You can find your property’s zoning designation online. If you are looking for the zoning designation for your property and what it means, you can check your zoning at your leisure, 24 hours a day. Click image below to get started using the San Rafael Zoning Finder tool:
Once you have located your zoning district using our online zoning tool, you can view the development standards and land use standards for each zoning district below. Please note if your zoning includes an overlay please review both the base zoning district and the overlay zoning district.
You can alternately find zoning information using the MarinMaps GIS feature to locate zoning information. Click on the search button to locate your property, and click the "Run Parcel Report" on the left panel.
For information on the downtown zoning districts, please see the Downtown Precise Plan.
*Please verify information found with a City Planner before preparing an application*
Zoning District
| Single Family Residential Zoning Districts
(R5, R7.5, R10, R1a, R2a) |
Development Standards | Land Use |
| Duplex Residential Zoning District (DR) | Development Standards | Land Use |
| Multifamily Residential Zoning District
(MR5, MR3, MR2.5, MR2, HR1.8, HR1.5, HR1) |
Development Standards | Land Use |
| Commercial Zoning Districts
(GC, NC, C/O, O, R/O, FBWC) |
Development Standards | Land Use |
| Industrial Zoning Districts (I, LI/O, CCI/O, LMU) | Development Standards | Land Use |
| Planned Development District (PD) | Development Standards | Land Use |
| Marine Zoning District (M) | Development Standards | Land Use |
| Public/Quasi-Public Zoning District (P/QP) | Development Standards | Land Use |
| Parks/Open Space Zoning District (P/OS) | Development Standards | Land Use |
| Water District (W) | Development Standards | Land Use |
| Overlay Districts | ||
| Hillside Development Overlay District (-H) | Development Standards | See Zoning District above |
| Wetland Overlay District (-WO) | Development Standards | Land Use |
| Eichler/Alliance Homes Overlay District (-EA) | Development Standards | See Zoning District above |
| Canalfront Review Overlay District (-C) | Development Standards | See Zoning District above |
If you have further questions about the zoning, please feel free to contact the planning division at (415) 485-3085 or by email (we will return your call/email within 48 business hours or stop by and talk to a planner on duty during open counter hours.