Ventura, California · District
T4.5
General Urban Zone 5 (T4.5)
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Parking
- Minimum, studio / 1-bedroom
- 1
- Minimum, 2+ bedroom
- 2
Uses
Permitted by right51
- single-family dwelling
- duplex
- townhouse
- multi-family building
- ground-floor retail
- office
- health/fitness facility
- library, museum
- studio – art, dance, martial arts, music
- dwelling – multi-unit
- dwelling – second unit/carriage house
- dwelling – single dwelling
- home occupation
- residential accessory use or structure
- general retail
- restaurant
- bank, financial services
- business support service
- medical/dental
- catering service
- day care
- emergency shelter
- lodging
- personal services
- commercial block
- multifamily dwelling
- neighborhood-serving commercial
- live/work unit
- front yard house
- side yard house
- multiplex
- villa
- bungalow court
- rowhouse
- live/work
- side court housing
- courtyard housing
- stacked dwellings
- Libraries, Museums
- Studio – Art, dance, martial arts, music, etc.
- Dwelling: Multifamily
- Dwelling: Accessory Dwelling Unit
- Dwelling: Single-Family
- Home Occupation
- Residential Accessory Use or Structure
- General Retail
- Emergency Shelter
- Personal Services
- Banking and Financial Services
- Medical/Dental
- Office
Conditional / special use23
- printing and publishing
- research and development
- community meeting
- school, public or private
- live/work
- special residence
- bar, tavern, night club
- farmers' market, certified
- thrift stores
- mortuary, funeral home
- wireless telecommunications facility
- transit station or terminal
- Community Meeting
- School, public or private
- Safety Services
- Live/Work
- Special Residence
- Restaurant
- Thrift Stores
- Lodging Services
- Mortuary, Funeral Home
- Wireless Telecommunications Facility
- Transit Facilities, Terminals and Stations
Accessory1
Prohibited23
- laboratory – medical, analytical
- adult business
- live entertainment
- gas stations
- auto- or motor-vehicle-related sales or services
- drive-through facility
- drive-through service
- personal services: restricted
- parking facility, public or commercial
- Laboratory – Medical and analytical
- Printing and Publishing
- Research and Development
- Adult-Oriented Business
- Health/Fitness Facility of 10,000 sq. ft. or greater
- Health/Fitness Facility < 10,000 sq. ft.
- Bars, Taverns and Night Clubs
- Dining Establishment: Drive-Through Facility
- Gas Stations
- Property Maintenance Services
- Repair Services
- Business Support Services
- Drive-Through Facility
- Parking Facility, public or commercial
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Frontage
- FrontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. type minimum setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Common Yard 15', Door Yard 10', Porch and Fence 15', Stoop 10', Forecourt 0', Lightcourt 10', Shopfront and Awning 0', Gallery 0'
Other
- Architectural encroachment8 ft
Patios, uncovered stoops, roof overhangs, and awnings may encroach eight feet maximum into the required setbacks
Front Setback: Per allowed frontage type, 20' maximum
- Minimum floor-to-floor heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft
Min. floor to floor 15 feet
- Mixed type development required on parcels30,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Mixed type development is required on parcels of 30,000 square feet or more
Rear Setback (no alley): 1- or 2-story buildings 20', 3-story buildings 30'
Parking
- Parking placement
Street Setback: within rear 50% of lot depth; Side Street Setback: 5' min (with alley), 20' min (no alley); Side Yard Setback: 5' min
From the ordinance
A primary building shall be placed on a lot in compliance with the following requirements... Front Setback: Per allowed frontage type, 20' maximum... Height: Max 3 floors and 45 feet.
Parking requirements
{
"Condominiums": "2-1/2 spaces per unit (2 in garage)",
"Nonresidential": "1 per 300 sq ft gross floor area",
"1-2 dwelling units": "2-car garage per unit",
"3 dwelling units (apartments)": "1 covered for 1-bedroom; 1 covered + 1 uncovered for 2+ bedroom; 1/4 uncovered per unit for guest"
}