Yucaipa, CA

In the City of Yucaipa, California, the Transient Occupancy Tax in Chapter 3.20 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code reaches any structure occupied by transients for lodging, and a transient…

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.

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 Yucaipa, the commercial loading rule lives in the oversize vehicle chapter. Under Municipal Code § 10.04.020(B), a truck over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight can stop…

In the City of Yucaipa, a truck tractor can sit in the driveway of the owner or operator's residential lot of any size, but § 10.04.040(H) requires it to be completely clear of…

In the City of Yucaipa, § 10.12.040(D) requires vehicles on a street to park parallel to the roadway, headed with traffic, with the right-hand wheels within eighteen inches of the…

In the City of Yucaipa, § 10.12.030 authorizes the city engineer to prohibit stopping, standing or parking and to place signs or curb markings near intersections, crosswalks, driveways…

In the City of Yucaipa, § 10.12.050 prohibits any owner or person in control of a vehicle from parking it on a street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two hours…

In the City of Yucaipa, § 10.16.030 bars openly storing an abandoned, dismantled, inoperative or wrecked vehicle on public or private property unless it is shielded from public view by…

Yucaipa Municipal Code § 10.04.020 makes it unlawful in the City of Yucaipa to park a truck tractor, motor truck, semi-trailer or combination over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight on…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, the Development Code table of projections into yards lists open storage of boats, R.V.s and trailers as Not Allowed in front yards and street side…

San Bernardino County Ordinance No. 4446 (2022) added rules for EV charging stations in County parking lots. Only EVs and plug-in hybrids that are actually plugged in may use charging…

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…

In City of Yucaipa recreation facilities, a dog has to be on a leash, cord or chain not more than six feet long, or confined inside a vehicle. Dogs run off-leash only in areas the city…

In the City of Yucaipa, a cattery is a place where five or more cats are kept, and its operator must obtain a permit from the San Bernardino County health officer and pay an annual…

In the City of Yucaipa, every apiary must sit at least 100 feet from public roads, 200 feet from freeways and 500 feet from the nearest inhabited dwelling unless the occupant gives…

In the City of Yucaipa, no person shall feed or in any manner provide food for a nondomesticated mammalian predator, a list that names coyotes, raccoons, foxes, opossums, bears…

In the mountainous and foothills areas of the City of Yucaipa, no one can leave food out-of-doors for any animal between ten p.m. and six a.m. unless the spot is not accessible to…

In the City of Yucaipa, a household can keep exotic animals only through a Special Use Permit that also requires a Public Health Department permit and a State Department of Fish and…

In the City of Yucaipa, veterinary services for large and small animals are classified as an agricultural support service under § 84.0210. That use needs a conditional use permit in…

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.

San Bernardino County Code § 28.0307(k) bans molesting, injuring or killing any bird or mammal, or disturbing its habitat, inside any County Regional Park. The rule sits among two…

San Bernardino County requires every Pit Bull over four months old to be spayed or neutered under County Code § 32.1501, with narrow exemptions for AKC/UKC-registered dogs, service…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County caps dogs and cats combined per parcel by lot size, from two on lots under 7,200 square feet up to five on lots of 20,000 square feet or more.

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…

Pet grooming parlors in unincorporated San Bernardino County must get a license from the County Health Officer before opening, and comply with zoning and sanitation rules under County…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County lets single-family lots under 7,200 square feet keep two hens as an accessory use, more on bigger lots, but roosters need a full acre and a 70-foot…

San Bernardino County requires owners of animals formally declared potentially dangerous or vicious to permanently identify the animal with a registered tattoo or implanted microchip…

In City of Yucaipa parks, installing or running a loudspeaker or any sound amplifying equipment is unlawful unless it is city or law enforcement use, or it operates under a facility…

In the City of Yucaipa, the municipal code addresses barking directly for kennels: operators must take the measures necessary to mitigate excessive barking or any noise that…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, temporary construction, repair and demolition activity is exempt from the Development Code noise limits only between 7am and 7pm, and never on…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, Development Code Section 87.0905 sets a 55 dBA noise standard at residential property for both 7am to 10pm and 10pm to 7am. Louder levels are…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County has no ordinance banning or specifically restricting leaf blowers. Their use is governed by the general noise rules: the Development Code…

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…

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…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, anyone owning, renting or occupying a single-family home or a two, three or four unit residence must keep the property free of overgrown or dead…

In the City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California, overhead irrigation in covered landscape projects must be scheduled between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. unless weather prevents…

