Woodland, CA

In the City of Woodland, California, construction, excavation, demolition and building repair are limited to 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m…

In the City of Woodland, California, keeping any animal, fowl or bird that causes frequent or long continual noise disturbing the comfort or repose of neighbors is a prohibited noise…

In the City of Woodland, California, unnecessary motor noise from cars, trucks, tractors and motorcycles, including backfiring and motor racing, is a prohibited noise under Woodland…

In the City of Woodland, California, broadcasting from a radio, phonograph or sound amplifier into a public thoroughfare or at a public event requires a permit from the Chief of Police…

Woodland Municipal Code Section 9.28.090 bans loud, unnecessary or unusual noise that disturbs others anywhere in the City, and sets specific curfews for construction, power tools…

Woodland does not set a citywide decibel meter standard for general noise complaints; Section 9.28.090 instead bans loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise that disturbs others and sets…

Aircraft noise around Yolo County Airport (KDWA, Davis-Woodland-Winters), University Airport (KEDU), and the Watts-Woodland strip is regulated under California Code of Regulations…

In the City of Woodland, California, painted curb colors carry the meanings set by California Vehicle Code § 21458, and the Traffic Engineer sets the specific time limit posted on each…

Woodland Municipal Code § 10.08.030 lists 15 places where on-street parking is banned citywide, including private driveways without the owner's consent, sidewalks, unpaved front yards…

In the City of Woodland, California, a horse trailer, camp trailer or boat trailer cannot sit on a residential street for more than 24 hours under Woodland Municipal Code §…

Woodland Municipal Code Chapter 9.08 lets the Community Development Director declare any abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle on public or private property a public…

In the City of Woodland, California, a commercial vehicle over 10,000 pounds unladen cannot park on a residential street under Woodland Municipal Code § 10.08.140(A), and parking the…

In the City of Woodland, California, no vehicle may stop, stand or park on Main Street between East Street and Cottonwood Street, or in a City-owned off-street lot, between 3:00 a.m…

In the City of Woodland, California, the City Council designates preferential parking areas by resolution after the Traffic Engineer confirms commuter vehicles are crowding a…

New buildings in the City of Woodland, California must install electric vehicle charging spaces under Woodland Municipal Code § 17.68.060, with minimums scaled to a project's total…

Woodland Municipal Code § 17.68.080 requires any industrial or commercial building, other than offices, that receives or ships goods to provide on-site truck loading space: one space…

In the City of Woodland, California, vehicles cannot be parked on bare dirt or gravel. Woodland Municipal Code Section 17.64.100(B)(5) requires truck parking and maneuvering areas to…

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…

The City of Woodland, California bans nearly all consumer fireworks under Woodland Municipal Code Section 8.20.042, prohibiting possession, sale, use or display of rockets…

In the City of Woodland, California, the Fire Chief can order an adequate firebreak on a property under Woodland Municipal Code § 9.44.010(B) whenever one is needed to protect adjacent…

In the City of Woodland, California, Woodland Municipal Code § 9.48.050 bans kindling or maintaining any open campfire, bonfire, or flame within the city as part of the Camping Within…

The City of Woodland, California restricts liquefied petroleum gas storage to its highway commercial, service commercial and industrial zones under a local amendment to Section 6104.2…

The City of Woodland, California prohibits open burning citywide under a local amendment to Section 307.1.1 of the California Fire Code. Any burning that becomes a nuisance, is…

Any special event facility, small or large, sited in a Fire Hazard Severity Zone in unincorporated Yolo County must submit a public safety and fire evacuation plan with its permit…

Woodland Municipal Code §§ 9.44.010 and 9.44.020 declare weeds, rubbish, refuse, and dirt on parkways, sidewalks, or private property in the City of Woodland, California a public…

In the City of Woodland, California, trimming a street tree's branches under 3 inches in diameter is unregulated minor maintenance, but cutting branches 3 inches or larger is 'major…

In the City of Woodland, California, removing, cutting down, or killing a street tree needs a tree permit from the Community Services Director; removing one 24 inches or more in trunk…

In the City of Woodland, California, outdoor watering drops to three days a week once the Public Works Director declares a Stage Two water warning, and to two days a week at Stage…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code § 17.56.010(E)(3) recommends new development and redevelopment projects capture rooftop rainwater in a cistern or channel it from…

