The City of Irvine Zoning Ordinance ensures consistency between the City's General Plan and proposed development. The Zoning Ordinance identifies land use categories, boundaries and development standards; as well as, requirements for discretionary procedures, such as Administrative Relief, Conditional Use Permit, Master Plan, and Tentative Map.
Development standards include information on setbacks, building height, site coverage, parking and sign requirements. Where a proposed development is inconsistent with adopted land use categories or development standards, Administrative Relief or a Zone Change: click here may be requested.
For a copy of the administrative relief form, click here.
If you would like the zoning or development standards pertaining to a specific site or project, contact the City of Irvine Development Assistance Center at 949-724-6308.
For more information, visit municode.com.Click on Online Library; California, Irvine Zoning. Once the Irvine Zoning Ordinance is on your screen, you can move throughout the document by simply using your cursor in the gray box to the left of the screen. By clinking on the file you can identify the chapters, then sections. By clicking on the page icon, you can open the section you would like to see. It will appear on the right side of your screen.
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