In the City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California, rainwater retention is encouraged rather than mandated. Yucaipa Development Code § 810.0485 requires friable soil in all…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, a removal permit is required to remove any tree or plant covered by Development Code Division DC9. Under § 89.0115, a development permit that…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, landscape plans for multiple-unit residential projects should incorporate on-site native vegetation wherever feasible, and mature trees removed from…

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…

San Bernardino County's Development Code does not ban artificial turf and actively directs that natural turf be minimized to save water. Synthetic turf is an accepted water-saving…

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

In the City of Yucaipa, California, a parcel with over five contiguous acres of fire-hazard vegetation satisfies Yucaipa Municipal Code § 8.20.040 by keeping a forty (40) foot wide…

The City of Yucaipa prohibits the storage, use, sale, possession and handling of all fireworks, including 1.4G fireworks commonly called Safe & Sane. Administrative citations cost…

Open fires are prohibited in the City of Yucaipa in any public place, public right-of-way, vacant lot, hillside, canyon or undeveloped property, and burning rubbish, waste…

In the City of Yucaipa, an approved portable outdoor fireplace or fire pit needs a spark arrestor screen, a fuel area no larger than three feet in diameter, ten feet of clearance and…

The City of Yucaipa maps its high fire hazard land into a Fire Safety Overlay District with three review areas, FR1, FR2 and FR3, each carrying a different level of wildland hazard…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, a liquefied petroleum tank in the Fire Safety Overlay District must sit at least 10 feet from any structure. Residential LPG standards otherwise…

San Bernardino County Code § 23.0205 requires a State Fire Marshal-listed smoke detector in every existing single-family dwelling, manufactured home and mobilehome in the…

In the City of Yucaipa, an accessory dwelling unit is approved through Land Use Compliance Review by the Community Development Director within 60 days of a completed application, then…

In the City of Yucaipa, the owner of record must occupy either the junior accessory dwelling unit or the single-family residence that contains it, unless State law is amended. The…

In the City of Yucaipa, an accessory dwelling unit can be rented, but never for fewer than thirty-one (31) consecutive days, and it cannot be sold, transferred or assigned apart from…

In the City of Yucaipa, a parcel of one acre or less is limited to one detached storage building larger than 100 square feet, and that building cannot exceed 1,000 square feet. Any…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, a garage converted to a new dwelling unit under the city's SB 9 rules must have its garage door opening replaced with exterior wall coverings…

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

In the City of Yucaipa, California, the only swimming pool the building code excuses from a permit is a prefabricated pool accessory to a Group R-3 occupancy that is less than 18…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, a residential swimming pool must be completely enclosed by a permanently installed barrier at least 60 inches high, with no opening that passes a…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, every home occupation and cottage industry must keep pedestrian and vehicular traffic to what residential districts normally see. The cottage…

A home occupation in the City of Yucaipa needs a Home Occupation Permit and must clearly not alter the residential character of the property. In a district that allows residential…

In the City of Yucaipa, a home business is allowed a non-illuminated identification sign of no more than 6 square feet that states only the business name and telephone number. A sign…

San Bernardino County treats a family day care home caring for up to 14 children as an allowed use needing no planning permit in the RL, RS and RM residential zoning districts, per…

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 Yucaipa, California, hillside projects limit retaining walls to six feet behind the building pad, four feet in a side yard, and four feet beside roadways, or six feet…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, fence height is set by district group and yard. The Development Code caps fences at 4 feet in front and street side yards in commercial and all…

In the City of Yucaipa, a building permit is not required for a fence not over 6 feet high or a block wall not over 4 feet high. Yucaipa Municipal Code § 15.04.015 amends California…

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…

San Bernardino County Code § 83.06.070 bans permanent chain-link, barbed wire, razor wire, tarp, and electrified fencing across most residential zoning districts in the unincorporated…

In the City of Yucaipa, a yard sale gets one double faced sign of no more than six square feet, posted only on the property where the sale is held. It can go up 24 hours before the…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, digital billboards are Electronic Messaging Center Billboards. The Development Code allows three in total on private property, each within 300 feet…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, freeway oriented accessory signs are capped at 25 feet in height unless a flag test shows a taller sign is needed, with a ceiling of 60 feet. The…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, a display sign affixed to or adjacent to a display window cannot exceed 25% of the window area on which the sign is placed. The Development Code…

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…

Political signs in unincorporated San Bernardino County must come down within 30 days after the election and stay under 8 square feet in residential zones.