In the City of Woodland, California, new landscaped areas must lean heavily on native and low-water plants. Woodland Municipal Code Section 17.64.040(H)(4) directs that…

In the City of Woodland, California, synthetic turf is a lawful substitute for real grass in required landscaped areas. Woodland Municipal Code Section 17.64.040(H)(14)(e) allows…

In the City of Woodland, California, residents may compost their own food and yard waste in the backyard, or bring it to a community composting site, as an option alongside the…

Woodland requires dogs to be leashed whenever they are off the owner's private property. Municipal Code Section 6.04.020(A), Woodland's own amendment to the adopted Yolo County animal…

Woodland does not restrict dogs by breed; it regulates dogs by behavior. Municipal Code Section 6.04.040 defines a "vicious dog" as one that has bitten a person requiring medical care…

Woodland lets residents keep up to six chicken hens, six pigeons, or six rabbits (or a mix of hens and pigeons totaling six) without any permit, under Municipal Code Section 6.08.030…

Animal hospitals, veterinarian hospitals, commercial animal boarding and pet day care in Woodland must sit at least 150 feet from any residential district, restaurant, hotel or motel…

Woodland outright prohibits keeping roosters, peacocks, geese, or any animal that requires a California Department of Fish and Wildlife permit under Fish and Game Code § 2118, per…

Backyard beekeeping in Woodland is capped at two hives on lots under 10,000 square feet and four on larger lots, confined to rear yards under Zoning Code § 17.84.110.B, and requires…

In the City of Woodland, California, the Zoning Code's 'Pet Store' use classification is limited to retail pet supply stores selling small household pets such as birds, fish, and…

Yolo County exempts domestic cats from its leash and at-large law under § 6-1.401, so a free-roaming cat is not itself a code violation. Owners remain on the hook, though: § 6-1.420…

Yolo County Title 6 does not set a numeric household limit on dogs or cats, but anyone operating a kennel must obtain an annual kennel license under § 6-1.701, and the kennel use…

Yolo County classifies pet grooming as a "Service Use" under Sec. 8-2.603(c), and Table 8-2.604 allows it by right, subject only to zoning clearance, in the Local Commercial, General…

California law makes it illegal to knowingly feed big game mammals, deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, black bear, and Nelson bighorn sheep, anywhere in the state. The California…

The City of Woodland, California regulates tiny homes used as primary residences under a Fire Code amendment at Section 8.20.040(D). It defines a tiny home as a structure of 400 square…

In the City of Woodland, California, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are allowed on any lot zoned for single-family or multifamily residential use, including downtown and mixed-use…

In the City of Woodland, California, no accessory dwelling unit or junior ADU may be rented for a term shorter than 30 days. A single Class 2 ADU can be operated as a short-term rental…

In the City of Woodland, California, standard accessory dwelling units carry no owner-occupancy requirement at all. Junior accessory dwelling units (JADUs) are subject to…

In the City of Woodland, California, a legally established garage or accessory building converted into an accessory dwelling unit needs no setback at all, so long as the structure…

In the City of Woodland, California, no impact fee applies to an accessory dwelling unit of 750 square feet or less. Larger ADUs are charged an impact fee proportional to the ADU's…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code § 17.64.020 sets the standards for sheds and other detached accessory buildings citywide. A Building Permit is required for any…

Woodland caps every permitted short-term rental at three bedrooms used for paying guests, with total occupancy limited to the number of rented bedrooms plus two people and never more…

Woodland requires a Zoning Administrator Permit before any short-term rental can operate, and the permit must be held personally by the owner of the property, one per person, and…

Woodland short-term rental operators must hold a City business license and collect the City's 10% Transient Occupancy Tax from every guest, remitting it to the Tax Administrator…

Woodland requires every permitted short-term rental to provide at least two on-site parking spaces for its occupants, and the house policies posted in the rental must direct guests to…

Woodland short-term rentals must observe quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., ban outdoor amplified sound entirely, and cannot host parties or gatherings that risk causing…

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…

In the City of Woodland, California, a family day care operator must hold a valid State of California Department of Social Services license before opening under Woodland Municipal Code…

In the City of Woodland, California, running a business from home requires a Zoning Clearance under Woodland Municipal Code § 17.84.200 that is not transferable between owners or…

