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Article III — ZONES, USES AND REQUIREMENTS›Division 7 — COMMERCIAL ZONES

SEC. 16-107. COMMERCIAL LAND USES BY ZONE: COMMERCIAL LAND USE MATRIX.

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

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

The allowable land uses in the commercial zoning districts are identified in the following table.
Commercial 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
C-O **C-1**1 **C-2**2 Notes
Commercial 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
C-O **C-1**1 **C-2**2 Notes
Accessory buildings and uses customarily
incidental to any of the primary commercial use
when located on the same lot, subject to the
approval of the director
P P* P
Accessory dwelling unit with accessory dwelling
unit clearance on lot developed with one or more
legal primary dwelling structures
P Refer to Article V, Division 13
Accessory signs as permitted herein. No
freestanding sign shall be permitted
P P* P
Adult day care facilities serving no more than 15
adults
SUP SUP DDR
Adult day care facilities serving more than 15
adults
SUP SUP
Adult motels DDR DDR Refer to Article V, Division 1
Antique store P
Assisted living residential facility SUP SUP
Bakery or doughnut shop employing not more
than 5 persons on premises
P* P
Bank P
Bar or cocktail lounge or restaurant serving
alcoholic beverages
SUP
Beauty shops and barber shops P P* P
Bed and breakfast inn SUP Refer to Article V, Division 3
Bicycle repair shop, employing not more than 5
persons on premises
P* P
Billiard or pool hall P
Bird store or pet shop P
Blueprinting, photostating, and printing P
Candy, nut, confectionary store P* P
Cannabis retail, provided that the owner has first
obtained a commercial cannabis business permit
X SUP SUP Refer to Article XVII, Chapter 11
Car wash (nonmechanical or self-service) P* P
Children's day care facility serving no more than
15 children
P P P
Children's day care facility serving more than 15
children
SUP SUP
Churches SUP SUP Refer to Section 16-162(B)
Cleaning and pressing establishment using
noninflammable and nonexplosive cleaning fluid
P
Commercial condominiums SUP See Section 16-395
Commercial recreational uses, including but not
limited to a skating rink, bowling alley,
miniature golf, kiddie ride, amusement center,
driving range, and sports auditorium
SUP
Commercial school, including business college P
Community care facilities serving more than 6
persons3
SUP
Congregate living health facilities no more than
15 beds3
DDR
Congregate living health facilities more than 15
beds3
SUP
Conservatory of music P
Convenience market P* P
Convenience market, including incidental sales
of alcoholic beverages for consumption off the
premises
SUP SUP
Convenience stores or mini-markets which may
both serve packaged alcoholic beverages and
dispense gasoline
SUP
Convents serving no more than 15 persons SUP
Department store P
Drive-in and drive-through establishments,
including drive-in restaurant, drive-through or
mechanical car wash and film processing booth
SUP
Electric distribution substation SUP P
Embroidery, sewing notions shop P* P
Emergency shelters3for families or temporary P Refer to Section 16-504
Emergency shelters3permanent SUP Refer to Section 16-504
Employment agency P
Farm work employee housing3 SUP
Fire and police stations P
Firearm and ammunition sales SUP Refer to Article V, Division 19
Furniture store P
Gift shop P* P
Grocery, fruit, or vegetable store P* P
Health spa or massage parlor, excluding an adult
massage parlor
P See Section 16-336
Home-finding agency P P
Home occupations incidental to a primary
residential use with a home occupation permit
P P P Refer to Article V, Division 6
Hospitals and convalescent hospitals SUP SUP
Hotels and motor hotels SUP SUP
Ice cream shop P* P
Ice storage house of no more than 5 ton capacity P
Interior decorating store P
Laboratories, when incidental to medical, dental,
and similar uses
P P
Large family day care homes incidental to a
primary residential use that the Planning
Manager finds to comply with the standards
P P P See Section 16-440
Laundry and dry cleaning establishments P* P
Library P
Lodge, fraternal organization not to include sale
of alcoholic beverages
P
Low barrier navigation center3 SPR Refer to Section 16-504
Meat markets or delicatessen store P* P
Medical laboratory P
Mixed use multifamily residential, live/work and
work/live housing, up to 18 dwelling units per
acre3
SUP See Section 16-109
Mixed use multifamily residential up to 30
dwelling units per acre with greater than 15%
floor area commercial or office space in AHP
additive zone3
DDR See Section 16-420
Mobile home sales area provided that no repair
or reconditioning is permitted
SUP
Mortuary SUP P
The allowable land uses in the commercial zoning districts are identified in the following table.
Motor vehicle repair including tune-up,
carburetor shop, transmission and radiator repair,
electrical specialty, front end alignment, top and
upholstery shop, wheel balancing and the
installation of brakes, mufflers and tires,
provided that all repair activity and storage of
materials takes place within an enclosed building
SUP
