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)
Get a plain-English answer with a citation back to this text.
Ask AI about this code▸Contents — Oxnard Zoning Code
Oxnard Zoning Code
- Article I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article II — DEFINITIONS
▸Article III — ZONES, USES AND REQUIREMENTS
Overview- Division 1 — GENERALLY
▸Division 2 — RESIDENTIAL ZONES
- Division 4 — [RESERVED]
- Division 7 — COMMERCIAL ZONES
- Division 10 — DOWNTOWN ZONES
- Division 11 — INDUSTRIAL ZONES
- Division 12 — (RESERVED)
- Division 13 — (RESERVED)
- Division 14 — (RESERVED)
- Division 15 — (RESERVED)
- Division 16 — C-R COMMUNITY RESERVE ZONE
- Division 17 — PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (ADDITIVE) ZONE
- Division 18 — LOT SIZE ADDITIVE
- Division 19 — AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY ZONE
- Article IV — STANDARDS FOR ALL ZONES
- Article V — SPECIFIC USE REQUIREMENTS
- Article VI — NONCONFORMING USES
- Article VII — PERMIT PROCEDURES
- Article VIII — CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES AND USES
- Article IX — ADVERTISING SIGNS
- Article X — OFF-STREET PARKING
- Article XI — SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNITS