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Planning Code - Title 17

The Planning Code specifies land use and development standards.

  • Planning-Code-Title-17.pdf(PDF, 11MB)
  • Title 16 Subdivisions(PDF, 347KB)

For the latest versions of Title 17 Oakland Planning Code and Title 16 Subdivisions, please click on the PDF links above.

The latest online version of the Planning Code published by Municode will be posted soon.

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