Multifamily residential uses subject to R-3 zone
development standards3
SUP See Section 16-109
Multifamily residential uses up to 30 dwelling
units per acre on parcels in the AHD additive
zone3
SUP See Section 16-420
Multifamily residential uses up to 30 dwelling
units per acre on parcels in the AHP additive
zone3
SPR See Section 16-420
Music or vocal instruction P
Music store P
Newsstand, newspaper office P
Nursery, flower or plants P
Off-street parking P P
Office condominiums SUP SUP See Section 16-395
Other uses similar in nature or operation to
permitted or related uses in the C-1 zone
SUP
Pawnshops SUP
Pharmacies engaged primarily in selling
pharmaceuticals and medical supplies
SUP P* P
Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, and lodges,
except those the chief activity of which is a
SUP SUP
service customarily carried on as a business
Private or parochial schools, except those of a
correctional nature or those intended for the
mentally handicapped
SUP
Professional and business offices, including
medical, dental, legal, engineering, architectural,
insurance, real estate, and other offices not
engaged in selling goods or products
P P
Public or private parks and playgrounds SUP SUP SUP
Public parking area P
Public schools, elementary, junior high, high
school, colleges
SUP SUP SUP
Public utility structure SUP
R-3 zone permitted and related uses SUP
Radio and television store and repair shop
incidental to retail sales
P
Recreational vehicle park not including vehicle
storage or trailers over 30 feet in length
SUP
Residential care facilities serving no more than
15 persons3
DDR
Residential care facility3 SUP SUP
Residential stock cooperatives and community
apartments
SUP See Section 16-395
Resort-vacation timeshares subject to R-3 zone
development standards
SUP SUP See Sections 16-58 through 16-63
Restaurant, general or fast food, not serving
alcoholic beverages
P
Restaurant, general purpose, provided that:
Establishment does not serve alcoholic
beverages or offer entertainment; and
Establishment does not serve food to patrons in
their automobiles or permit take-out or delivery
of food other than as a clearly incidental or
minor part of the operation
SUP SUP
Retail stores or businesses not involving any
kind of manufacture, processing, or treatment of
products other than as is clearly incidental to the
retail business conducted on the premises; and
provided that:
not more than 5 persons are employed in the
manufacture, processing, or treatment of
products; and
such operations or products are not objectionable
due to noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibration or
other similar causes
P
Sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption off-
site
SUP
Service stations SUP* SUP See Section 16-109
Shoe repair store P* P
Single room occupancy3 SUP See Section 16-441
Signs P P Refer to Article IX
Signs, non-accessory SUP
Small residential health or care facilities that
conform to city ordinances restricting building
heights, setbacks, lot dimensions, placement of
signs and other matters applicable to dwellings
of the same type in the same zone, and that
provide services to no more than 6 persons, or to
no more than 8 children in the case of a small
family day care home
P
Soft drink fountain P* P
Stationery store P* P
Storage garage P
Studios (except motion picture) P
Supportive housing3 SPR
Swap meet, provided that:
the use is carried out in a building of at least
10,000 sq. ft.;
there is no outdoor display of merchandise
unless allowed by a temporary use permit; and
there are no signs on the exterior of the building
identifying individual vendors
SUP See Section 16-476
Swim clubs, tennis clubs, golf courses, and
similar uses incidental to a residential tract or
development
SUP
Taxidermist P
Telephone exchange P
Theater P See Section 16-331
Trade school that is not objectionable due to
noise, odor, or vibration
P
Transitional housing3 SUP
Vehicle sales, new and used, including truck
sales and incidental automotive service and
repair
SUP
Veterinary hospitals for small animals, serving
common household pets, provided that no
outdoor kennels are permitted
SUP
<Wedding chapel P
Wireless communications facilities, stealth P P P Refer to Article V, Division 16

1: All stores, shops or businesses in a C-1 zone shall be retail establishments selling new merchandise only. All shops secondary to the convenience market shall be no larger than 1,500 square feet of gross floor area unless a special use permit grants additional gross floor area. All sales or storage shall be conducted within a totally enclosed building, except for service stations.

2: No other uses shall be permitted in the C-2 zone without the approval of the City Council. 3: Except that such facilities shall not be permitted in the airport hazard overlay zone. *: Permitted in the C-1 zone provided such uses do not sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on or off the premises. **: A development design review permit is required for all new construction unless a special use permit, site plan review or other zoning permit is required under this chapter.

(Ord. No. 3037)

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