Victorville, CA

California's Rainwater Capture Act (AB 1750) lets Victorville residents collect roof rainwater for outdoor use without a permit for simple barrels. Large cisterns and indoor use…

Victorville allows artificial turf at homes subject to drainage and zoning. Civil Code 4735 blocks HOA bans, and AB 1572 makes synthetic turf a compliant alternative for commercial…

Victorville Water District limits sprinkler irrigation to fixed clock windows year-round under Conservation Stage 1. From June 1 through September 30, watering is allowed only between…

Victorville's water-efficient landscaping chapter lets property owners use native, drought-tolerant plants beyond the city's approved water-wise list if they can show the plants are…

Victorville caps weeds, grass and brush at twelve inches above grade within one hundred feet of any structure on improved lots. City Code Section 8.12.040(d) makes every owner…

Victorville's nuisance ordinance carves out backyard composting from its list of property nuisances, letting residents compost garden trimmings and other vegetative material without a…

Trees inside a clear sight triangle at any intersection or driveway must be trimmed to eight feet above the adjoining curb, exempting them from the county's 30-inch obstruction limit…

Removing a native tree six inches or more in trunk diameter in the unincorporated county requires a Tree or Plant Removal Permit under County Code § 88.01.040 and § 88.01.050, reviewed…

Victorville requires owners to keep lots free of dry weeds, brush, tumbleweeds, and rubbish under VMC nuisance rules and CA H and S 14875. High Desert parcels near hills require…

Parts of Victorville fall within or near CAL FIRE Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, especially along foothill and desert-wildland interface areas. CBC Chapter 7A and PRC 4291 apply…

Victorville enforces California H and S 13113.7 requiring smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on every floor. 10-year sealed-battery or hardwired units are…

Victorville bans possessing, selling, using, or discharging any fireworks, including Class C 'safe and sane' fireworks, unless the Fire Chief has issued a permit and the person also…

Victorville caps bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage at 2,000 water gallons per installation in residential areas under its local Fire Code amendment. The Fire Code Official can…

San Bernardino County bans solid fuel burning outdoor fireplaces, chimineas, barbeques and fire pits at short-term rentals in the Mountain Region under County Code § 84.28.070(j)(1)…

California requires permits for most outdoor burning, with statewide CAL FIRE and Air Resources Board rules that uniformly apply alongside local air district restrictions.

Victorville generally permits overnight parking on residential streets with 72-hour move rule per CVC 22651(k). Some neighborhoods have posted permit-required zones. Commercial vehicle…

Victorville follows CA expedited EV permitting under AB 1236. Title 24 requires EV-ready infrastructure in new construction. Public EV spaces are CVC 22511 enforced with tow risk for…

Victorville uses CVC 22651(k) 72-hour rule and VMC Title 10 to abate abandoned vehicles. San Bernardino County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement (AVA) program removes inoperable vehicles…

Victorville's city council designates loading zones, passenger loading zones and bus loading zones by resolution, marked with curb paint or signs under Sections 12.28.120 and…

Victorville caps recreational vehicle, trailer and boat parking on public streets at 48 consecutive hours without a permit under Municipal Code Section 12.28.065.1. Owners may buy one…

Victorville bars parking any commercial truck, trailer or semi-trailer over 12,000 pounds GVWR on a designated truck route within 1,000 feet of a residential district, and bans…

Victorville's superintendent of streets can post signs or curb markings closing specific places to stopping, standing or parking: within 100 feet of an intersection, within 25 feet of…

Victorville bars anyone but the city from painting a street or curb surface. Section 12.16.090 makes it unlawful to paint any street or curb without city authorization, with a narrow…

Victorville bans parking or storing any vehicle on a single-family residential lot unless it sits in a designated driveway leading to a garage or side yard, or behind a permitted…

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…

Victorville enforces the California Swimming Pool Safety Act (H and S Code 115920-115929). Pools need at least two approved drowning-prevention features, typically a 60-inch enclosure…

Victorville requires a building permit for any in-ground pool, spa, or above-ground pool deeper than 18 inches. Plan check covers the Swimming Pool Safety Act, setbacks, electrical…

