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Article III — ZONES, USES AND REQUIREMENTS›Division 11 — INDUSTRIAL ZONES

SEC. 16-163. INDUSTRIAL LAND USES BY ZONE: INDUSTRIAL LAND USE MATRIX.

Oxnard Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-23 · Oxnard

The allowed land uses in the industrial zoning districts are identified in the following table.

Industrial Land Use Matrix

Key:

Blank: Not Allowed P: Permitted Use (Requires a Zone Clearance) SUP: Special Use Permit DDR: Development Design Review Permit

Key:
Blank: Not Allowed P: Permitted Use (Requires a Zone Clearance)
SUP: Special Use Permit DDR: Development Design Review Permit
Land Use Zone District
CM BRP M-L M-1 M-2 Notes
Administrative, executive, and/or corporate
offices which are a part of a predominantly
industrial operation, including governmental
offices and facilities
P P P P P
Administrative, financial, professional,
medical, and general office services
P P SUP
Adult businesses, except adult motels P P P P Refer to
section
16-337
Adult day care facilities P P
Adult motels P Refer to
section
16-336
Agricultural and construction vehicle sales
with incidental repair and service
SUP DDR DDR DDR
Agricultural, limited to growing of crops P P P P P
Aircraft modification, storage, repair, and
maintenance
P P
Aircraft sales P P P P
Alcohol sales: on-site, off-site, and wine
tasting
SUP SUP SUP SUP
Ambulance base facilities P P P P P
Appliance repairs P P P
Asphalt or concrete manufacture or refining DDR
Assembly or repair of small electrical and
electronic equipment
P P P
Assisted living residential facility SUP
Auction houses P P P P P
Boat building and repair P P
Boiler repair and maintenance P P
Book binding P P P P P
Bottling/canning plants P P P
Breweries, microbrew
(less than 60,000 barrels). A SUP is required
if including tasting rooms
DDR DDR DDR DDR
Breweries, craft
(more than 60,000 barrels, less than 2
million barrels). A SUP is required if including
tasting rooms
DDR DDR DDR DDR
Breweries, large
(more than 2 million barrels)
DDR DDR
Brick, tile, or terra cotta manufacture DDR DDR
Business furniture, supplies, and equipment
sales
P P P
Cabinet or carpenter shops P P P P
Cafeterias accessory to permitted uses for the
convenience of persons employed on the
premises
P P P P
Carpet, rug, and dry-cleaning plants P P P P
Cement, glass, lime, gypsum, or plaster
manufacture
DDR
Ceramic products P P P P
Children s day care facility serving more than
15 children
SUP SUP
Churches SUP SUP SUP SUP SUP Refer to
section
16-162(B)
Coffee shops, cafes P P DDR DDR DDR
Cold storage facilities including agricultural
freezers and ice production and sales
P P P
Commercial and retail uses P DDR DDR DDR Refer to
section
16-171
Commercial Cannabis Activities
Cultivation DDR DDR DDR DDR Refer to
sections
11-473
and 16-
173
Distribution DDR DDR DDR DDR Refer to
sections
11-473
and 16-
173
Manufacturing DDR DDR DDR DDR Refer to
sections
11-473
and 16-
173
Retail SUP Refer to
sections
11-473
and 16-
173
Testing DDR DDR DDR DDR Refer to
sections
11-473
and 16-
173
Commercial recreational and entertainment
uses, such as batting cages, gymnasiums,
boxing gyms, escape rooms, bowling alleys,
skating rinks, and similar recreational uses as
determined by the planning manager
DDR DDR DDR DDR
Computer and business machine sales and
service
P P P
Convenience markets and drugstores P DDR
Corporate training and professional
development facilities including ancillary
outdoor activities
P P P P P
Day care facilities accessory to industrial uses DDR DDR DDR
Day care facilities (over 12 children) as a
principal use
DDR DDR
Distribution, warehousing, and wholesaling P P P P P
Drive-through services SUP SUP SUP
Drop forge industries DDR
Dwelling unit, one per establishment, for
security or management when located on the
premises where such person is employed in
such capacity and accessory to an industrial
use
DDR DDR DDR DDR
Electric motor rebuilding P P P P
Electrical and lighting supply P P
Electronic and computer repair P P P
Emergency shelter for families SUP P
Emergency shelter, permanent SUP P
Emergency shelter, temporary SUP P
Employment agencies P P
Energy generation, distribution, storage, and
support facilities, including electrical and gas
utilities
SUP SUP SUP SUP DDR
Explosives, manufacture or storage DDR
Farmworker housing SUP P P P
Feed sales P P P
Fertilizer manufacture DDR
Firearm and ammunition sales SUP Refer to
Chapter
16,
Division
19
Fish smoking, processing, curing, or canning DDR DDR
Florists P P
Freight classification yard, including truck and
bus storage and maintenance
DDR P
Furniture manufacture and assembly P P P P
Furniture upholstery shops P P P
Garbage, offal, or dead animal reduction or
dumping
P
Garment manufacturing P P P P
Key:
Blank: Not Allowed P: Permitted Use (Requires a Zone Clearance)
SUP: Special Use Permit DDR: Development Design Review Permit
Gas bulk storage, manufacturing, and
distribution of flammable liquids and all gases
DDR
General office, including legal, professional,
medical, consulting, or similar
P P
Indoor firearm range SUP Refer to
Chapter
16,
Division
20
Iron, steel, brass, or copper foundry or
fabrication plant
SUP DDR
Kennels and animal boarding DDR DDR DDR DDR
Kennel day care P P P P
Laboratories, research only P P
Laundry, commercial P P P P
Light metal fabrication (for example, sheet
metal, wrought iron, and the like)
P P P P
Lumber yards with incidental sales of building
