FAQ Category: Code Enforcement

Yes, depending on the nature of the occupation. Chapter 17.64 of the Pinole Municipal Code details uses that are allowed. In order to operate, you will need to obtain a home occupation permit from the Planning Division, which may require inspections by the Building Division, and Business License from the Finance Department. 

Yes you may! Garage/yard sales are limited to four per calendar year, of a duration not longer than two consecutive days, or one garage sale per calendar year for a duration of not more than seven days, on the same residentially zoned parcel in any one calendar year. Garage sale hours are limited to between…

Yes, you may, so long as you do not exceed the allowable amount. The maximum number of small animals allowed without a permit (pigeons, doves, rabbits, duck, chickens and geese) is determined by the size of your parcel. The maximum number of all animals is at rate of one and one-half small animals per each…

Commercial vehicles may be in a residential zone only to perform work, they are not allowed to be stored in street or view of street in a residential zone.

You company vehicle is considered a commercial vehicle, which you may store behind a gated fence only after obtaining a Home Occupation Permit from the Planning Division and Business License from the Finance Department.

It depends both on the species of tree and its size. Protected Trees in the City of Pinole require a issuance of tree removal permit by the Planning Division prior to removal. Unprotected trees do not.

A Protected Tree is a select native tree with a single perennial stem of twelve (12) inches or larger in circumference measured four (4) and a half feet above the natural grade, or any other tree with a single perennial stem greater than fifty-six (56) inches or larger in circumference measured four and a half…

Unprotected Trees are exempt from the Tree Removal Permit requirements regardless of size or health. An Unprotected Tree is any other species of nut of fruit trees, palm trees, and eucalyptus trees or any tree species not listed as a Protected Tree, that is smaller than fifty-six (56) inches in circumference measured four and a…

In a residential zone, you may have no more than two dogs and three cats.