Victorville does not ban dog breeds. California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 preempts breed-specific legislation, but the city can apply breed-neutral dangerous dog rules…

Victorville caps backyard aviaries at ten birds: Municipal Code Section 13.02.100 declares any canary, parakeet, or other bird aviary holding more than ten birds a public nuisance…

Dogs and other animals may not run loose on any Victorville street, sidewalk or private property besides their owner's, under Section 7.04.150. An 'adequate leash' means rope, leather…

Victorville's household pet ordinance lists exactly which pets residents may keep and bans everything else. On lots of half-acre or smaller, and in every multifamily unit, any animal…

Victorville does not require cat owners to license their cats. Cats over four months with current rabies shots qualify for a voluntary license tied to their rabies vaccine cycle, and…

Victorville caps residential pet ownership at three weaned dogs, three weaned cats and no more than twelve pets total per household. Puppies and kittens under four months don't count…

Victorville allows poultry, geese, goats and other livestock only on lots larger than half-acre gross, and only after the planning department approves a pet permit. Chickens fall under…

Victorville doesn't require microchipping outright, but it treats a microchip as valid alternative ID that exempts a dog from wearing a tag or collar, and it waives the first year's…

Victorville limits pet grooming businesses to the C-1 Neighborhood Service, C-2/C4 General Commercial, and Health & Wellness Overlay zoning districts, where Development Code Table 7-1…

Backyard beekeeping is allowed in Victorville in most residential zones with hive setbacks and registration under California law. State bee registration through the county agricultural…

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.

The County does not ban retail pet sales; instead every pet shop, grooming parlor, aquarium, game bird farm, petting zoo, or wild-animal facility in the unincorporated area must hold…

Veterinary clinics and animal hospitals in unincorporated San Bernardino County may open only in Community Industrial (IC), SD-COM, or SD-IND districts, each requiring a Minor Use…

Feeding wildlife is illegal in unincorporated San Bernardino County. County Code 32.1301 prohibits leaving food outside for nondomesticated mammalian predators - coyotes, raccoons…

Victorville does not ban gas leaf blowers citywide. Use is limited to daytime hours under VMC Chapter 13.01, and California AB 1346 has prohibited new gas blower sales statewide since…

Victorville defines a 'barking dog' as one that persistently barks or howls and unreasonably deprives a person of peace and quiet under Municipal Code Section 7.04.020(6). Section…

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 §…

San Bernardino County Code § 24.0706(d) bans construction equipment noise between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. countywide in the unincorporated area, with no exception for weekends or…

San Bernardino County bans running a car stereo or other audio equipment, portable or vehicle-mounted, between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. if it's plainly audible inside another occupied home…

In unincorporated San Bernardino County, live music and amplified sound equipment must go silent by 10 p.m. if it's plainly audible inside a neighbor's home, and can't resume until 7…

Audio equipment, amplified sound, live music, and power tools are banned from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. if audible inside a neighbor's home, and construction equipment must stop at 7 p.m…

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…

Victorville exempts only short fences from a building permit: walls and fences up to three feet tall in rear or side yards, or eighteen inches in front yards, need no permit under the…

Victorville only exempts short retaining walls from a permit: up to thirty inches measured from footing to top in rear or side yards, or eighteen inches from grade in front yards…

Victorville's Development Code bans razor wire and barbed wire on any residential fence and prohibits chain link on new multi-family developments and in the front or street-side yard…

Victorville caps fences and walls at eight feet citywide under Sec. 16-3.24.080, measured from the lowest ground level abutting the wall, unless a stepped design is used or the…

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…

Victorville requires a Home Occupation Permit before running any business out of a residence. Development Code Section 16-3.07.030(d) sets up a two-track review: most home occupations…

Victorville bars home occupations from posting any sign beyond what a residential zone already allows. Development Code Section 16-3.07.030(d)(1) requires no exterior evidence of a…

Victorville allows home-based businesses only if they don't generate extra traffic. Development Code Section 16-3.07.030(d)(1) bars any home occupation from creating greater vehicle or…

Victorville follows California state law treating family daycare homes as residential uses. State statutes preempt most local zoning, but fire clearance and home occupation…

