Animal Keeping & Raising

Standards for the keeping and raising of animals

• Ordinance Section L-II 3.4 Animal Keeping and Raising
• Animal Keeping & Raising Regulations (PDF)

Fences & Hedges

The purpose of these regulations is to protect the visual quality and to minimize sight distance impairment on roadways by establishing height limits for fencing and hedges located within yard setbacks.

• Ordinance Section L-II 4.2.6 Fencing and Hedges
• Fencing and Hedges Regulations (PDF)

Home Businesses

The home business section provides for limited commercial activity in the residential and rural districts on properties developed with a residence as the primary use, provided that the home business activity does not impact surrounding residential properties.

• Ordinance Section L-II 3.11 Home Businesses
• Home Businesses Regulations (PDF)

Inoperable Motor Vehicles & Removal

This chapter is enacted under the authority of Section 22660 of the Vehicle Code to establish procedures for the abatement and removal, as public nuisances, of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative motor vehicles.

• Ordinance Section L-II 5.20 Abatement and Removal of Inoperable Vehicles
• Inoperable Motor Vehicle & Removal (PDF)

Recreational Vehicle Use & Temporary Occupancies

The purpose of this statute is to provide for the temporary occupancy of recreational vehicles on property not located within a mobile home park or a campground.

• Ordinance Section L-II 3.15 Recreational Vehicle Use and Temporary Occupancies
• Recreational Vehicle Use and Temporary Occupancies (PDF)

Sewage Disposal

Find the code about sewage disposal in Nevada County.

• Ordinance Chapter VI: Sewage Disposal
• Sewage Disposal (PDF)

Solid Waste Regulations

Find information about the solid waste regulations that are enacted in Nevada County.

• Ordinance Section G-IV 8.1 General
• Solid Waste (PDF)