Glenn County, CA Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Glenn County, an owner or person in control of private property must keep the premises free of litter at all times, and accumulated grass, weeds, rubbish, refuse, or…

It is unlawful to throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property in unincorporated Glenn County, whether or not you own it. Vacant lots are also subject to the Weed…

Glenn County does not have a dedicated 'dark sky' lighting ordinance, but Section 15.560.080 of the Unified Development Code (Performance Standards) requires all exterior lighting…

Glenn County's Unified Development Code addresses light trespass through Section 15.560.080, which prohibits directing any unobstructed beam of light beyond an exterior lot line and…

In unincorporated Glenn County, temporary political signs are exempt signs under Section 15.620.030(I) of the Unified Development Code. They may not exceed 4 square feet total per…

Glenn County's Unified Development Code does not have a sign category specifically for garage or yard sale signs. Such temporary signs fall under the general Sign Standards of Chapter…

A temporary window sign made of paper, cloth or similar expendable material is exempt from Glenn County's sign permit rules, but the total area of those signs cannot cover more than…

Unincorporated Glenn County bans any sign with moving, rotating, flashing or animated light or components in every zone under Code Section 15.62.040, which rules out digital and…

An off-premises advertising structure, the kind of freeway-facing billboard that promotes a business not located on the sign's own parcel, needs a conditional use permit in…

Glenn County's Weed Control chapter (Title 7, Chapter 7.28, shown online as Chapter 280) declares uncontrolled grass, weeds, brush, and noxious vegetation on lots in the unincorporated…

In unincorporated Glenn County, letting required landscaping die from lack of water is a public nuisance under Glenn County Code Section 1.15.022(A)(6), which requires residential…

New landscaping in unincorporated Glenn County over 500 square feet, or landscape rehab over 2,500 square feet, must work compost into the soil under the county's Model Water Efficient…

In unincorporated Glenn County, trees on private property must be trimmed to keep seven feet of clearance over sidewalks and fourteen feet over streets. Glenn County Code Section…

Unincorporated Glenn County requires anyone whose property generates garbage or rubbish to keep it in a covered, leak-proof container approved by the hauler serving the premises…

Unincorporated Glenn County requires garbage, rubbish, and refuse from dwellings to be removed at least once a week. In the franchise area, weekly collection is provided by Waste…

Glenn County does not advertise a routine curbside bulky-item pickup. Large and bulky metal objects such as auto and truck bodies, abandoned vehicles, and farm machinery must go to…

Commercial businesses and multi-family buildings with five or more units in unincorporated Glenn County must arrange recycling once they generate more than four cubic yards of solid…

In unincorporated Glenn County, single-family households are only encouraged, not required, to separate food scraps and yard waste from the trash can under the county's 2022 SB 1383…

New construction, additions, and alterations that need a Glenn County building permit must meet the CALGreen recycling-space and debris-diversion standards folded into the county's own…

In unincorporated Glenn County, solid waste, green waste and recycling containers cannot sit in a front or side yard visible from the street for more than 48 hours. Glenn County Code…

Dumping or depositing refuse or rubbish anywhere in unincorporated Glenn County, California, other than an approved disposal area is banned outright under Glenn County Code Section…

Every dwelling and business in unincorporated Glenn County, California, must have its garbage, rubbish, and refuse removed at least once a week under Glenn County Code Section…

Glenn County's Unified Development Code allows accessory buildings such as gardening sheds as uses incidental to a dwelling. In the RE Rural Residential Estate zone, an accessory…

In unincorporated Glenn County, ADUs are permitted as 'second dwellings' under Chapter 15.175 and built to the standards of Chapter 15.590 of the Unified Development Code. The county…

Glenn County treats a converted garage that becomes living quarters as a second dwelling under Chapter 15.175 or as an addition to the main dwelling. Either way it must meet the…

Glenn County's Unified Development Code has no separate 'tiny home' category. A tiny house on a permanent foundation is treated as a dwelling or 'second dwelling' under Chapter 15.590…

In unincorporated Glenn County, a second dwelling (ADU) permitted in the Agricultural Preserve zone under Glenn County Code Chapter 15.175 cannot be rented to the open market. Zoning…

Under Section 10.32.060 of the Glenn County Code, it is unlawful for most people to enter or be present on public park property between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., except in response to a…

Unincorporated Glenn County bars anyone under 18 from loitering or remaining in any public place between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. under its Youth Protection Curfew ordinance, with listed…

In unincorporated Glenn County, fences, walls and hedges can rise to six feet, but a fence in a required front yard, or on the street-side yard of a corner lot, is capped at three feet…