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…

Victorville's Development Code caps a new accessory dwelling unit at 850 square feet for a studio or one bedroom and 1,000 square feet for two or more bedrooms, per Table 8-1. Table…

Victorville bars short-term rentals of accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. Development Code Section 16-3.07.030(a)(3)(xii) sets a floor of thirty days on any…

Victorville's Development Code caps an unpermitted backyard shed at 7 feet in height with no setback if it stays behind the roofline, but any structure needing a building permit, or…

Victorville lets homeowners convert an attached garage into an accessory dwelling unit without meeting standard residential setbacks. Development Code Section 16-3.07.030(a)(4)(ii)…

Victorville requires that whenever a property adds a junior accessory dwelling unit, the property owner must live in either the main house or the JADU itself, per Development Code…

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

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…

California SB 946 decriminalizes sidewalk vending statewide. Victorville regulates time, place, and manner. SB County health permits required for food vendors. Prohibited in certain…

Food trucks and other mobile vending vehicles cannot operate anywhere in Victorville without a Mobile Vehicle Vendor License under Section 16-7.13.020. Getting one requires a live-scan…

San Bernardino County requires a peddling or soliciting license before selling goods, food, or services door-to-door or in public places anywhere in the unincorporated area, with…

Victorville HOA architectural review must follow Civil Code 4765 with written standards and a written appeal process. State law preempts bans on solar, drought landscaping, and native…

Victorville HOAs cannot raise regular dues more than 20 percent or levy special assessments over 5 percent of budget without member approval under Civil Code 5605. Delinquency triggers…

Davis-Stirling law requires every Victorville HOA to offer Internal Dispute Resolution (Civil Code 5900) and ADR (Civil Code 5925) before filing an enforcement lawsuit. Small claims…

Victorville HOAs enforce CC and Rs through hearings, fines, and ultimately court action under Davis-Stirling. Owners have due-process rights including 10-day hearing notice and the…

Victorville HOAs operate under the California Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act (Civil Code 4000+). Open Meeting Act rules, agenda posting, and executive session limits…

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…

Elevators in Victorville are regulated and inspected by the Cal/OSHA Elevator Unit under Labor Code 7300. Owners must obtain an annual permit and conduct mandated inspections and…

Pre-1978 Victorville homes fall under federal EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting rules and California H and S Code 17920.10. Lead-based paint hazards can be declared substandard…

Victorville folds residential fire sprinkler enforcement into its Building Department: the Building Official also acts as Fire Code Official whenever California Residential Code…

Victorville requires twenty-four hours' advance notice before each of nine defined grading inspection stages, from initial site work through final certification, under Development Code…

Victorville enforces building permits through its 2025 California Building Code and Residential Code adoption: any construction, alteration or occupancy change covered by those codes…

Victorville requires plumbing work to follow the 2025 California Plumbing Code, adopted by reference with the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code and California amendments; permits run through…

Victorville requires electrical work to follow the 2025 California Electrical Code, adopted by reference with the 2023 National Electrical Code and California amendments; permits and…

Victorville's Green Building Code amendment requires 65% of nonhazardous construction and demolition debris to be recycled or salvaged on every permitted project: builders must file a…

Political signs in Victorville are allowed on private property with the owner's permission. Time, size, and placement rules are applied content-neutrally and track the First Amendment…

Victorville caps window signage at 10 percent of a storefront's window area in most commercial zones, rising to 20 percent inside the C-2 General Commercial district, under Development…

Victorville bans new billboards outright but lets an owner convert an existing legal nonconforming billboard to a digital display only by removing three other legal nonconforming…

Victorville prohibits freeway-facing reader and message boards outright unless the Zoning Administrator approves one for a school, park, civic building, or a commercial shopping center…

Victorville caps garage sale signage at three unlighted signs, four square feet each, posted only on the sale property. Development Code Section 16-3.07.050(c)(5) bans off-site signs…

In unincorporated San Bernardino County, holiday lighting is exempt from the county's outdoor lighting rules only if it goes up no more than 30 days before a holiday and comes down…