In the City of Yucaipa, no business license can issue for a massage therapy establishment until the owner holds a separate massage therapy establishment permit. The city manager…

In the City of Yucaipa, no one can provide towing services for the city or its Police Department without Planning Division approval, compliance with Chapter 10.20, and a towing…

In the City of Yucaipa, motor vehicle repair or service is not allowed as a home occupation use. The ban sits in the general standards of Development Code § 84.0615(b), which apply to…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, a sexually-oriented business is permitted only in the IC Land Use District and cannot sit within 100 feet of residential uses, religious…

Secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers in unincorporated San Bernardino County must register with the Sheriff and report transactions through the California Department of Justice CAPSS…

The Sheriff's Department charges $35.00 to process a State pawnbroker permit for anyone opening a pawnshop in unincorporated San Bernardino County, per County Code § 16.0226(w)(2).

San Bernardino County requires every tattoo, piercing and permanent-makeup studio to register annually with the Department of Public Health under Code Section 16.0213B(h) and pay set…

San Bernardino County bans self-service tobacco and e-cigarette displays and outlaws tobacco vending machines outright in the unincorporated area under County Code § 31.0308. Every…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, every transient pays a tax of seven percent of the rent charged by the hotel operator, set by Section 3.20.030 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code. The…

In the City of Yucaipa, the idling limit printed in Municipal Code § 10.04.040(D) is 30 minutes within any four-hour period. It binds the operator of an oversize commercial vehicle…

In the City of Yucaipa, California (San Bernardino County), the lowest floor of a new or substantially improved home in a special flood hazard area must be elevated to the Base Flood…

In the City of Yucaipa, a development project next to a hazardous fire area can be required to keep a permanent fuel modification area at least 100 feet wide, measured from the…

In the City of Yucaipa, new construction and substantial improvements in a Special Flood Hazard Area must meet NFIP minimums plus California Building Standards Code Appendix G and ASCE…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, no land clearing or grading can start in an area covered by Development Code Chapter 810.02 without an approved Soil Erosion and Sediment Control…

In the City of Yucaipa, only stormwater belongs in the storm drain system unless a discharge is permitted by an NPDES permit or a city permit. Yucaipa Municipal Code § 13.04.090 bans…

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…

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…

In the City of Yucaipa, the abutting property owner has to keep groundcover and trees next to the public right-of-way, including parkways, from interfering with or endangering…

In the City of Yucaipa, the city maintains permitted sidewalk improvements in the public right-of-way, but the abutting owner must repair sidewalk built without a permit, built on…

In the City of Yucaipa, anyone who wants to place a newsrack in the public right-of-way must first obtain an encroachment permit under Yucaipa Municipal Code § 12.12.080. The…

In the City of Yucaipa, camping on any public property is unlawful, and so is storing personal property there. Before removal, officers attempt to give owners notice, and impounded…

County Code Section 28.0903 bars sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing personal property on unincorporated San Bernardino County streets, sidewalks, alleyways, trails, and county…

In the City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California, nobody is allowed in a city park facility outside the hours between sunrise and sunset. The one built-in exception is lighted…

In the City of Yucaipa, anyone under 18 who loiters on public streets, sidewalks, parks or other public places between ten p.m. and sunrise without a parent or legal guardian is guilty…

In the City of Yucaipa, possessing a burning tobacco or tobacco-related product in any public park, playground or trail is prohibited. The code also bans discarding cigarette butts and…

In the City of Yucaipa, soliciting in an aggressive manner in any public place is prohibited. The code defines aggressive manner by five types of conduct, and separate rules bar all…

In the City of Yucaipa, carrying an opened alcohol container onto the posted premises, adjacent posted parking lot or adjacent public sidewalk of a retail package off-sale licensee is…

In the City of Yucaipa, riding a skateboard, roller skates, in-line skates or a similar self-powered device with wheels less than six inches in diameter is a public nuisance on posted…

Chapter 9.24 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code makes the owner, tenant or organizer of a loud or disorderly gathering in the City of Yucaipa responsible for preventing it. Violating that…

In the City of Yucaipa, intentionally or knowingly urinating or defecating in a public place, the public right-of-way or on private property without consent is prohibited. A violation…

In the City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California, no person can linger on a street median, loiter on one, or solicit on one. Yucaipa Municipal Code § 12.06.090(F) sets all…

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…

In City of Yucaipa parks, a meeting, concert, parade or exhibition with more than fifty expected attendees needs an approved facility reservation permit or special event permit…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, any event with a street closure needs a special event permit under Section 5.16.030 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code, whatever its size. A closure also…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, it is unlawful to hold a special event, or to use any street, right-of-way or public place for an event, without a city permit. Funeral and wedding…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, a special event permit gives the organizer control over the sale of goods, food and beverages inside the event venue, but no vendor can receive more…

