California Civil Code ARTICLE 1 - Protected Uses

• Section 4700.
  This article includes provisions that limit the authority of an association or the governing documents to regulate the use of a member’s separate interest. Nothing...
• Section 4705.
  (a) Except as required for the protection of the public health or safety, no governing document shall limit or prohibit, or be construed to limit or...
• Section 4710.
  (a) The governing documents may not prohibit posting or displaying of noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or banners on or in a member’s separate interest, except as...
• Section 4715.
  (a) No governing documents shall prohibit the owner of a separate interest within a common interest development from keeping at least one pet within the common...
• Section 4720.
  (a) No association may require a homeowner to install or repair a roof in a manner that is in violation of Section 13132.7 of the Health...
• Section 4725.
  (a) Any covenant, condition, or restriction contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of, or any interest in,...
• Section 4730.
  (a) Any provision of a governing document that arbitrarily or unreasonably restricts an owner’s ability to market the owner’s interest in a common interest development is...
• Section 4735.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision of the governing documents or architectural or landscaping guidelines or policies shall be void and unenforceable if it does...
• Section 4736.
  (a) A provision of the governing documents shall be void and unenforceable if it requires pressure washing the exterior of a separate interest and any exclusive...
• Section 4740.
  (a) An owner of a separate interest in a common interest development shall not be subject to a provision in a governing document or an amendment...
• Section 4745.
  (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a...
• Section 4746.
  (a) When reviewing a request to install a solar energy system on a multifamily common area roof shared by more than one homeowner pursuant to Sections...
• Section 4750.
  (a) For the purposes of this section, “personal agriculture” has the same definition as in Section 1940.10.(b) Any provision of a governing document, as defined in Section...
• Section 4753.
  (a) For the purposes of this section, “clothesline” includes a cord, rope, or wire from which laundered items may be hung to dry or air. A...

Last modified: October 22, 2018