In the City of Woodland, California, home-based businesses cannot receive customer or client visits at all except for personal instruction services like tutoring or music lessons under…

In the City of Woodland, California, home occupations cannot display any sign at all: Woodland Municipal Code § 17.84.200(D)(17) prohibits signs for home businesses outright…

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…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code § 17.64.030(D) caps fence, wall and hedge height by location: three feet six inches within the required front setback, up to seven…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code § 17.64.030(C) requires a Building Permit for any fence or wall over six feet tall and for any retaining wall 36 inches or taller…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code § 17.64.030 requires a Building Permit for any retaining wall 36 inches or taller, and lets the Director approve a combined…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code § 17.64.030(F) bans barbed wire, razor or concertina wire, electrified fencing, and improvised materials such as plywood or broken…

California Civil Code Section 841, the Good Neighbor Fence Act, presumes adjoining landowners share equal benefit and equal cost responsibility for boundary fences, applying statewide…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code § 17.64.030(K) requires swimming pools, spas and similar water features to be fenced in compliance with the City's adopted Building…

In the City of Woodland, California, a backyard swimming pool or spa must meet zoning setbacks before the City will sign off on its construction. Woodland Municipal Code Section…

In the City of Woodland, California, every hotel, motel or short-term lodging guest who is a transient pays a 10% tax on the rent charged, under Woodland Municipal Code § 3.12.030…

In the City of Woodland, California, no one may own or operate a massage establishment without both a City business license and a massage establishment permit issued under Woodland…

In the City of Woodland, California, anyone dealing in secondhand goods, wares or merchandise other than household furniture must hold a City license and follow strict hours and…

In the City of Woodland, California, no one may act as a pawnbroker without first applying for and obtaining a one-year City license under Woodland Municipal Code § 5.24.120…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code Section 9.28.260 adopts Yolo County's tobacco retailer permit ordinance, Title 6, Chapter 15 of the Yolo County Code, by reference…

The City of Woodland, California runs a rotating list of towing companies the Police Department calls to remove illegally parked, abandoned, or wrecked vehicles and cars blocking…

In the City of Woodland, California, adult entertainment businesses need a Chief of Police permit and a Conditional Use Permit, and must sit on the rear half of a lot, at least 500…

In the City of Woodland, California, automobile-related activities, including auto repair, are barred as a home occupation under Woodland Municipal Code § 17.84.200(E)(2), except for…

In the City of Woodland, California, tattoo and body modification parlors are a defined zoning use, 'Tattoo/Body Modification Parlor,' regulated as a Personal Services establishment…

In the City of Woodland, California, Woodland Municipal Code § 9.28.160 closes City parks from 30 minutes after sunset until 30 minutes before sunrise. Exceptions cover City business…

Woodland Municipal Code Section 9.28.080 bars anyone under 18 from public places or private businesses between 10:00 p.m. (11:00 p.m. during daylight saving time) and 6:00 a.m., unless…

In the City of Woodland, California, Woodland Municipal Code § 9.28.090(B)(14) exempts backup generators run during emergency operation of a City water well or other City facility, and…

In the City of Woodland, California, Woodland Municipal Code § 9.28.140 bars riding bicycles, coasters, skateboards, scooters and rollerskates on City tennis and handball courts, pool…

In the City of Woodland, California, Woodland Municipal Code § 9.28.210 bars loitering on property near a posted no-cruising zone between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. A person must first be…

In the City of Woodland, California, aggressive solicitation, asking or begging in any public place is banned under Woodland Municipal Code § 9.56.080. Blocking someone's path…

Woodland Municipal Code Chapter 9.16 lets police issue a written warning after the first disturbance call to a loud party, then bill the responsible party $150.00 for each additional…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code Section 9.28.220 makes it unlawful to drink alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, alley, walkway, public parking lot, or private…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code Section 9.28.230 defines "smoking" to include burning any "cigarette, cigar, pipe, weed, plant, or other combustible substance,"…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code Section 9.28.230 bans smoking within 20 feet of the main entrance of any commercial building and at all City-owned buildings and…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code Section 9.28.280 makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate on any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, public building or other…

In the City of Woodland, California, peddlers and solicitors cannot do business between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. without an appointment, and cannot approach any house posting a…

In the City of Woodland, California, door-to-door peddlers and solicitors must carry a current City of Woodland business license and wear photo identification showing their legal name…