In the R-1 single-family zone in unincorporated Glenn County, front and corner-lot side yard fences, walls and hedges are capped at three feet, but Glenn County Code Section 15.37.100…

Repairing other people's vehicles at a home in the RE-NW zone of unincorporated Glenn County is allowed outright, but if the work turns into a nuisance or a visual blight for the…

Pawnbrokers can operate as a permitted use in the C Commercial Zone of unincorporated Glenn County, but only if the business is completely enclosed within a building with no…

Unincorporated Glenn County allows adult entertainment businesses only where the underlying zoning already permits them, and only after the operator secures a use permit under Glenn…

In unincorporated Glenn County, no one may keep, sell, trade or hire out a wild, exotic, dangerous or non-domestic animal without special authorization from the county animal control…

Dog grooming shops in unincorporated Glenn County are zoned as a personal service use in the Community Commercial District, allowed only inside a fully enclosed building that is open…

Glenn County Code Section 8.04.100 sets a minimum four-business-day shelter hold for impounded cats, six days if the shelter has no evening or weekend hours that week, and reserves the…

Glenn County does not require owned pets to be spayed or neutered, but Code Section 8.04.093 fines the owner of any non-spayed or unneutered dog or cat that gets impounded: $35 the…

Glenn County Code Chapter 7.30, the Beekeeping and Apiaries Ordinance, requires every apiary in the county to register annually with the Agricultural Commissioner for $10 and keeps…

Glenn County Code Section 8.04.075 makes it unlawful in the unincorporated county for an owner or custodian to let a dog or other animal run at large, trespass, or be staked on a…

Anyone operating a commercial kennel or pet shop in unincorporated Glenn County must hold a biennial license from the animal control officer under Glenn County Code Section 8.04.400…

Where a veterinary office can open in unincorporated Glenn County depends on the zone: Glenn County Code § 15.32.030 requires a conditional use permit for kennels, animal hospitals and…

Unincorporated Glenn County lets landowners in its Foothill Agricultural/Forestry (FA) zone raise livestock and keep backyard fowl as a permitted use, no discretionary permit required…

In the R-1 Single Family Residential zone of unincorporated Glenn County, buildings and structures cannot cover more than 40 percent of a lot, and that ceiling drops to 30 percent on…

In the R-1 Single-Family Residential Zone across unincorporated Glenn County, Glenn County Code § 15.37.070 sets a twenty-foot front yard, a five-foot interior side yard (ten feet on a…

In the R-1 Single-Family Residential Zone across unincorporated Glenn County, Glenn County Code § 15.37.080 caps any residential structure at thirty feet and any accessory structure…

In unincorporated Glenn County, drinking beer, wine or any alcoholic beverage is banned outright inside the county park in Hamilton City, and open containers are barred along a stretch…

Unincorporated Glenn County bans smoking within 20 feet of any building entryway and inside common areas of shopping malls, playgrounds, recreational areas and service areas…

In unincorporated Glenn County, any minor under 18 who is subject to compulsory education cannot loiter, wander, idle or play in public streets, parks, playgrounds or other public…

From 10 p.m. (11 p.m. Friday and Saturday) to 7 a.m., unincorporated Glenn County bars playing radios, stereos or other audio equipment loud enough to disturb neighbors, and sound…

Glenn County exempts lawn and plant care machinery, including leaf blowers, from its noise decibel limits only when the equipment carries working sound-suppression gear and runs…

Glenn County Code Section 8.04.150 makes it unlawful to keep a dog or other animal that habitually howls, yelps, or barks so as to disturb the neighborhood; the animal control officer…

Glenn County's noise ordinance exempts construction site sounds only between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Outside that window, Glenn County Code Section 15.56.100 subjects construction…

In unincorporated Glenn County, a car stereo or vehicle sound system audible from 10 feet away on a county roadway is automatic proof of a noise violation, at any hour, day or night…

Glenn County bars parking of any commercial vehicle rated over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight on a county road fronting residentially zoned property inside the Orland or Willows…

An abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle left on a highway or right-of-way for 72 or more consecutive hours is unlawful in unincorporated Glenn County. Glenn County…

Glenn County's Board of Supervisors controls on-street parking under Vehicle Code Section 22507 authority codified at Glenn County Code Section 11.08.005: any county roadway can be…

Glenn County's only codified loading zone sits on Broadway in the unincorporated community of Hamilton City. Glenn County Code Section 11.12.010 limits the forty-foot-wide strip to…