Victorville offers expedited solar permits under AB 2188. Most residential rooftop systems approved same-day or next-day. Title 24 Solar Mandate applies to new homes. MFH projects need…

California Civil Code 714 (Solar Rights Act) overrides most HOA solar bans. HOAs may impose reasonable aesthetic rules but cannot significantly reduce system performance or increase…

Small residential rooftop solar systems up to 10 kW AC get a streamlined, nondiscretionary building permit in the unincorporated county: no use permit or hearing unless there's a…

Victorville solicitors must honor posted No Soliciting or No Trespassing signs at individual homes and multi-family entrances. Ignoring a posted sign is a Municipal Code violation…

Anyone going door-to-door in Victorville to sell goods or take orders must register with the Business License Division, obtain a business license, and be fingerprinted for a background…

Victorville has no local rent control. California AB 1482 Tenant Protection Act caps annual rent increases at 5% plus CPI (10% max) on covered properties and requires just cause for…

Victorville enforces the 2012 International Property Maintenance Code, adopted by reference as the City's Property Maintenance Code, against every structure in the city, including…

Every owner of residential rental property in Victorville must obtain a Rental Business License, issued only after the property passes its initial inspection under Development Code…

Victorville follows California AB 1482 (Civil Code 1946.2) just-cause eviction protections. No separate local ordinance adds to state rules. Landlords must state an at-fault or…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Victorville rarely experiences snow, so there is no routine snow-removal ordinance. Property owners must keep sidewalks adjacent to their property clear of debris, overgrowth, and…

Victorville bans dumping any litter, including inoperable vehicles, on open or vacant property, and lets code enforcement issue a formal notice to abate noxious weeds, refuse or fire…

A Victorville Code Enforcement Officer can declare any building with hazards listed in Health and Safety Code Section 17920.3 a substandard building after inspection, then order it…

Victorville prohibits commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, in every zone, specific plan area, and overlay zone citywide under Municipal Code Section 13.150.030. The…

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…

Victorville's Mixed Use zoning districts cap building footprint at 40 percent of the lot in MU-1 for any development type, and in MU-2 at 50 percent for residential development or 60…

Victorville's Development Code Table 8-2 sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone. An R-1 lot needs a 20-foot front setback for first-story living space, a 5-foot interior side…

Victorville caps residential building height by zoning district in Table 8-2 of the Development Code: 30 feet in the R-1 single-family district and the Suburban Residential zone, 35…

Victorville taxes every hotel stay of 30 consecutive days or less under the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance. Operators must register with the city clerk, collect the tax with…

Victorville bars drinking or carrying an open alcohol container on any street, sidewalk, park, transit facility, or other public place not licensed for on-site consumption, and…

Victorville Municipal Code Section 13.02.155 makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate in any public park, street, alley, highway, meeting, assembly, or other public place, or in…

Victorville Municipal Code Section 13.28.090 bans loitering or standing on any public highway, alley, sidewalk, or crosswalk in a way that unreasonably annoys, molests, or obstructs…

Victorville makes it unlawful for a responsible person to host a loud or unruly gathering that substantially disturbs the quiet enjoyment of property. A first response draws only a…

Victorville bans smoking in all city parks, on sports fields, in recreational areas, and in adjacent parking lots under Municipal Code Section 6.14.035. The prohibition covers…

Victorville bans skateboards and other wheeled recreational devices on any parking lot, public or private, and on posted city-owned property such as the City Hall complex, under…

Victorville Municipal Code Section 13.26.020 bans begging or soliciting money 'in an aggressive manner' anywhere in the city, defining six specific behaviors like blocking someone's…

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…

Every construction project in Victorville, regardless of size, needs an approved erosion and sediment control plan (ESCP) before the city will issue a grading or building permit…

Victorville bans dumping anything but rainwater into its storm drain system. Section 10.30.090 prohibits discharging any illicit, non-storm water pollutant, including hazardous…

Any construction or land-disturbing work inside a Victorville special flood hazard area needs a development permit from the floodplain administrator, per Municipal Code Section…

Victorville requires new and substantially improved structures in FEMA-mapped special flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest floor to or above the base flood elevation before the…

