Port Hueneme

No subdivision shall be approved unless those on-site and off-site improvements which are found by the Public Works Director to be reasonably necessary to service the lots being created, are constructed or guaranteed to be constructed by the subdivider, which include, but not limited to, the following improvements: (1) An adequate domestic water distribution system... (2) An adequate sewage system...

Fire escapes may extend or project into any required front, side or rear yard not more than four (4) feet; provided, however, that such extensions shall not be closer than three (3) feet to any property line.

Open work fences, guard railings for safety protection purposes and open work architectural features may be located in the required front yard area, provided the height does not exceed three and one-half (3-½) feet above the curb elevation at the front property line

Not more than three (3) antennas shall be allowed on a single residential parcel of record; provided further, no more than two (2) antennas, not exceeding seventy-five (75) pounds each, may be mounted on a single roof.

Flagpoles flying only the United States of America Flag together/or without the State of California Flag shall be allowed in all zone districts subject to the standards provided herein and the height limits of the underlying zone classification; provided, further, only one flagpole may be erected on a single Parcel of Record in residential zone districts where a Planned Development (PD) designation does not otherwise apply.

No lot area shall be reduced or diminished so that the yards or other open space shall be smaller than prescribed by this Article, nor shall the density of population be increased in any manner except in conformance with the regulations herein established.

Except as permitted under Section 10205(B) or as may otherwise be authorized by conditional use within designated mobile home and recreation vehicle parks, it shall be unlawful to use any automobile, motor home, recreational vehicle, or any other vehicle or trailer for any of the following purposes within the City: 1. As a dwelling unit or for sleeping purposes. 2. For storing goods, materials, or equipment other than those items considered part of or incidental to the automobile, motor home, recreational vehicle or trailer.

The maximum area of land required to be dedicated pursuant to this Section shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the area of any such lot which was of record on the effective date of this Section in the Office of the County Recorder. In no event shall such dedication reduce the lot below the minimum width required by operation of this Article or any area of six thousand (6,000) square feet.

Prior to the commencement of drilling or other uses within an approved Oil Drilling District, each operator shall file, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney and certified by the City Clerk, a bond or other security in the penal amount of not less than $10,000.00 for each well that is drilled or to be drilled.

No well shall be drilled and no equipment or facilities shall be permanently located within: 1) One-hundred (100) feet of any dedicated public street, highway, or nearest rail of a railway being used as such. 2) Five-hundred (500) feet of any building or dwelling not necessary to the operation of the well, unless a waiver is signed by all the occupants of said structures, allowing the setback to be reduced. In no case shall the well be located less than one-hundred (100) feet from said structures.

It shall be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of any real property in this City to maintain such property in such a manner that any of the following conditions are found to exist thereon: ...

It shall be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any real property in this City to maintain or use such real property in such a manner that any of the following conditions are found to exist thereon: ...

Adult-oriented businesses shall only be established and operated within the north commercial area.

The following activities are prohibited in connection with any home occupation. Any person responsible for any of the following activities in connection with the conducting of a home occupation is guilty of an infraction punishable pursuant to Article I, Chapter 2 of this code.

All alcoholic beverage sales establishments shall obtain a Minor Use Permit or Conditional Use Permit and shall satisfy all conditions as set forth in any applicable law or regulation, including any law or regulation of the Port Hueneme Municipal Code, in any entitlement, and in any license issued, prior to engaging in any alcoholic beverage sales activity.

There shall be no exterior advertising of alcoholic products, tobacco and paraphernalia, or similarly controlled products in excess of the signage allowances provided by the California Business and Professions Code and PHMC Section 10303.

Except as provided elsewhere in this section, all tobacco retailer establishments shall obtain a Minor Use Permit or Conditional Use Permit and shall satisfy all conditions as set forth in any applicable law or regulation...

Except as otherwise provided in this section, any off-site alcoholic beverage sales establishment or tobacco retailer in the City lawfully operating prior to January 7, 2025, shall thereafter be a deemed approved establishment and not a legal nonconforming use.

Staff from the Community and Economic Development Department Code Compliance or Planning Divisions, or staff that is otherwise designated by the City shall conduct an interior and exterior site inspection of the public areas of each alcoholic beverage sales establishment and tobacco retailer prior to the initial granting of a business license, prior to the annual issuance of a renewed business license, or upon notification provided in accordance with Section 10293(D).

An alcoholic beverage sales or tobacco retailer establishment's use permit or deemed approved status, as the case may be, may be modified or revoked by the City Council for failure to comply with the operational standards and conditions of approval established in this Chapter, and/or for being in violation of other federal, state or City laws and regulations that have a negative effect on the public health and safety, after holding a public hearing in the manner described in this Chapter.