Paynes Creek, CA

Federal and California law preempt Tehama County from regulating aircraft and airport noise, so the county's own noise ordinance exempts aircraft-engine work and U.S.-operated airports…

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, construction, repair, demolition, paving, or grading noise within 1,000 feet of homes is barred at night and on off-hours weekends under…

Excessive or offensive noise that is audible 500 feet away or draws three or more neighbor complaints is barred in unincorporated Tehama County from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. weekdays and…

In unincorporated Tehama County, letting a dog bark, howl or otherwise disturb a neighborhood is a public nuisance that animal regulation can investigate and order abated.

Tehama County limits vehicle-mounted sound-amplifying equipment ('sound trucks') to two daily windows, bars use on Sundays and holidays, caps volume at inaudible beyond 300 feet, and…

Unincorporated Tehama County confines noise from lawn mowers, leaf blowers and other residential yard equipment to 7 a.m.–sunset on weekdays and 8 a.m.–5 p.m. on weekends and holidays…

Tehama County bars operating a recreational off-road vehicle in the unincorporated county if its noise exceeds the general noise-ordinance limits or falls outside the chapter's daytime…

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, a prefabricated above-ground pool, spa, or hot tub skips the building permit only if its walls sit entirely above grade and it holds 5,000…

Once a permit is issued for a new or remodeled pool or spa at a Tehama County, California home, state law adopted into the county code requires at least two listed drowning-prevention…

Retaining walls up to four feet tall are exempt from a building permit in unincorporated Tehama County, unless they hold back a surcharge or flammable liquids.

Fences up to six feet tall don't need a building permit anywhere in unincorporated Tehama County; taller fences require one from the building official.

In Tehama County's residential zoning districts, side and rear yard fences top out at six feet and front-yard fences or hedges at three feet.

Tehama County, California requires every dog over four months in a licensed kennel to carry permanent ID, a tattoo or microchip, recorded on its rabies certificate; boarding kennels…

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, no apiary may sit within 300 feet of a neighboring dwelling or within 100 feet of a public road right-of-way without the county…

Unincorporated Tehama County has no breed-specific dog ordinance: dogs are declared potentially dangerous or vicious individually, through a Superior Court process, based on documented…

Tehama County allows non-commercial poultry and rabbit keeping on rural residential parcels combined with the county's Animal Raising district, but chicken houses must sit back 50 feet…

Unincorporated Tehama County has no blanket spay/neuter mandate, but owners of unaltered dogs or cats that get impounded owe an escalating civil penalty on top of standard impound fees.

In unincorporated Tehama County, keeping a state-listed exotic animal is illegal unless the owner can prove valid federal and state fish-and-wildlife permits: the county layers its own…

In unincorporated Tehama County, California a dog may not run at large off its owner's property; on a leash and under physical control is the exception that keeps an owner compliant.

Unincorporated Tehama County, California caps private dog ownership at five dogs over four months old per lot; keeping more requires a licensed kennel under the county's kennel chapter.

Tehama County bars runoff, overspray, and low-head drainage from any landscape irrigation system and sets water-budget design standards for new or rehabilitated landscaping over set…

Tehama County's Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance directs designers to pick plants suited to the site's climate and encourages protecting native species and planting trees in…

Unincorporated Tehama County, California runs its weed and fire-hazard rules under the Fire Hazard Abatement Ordinance, which declares weeds, grass, or rank growth a public nuisance…

Tehama County folds accessory dwelling units into its single-family development impact fee, $2,750 per unit, under § 9.15.030, though California law exempts small ADUs and reduces the…

Tehama County's zoning code requires the lot's existing home to be owner-occupied before an ADU can be added, but California law now permanently bars local agencies from imposing that…

Converting an existing garage into an accessory dwelling unit in the unincorporated area of Tehama County needs no side or rear setback, and a garage-top ADU only needs a 5-foot…

Tehama County Code § 17.08.050 lets one attached or detached ADU go on an R-1, RE, AG-1 through AG-4, or NR lot with an existing single-family home, capped at 1,200 square feet…

A detached storage shed in unincorporated Tehama County needs no building permit if it's 120 square feet or smaller, at least 6 feet from the house, and clear of setbacks and utility…

Discharging fireworks, firearms, BB guns, or slingshots is banned on the grounds of any Tehama County public cemetery in the unincorporated county; no broader county-wide fireworks ban…