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…

Properties in San Bernardino Mountain WUI zones must clear 100 feet of defensible space around structures. SBCFPD inspects annually before fire season; failure to comply triggers…

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…

Bulky items like appliances, furniture, rugs, and large tree trimmings cannot go in a regular Victorville trash cart. Municipal Code Section 6.36.120 requires a special arranged pickup…

Victorville defines yard trimmings as green waste under Municipal Code Section 6.36.010(11) and folds that material into the mandatory weekly solid waste stream, but Section…

Victorville tells residents exactly how and when to set out trash and recycling carts. Municipal Code Section 6.36.130 requires containers at the curb with wheels against the curb and…

Victorville requires separate blue recycling containers for designated recyclables and bars mixing solid waste into them. Municipal Code Section 6.36.113 makes it unlawful to place…

Victorville treats illegal dumping as a nuisance under Municipal Code Section 13.05.010, and any vehicle used to dump waste matter on public or private property without the owner's…

Victorville requires recycling and solid waste processing service at every occupied property under Municipal Code Sections 6.36.035 and 6.36.036. The city or its authorized recycling…

Victorville requires weekly trash pickup for every residence and business under Municipal Code Section 6.36.060, and Section 6.36.070 lets the city council set collection hours by…

Victorville requires every single-family household to subscribe to organic waste collection and sort food scraps and yard trimmings into the green cart under Municipal Code Section…

Victorville treats roll-off boxes as a temporary use only: they're allowed on a job site tied to an active building permit, or under a Temporary Use Permit capped at three months per…

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…

Victorville makes it a misdemeanor to cut, damage, destroy, dig up, or harvest any Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) citywide without prior written consent from the director of parks and…

Victorville requires street trees along every new residential street: arterial and collector frontages need 24-inch box trees or larger, spaced no more than 125% of the tree's mature…

San Bernardino County classifies three or more palm trees planted in a linear windrow or parkway row 50 feet or longer as heritage trees, requiring a Tree or Plant Removal Permit…

Victorville requires every tobacco retailer, a term that expressly covers vape and e-cigarette shops, to hold an annual Tobacco Retailer License under Development Code Sec…

Victorville treats tattoo and body-art studios like massage businesses, spacing them at least 3,000 feet apart, 600 feet from schools and 200 feet from residential zoning, barring…

Victorville limits vehicle repair work in residential front yards to short, owner-only jobs. Development Code Section 16-3.07.030(g) caps front-yard repair and maintenance at three…

Victorville requires a City-issued regulatory permit before anyone can operate an adult-oriented business, and Sec. 16-3.23.040 keeps those businesses at least 1,000 feet from any…

Anyone operating a pawnshop in Victorville needs both a standard business license and a separate pawn shop license issued directly by the Victorville Police Department. Section…

Victorville requires every massage establishment to hold both a Conditional Use Permit and a City business license, keeps them at least 3,000 feet from another massage business, 600…

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…

Victorville bans sitting, lying, or sleeping on any highway, alley, sidewalk, or crosswalk citywide under Municipal Code Section 13.28.100. Narrow carve-outs cover disabled…

Victorville bans camping, erecting an encampment, or storing personal property in streets, parks, open space, waterways, and other public areas under Municipal Code Section 13.27.020…

New and rehabilitated Victorville homes must cap water-intensive landscape and turf at 10 percent of the first 9,000 square feet of lot area (5 percent beyond that), and that turf must…

Victorville Water District requires reclaimed water pipelines in new residential tract developments to connect to the district's reclaimed water system where available, though the…

Once Victorville Water District notifies a customer of a break, leak or malfunction in their plumbing, the customer must find and stop the source within 48 hours and fully evaluate and…

Victorville bans placing or piling material, personal property or any impediment to travel on a street, sidewalk or public right-of-way without a permit. Section 9.11.200 of the…

Placing any structure, fence, sign, pipe or other object in, under or over a Victorville street or public right-of-way requires an encroachment permit from the city engineer. Municipal…

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

Victorville bans keeping any condition on your property that breeds flies, mosquitoes, gnats, rodents or other pests. Section 7.12.020 also keeps most animals and fowl at least forty…

