitation carried out in an aggressive or abusive manner, defining six specific behaviors that cross the line, from repeating…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 10.3.01(15) bans using any tobacco or tobacco related product, including e-cigarettes and vapes, anywhere inside a City park. The City must post signs…

Clovis makes it unlawful to stand or sit idly on a street or sidewalk in a way that blocks foot traffic, or to block the entrance to a church, theater, hall, or other public gathering…

Clovis bars pedestrians from crossing mid-block anywhere except at a crosswalk inside the Central Traffic District, downtown's core bounded by Seventh, Second, Pollasky and Hughes, and…

Clovis bans possessing an opened container of alcohol or drinking any alcoholic beverage in a park, playground, street, sidewalk, alley, or other publicly owned place open to the…

Clovis Municipal Code § 5.27.506 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place, or on private property, at a location not provided for that purpose. The ban applies…

A gathering of 10 or more people on public or private property that substantially disturbs a neighborhood's quiet enjoyment through unlawful conduct, such as excessive noise, public…

Clovis bars roller skates, skateboards, and coasters from every roadway citywide and from sidewalks within the business district under Municipal Code § 4.5.1350. Private property…

Clovis restaurants must clear a site plan review before adding outdoor dining or seating, per Municipal Code Section 9.40.130. The seating counts toward the restaurant's required…

Clovis lets residents close a street for a neighborhood block party under Municipal Code § 4.5.1901, which puts most street-closure approvals in the hands of the Chief of Police rather…

Anyone who wants to sponsor, conduct, manage, or take part in a parade in Clovis needs a written permit from the Chief of Police first. Municipal Code Section 5.14.02 requires the…

Old Town Clovis street fairs like the Farmers' Market and Big Hat Days run under a City Council-declared Old Town Special Event permit, Municipal Code Chapter 5.20. Vendors need a…

Clovis requires a permit before anyone reserves a City park or public facility for exclusive use, sets up in a designated Special Use Area, or hosts an event reasonably expected to…

Any Clovis subdivision within 300 feet of agriculturally zoned land cannot get final map approval until the owner records a right-to-farm covenant with the Fresno County Recorder, per…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 9.40.170(A) declares it City policy to shield commercial agricultural operations from nuisance claims once they have run for more than three years without…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 10.3.02(9) bars anyone from remaining, staying, or loitering in a public park between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., unless they are in a portion of the park…

Clovis bans anyone under 18 from being in any public place or on the premises of a business open to the public between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. every night. Municipal Code Chapter 5.7…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 9.28.090(C)(5) requires owners of nonresidential, multifamily, and planned-development properties to eradicate invasive species from approved landscaping…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 9.30.040 defines which trees on private property are 'protected' and therefore require a removal permit: heritage trees, trees tied to a development…

Clovis designates individual trees as protected 'heritage trees' under Municipal Code Section 9.30.120 through Protected Tree Advisory Committee review and a public hearing. Any person…

Clovis requires a permit from the Public Utilities Director before anyone plants or removes a tree or shrub in a public parking strip or other public place. Species and placement must…

Clovis caps how much of a residential lot a structure's footprint may cover. Table 2-3 of the Development Code sets a 30% to 40% maximum depending on zoning district, with a…

Clovis caps residential structure height at 35 feet or 2.5 stories, whichever is less, in its single-family zoning districts. Roof-mounted equipment like chimneys and elevator housings…

Clovis sets minimum front, side, street-side, and rear yard setbacks separately for each residential zoning district in Table 2-3. The City's standard R-1 single-family district…

Clovis requires all exterior lighting to be directed downward, shielded, and confined within the boundaries of the lit parcel. Fixtures cannot blink, flash, or exceed 150 watts, and…

Clovis limits how much light a fixture can spill onto a neighbor's land: indirect illumination of an adjacent property cannot exceed 0.5 foot-candles, and light sources cannot be…

Clovis caps the brightness of any illuminated sign, including a billboard or off-site advertising structure, at 10 candlepower measured 10 feet from the sign's base under Municipal…

Clovis Municipal Code Chapter 8.14 gives small residential rooftop solar systems a next-day-to-3-day, nondiscretionary permit review instead of standard discretionary review. The…

CA Civil Code §714 (Solar Rights Act) prohibits HOAs and cities from unreasonably restricting solar installations. 'Reasonable' restrictions cannot cost >$1,000 or decrease system…

Residential rooftop solar permitted via expedited online process per AB 2188. Fresno County uses SolarAPP+ or equivalent online permitting. Typical turnaround: 1-3 business days.

Selling food or merchandise from a pushcart, stand, bicycle, or one's person on a Clovis sidewalk requires a vendor permit from the Police Department under Municipal Code Chapter 5.33…

A food truck operating on private property in Clovis needs a food truck permit under Municipal Code Chapter 5.34, either a temporary use permit for events under 30 days or an…

Mobile vending on private commercial property is generally allowed with owner consent. Sidewalk vending protected under SB 946/SB 972 but subject to reasonable time/place/manner rules…

Secondhand dealers in Clovis must keep a written register in English of every item bought, recording the purchase date and the seller's name, age, and address, under Municipal Code…

Every tobacco retailer in Clovis, including vape and e-cigarette sellers, must hold a City-issued tobacco retailer license under Municipal Code § 5.35.03 for each fixed location…

Clovis dispatches police-ordered, non-consent tows strictly on a rotation basis from a list the Chief of Police maintains under the Tow Car Law, Municipal Code Chapter 5.16. A towing…

