Title 21, Real Property

Affordable Housing Projects. (a) The Mayor of the impacted municipality may convene a single MPC public hearing held concurrently with or immediately following the Department of Land Management’s (DLM) municipal public hearing for the rezoning application. This joint public heari…

No building or structure shall be altered, enlarged, moved or maintained, and no building or land shall be used for any purpose, except for a use permitted in the zone in which such building or land is located, as hereafter provided in this article. SOURCE: GC § 17100.

Where a commercial or industrial use occurs in zones permitted such uses, but in areas which are located adjacent to rural or residential zones, the yard requirement shall be twice that required of such use or twenty (20) feet, whichever is the greater. SOURCE: GC § 17101.

(a) In addition to permitted uses in each of the zones, specified uses are permitted upon approval by the Commission of the site plan including, but not limited to, disposal of sewage, access, parking, structure location and dimensions of buildings, impact of the proposed use on …

(a) Pursuant to § 61303 of this Article, the Department of Land Management (the Department) shall determine the names and addresses and properly serve or mail all required notices to all persons within the five hundred foot (500’) radius of the proposed project who will be affect…

(a) Uses permitted: (1) One-family dwellings and duplexes. (2) Farming and fisheries, including all types of activities and pursuits customarily carried on in the field of agriculture and fisheries, including the raising of crops and fruits, poultry and livestock, grazing and dai…

(a) Use Permitted. (1) One-family dwellings. (2) Gardening and the keeping of pets for noncommercial purposes. (3) Bed and breakfasts. (4) Use customarily accessory to any of the above uses, including accessory dwelling units, home occupations and private parking areas with acces…

(a) Use Permitted. (1) One-family dwellings. (2) Duplexes. (3) Multi-family dwellings. (4) Hotels, private groups, and institutions. (5) Bed and breakfasts. (6) Accessory uses and structures for the above. (7) Accessory dwelling units. (b) Conditional Uses. (1) Any conditional us…

(a) Use Permitted. (1) One-family dwellings. (2) Duplexes. (3) Wholesale and retail stores, shops and businesses. (4) Amusement enterprises. (5) Automobile service station, including minor repairs. (6) Bakeries. (7) Mortuaries. (8) Offices, business or professional, inclusive of …

Use Permitted. (a) Public or commercial parking area and garages. (b) Public access to adjoining parking areas. (c) Loading and unloading of automobiles or trucks, but not to use portions of required parking space. (d) Service vehicle storage after commercial hours. (e) Utilities…

(a) Use Permitted. (1) Any use permitted with or without condition in the commercial zone. (2) The manufacturing, compounding, processing or treating of such products as drugs, cosmetics, and food products (not including fish and meat products nor the rendering of fats and oils).…

(a) Use Permitted. (1) Any uses permitted in the M1 zone, excepting residential use. (2) Junk Yards. Under the special provisions set forth in Subarticle 6, Article 5 of this Chapter. COL 2026-04-23 (3) Any other uses not specifically prohibited by law, including those which are …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, there is hereby created a H Resort-Hotel Zone for the purpose of being applied to areas to accommodate the needs and desires of visitors, tourists and transient guests. (a) Purpose. (1) It applies to …

Use permitted: (a) public schools and school related facilities. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-068:II:I:21 (Sept. 30, 2005). 2017 NOTE: Subsection designations deleted/altered pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606.

Use permitted. (a) Schools, police stations, fire stations, community centers, recreation centers, senior citizen centers, public health centers, libraries, government buildings and other related facilities. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-134:2 (July 11, 2006), title modified for consi…

In the A, R1, LC, R2, C, M1 and M2 Zones, no building or structure shall be erected or maintained, nor shall any existing building or structure be altered, enlarged, moved, or maintained, to exceed a height limit of three stories (the three stories shall not exceed a height of th…

The following buildings, structures and equipment may be erected and maintained above the permitted height limit: (a) In the A Zone, any building may exceed the height limit of two stories or thirty (30) feet, if such building is located at least at a distance equal to two times …

(a) Minimum Yards and Lot Areas Established. No building or structure shall be erected or maintained, nor shall any existing building or structure be altered, enlarged, moved or maintained, on any lot, unless a front yard, a rear yard and two (2) side yards are provided and maint…

(a) No required yard or other open space provided about any building or structure for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Title, shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building or structure. (b) No lot or parcel of land under separate…

(a) No front yard need be provided on a lot in a hillside area where the topography of the lot is such as to make it unreasonable or impractical to locate a building on the lot and provide a front yard. (b) No side yard need be provided for a dwelling or hotel erected above the g…

(a) I Liheslatura finds that the indiscriminate building of structures on the beaches of Guam creates a menace to the well-being of the people of Guam by increasing the pollution of tidal waters, that such construction, in addition, deprives the people of Guam of their right to t…

In the A, R1, and R2 zones, no accessory building shall be erected or maintained and no existing building shall be enlarged, moved or maintained, unless such accessory building is located on the lot in conformance with following regulations: (a) Every accessory building shall be …

This subdivision of the “Zoning Law of Guam” shall be known and may be cited as the “Family Home Occupation Act.” COL 2026-04-23 2025 NOTE: Reference to the “Territory” omitted pursuant to 1 GCA § 420.