Tehama County requires unincorporated-area property owners to keep weeds, grass, and brush from becoming a fire hazard and to maintain firebreaks, with a specific 30-foot firebreak…

Tehama County bans residential debris burning across the unincorporated area every June 1 through fire season's end (July 1 in the Mineral/Childs Meadows area), requiring an LE-62A…

Tehama County's Fire Safe Regulations impose minimum wildfire protection standards, access roads, water supply, signage, and vegetation clearance, on new construction and subdivisions…

In unincorporated Tehama County, a home occupation cannot sell merchandise on-site except goods it produced itself: the zoning code's definition rules out walk-in retail customer…

A home occupation in unincorporated Tehama County may display at most a one-square-foot sign: the only outward 'evidence of its existence' the zoning code allows beyond the property.

Tehama County allows home occupations by right in residential and agricultural zones, no discretionary use permit needed, as long as the business stays within 25% of the dwelling and…

Tehama County authorizes red curb painting only for board-approved bus loading zones: the Transit Agency designates the stop, the board approves it under Vehicle Code § 22500(i), and…

In unincorporated Tehama County, an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle left in view on public or private property is a declared public nuisance the county can abate…

Tehama County requires one loading space at least 10 feet wide, 20 feet long, and 14 feet high per 4,000 square feet of lot area for large commercial buildings in unincorporated areas.

Tehama County has no blanket blocking-driveway or wrong-way parking ordinance; instead the board of supervisors bans on-street parking one designated road segment at a time under…

In unincorporated Tehama County, a stored recreational vehicle or travel trailer must sit at least 5 feet from the side and rear property lines and 20 feet from the front, fully…

Three or more verified violations of any local, state, or federal law tied to a short-term rental in unincorporated Tehama County, California within twelve months are grounds for the…

Short-term rental hosts in unincorporated Tehama County owe the same 8% transient occupancy tax hotels pay under Chapter 4.12, plus a separate permit processing fee set by the Board of…

Anyone offering a residential dwelling in unincorporated Tehama County for stays under 30 days must first obtain a short-term rental permit from the county tax collector.

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, a hosting platform that collects payment for a short-term rental must collect and remit the transient occupancy tax as the operator's…

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, a vacant urban parcel of two acres or less must be firebroken across its entire area: there's no partial-clearance option for undeveloped…

Tehama County's Dangerous Building Code lets the building official order unsafe or structurally inadequate buildings in the unincorporated area repaired, vacated, or demolished, with…

Unincorporated Tehama County, California has opted out of commercial cannabis retail entirely: marijuana dispensaries are prohibited in every zoning district, with no permit or…

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, growing marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school, park, church, or child care center is a declared public nuisance unless the grower gets a…

Tehama County requires a permit before building, altering, or demolishing most structures in the unincorporated area; unpermitted work triggers a recorded notice of noncompliance…

Plumbing work in unincorporated Tehama County, California is governed by the 2022 California Plumbing Code, which the county has adopted as its own plumbing code at Chapter 15.16 and…

Tehama County requires automatic fire sprinklers in manufactured and mobile homes built since 2012 when an installation permit issues: conventional site-built homes follow the…

New construction in unincorporated Tehama County, California must comply with the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), which the county has adopted by reference as…

Tehama County requires five staged inspections, foundation, slab or under-floor, framing, lath/wallboard, and final, before a building permit closes, and each stage must be approved…

Tehama County requires a permit for electrical work in the unincorporated area and enforces the 2022 California Electrical Code with the 2022 NEC, not Red Bluff, Corning, or Tehama…

Tehama County parks are open to the public from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, unless the Board of Supervisors sets different hours for a specific park by resolution.

In Tehama County's PF Primary Floodplain district, boat ramps and docks need a discretionary use permit from the planning commission; the NR district allows noncommercial boat…

Before any construction or development begins in a special flood hazard area of unincorporated Tehama County, California, County Code § 15.52.310 requires a development permit from the…

In the unincorporated area of Tehama County, California, new and substantially improved homes in mapped flood zones must have their lowest floor built at or above the base flood…

New buildings on unincorporated Tehama County parcels of one acre or more must sit at least 30 feet back from property lines and road centers under the county's Fire Safe Regulations…

Any grading in unincorporated Tehama County above set thresholds, cubic yardage, disturbed area, or proximity to a watercourse, requires a county grading permit before work begins.

