Vacaville, 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 70 districts.
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Zoning
- District code & full name
- Category & ordinance article
- Parcel boundary & APN
- All 70 districts mapped
Use classes, resolved
- Read per zoning district
Building controls
- Maximum building height
- Floor area ratio (FAR)
- Front setback
- Side setback
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Where uses are permitted in Vacaville
Share of Vacaville's zoned land where each use is permitted.
- Single-family
- 49.36%
- Multi-family
- 43.45%
- ADU
- 43.71%
- Two-family
- 41.28%
- Retail
- 69.44%
- Eating & drinking
- 18.95%
- Office
- 17.13%
- Hotel / motel
- 10.92%
- Industrial
- 11.48%
- Storage & warehouses
- 6.81%
Vacaville, 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 | Permitted Uses | Area | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AG Agriculture | Agriculture | - | 233.1 ac | Standards & uses → |
AH Agriculture Hillsides | Agriculture | - | 159.6 ac | Standards & uses → |
BP Business Park | Commercial |
| 753.6 ac | Standards & uses → |
CG General Commercial | Commercial |
| 597.4 ac | Standards & uses → |
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Where can I build multifamily in Vacaville?
10 of 70 districts permit multifamily - by right, conditionally, or by variance.
Run it →Are ADUs allowed in Vacaville?
Allowed statewide under California law, subject to local development standards.
Run it →What does AG actually permit?
The full standards for one district, read straight from the source.
Run it →What should developers know about Vacaville zoning?
Vacaville is a mid-sized city in Solano County with 70 zoning districts - one of the more granular code structures in the region - reflecting decades of incremental growth between the Bay Area and Sacramento. The city's industrial backbone is Industrial Park (IP) at 1,009 acres, which anchors a major employment and distribution corridor along Interstate 80. The Business Park (BP) district adds 754 acres of lower-intensity employment land. General Commercial (CG) at 597 acres and Highway Commercial (CH) at 284 acres define the commercial spine along the freeway interchanges. Several commercial districts carry Planned Development (-PD) and Residential Overlay (-(RO)) variants, signaling the city's push toward mixed-use densification along commercial corridors.
On the residential side, the district structure is notably layered with a dedicated Downtown subzone family: Downtown Commercial (DC), Downtown General Commercial (DGC), Downtown Mixed Use (DMU), Downtown Neighborhood High (DNH), Downtown Neighborhood Low (DNL), Downtown Neighborhood Medium (DNM), Downtown Open Space (DOS), Downtown Public Facilities (DPF), and Downtown Park and Recreation (DPR) form a distinct downtown regulatory framework across roughly 176 combined acres. This level of downtown zoning granularity signals active planning attention to the city center. Agriculture (AG, 233 acres) and Agriculture Hillsides (AH, 160 acres) persist at the city's edges.
The North Village Specific Plan (NVSP) designations add Business Park and General Commercial subzones covering nearly 100 combined acres in a planned expansion area. Building controls encompass the full suite: FAR, lot, density, coverage, pervious, setbacks, and height. Mixed Use (MX, 41 acres) and the commercial residential overlay variants round out the development toolkit. This is pre-development intelligence, not legal advice - verify with the local planning department before acquisition.
Vacaville zoning: frequently asked questions
What is the scale of Vacaville's industrial and employment land base?
Vacaville's Industrial Park (IP) district at 1,009 acres is the single largest non-residential zone and one of the largest industrial park districts of any Solano County city. The Business Park (BP, 754 acres) and Commercial and Industrial Service (IS, 75 acres) zones add further employment capacity. Together, these three districts represent over 1,800 acres of dedicated employment land - a substantial base that serves logistics, biotechnology, and manufacturing users along the I-80 corridor.
How does Vacaville's downtown zoning framework support urban infill and mixed-use development?
The downtown uses nine distinct sub-designations covering residential density levels (DNH, DNM, DNL), commercial types (DGC, DC), open space (DOS), and public facilities (DPF, DPR), plus a Downtown Mixed Use (DMU) zone. This granularity allows the city to calibrate development intensity block by block through the downtown core. Developers targeting the historic downtown should map which specific downtown sub-zone applies to each parcel before proceeding with program planning.
What commercial-to-residential conversion opportunities exist along Vacaville's corridors?
Several General Commercial zones carry a Residential Overlay (-(RO)) or Planned Development (-PD) suffix, signaling that the city has already approved residential uses as a component within those commercial districts. The CG-(RO) at 10 acres, CN-(RO) at 1 acre, and CO-(RO) at 6 acres are the designated residential-overlay commercial nodes. These are the most straightforward targets for mixed-use or residential conversion projects on commercially zoned land.
How should investors interpret the Agriculture (AG) and Agriculture Hillsides (AH) zones on Vacaville's edges?
AG (233 acres) and AH (160 acres) represent the city's working agricultural and hillside open space edges - land that is within city limits but not planned for near-term urban development. AG land may support farmstand operations, winery uses, or limited rural residential, while AH imposes hillside development constraints due to topography and fire risk. Neither zone is a realistic near-term residential or commercial development target without General Plan amendment.
What does the North Village Specific Plan area represent for developers?
The North Village Specific Plan (NVSP) zones cover about 87 acres of Business Park and 12 acres of General Commercial in a master-planned expansion area north of the city core. NVSP-designated land follows the specific plan rather than the standard code, so project feasibility requires review of the NVSP document. This area represents one of Vacaville's primary greenfield employment and commercial expansion zones.
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