Woodland Municipal Code Section 9.04.040 requires owners of vacant, unoccupied or abandoned buildings to secure, monitor and maintain them, posting "Unsafe to Occupy/No Trespassing"…

In the City of Woodland, California, when an owner fails to clear a weed nuisance the Fire Chief has declared on "any lot or premises" under Woodland Municipal Code § 9.44.030, the…

Woodland Municipal Code Section 9.28.030 makes it unlawful to deal, play or operate any game of draw poker, solo or other cards, dice or a device played for money, checks or credits…

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…

In the City of Woodland, California, student and educational filming is exempt from the City's commercial filming permit chapter under Woodland Municipal Code § 9.32.010(D)(2)(c). A…

In the City of Woodland, California, filming permits that need interim traffic control on public streets must use the Woodland Police Department under Woodland Municipal Code §…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code Chapter 9.32 requires a City filming permit, issued by the City Filming Permit Coordinator, before using any public or private…

In the City of Woodland, California, Woodland Municipal Code § 9.50.030 bans placing an encampment on City property, citing the solid waste, syringes, untreated human waste, and rodent…

Woodland Municipal Code § 9.52.070 shields properly conducted agricultural operations on agricultural land in the City of Woodland, California from nuisance claims over noise, odor…

Woodland shields properly conducted agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits under its Right to Farm Ordinance, Woodland Municipal Code Chapter 9.52. A farm that complied with…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code § 17.24.030's development standards table caps building coverage at 50% of lot area in the Residential Low and Neighborhood…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code § 17.24.030's development standards table sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone: 20 feet front (15 in R-M/R-H), 5-foot…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code § 17.24.030's development standards table caps building height at 30 feet in Residential Low and Residential Low-Medium zones and 40…

In the City of Woodland, California, a block party is regulated as a special event under Chapter 12.40 of the Municipal Code. Organizers must obtain a special event permit from the…

In the City of Woodland, California, any parade or other special event needs a permit from the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director unless it qualifies as a small…

Outdoor dining in Woodland runs under Zoning Code § 17.84.270.E: a small patio under 500 square feet needs no extra parking, a four-foot pedestrian pathway must stay clear, and seating…

Placing dining seating on the public right-of-way in Woodland, a parklet-style use, requires a City-issued encroachment permit under Zoning Code § 17.84.270.E.3. The use must stay…

Any outdoor festival in unincorporated Yolo County, defined as a musical, dance, or similar outdoor event drawing more than 1,000 people, needs a Board of Supervisors license before…

Yolo County's General Services Department issues permits for special events and facility reservations in county parks under Code Sec. 9-3.215. The Director sets conditions on a…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code Section 9.28.290 bars setting up a grill, stove or burner or maintaining any cooking spot in a City park, except within an area the…

A permanent second or outdoor kitchen, defined in Yolo County's zoning code as any outdoor space wired or plumbed for a stove, range, oven, sink, or dishwasher, needs a Site Plan…

In the City of Woodland, California, removing, damaging, or topping a heritage oak tree (a valley oak 33 inches or more in diameter), a landmark tree, specimen tree, or an established…

In the City of Woodland, California, a heritage oak is any valley oak 33 inches or more in trunk diameter, and it is unlawful to remove, damage, or poison one on developed residential…

Woodland's landscaping standards require new development to plant street trees in the parkway strip between the sidewalk and curb, with the exact count set by zone under Section…

In the City of Woodland, California, it is unlawful for any owner of a building, lot, or premises fronting an improved street to let the abutting sidewalk fall out of repair or become…

In the City of Woodland, California, it is unlawful to obstruct, encroach on, or place any structure, material, or merchandise within a public right-of-way or sidewalk without an…

In the City of Woodland, California, anyone maintaining a balcony, sign, sidewalk tables and chairs, planter, newsrack, or delivery drop box over a public sidewalk needs a long-term…

In the City of Woodland, California, it is unlawful to let solid waste, recyclables, or organic waste pile up on any lot, street, or alley unless it is kept in a City-approved…

In the City of Woodland, California, every property owner and occupant must subscribe to the City's solid waste, recycling, and organic waste collection service. Municipal Code Section…

In the City of Woodland, California, green waste and Christmas trees may only be piled at the curb during a designated leaf-drop season running November 1 through January 31, in piles…