In Tehama County's RE Residential Estate district, buildings can cover no more than 40% of the lot: a limit set in County Code § 17.14.070(B) for the unincorporated area only.

Tehama County caps residential structures in the RE Residential Estate district at two and one-half stories and 35 feet, under County Code § 17.14.070(A), for the unincorporated county…

Tehama County's R-1 district requires a 50-foot front setback (or 20 feet from the property line, whichever is greater), a 20-foot rear yard, and side yards totaling 20% of lot width.

Tehama County reserves land in its four agricultural districts, AG-1 Upland, AG-2 Valley, AG-3 El Camino, AG-4 Capay, for grazing, crops, and farm-compatible uses, limiting…

Small solar energy systems are a permitted use in nearly every unincorporated Tehama County zoning district, while larger solar power facilities and dual-purpose systems need a…

For building permits issued in unincorporated Tehama County, California, small residential rooftop solar systems get a nondiscretionary, checklist-based expedited review with only one…

In unincorporated Tehama County, mobile food vending on private property is confined to C-1 through C-4, M-1, M-2, and PO zones, and requires a discretionary use permit before a truck…

Tehama County requires a use permit before any mobile food vending unit can operate on private property in the unincorporated area, and bars vending on vacant or purely residential…

Tehama County requires responsible stewards to fund a stewardship plan placing sharps and unwanted-drug collection sites within 10 miles of every unincorporated-area resident, with…

In areas of unincorporated Tehama County, California where mandatory collection service applies, single-family households must subscribe and sort yard waste into the green container…

Unincorporated Tehama County doesn't run curbside pickup itself: it requires any commercial hauler collecting solid waste to hold a county franchise or permit, while residents may…

Dumping garbage, waste or refuse anywhere in unincorporated Tehama County besides an approved disposal site, including rights-of-way and watercourses, is a punishable misdemeanor under…

Reserving a Tehama County park or facility for an event is granted solely at the county's discretion, and a booking does not guarantee future reservations for the same group or event.

Tehama County requires a special event permit before holding a parade, procession, or public assembly of 500 or more people in the unincorporated county; Red Bluff, Corning, and the…

In Tehama County's commercial and industrial zones, animated, flashing, moving or rotating signs are barred except for approved off-site digital signs, barber poles…

Tehama County requires exterior lighting on qualifying commercial and industrial projects in the unincorporated area to be shielded so light and glare don't reach adjacent properties…

Tehama County must grant extra density and incentives, under its own § 17.80.020, to unincorporated-county housing projects that set aside 10% of units for lower-income households, 5%…

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, loud bass or music with tonal, informational, or musical/lyrical content is a specific factor code enforcement uses to prove a noise…

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, generator noise falls under the general quiet-hours standard, no exemption exists for routine or recreational generators, but generators…

Tehama County bans camping within twenty-five feet of a county facility doorway and within one hundred feet of the county jail: a narrow, facility-specific rule, not a county-wide…

Tehama County bars sitting, lying, sleeping, or loitering on a walkway connected to a county facility only when it unreasonably obstructs pedestrians: a narrow county-property rule…

Tehama County has no dedicated data-center ordinance. In the unincorporated county a server facility is an industrial use, allowed in the M-1 Light Industrial and M-2 General…

Tehama County has no numeric decibel ordinance, but its General Plan Noise Element sets stationary-source standards. A new data center may not raise noise at nearby homes above 50 dBA…

Working in a county road right-of-way in unincorporated Tehama County, a new driveway, culvert, or minor obstruction, requires an encroachment permit from Public Works; the…

Tehama County has no mandate to remove existing lawns, but new and rehabilitated landscaping in the unincorporated county over set size thresholds must meet a turf water budget under…

New and rehabilitated landscape projects in unincorporated Tehama County must install dual-distribution recycled-water irrigation systems and actually use recycled water unless the…

If grading in unincorporated Tehama County uncovers archaeological or cultural remains, work must stop immediately in that area until a qualified archaeologist examines the find.

Hotels, motels and similar lodging in unincorporated Tehama County must collect an 8% transient occupancy tax from guests staying under 30 days and remit it to the county tax collector.