Every place in the City of Yucaipa, California that sells or serves food or beverages falls under the San Bernardino County letter grade inspection program, which the Yucaipa City…

Structural pest control in San Bernardino County requires licensing by the CA Structural Pest Control Board, with specific rules for termite fumigation, rodent control, and tenant…

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…

In the City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California, commercial marijuana activity is prohibited in all zones and all specific plan areas under Development Code § 84.0905…

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…

Anyone running an apartment house, mobile-home park, roominghouse or other rental business in the City of Yucaipa needs a valid city business license first (§ 5.34.010). Owners of…

In the City of Yucaipa, a mobilehome park owner cannot give residents notice of a rent increase until the city has approved that increase under Chapter 15.20. After approval, the owner…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, Chapter 15.20 of the Municipal Code stabilizes rent for mobilehome spaces. Under § 15.20.080, space rent can go up once every twelve months by the…

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…

Licensed rental dwelling units in unincorporated San Bernardino County must meet Fire and Building Code standards, stay nuisance-free, and allow county inspection or risk losing their…

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…

San Bernardino County tenants who have occupied 12+ months are protected by CA AB 1482 just-cause eviction rules. Landlords must state a valid reason and pay relocation for no-fault…

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 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…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, a building that sits unsecured, stays half-built for six months, or falls into disrepair counts as blighted property under Yucaipa Municipal Code §…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, every owner, occupant and person in control of any land must abate noxious weeds, dry grass, Russian thistle (tumbleweeds), dead trees and…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, owners, renters and occupants of multiresidential, commercial, industrial and institutional property must meet six exterior standards in Yucaipa…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, refuse must be removed from residential property at least once a week, and collection runs only between six a.m. and five p.m., Monday through…

Single-family households in the City of Yucaipa must subscribe to the city's three-container organic waste collection service and sort material into the green, blue and black…

In the City of Yucaipa, any business generating four or more cubic yards of solid waste per week, and any multifamily dwelling of five or more units, must divert its waste by…

In the City of Yucaipa, containers must hold all refuse that builds up between two successive collections and sit in a suitable place set by the development code, out of direct view…

In the City of Yucaipa, a container cannot sit next to a street more than 24 hours before the normal collection time and must come off the street within 12 hours after collection…

In the City of Yucaipa, bulky waste cannot be set out for ordinary pickup. It is collected during annual cleanups or by contract with the hauler, and placing it at the street needs…

In the City of Yucaipa it is unlawful to place, deposit or dump solid waste of any kind on any property without a conditional use permit. The director of planning and city code…

In the City of Yucaipa, yard waste means leaves, cuttings and trimmings from trees, shrubs and grass, and it must go in a separate container as specified by the city manager. Tree…

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…

Every single-family household in unincorporated San Bernardino County must subscribe to the County's organic waste collection service under Code § 46.1302, sorting food scraps and yard…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, anyone selling food or merchandise from a cart on a public sidewalk needs a city itinerant vendor permit under Chapter 5.12 of the Yucaipa Municipal…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, no one can operate a food truck without a current itinerant vendor permit from the city, issued under Chapter 5.13 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, a food truck can vend on a public right-of-way only from a legal parking space, for no more than six hours on the same block in each twenty-four…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, an individual or household is limited to four yard sales per calendar year, each lasting no more than three consecutive days, with no consecutive…

Yucaipa Municipal Code § 9.18.020 bars riding a bicycle or e-conveyance in an unsafe manner on any publicly owned property in the City of Yucaipa, including riding against the flow of…

In the City of Yucaipa, the e-bike definition follows California Vehicle Code Section 312.5, with Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 categories and a 750 watt motor limit. Under Yucaipa…

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…

In the City of Yucaipa, a peddler or solicitor cannot ring the bell, knock or attempt to gain admittance at a residence, homeowners' association, mobile home park or apartment complex…

Door-to-door peddlers and solicitors need a County-issued license before working the unincorporated area, with the Sheriff vetting every applicant.

