Ventura County Unincorporated

The purpose of this zone is to provide areas for communities which will be developed utilizing modern land planning and unified design techniques... including garden apartments, townhouses and single-family dwellings.

The purpose of this zone is primarily for construction of multifamily dwellings with a maximum density of twenty (20) dwellings per acre. Compatible commercial uses are also allowed in the R/MU Zone and such uses are required in specific locations.

The purpose of this zone is to encourage the development of coordinated, innovative and efficient commercial sites and to provide areas for a wide range of commercial retail and business uses, including stores, shops and offices supplying commodities or performing services for the surrounding community.

The purpose of overlay zones is to superimpose particular zones on existing base zones, thus establishing additional regulations and either reducing or extending permitted uses.

The following list of specifically prohibited uses is provided for informational purposes, and is not intended to be comprehensive: a. Nuclear power plants; b. Public polo events; c. Racetracks for horses or motorized vehicles, except motocross/OHV parks otherwise permitted; d. Stadiums; e. The parking of motor vehicles on vacant land containing no principal use; f. Retail sales from wheeled vehicles, except as permitted pursuant to Sections 8105-4 and 8105-5; g. Retail sales in the O-S, A-E, R-A, R-E, R-O, R-1, R-2, R-P-D, and T-P zones, except as expressly permitted by this Ordinance or as an accessory use as expressly allowed in the discretionary permit conditions.

Permitted uses in open spaces, agricultural, residential and special purpose zones. [R-P-D column: Dwellings, Single-Family - PD; Dwellings, Two-Family, Or Two Single-Family Dwellings - PD; Dwellings, Multi-Family - ZC; Domestic Animals Per Art. 7 - E; Family Day Care Home - E; Home occupations - ZC; Fences and Walls 7' High or Less Per Art. 6 - E]

R/MU | 10 ft | 5 ft | 10 ft

The height of any building located on a flat grade is the vertical distance from the grade to the highest point of the roof; ... on a sloping grade ... from the averaged grade ...

OS 80 (Open Space 80 ac min) | 5

OS 40 (Open Space 40 ac min) | 5

RR 5 (Rural Residential 5 ac min) | 25

UR 1-2 (Urban Residential 1-2 du/ac) | 28

UR 2-4 (Urban Residential 2-4 du/ac) | 35

UR 4-6 (Urban Residential 4-6 du/ac) | 45

UR 6-10 (Urban Residential 6-10 du/ac) | 50

UR 10-15 (Urban Residential 10-15 du/ac) | 60

UR 20 (Urban Residential 20 du/ac) | 60

Maximum building lot coverage of lots less than ten (10) acres (nonconforming) in area shall be two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet plus one (1) square foot for each 22.334 square feet of lot area over five thousand (5,000) square feet.

OS 20 (Open Space 20-40 ac min) | 5

OS 10 (Open Space 10-20 ac min) | 5