The purpose of this subdivision of the “Zoning Law of Guam” is to permit family home occupations in residential dwelling units as an accessory use without a use variance through the establishment of certain minimum regulations for the protection of the community. 2025 NOTE: Refer…

Notwithstanding any zoning law to the contrary, a family home occupation shall be an accessory use to a residential dwelling or unit within any zone, and shall not require a use variance provided that: (a) the activity does not create a consternation with the residential use of t…

(a) In the case of a dwelling that is a part of a horizontal and community property regime or a common interest ownership community in which at least some of the property is owned in common by all of the residents; or, in the case of a dwelling unit that is part of a planned unit…

(a) A Community Property Regime (Regime) may establish limitations for, or prohibit entirely, any family home occupation which it deems incompatible with the character of the residential community in which it is located. (b) After the effective date of this Article, any Regime ma…

In accordance with the purpose of this Article, a Regime may establish, through rule, regulation, by- law, covenant, agreement, condition or other documents: (a) standards for delivery or truck traffic; (b) standards concerning the acceptable volume of invitees or guests to a fam…

This Article shall not limit the power of the government to protect the health, safety and welfare of its residents, including the investigation and elimination of nuisances. SUBARTICLE 3 NONCONFORMING BUILDINGS AND USES

(a) A nonconforming building may be maintained and repaired, except as otherwise provided in this section. (b) A building nonconforming as to use regulations shall not be added to or enlarged in any manner, unless said building, including such additions and enlargements, is made …

The provisions of § 61521(c) shall be applied to alterations, additions, or improvements constructed prior to the effective date of this law. SOURCE: Added as uncodified law by P.L. 12-160:8 (Aug. 26, 1974); codified by the Compiler.

(a) The nonconforming use of a building, existing at the time this law became effective, may be continued. (b) The use of nonconforming building may be changed to any other use which is permitted in the same zone as the use for which the building or structure is designed or inten…

The nonconforming use of land, existing at the time this law became effective, may be continued except that such use shall not be extended either on the same or on to adjoining property. Where a nonconforming use of land is discontinued or changed, any future use of such land sha…

The foregoing provisions of this Chapter shall also apply to buildings, land and uses which hereafter become nonconforming due to any classification or reclassification of zone or to any change in the provisions of this Chapter. SOURCE: GC § 17303.

(a) Any building or structure constructed on a Single Family (R1) Zone during the period of November 1991 through June 1997 and not meeting the Yard and Lot Area Table set forth in § 61501 of this Chapter shall be deemed as a legal nonconforming building and continue as a legal n…

Off-street automobile parking space shall be provided as follows: (a) For dwellings, at least one (1) automobile parking space for each dwelling unit; (b) For hotels, at least one (1) automobile parking space for each four (4) guest rooms; (c) For places of assembly, such as chur…

The off-street automobile parking space required under §§ 61531 and 61532 of this Chapter shall be laid out at the ratio of seventy-five percent (75%) for compact automobiles to twenty-five percent (25%) for standard-sized automobiles or at any greater percentage of compact autom…

(a) Automobile parking space required by this Chapter shall be provided at the time of the erection of any main building or at the time any existing main building is enlarged or increased in capacity by adding dwelling units, guest rooms or floor area, and such parking space shal…

Off-street loading spaces for every commercial or industrial building shall be provided, located and scaled to meet the anticipated needs of all establishments and activities likely to require such space. In general, off-street loading space shall be located in service areas at t…

No structure of any kind or character erected or maintained for outdoor advertising or identification purposes, upon which any poster, bill, printing, painting, or other advertisement of any kind whatsoever is placed, including statuary for advertising or identification purposes,…

[Repealed.] SOURCE: GC § 17400.1 added by P.L. 18-040:36 (Nov. 6, 1986). Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 24-055:2 (June 25, 1997). Amended by P.L. 31-148:2 (Nov. 21, 2011). P.L. 32-209:1 (Dec. 29, 2014) amended subsections (e) and (h), and added subsection (i). Repealed by P.L. 34…

(a) All permitted signs shall be erected in such a manner as not to create a hazard to public safety or property, and shall be resistant to winds, typhoon, earthquake or other natural phenomenon. Engineering design shall be based on applicable sections of the Building Law of Guam…

Any permitted sign erected, displayed or maintained pursuant to § 61541(b)(1) and (2) of this Chapter which contains a message in a language other than English or Chamorro in Roman alphabet characters shall contain a meaningful translation in the English or Chamorro language whic…

(a) Any person or business who violates any provision of § 61541 or § 61544 of this Chapter shall pay a civil penalty not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for each violation occurring in Residential and Agricultural zones; and a civil penalty of One Thousand Dollars ($1,00…

Notwithstanding any law in this Chapter to the contrary, it shall not be illegal for the Department of Education to place a sign on any school bus stop shelter to identify and commemorate a public business or individual who contributed money to provide for the erection and mainte…

(a) Definitions. COL 2026-04-23 (1) “Animated sign” means a sign employing actual motion, the illusion of motion, or light and/or color changes achieved through mechanical, electrical, or electronic means. Animated signs, which are differentiated from changeable signs as defined …