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Article III — ZONES, USES AND REQUIREMENTS›Division 2 — RESIDENTIAL ZONES

SEC. 16-22. RESIDENTIAL LAND USES BY ZONE: RESIDENTIAL LAND USE MATRIX.

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

The allowable land uses in the residential zoning districts are identified in the following table.

The allowable land uses in the residential zoning districts are identified in the following table.
Residential Land Use Matrix
Key: Blank: Not Allowed X: Prohibited Use
P: Permitted Use SPR: Site Plan Review
SUP: Special Use Permit DDR: Development Design Review Permit
Land Use Zone District
R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 MH-PD Notes
Residential Land Use Matrix
Key: Blank: Not Allowed X: Prohibited Use
P: Permitted Use SPR: Site Plan Review
SUP: Special Use Permit DDR: Development Design Review Permit
Land Use Zone District Zone District
R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 MH-PD Notes
Accessory buildings, including other uses
customarily incidental to the permitted
residential use
P P P P See Sections 16-300 and
16-301
Accessory dwelling units P P P P P Refer to Article V,
Division 13
Accessory uses normally incidental to
mobile home parks
P
Adult day care facilities serving no more
than 6 adults
P P P P P
Adult day care facilities serving 7 to 15
adults
SUP SUP SUP
Adult day care facilities serving more
than 15 adults
SUP SUP
Assisted living residential facility, State-
licensed, serving 7 or more persons
SUP SUP SUP
Bed and breakfast inn SUP SUP Refer to Article V,
Division 3
Childcare centers serving no more than 6
children
P P P P P
Childcare centers serving no more than 15
children
SUP SUP SUP
Childcare centers serving more than 15
children
SUP SUP
Churches SUP SUP SUP SUP
Common recreation facilities and
structures
P
Condominiums SUP SUP SUP SUP See Section 16-395
Congregate living health facilities no
more than 6 beds
P P P P P
Congregate living health facilities of 7 to
15 beds
SUP SUP SUP SUP SUP
Congregate living health facilities more
than 15 beds
SUP SUP SUP
Convents serving no more than 15 person SUP SUP SUP
Emergency shelters for families SUP SUP SUP Refer to Section 16-504
Farmworker employee housing serving 6
or fewer persons
DDR DDR DDR DDR DDR
Grounds, landscaping, flower and
vegetable gardens and fruit trees, not
grown expressly for profit
P P P P
Grounds, private greenhouses and
horticultural collections, flower and
P P P P
vegetable gardens and fruit trees, not
grown expressly for profit
Home occupations with a home
occupation permit
P P P P P Refer to Article V,
Division 6
Hospitals and convalescent hospitals SUP SUP
Large family day care homes that the
Planning Manager finds to comply with
the standards
P P P P P See Section 16-440
Manufactured housing consisting of
single-family dwellings constructed by
modular manufactured methods or mobile
homes certified under the National
Mobile Homes Construction and Safety
Standards Act of 1974, provided such
homes are of a permanent character
secured to a permanent foundation
P P P P SUP
Mobile home and mobile home accessory
equipment sales
SUP See Section 16-25
Mobile home parks SUP See Section 16-25
Multiple-family residential development DDR DDR DDR
Multifamily residential uses up to 30
dwelling units per acre on parcels in the
AHP additive zone
SPR SPR SPR
Multifamily residential uses up to 30
dwelling units per acre on parcels in the
AHD additive zone
SUP SUP SUP
Off-street parking P P P P P Refer to Article X
Office for mobile home space rental in a
mobile home or in a recreation building
only
SUP
Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, and
lodges, excepting those the chief activity
of which is a service customarily carried
on as a business
SUP SUP
Private or parochial schools, except those
of a correctional nature or those intended
for the mentally handicapped
SUP SUP SUP
Public or private parks and playgrounds SUP SUP SUP SUP SUP
Public parking on R-3 lots adjacent to or
across from the alley from C-2 lots
P
Public schools, elementary, junior high,
high school, colleges
SUP SUP SUP SUP SUP
Public utility structure SUP SUP SUP SUP SUP
Residential care facilities serving no more
than 6 persons
P P P P P
Residential care facilities serving 7 or
more persons
DDR DDR DDR
Residential stock cooperatives and
community apartments
SUP SUP SUP See Section 16-395
Short-term rentals with short term rental
permit
P P P P Refer to Article XI
Single room occupancy (SRO) SUP See section 16-441
Signs P P P P Refer to Article IX
Single-family dwelling conventionally
built and of a permanent character.
(Separate servants' quarters may be
established in connection with single-
family dwellings of 9 rooms or larger,
exclusive of bathrooms, when such
dwellings are located on lots of not less
than 10,000 sq. ft.)
Development Design Review Permit not
required
P P P P
Small residential health or care facilities,
State-licensed, serving no more than 6
persons, or small family daycare home,
State-certified or licensed, serving no
more than 8 children.
P P P P P
The allowable land uses in the residential zoning districts are identified in the following table.
Storage, incidental to permitted uses,
contained within an accessory building
P P P P
Supportive housing DDR SPR SPR SPR
Swim clubs, tennis clubs, golf courses,
and similar uses incidental to a residential
tract or development
SUP SUP SUP SUP
Temporary uses with temporary use
permit, including temporary sales or
rental office, caretaker unit on
construction site, model home, and
similar uses determined by the Director to
be compatible with the zone and surround
land uses
P P P P P Refer to Article V,
Division 15
Timeshares X SUP X
Townhouse condominiums or other
community ownership unit, including
condominium conversion
SUP SUP SUP SUP Refer to Article V,
Divisions 5 and 6
Traditional bed and breakfast (homestay),
only in the Wilson Neighborhood
DDR DDR DDR DDR Refer Article V, Division 3
Traditional bed and breakfast (homestay) SUP SUP SUP SUP Refer to Article V,
Division 3
Transitional housing DDR DDR
Wireless communications facilities,
stealth
SUP SUP SUP SUP SUP Refer to Article V,
Division 16

(Ord. No. 3037, 3073)

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