In the City of Woodland, California, garbage, recycling, and organic waste carts may go out no earlier than 24 hours before collection and must come back off the street within 24 hours…

The City of Woodland, California bans dumping refuse, rubbish, garbage or dirt onto any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, catch basin or public or private lot under Municipal Code…

In the City of Woodland, California, every property owner or occupant must subscribe to the City's contracted solid waste, recycling and organic waste collection service under…

In the City of Woodland, California, every commercial business must source-separate recyclables from trash and organic waste, provide at least basic recycling collection, and either…

In the City of Woodland, California, dumpsters at multi-family, commercial, and industrial properties must sit in a walled enclosure, not out in the open. Woodland Municipal Code…

In the City of Woodland, California, every single-family household must subscribe to the city's organic waste collection service under Woodland Municipal Code § 13.72.020(A), the local…

In unincorporated Yolo County, only your county-franchised hauler may legally collect bulky items like mattresses or old furniture; there is no free curbside bulk-item day. Section…

Woodland's rent control law covers only manufactured home park space rent, not ordinary apartments. Municipal Code Chapter 5.36 caps annual space-rent increases at the lesser of 3% or…

Woodland requires notice to manufactured home park residents before a park owner's rent-adjustment application is decided. Municipal Code Section 5.36.140 requires owners seeking a…

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 landlords must keep rentals fit to live in. Civil Code §§ 1941 and 1941.1, reinforced by Green v. Superior Court, imply a warranty of habitability covering plumbing, heat…

Civil Code 1946.2 requires landlords statewide to have just cause to terminate tenancies of qualifying tenants who have lived in a covered unit at least 12 months.

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…

Woodland requires a City Sidewalk Vendor Permit before selling food or merchandise from a pushcart, stand, or similar nonmotorized conveyance on a public sidewalk. Municipal Code…

Woodland restricts where motorized food trucks and other mobile vending conveyances may operate. Municipal Code Section 5.44.080 bars vending on vacant or unpaved lots and requires…

In the City of Woodland, California, a stationary mobile food facility needs a Mobile Vendor Permit under Woodland Municipal Code § 17.84.250 and Chapter 5.44, and the City caps the…

In the City of Woodland, California, cyclists must ride inside a marked bicycle lane rather than the adjacent roadway once the City Traffic Engineer and Traffic Committee post lane…

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…

The City of Woodland, California prohibits any non-stormwater discharge into its municipal separate storm sewer system under Municipal Code Chapter 8.08. The Public Works Director…

The City of Woodland, California requires anyone starting a construction activity to prepare and submit an erosion and sediment control plan before the City Engineer will issue a…

The City of Woodland, California requires a 5-foot defensible space around every manufactured home or tiny home used as a primary residence under Section 8.20.040(D)(9). The zone must…

Woodland requires the lowest floor of any new or substantially improved building in a special flood hazard area to sit at or above the base flood elevation, per Section 15.08.170 of…

Woodland requires a development permit before any construction or land alteration begins within a mapped area of special flood hazard, per Chapter 15.08 of the Municipal Code. The…

Yolo County caps engine idling at ten minutes for vehicles and equipment working in-channel under the Cache Creek Area Plan In-Channel Ordinance. The limit targets sand and gravel…

A dock in Yolo County only counts as a 'Permitted Dock' under Sec. 9-6.02(F) if it has received a County Use Permit or similar entitlement for mooring vessels. Sec. 9-6.11(B) then…

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…

The City of Woodland, California requires every manufactured home and tiny home used as a primary residence to carry an automatic fire sprinkler system built to NFPA 13D under Section…

In the City of Woodland, California, child day care centers, family day cares and residential care facilities must meet building and fire/life safety standards for their occupancy type…

In the City of Woodland, California, work on a building, structure, or its electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing systems needs a permit under the city's adopted 2025 California…

In the City of Woodland, California, the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code, Title 24, Part 11, governs green building requirements citywide under Woodland Municipal Code §…

In the City of Woodland, California, electrical work is governed by the 2025 California Electrical Code, incorporating the 2023 National Electrical Code, adopted at Woodland Municipal…

In the City of Woodland, California, plumbing work follows the city's adopted 2025 California Plumbing Code under Woodland Municipal Code § 15.04.060, which sets permit fees by the…

