General Information

Formerly known as the Zoning Code, the new Planning Regulations include chapters on use classifications, zoning, site-specific and city-wide development regulations, subdivisions, permit processes, and all things planning. Click the links below to explore our new set of Regulations.

• Planning Regulations 
• Planning Regulation Maps
• Planning Regulations Interpretations

Zoning Tools

 

• Uses Permitted, Conditionally Permitted, and Prohibited Table
• Parking Requirements
• Setbacks, Courts and Open Space Requirements
• Sign Regulations

Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance

 

• Applicability
• Requirements for Smaller Landscapes 
• Requirements for Larger Landscapes

Related Code Sections

• Emeryville Municipal Code (complete)
• Noise Ordinance 
• Sidewalk Vendors and Catering Trucks 
• Massage Establishments 
• Medical Marijuana Dispensaries 
• Smoking Pollution Control 

Base Zones

 

• Medium Density Residential (RM)
• Medium-High Density Residential (RMH)
• High Density Residential (RH)
• Mixed Use with Residential (MUR)
• Mixed Use with Residential South (MURS)
• Mixed Use with Non-Residential (MUN)
• Office/Technology (OT)
• Office/Technology Doyle-Hollis North (OT/DH)
• Light Industrial (INL)
• Heavy Industrial (INH)
• Public (P)
• Marina (M)
• Park/Open Space (PO)
• Shoreline Management (S-M)
• Planned Unit Development (PUD)
• Utilities/Transportation (UT)

Overlay Zones

 

• North Hollis District (N-H)
• Park Avenue District (P-A)
• Neighborhood Retail (NR)
• Regional Retail (RR)
• Transit Hub Overlay (TH)
• Pedestrian Priority Overlay (PP)