Victorville requires mobile food trucks to carry and display their county health grade. Development Code Section 16-3.07.050(a)(9) conditions every food truck's Temporary Use Permit on…

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…

Groups of more than 25 people need a written permit from Victorville's recreation and park director before holding a picnic, parade, celebration, or assembly in any city park, under…

Anyone holding a parade, march or procession on a Victorville street needs a written permit from the city engineer under Section 9.26.010, and must submit a route map, schedule…

Anyone holding a parade, march, procession, or playing music on a Victorville street needs a written permit from the city engineer under Section 9.26.010. Permits that close or block…

San Bernardino County requires a Temporary Special Event Permit under County Code § 85.16.030 before anyone can advertise, conduct, or operate a street fair, festival, or similar event…

Victorville has no licensed card rooms: Municipal Code Section 13.12.010 makes it a crime to keep, maintain, run, or even visit any house, room, or place within the city where cards…

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…

Victorville grants a density bonus, or an equivalent financial incentive, when a developer sets aside at least 25% of a housing project's units for low- and moderate-income households…

Delivery trucks moving on public roadways are exempt from Victorville's noise code under Municipal Code Section 13.01.060(7), but noise from idling, backing up, or unloading at a…

Standby and portable generators in unincorporated San Bernardino County must meet Title 8 limits (45 dBA night residential). PSPS and emergency use is exempt. SCAQMD Rule 1470 permits…

Rooftop and ground-mounted air conditioners, heat pumps and ventilation equipment in unincorporated San Bernardino County must stay under 55 dB(A) daytime and 45 dB(A) at night at the…

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.

Victorville treats cyclists as vehicle drivers on city streets. Section 12.12.060 grants every person riding a bicycle the same rights and subjects them to the same duties as a motor…

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…

Victorville bars anyone under 18 from being in a public place or business establishment between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. under Municipal Code Section 13.25.020. Parents or guardians who…

Victorville closes its public parks between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. under Municipal Code Section 14.04.040(c), which bars anyone from remaining or loitering in a park or park building after…

Victorville's single-family design guidelines require every exterior light fixture on a new home to conceal its light source: recessed canister lighting or a fully shielded fixture is…

Victorville's general sign-illumination rules, including a 15-watt bulb cap and a ban on flashing displays, do not apply to digital display billboards. Sec. 16-3.22.070(k) exempts…

Commercial and industrial lighting can't spill more than 0.5 foot-candles onto neighboring homes or the street; mountain and desert zones cap it at 0.1 foot-candles.

Victorville sorts every business into one of the categories listed in Article 6 of the Business License Chapter, cross-referenced against the North American Industry Classification…

Victorville inspects every residential rental property before its Rental Business License issues and again every year at renewal, checking exterior upkeep, landscaping, parking, and…

Victorville can inspect a residential rental property any time a complaint alleges a code violation, independent of the annual license inspection cycle, under Development Code Section…

Victorville bans the sale of flavored tobacco and "presumptive flavored tobacco products" at every licensed tobacco retailer in the city. The prohibition sits inside the Development…

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…

Victorville protects locally significant sites through a Historic (H) combining district rather than a separate landmarks commission. Development Code Article 17 creates the H zone…

Victorville caps garage sales at four nonconsecutive sales per person or parcel per year, each lasting no more than three consecutive days, under Development Code Section…

Victorville's Noise Control ordinance, Chapter 13.01, caps sound at the property line: 75 dB(A) anytime in industrial zones, 70 dB(A) anytime in commercial zones, and 65 dB(A) daytime…

Victorville has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. A data center locates in the City's industrial districts - IPD, M-1, and M-2 - or the Southern California…

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…

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…

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 bans solid fuel burning outdoor fireplaces, chimineas, barbeques, and fire pits at short-term rentals in the Mountain Region, a fire-safety rule enforced through…

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.

Commercial filming anywhere in unincorporated San Bernardino County, or on any County-controlled facility, requires a filming permit issued through the County Film Office.

San Bernardino County requires a minimum 100-acre parcel to establish the AG Agricultural zoning district under the Development Code, with crop production, livestock and community…

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…

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…