and hardware supplies (outside storage)
SUP SUP P
Machine shops P P P P
Manufacture and assembly of electrical and
electronic instruments, devices, and
components
P P P P P
Manufacturing and maintenance of electric
neon signs
P P P P
Manufacturing, compounding assembly, or
treatment of articles or merchandise from
prepared materials such as, but not limited to,
canvas, cloth, stones, wood products, and
leather
P P P
Manufacturing, compounding, processing,
packaging, or treatment of food products such
as, but not limited to, bakery, dairy, fruits and
vegetables, and honey
P P P
Marine equipment sales with incidental repair
and service
P P P P
Medical product sales P P P
Medical: hospitals and medical centers SUP
Metals recycling and storage, including sales SUP DDR
Mini-warehouses and self-storage facilities SUP SUP SUP SUP Refer to
Resolution
No. 6446
Mobile home sales and display DDR DDR DDR DDR
Motels, hotels, and convention facilities SUP SUP
Multifamily Residential uses up to 30 dwelling
units per acre on parcels identified in the AHD
additive zone, subject to the provisions in
section 16-420
SUP
Off-site non-accessory signs or billboards SUP Refer to
section
16-608(G)
Oilcloth or linoleum manufacture P
Outdoor storage or assembly as a primary use SUP
Outdoor storage, incidental/accessory to uses
otherwise permitted
DDR DDR DDR
Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine, and varnish
manufacture
DDR
Paper and pulp manufacture DDR
Pawnshops SUP
Petroleum bulk plants and distribution SUP DDR
Petroleum refining DDR
Photographic studios and services P P P
Planning mills SUP DDR
Plastic manufacture P P
Plumbing supply P P P
Printing shop, lithographing, photocopying,
blueprinting, and publishing
P P P P P
Product assembly plants and production
facilities primarily engaged in final or partial
assembling of packaging of premanufactured,
treated, or fabricated components, materials,
or products
P P P P P
Public service uses - communications, fire and
police, water, and other governmental or
public facilities
DDR DDR DDR DDR DDR
Radio or television broadcasting station P P P P P
Railroad support services SUP DDR
Recycling collection: collection recycling
facility for the acceptance of materials from
the public including a bulk or single-feed
reverse vending machine, a kiosk unit, or a
permanent building
DDR DDR
Recycling mobile unit: mobile recycling unit
used for the collection of recycled materials
including the bins, boxes, or containers for the
collection of recyclable materials
DDR DDR DDR DDR
Recycling processing facility: processing
facility for ferrous and non-ferrous materials
including the preparation of material for
efficient shipment which includes baling,
briquetting, flattening, grinding, crushing,
mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning, and
re- manufacturing. Outdoor bin storage
allowed for the collection of recycled materials
SUP SUP
Refrigeration and air conditioning repair and
service
P P P P
Research and development, experimental or
developmental laboratories
P P P P
Research, development, and clinical
laboratories and uses including associated
incidental and outpatient clinics
P
Restaurants and delicatessens P P P DDR DDR
Rock crusher or distribution of rock, sand, or
gravel
DDR
Sale of building and hardware supplies within
a building
P P P P
Key:
Blank: Not Allowed P: Permitted Use (Requires a Zone Clearance)
SUP: Special Use Permit DDR: Development Design Review Permit
Specialized commercial retail centers oriented
toward major transportation elements such as
freeways, expressways, and other major
transportation corridors. Specialized
commercial uses include promotional,
discount, factory outlet, and off-price shopping
centers, as well as centers that are tourist-
oriented or oriented to other specialized
markets. Specialized commercial uses may
also include general commercial uses in
special or unique settings
SUP
Stationery and office supplies P P
Supportive housing SUP
Taxidermist P P P
Textiles manufacturing P P P
Trade schools, public and private schools and
colleges, dance, and performing arts studios
P P DDR
Transitional housing SUP
Vehicle assembly SUP DDR
Vehicle and equipment dismantling and
recycling, including sale of parts and vehicles
SUP
Vehicle rental agencies DDR DDR DDR
Vehicle repair, including engine overhaul, body
and fender work, transmission, radiator repair,
painting, and upholstering
P P P P
Vehicle service stations SUP SUP SUP SUP DDR
Vehicle storage SUP SUP
Veterinarians with on-site kennels DDR DDR DDR DDR
Veterinarians with no on-site kennels P P P P
Welding shops P P P
Wine production facility SUP P P
Wine tasting with or without cafes SUP SUP SUP

(Ord. No. 2958, 2961, 2985, 3001, 3032, 3069)

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▸Contents — Oxnard Zoning Code
Oxnard Zoning Code
  1. Article I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  2. Article II — DEFINITIONS
  3. ▸Article III — ZONES, USES AND REQUIREMENTS
  4. Article IV — STANDARDS FOR ALL ZONES
  5. Article V — SPECIFIC USE REQUIREMENTS
  6. Article VI — NONCONFORMING USES
  7. Article VII — PERMIT PROCEDURES
  8. Article VIII — CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES AND USES
  9. Article IX — ADVERTISING SIGNS
  10. Article X — OFF-STREET PARKING
  11. Article XI — SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNITS

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