Ventura County Unincorporated, California · District
R-2
Two-Family Residential District
Dimensional standards
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right33
- dwellings, single-family
- dwellings, two-family, or two single-family dwellings
- domestic animals per art. 7
- family day care home
- garage/yard sales
- home occupations
- homeshare
- short-term rental
- patios, paving and decks not more than 30" above finished grade
- play structures, outdoor furniture, mailboxes and similar structures exempt from setback requirements
- swimming, wading and ornamental pools less than 18" depth capacity
- soil and geologic testing for water wells, foundations, septic systems and similar construction
- apiculture (backyard beekeeping)
- pet animals in accordance with standards of art. 7
- open storage, per art. 7
- fences and walls 7' high or less per art. 6
- grading
- maintenance, routine/minor repairs to buildings, no structural alterations
- mobile food facilities
- model homes/lot sales: 2 years
- signs per article 10 unless exempt from zoning clearance per sec. 8110-3
- storage of building materials, temporary
- other trees and vegetation outside overlay zone
- uses and structures, accessory (other than to agriculture, animals or dwellings)
- heating and cooling equipment, emergency backup generators, backup battery packs, and the like
- on-site composting operations (small-scale, up to 10 cubic yards on-site)
- soil and geologic testing for water wells foundations, septic systems and similar construction
- swimming, wading, and ornamental pools less than 18" depth capacity
- patios, paving and decks not more than 30" above finished grade
- play structures, outdoor furniture and similar structures exempt from setback requirements
- open storage per art. 7
- individual sewage disposal systems
- well drilling for use only on lot of well location
Conditional / special use79
- more domestic animals than are permitted by art. 7 (excluding the keeping of roosters)
- reduced setbacks for animals (excluding the keeping of roosters) per table 2, sec. 8107-2.5.1
- apiculture (other than backyard beekeeping)
- aquaculture/aquiculture
- vermiculture (over 5,000 sq. ft. of open beds)
- wild animals, not inherently dangerous
- inherently dangerous animals
- agricultural contractors' service and storage yards and buildings
- boarding houses and bed-and-breakfast inns
- day care centers
- intermediate care of 7 or more persons
- residential care of 7 or more persons
- cemeteries
- accessory crematories, columbaria and mausoleums
- commercial cannabis activity as defined by section 2701 of the ventura county code of ordinances
- non-commercial antenna, ground-mounted (over 40 ft. to 75 ft. in height)
- wireless communication facility (stealth facilities, 80 feet or less in height)
- wireless communication facility (non-stealth facilities, 50 feet or less in height)
- wireless communication facility (non-stealth facilities, over 50 feet in height, or stealth facilities over 80 feet)
- historic repository
- interpretive centers
- mobilehome, continuing nonconforming
- buildings for human habitation (temporary housing during construction/prior to reconstruction)
- buildings not for human habitation or agricultural and animal husbandry/keeping purposes (over 2,000 sq. ft. GFA per lot)
- buildings not for human habitation or agricultural and animal husbandry/keeping purposes (exceeding height limits of main structure)
- nonmotorized wheeled conveyances (which exceed standards)
- keeping of animals; nonhusbandry (more animals than are permitted by art. 7)
- keeping of animals; nonhusbandry (wild animals as pets)
- keeping of animals; nonhusbandry (more wild animals than are permitted)
- youth projects (excluding the keeping of roosters)
- rooster youth projects and rooster hobbyists
- colleges and universities
- schools, elementary and secondary (boarding and nonboarding)
- energy production from renewable sources and energy storage
- wildlife impermeable fencing in overlay zone (over 7' high per art. 6)
- filming activities (temporary)
- filming activities (occasional per sec. 8107-11.1)
- filming activities (occasional with waivers per sec. 8107-11.2)
- filming activities (occasional, not meeting standards)
- firewood operations
- government buildings
- correctional institutions
- fire stations
- law enforcement facilities
- hospitals
- libraries
- mineral resource development
- mining and accessory uses
- oil and gas exploration and production
- drilling, temporary geologic (testing only)
- mobilehome parks
- model homes/lot sales (more than 2 years)
- organics processing operations (commercial, small-scale, up to 200 cubic yards on-site)
- organics processing operations (commercial, medium-scale, over 200 cubic yards to 1,000 cubic yards on-site)
- organics processing operations (commercial, large-scale, over 1,000 cubic yards on-site)
- outdoor events (if event does not meet criteria and requirements of sec. 8107-46.3)
- pipelines/transmission lines, aboveground
- public service/utility facilities (excluding office and service yards)
- public service/utility offices and service yards, when located on lots containing the majority of the agency's facilities
- botanic gardens and arboreta
- camps
- campgrounds
- golf courses and/or driving ranges, except miniature golf
- parks, natural (buildings within natural parks)
- parks, urban
- gymnasium (within urban parks)
- periodic outdoor sporting events
- recreational vehicle parks
- retreats, without sleeping facilities
- retreats, with sleeping facilities
- shooting ranges and outdoor gun clubs
- soil amendment operations
- veterinary hospitals for large animals
- waste handling, waste disposal and recycling facilities (recyclables collection centers)
- waste handling, waste disposal and recycling facilities (temporary collection activities)
- wastewater/sewage treatment facilities (on-site wastewater treatment facilities)
- wastewater/sewage treatment facilities (community wastewater treatment facilities)
- water production, storage, transmission, & distribution facilities (5 or more domestic service connections, privately operated)
- water production, storage, transmission, & distribution facilities (for agricultural purposes, privately operated)
Accessory14
- accessory dwelling unit (ADU)
- junior accessory dwelling unit (JADU)
- buildings not for human habitation or agricultural and animal husbandry/keeping purposes (up to 2,000 sq. ft. GFA per lot)
- accessory bathrooms
- heating and cooling equipment, emergency backup generators, backup battery packs, and the like
- freestanding light fixtures per sec. 8106-8.6
- nonmotorized wheeled conveyances, within standards
- keeping of animals; nonhusbandry (equines and other domestic animals per art. 7)
- keeping of animals; nonhusbandry (pet animals in accordance with standards of art. 7)
- garage/yard sales
- home occupations
- homeshare
- open storage, per art. 7
- short-term rental
Extracted standards
1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Maximum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.7 ft
FENCES AND WALLS 7' HIGH OR LESS PER ART. 6 - E
From the ordinance
Permitted uses in open spaces, agricultural, residential and special purpose zones. [R-2 column: Dwellings, Single-Family - ZC; Dwellings, Two-Family, Or Two Single-Family Dwellings - 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]