Calistoga, California Zoning Map
Zoning, overlays and hazards on every parcel — and an answer to what the code actually lets you build. Compiled from current zoning data for all 25 districts.
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Zoning
- District code & full name
- Parcel boundary & APN
- All 25 districts mapped
Building controls
- Maximum building height
- Floor area ratio (FAR)
- Front setback
- Side setback
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Where uses are permitted in Calistoga
Share of Calistoga's zoned land where each use is permitted.
- Single-family
- 70.77%
- Multi-family
- 21.25%
- ADU
- 58.57%
- Two-family
- 0.97%
- Retail
- 11.98%
- Eating & drinking
- 45.70%
- Office
- 22.00%
- Hotel / motel
- 12.70%
- Industrial
- 1.60%
- Storage & warehouses
- 41.91%
- Short-term rental
- 11.04%
Calistoga, California Zoning Districts: What Do They Mean?
Zoning districts are areas regulated by specific laws that determine land use, building types, and development rules. Each district below shows its zone type and which uses it permits.
| Zone Code | Category | Area | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
C-A Commercial Airport | - | 34 ac | Standards & uses → |
CC Community Commercial | - | 73.9 ac | Standards & uses → |
DC Downtown Commercial | - | 29 ac | Standards & uses → |
I Light Industrial | - | 24.3 ac | Standards & uses → |
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What should developers know about Calistoga zoning?
Calistoga is a small Napa Valley resort town, and its zoning is a study in resort-and-residential balance executed through project-specific planned developments. The largest districts are residential and rural-residential - Rural Residential (RR) at roughly 374 acres, Rural Residential Hillside (RR-H) at about 239 acres, and One Family Residential (R-1) at around 143 acres - which together preserve the low-density, hillside-influenced character around the town core. But what most distinguishes Calistoga's map is the dense cluster of named Planned Development districts tied to individual resort and hospitality projects.
Those planned developments - including the Enchanted Resort and Spa (PD-2010-1), Palisades Resort and Spa (PD-2003-1), Silver Rose Resort (PD-2011-2), and several others - encode the town's wine-country tourism economy directly into the zoning code, each governing a specific resort, spa, or residential project under its own standards. The conventional commercial and mixed-use core is compact: Community Commercial (CC) at roughly 74 acres and Downtown Commercial (DC) at about 29 acres anchor the walkable retail and visitor district. Multifamily and visitor-accommodation capacity sits in the Multifamily Residential and Office (R-3) and Multifamily Residential, Office and Visitor Accommodations (R-3-VA) zones, with a Mobile Home Park (MHP), Two Family Residential (R-2), a Commercial Airport (C-A) zone, Light Industrial (I), and a large Public (P) designation completing the map.
For a developer or investor, the practical read is that new hospitality and resort opportunity in Calistoga tends to run through bespoke planned-development entitlements, while the residential base is deliberately low-density and the downtown commercial core is small and tightly held. Recorded building controls include FAR, density, multi-unit, coverage, lot width, height, and full setbacks. This is pre-development intelligence, not legal advice - verify with the local planning department before acquisition.
Calistoga zoning: frequently asked questions
Why does Calistoga have so many named Planned Development districts?
Calistoga's wine-country tourism economy is encoded directly into its zoning through project-specific planned developments - the Enchanted Resort and Spa (PD-2010-1), Palisades Resort and Spa (PD-2003-1), Silver Rose Resort (PD-2011-2), and others. Each governs a specific resort, spa, or residential project under its own adopted standards. New hospitality opportunity typically runs through these bespoke entitlements rather than a generic commercial zone.
Where can visitor accommodations and hospitality be developed in Calistoga?
Hospitality is concentrated in the resort-oriented Planned Development districts and in the Multifamily Residential, Office and Visitor Accommodations (R-3-VA) zone, which expressly contemplates visitor uses. The compact Downtown Commercial (DC) and Community Commercial (CC) cores support visitor-serving retail. For new lodging product, the planned-development path and R-3-VA designation are the primary lanes.
What is the residential character of Calistoga?
Low-density and hillside-influenced. Rural Residential (RR, about 374 acres), Rural Residential Hillside (RR-H, about 239 acres), and One Family Residential (R-1, around 143 acres) dominate, with Two Family (R-2) and the multifamily R-3 zones providing limited denser capacity. The base zones are built to preserve the town's rural Napa Valley setting, so higher-density housing is restricted to a few districts.
How large is Calistoga's downtown commercial core?
Compact. Downtown Commercial (DC) covers roughly 29 acres and Community Commercial (CC) about 74 acres, together forming the town's walkable retail and visitor district. Commercial space is tightly held and small-scale, so opportunity there tends toward reuse, infill, and visitor-serving tenancy rather than large new developments.
Do hillside constraints affect development on Calistoga's rural-residential lots?
Yes - the Rural Residential Hillside (RR-H) zone covers about 239 acres, and sloped sites in Napa Valley commonly carry grading, fire-hazard, viewshed, and access constraints that flatter parcels avoid. State ADU laws still reach qualifying single-family lots citywide. Front-load slope and fire diligence, and verify Calistoga's hillside and ADU standards, before assuming buildability on a rural-residential parcel.
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Zoning data is pre-development intelligence, not legal advice. Verify with the Calistoga planning department before acquisition or design.