In unincorporated Glenn County, a two-way driveway serving a new building or major alteration must be at least eighteen feet wide, and any driveway, one-way or two-way, must measure at…

Installing an electric vehicle charging station in unincorporated Glenn County goes through a streamlined process: Glenn County Code § 15.265.030 requires the building official to run…

In unincorporated Glenn County, no solicitor, peddler, hawker, itinerant merchant or transit vendor may enter private residential property to sell goods or services unless the owner or…

Glenn County only grants vendor's permits for carts, stands and food trailers in commercial and industrial zoning districts. Residential and agricultural land in unincorporated Glenn…

In unincorporated Glenn County, anyone selling food, flowers, balloons or similar items from a cart, stand, trailer or kiosk needs a vendor's permit from the planning authority. Food…

A mobile food unit or itinerant restaurant operating in unincorporated Glenn County, California, must hold a valid permit from the county health officer before it can operate, occupy…

Anyone erecting, constructing, moving, enlarging, converting, altering, repairing or demolishing a building in unincorporated Glenn County must file a permit application with the…

Unincorporated Glenn County enforces the 2025 California Electrical Code (Title 24, Part 3) as its electrical code, adopted by Section 15.72.090, and electrical work still needs a…

Unincorporated Glenn County enforces the 2025 California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5) as its plumbing code, adopted by Section 15.72.050, and plumbing work still needs a Chapter…

In unincorporated Glenn County, the building department inspects every permitted job under Glenn County Code § 15.11.080: once plans are filed and a permit issued, the building…

Every new building and major remodel in unincorporated Glenn County has to meet the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), Title 24 Part 11, which the Board of…

In unincorporated Glenn County, commercial and industrial development projects must follow eight erosion control performance standards under County Code Section 15.56.060, including…

In unincorporated Glenn County, new and substantially improved structures built in a special flood hazard area must have their lowest floor elevation certified by a licensed engineer…

In unincorporated Glenn County, no one may build, fill, or alter land within a mapped area of special flood hazard without a development permit from the county's flood plain…

New subdivisions in unincorporated Glenn County must be engineered to withstand a one-hundred-year flood without damaging structures or neighboring property, and stormwater cannot be…

In unincorporated Glenn County, any property condition that breeds or harbors insects or rodents is a public nuisance. Glenn County Code Section 1.15.022(F) targets standing water…

Unincorporated Glenn County sorts solar permits by how the system is used: small on-site direct-use panels may only need a Site Plan review, while systems built mainly to sell power…

In unincorporated Glenn County, you cannot place, dig, or display anything, an encroachment, excavation, sign, or new planting, in a county road right-of-way without a permit from the…

Glenn County grants a density bonus to housing developers who set aside units for lower-income, very low-income, or senior households, under Glenn County Code Section 15.60.020. A…

Unincorporated Glenn County does not write its own pool-barrier ordinance; instead Code Section 15.72.100 adopts the California Building Code as the county's swimming pool code, which…

Unincorporated Glenn County shields commercial agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits and complaints under its right-to-farm ordinance, Glenn County Code Section 15.58.020, so…

New construction in unincorporated Glenn County's wildfire-prone areas has to meet the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, adopted into county law by Code Section 15.72.137. The…

Burning garbage outdoors is banned at all times in unincorporated Glenn County, California, under Glenn County Code Section 7.08.100. Burning other combustible waste, such as yard…

Every hotel, motel, or similar lodging operator in unincorporated Glenn County, California, must collect a 5 percent transient occupancy tax from any guest renting space for 30…

A home business permitted under Glenn County's home occupation rules gets exactly one sign. Glenn County Code Section 15.78.020 caps that sign at two square feet of total aggregate…

Glenn County caps how much a home business can bring to a residential or agricultural property. Under Glenn County Code Section 15.78.020, a home occupation cannot generate more…

Running a business from home in unincorporated Glenn County starts with a Home Occupation Permit filed with the planning authority under Glenn County Code Section 15.78.020, allowed…

Any festival, exhibit, dance, concert, or similar outdoor event drawing 2,000 or more people in unincorporated Glenn County, California, needs an Outdoor Assembly license from the…

Glenn County bans commercial cannabis outright. Glenn County Code Section 15.797.020 prohibits, in every zoning district of the unincorporated county, the cultivation, delivery, sale…

Unlike many rural counties, Glenn County has an adopted numeric noise standard. Data-center cooling and generators may not exceed 57 dBA in the daytime or 50 dBA at night, measured…

Glenn County has no dedicated data-center ordinance. In unincorporated areas a data center is an industrial use, allowed in the M (Industrial) Zone under Title 15, subject to site plan…