Clovis confines adult businesses to specific mapped zones and imposes strict spacing rules: at least 500 feet from any other adult business, 1,000 feet from a school, library, park, or…

Anyone operating a massage establishment or out-call massage business in Clovis needs a permit from the Chief of Police under Municipal Code Section 5.10.03, and every therapist must…

Clovis outright prohibits vehicle repair as a home occupation. Section 9.58.050(R) bars body or mechanical repair, upholstery, detailing, and painting from residential dwellings, with…

Clovis requires a conditional use permit for tattoo parlors and body art studios, but confines the use to the C-2 Community Commercial District under Table 2-4 of the Development Code…

Clovis confines pawn shops to the C-M Commercial and Light Manufacturing District, the only industrial zone where Table 2-6 lists the use as permitted by right. Every secondhand…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 5.27.101 declares it a public nuisance to store building materials, junk, or landscape materials like dirt and gravel in a manner that harbors rodents…

Clovis requires anyone who handles, serves, prepares, or stores food or drink in a bakery, restaurant, hotel, tavern, or similar eating establishment, or who sanitizes utensils there…

Selling flavored tobacco, e-cigarette flavor enhancers, or flavored shisha, cigars, and loose-leaf tobacco in Clovis violates Municipal Code § 5.35.09(b). The local ban applies…

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…

Clovis Municipal Code § 5.6.03 bans gaming clubs, card rooms and gaming tables citywide, with a narrow exception for the single card room already operating when the 1995 ordinance took…

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…

Clovis enforces the 2025 California Electrical Code, incorporating the 2023 National Electrical Code, under Municipal Code Section 8.2.101. Permits go only to licensed electrical…

Clovis enforces the 2025 California Plumbing Code, incorporating the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code, under Municipal Code Section 8.6.101. A local amendment requires a pressure test and…

Clovis Fire Code Section 903.2.8 requires an automatic sprinkler system in every Group R building, covering single-family homes, townhomes, apartments and other residential…

Clovis regulates the green-building requirements for residential and nonresidential construction by adopting the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) by reference…

Clovis requires a building permit for nearly any construction activity through Municipal Code Section 8.1.01, which adopts the Uniform Administrative Code to regulate the erection…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 8.1.01.1(f) rewrites the Building Code's Section 305.5 to require the building official's approval before covering reinforcing steel, structural framing…

Fresno County Zoning Ordinance Section 834.4.100 sets locational rules for child day care centers and large family day care homes on top of state licensing law. Centers must access a…

Clovis bans sleeping or camping in public rights-of-way, parks, and unimproved private lots without owner permission under Municipal Code § 5.27.510. Camps that threaten public health…

Clovis bars standing or sitting idly on a street or sidewalk in a way that hinders passersby, and bars blocking the entrance or approach to any church, theater, hall, or public…

Clovis Municipal Code § 5.27.512(b) bars storing, maintaining, or placing personal property anywhere within a bike lane, bike path, or trail, the same right-of-way obstruction rule…

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…

Clovis sorts every gross-receipts business into one of eleven rate classifications listed in the Clovis Business Registration and Tax Certificate Classification Manual, each carrying…

Clovis Chapter 9.26 grants density bonuses, up to 20% extra units for senior housing and a sliding scale for income-restricted units, to housing developments of five or more units that…

Clovis requires a temporary use permit before filming commercials, movies, or videos at a specified location. The Director must find the shoot will not become so frequent that it…

Clovis regulates permanent backyard cooking features under Table 4-1 of Municipal Code Section 9.40.030: a stationary barbecue or outdoor fire pit/fireplace on a single-family lot…

Clovis caps exterior noise at the property line under Municipal Code §9.22.080: 70 dBA day and night on industrial land, but 55 dBA daytime and 50 dBA at night at a home. Data-center…

Clovis regulates data centers under its own Development Code, not Fresno County's. The closest use, "Data Processing and Preparations," is permitted by right in all five industrial…

Fresno County caps noise from air conditioning and refrigeration equipment at 55 dBA for units installed before July 1, 1980, and 50 dBA for units installed or in use after that date…

Fresno County bars residential waste and garbage collection with truck-mounted loading or compacting equipment before 6 a.m. or after 7 p.m., and phases in stricter noise ceilings for…

Fresno County's Code Enforcement Division investigates substandard housing and dangerous building complaints under Chapter 15.32 and can order repairs within 45 days. State law…

Fresno County protects designated historic resources through an opt-in HP Overlay District under Zoning Ordinance Section 818.2.090. A property owner listed on the county's historic…

Fresno County pays cash rewards to residents who report illegal dumping. Section 8.22.170 of the county code lets anyone whose tip leads to a fully collected citation, order or…

Fresno County lets a resident hold occasional garage sales on their own property without a business license, but only up to six sales in any one-year period under County Code Section…

California sets a statewide minimum wage floor under Labor Code 1182.12, $16.90 per hour for all employers as of January 2026. Local governments are not preempted and may set higher…

California's Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act under Labor Code 245-249 mandates paid sick leave for nearly all employees statewide. SB 616 (2023) raised the minimum to 40 hours…

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…

California HOAs may levy regular and special assessments, charge late fees and interest, record liens, and ultimately foreclose on delinquent owners under the Davis-Stirling Act. State…

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 overrides HOA governing documents on several owner protections. The Davis-Stirling Act and related Civil Code sections bar HOAs from prohibiting solar systems, U.S. flag…

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…

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 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…

California Public Resources Code 42270-42273, enacted by AB 1884 (2018), prohibits full-service restaurants from providing single-use plastic straws unless requested by the customer…

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…