Yolo County charges a re-inspection fee any time a building inspector shows up and the work isn't ready or corrections from a prior visit are still outstanding. The Chief Building…

In the City of Woodland, California, permanent window signs are capped at 20% of the ground floor frontage window area a business occupies, and combined temporary plus permanent window…

In the City of Woodland, California, freeway-oriented signs along Interstate 5 are capped at 200 square feet of sign area and 60 feet in height, limited to one per interchange area…

Woodland only allows temporary signs meeting Chapter 17.72's sign standards for a yard sale, and they cannot be posted earlier than one day before the sale begins. Any items displayed…

Digital billboards in the City of Woodland, California are allowed only as relocations or conversions of existing billboards, and only within two mapped segments of the Interstate 5…

Temporary political signs are allowed by right in unincorporated Yolo County without Site Plan Review under Sec. 8-2.1205(f), as long as they go up no more than 90 days before an…

In the City of Woodland, California, recycled water use is governed by Municipal Code Chapter 13.44, which bars direct human consumption of recycled water and requires every site owner…

Under Yolo County Code Sec. 6-8.1104(d), customers in a Level 3 Drought Response must repair any leak within 48 hours of County notification unless other arrangements are made with the…

Once the Board of Supervisors declares a Level 3 Drought Response, Yolo County Code Sec. 6-8.1104(b) bars installing any new turf or hydroseed and limits new or expanded landscaping to…

Installing a solar energy collection system in Woodland requires a Building Permit under Zoning Code § 17.84.070.B, and once installed, neighboring structures or vegetation cannot be…

Small rooftop or ground-mounted solar systems up to 10 kW alternating current, or 30 kW thermal, are approved in every zone of unincorporated Yolo County through a ministerial Building…

California Civil Code section 714 makes any HOA covenant, deed restriction, or governing document provision that effectively prohibits or restricts a solar energy system void and…

Woodland has not opted out of cannabis retail: the City Council may approve up to four Conditional Use Permits for cannabis retailers, confined to specific Corridor Mixed-Use and…

In the City of Woodland, California, cannabis businesses are barred within 600 feet of any K-12 school, day care center, youth center or public park under Woodland Municipal Code §…

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…

Woodland grants density bonuses, incentives, concessions, and parking reductions as a matter of right to qualifying affordable, senior, disabled-veteran, and homeless housing projects…

In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code § 17.56.060 sets mandatory design standards for new infill development and renovation of non-historic buildings in the Downtown…

Woodland designates buildings, structures, objects, and districts as historical landmarks under Section 15.24.030 of the Municipal Code when they carry historical or architectural…

Woodland allows no more than two garage or yard sales per site each calendar year, and a single sale event cannot run longer than two consecutive weekends. Sales are limited to 8:00…

In the City of Woodland, California, landscaping ordinances flatly bar invasive vegetation. Woodland Municipal Code Section 17.64.040(H)(5) prohibits any plant species listed by the…

In the City of Woodland, California, outdoor lighting for new development must be dark-sky compliant. Woodland Municipal Code Section 17.64.050(A) states the purpose is to minimize…

In the City of Woodland, California, outdoor lighting cannot spill onto a neighbor's property. Woodland Municipal Code Section 17.64.050(F)(2) requires all lights to be directed…

In the City of Woodland, California, a property with rodent harborages, or with an infestation of insects, vermin, or rodents as determined by the code enforcement officer, can be…

Yolo County splits its cannabis business tax into two rate classes for unincorporated-area operators: cultivation and all other cannabis businesses. Both run 1% to 15% of gross…

Yolo County lets hobbyists fly drones under 55 pounds in county parks as long as they follow 49 U.S.C. 44809, California Civil Code Section 1708.8, and FAA rules. Sec. 9-3.220 defines…

Yolo County bans commercial drone use in its parks outright unless the Director gives written authorization or issues a permit. Sec. 9-3.220 draws a hard line between recreational…

Yolo County allows recreational drone flying in its parks by default under Sec. 9-3.220, but a park can be closed to drones by a posted order at the entrance or nearby access point…

Yolo County bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product at licensed retailers in the unincorporated area. Section 6-15.11(e)(1) makes it a violation for a licensee or its agents to…

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…

Yolo County has no dedicated data center ordinance, but its zoning code lists 'data storage and computer operations' as a use. In the unincorporated county, it needs Site Plan Review…

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…