In the City of Yucaipa, gas, propane and electric grills, and charcoal grills with fitted lids and spark-control features, are exempt from the open fire ban when operated at least ten…

The City of Yucaipa's fire code amendment requires a permit for outdoor fires in hazardous fire areas, except fires in barbecues, outdoor fireplaces or grills on inhabited premises at…

In the City of Yucaipa, Development Code Article 7 implements the State Density Bonus Law. A project that is 100 percent lower or very low income earns an 80 percent bonus and four…

In the City of Yucaipa, an accessory dwelling unit has to provide fire sprinklers only if sprinklers are required for the Primary Dwelling Unit on the same lot. The Development Code…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, electrical work is governed by the California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, which amends the 2023 National Electrical Code and is adopted by…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, plumbing work is governed by the California Plumbing Code, 2025 Edition, which amends the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code and is adopted by Yucaipa…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, the California Green Building Standards Code, 2025 Edition (Part 11, Title 24), is adopted as the city's Green Building Standards Code by Yucaipa…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, a re-inspection fee can be imposed when work called for inspection is not complete, required corrections are not made, plans or the inspection…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, every door giving ingress and egress to a dwelling unit under the Multiple Residential Design Standards needs a wide-angle peephole and a deadbolt…

In unincorporated San Bernardino County, starting construction without a required building permit blocks any permit issuance until you pay all past-due enforcement costs, and the…

California Labor Code 7300-7323 and Title 8 CCR 3000+ require annual elevator inspections by Cal/OSHA in San Bernardino County, with permits to operate and licensed elevator…

In the City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California, recycled water irrigation systems in covered landscape projects must allow for current and future use of recycled water and…

The county's Development Code does not run a lawn-removal rebate program, but Chapter 83.10 requires new landscaping in the Mountain and Desert regions to minimize turf under §…

In the City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, farming is zoned through the land use districts and an Additional Agriculture (AA) Overlay District that allows animal raising as a…

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…

In the City of Yucaipa, the Rural Living, Single Residential and Multiple Residential districts each print a maximum structure height of 35 feet, and RM-24 prints 45 feet. Section…

In the City of Yucaipa, the Single Residential (RS) District prints a Maximum Lot Coverage of 55% and a Maximum Building Coverage of 40%. Rural Living prints 40% for both, and Multiple…

In the City of Yucaipa, the Single Residential (RS) District prints a 25 foot front yard setback, side yard setbacks of 10 ft. and 5 ft., and a 20 foot rear yard setback. Rural Living…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, solar energy systems are regulated under the Uniform Code for Solar Energy Installations, 2024 Edition, adopted by Yucaipa Municipal Code §…

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…

California Civil Code 714 (Solar Rights Act) prohibits HOAs in San Bernardino County from banning solar panels, limiting restrictions to reasonable placement that does not…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, an activity in a Community Industrial or Regional Industrial District cannot cause glare above 0.5 foot candles when measured in a Residential…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, the Development Code controls outdoor light through direction, shielding and glare rules. Section 87.0605(f) requires all parking area lighting to…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, an Electronic Messaging Center Billboard display cannot exceed 0.3 foot-candles above the ambient light level at any time, measured with a…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, new alcohol beverage sales establishments, a class that expressly includes taverns, cocktail lounges, dance halls, nightclubs, and bars, must…

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…

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.

In the City of Yucaipa, California, three or more trees in linear plantings 50 feet or greater in length within established windrows or parkway plantings are treated as heritage trees…

In the City of Yucaipa, California, every oak tree of the Genus Quercus except Scrub Oak is protected. Development Code § 89.0515 bars anyone from cutting, removing, encroaching into…

In the City of Yucaipa, new development projects must space street trees no more than 30 feet on center and give each street tree in the parkway between sidewalk and curb a linear root…

California Civil Code 5600-5740 governs HOA assessments in San Bernardino County, requiring annual budget disclosure, limits on increases without member vote, and specific collection…

California Civil Code 5900-5965 requires HOAs in San Bernardino County to offer internal dispute resolution (IDR) and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) before filing litigation over…

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…

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…

California SB 793, upheld by Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the retail sale of most flavored tobacco products and flavor enhancers across San Bernardino County, including menthol…

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…

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…

San Bernardino County protects known and likely archaeological and historic sites through the Cultural Resources Preservation (CP) Overlay, County Code Chapter 82.12. Land is mapped…

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 requires a business license and charges a 7.75% admission tax on permanent open-air amphitheaters seating 1,000 or more in the unincorporated area.

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 Code § 26.0101 makes it unlawful, in the unincorporated area, to keep, maintain, conduct, control, have charge of, or even be present at or visit any house, room…

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…

County Environmental Health Services inspects every apartment house, hotel, and motel in unincorporated San Bernardino County before issuing the Certificate of Occupancy required to…

The county Development Code sets stationary-source noise limits, measured at the nearest noise-sensitive property line. A data center next to homes cannot exceed 55 dB(A) daytime or 45…

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…