Santa Barbara County Municipal Code Ch. 35.14 Zoning Map

This Chapter establishes the zones applied to property within the County located outside of the Montecito Community Plan area and adopts the County's Zoning Map.

A. Zones established. The Santa Barbara County shall be divided into zones that implement the Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan. The zones shown in Table 1-1 (Zones) below, are hereby established and shall be shown on the Zoning Map.

B. Inclusion by reference. The existing zone boundaries have been previously adopted by the Board in compliance with Government Code Sections 65800 et seq., and are hereby incorporated into this Development Code by reference as though they were fully included herein.

C. Zone boundaries. The boundaries of the zones established by Subsection B (Inclusion by reference) above, shall be shown upon the map or maps designated as the Santa Barbara County Zoning Map (hereafter referred to as the "Zoning Map") which are on file with the Department.

D. Interpretation of zone boundaries. If there is uncertainty about the location of any zone boundary shown on the official Zoning Map, the location of the boundary shall be determined by the Director as follows.

1. Where a zone boundary approximately follows a lot line, alley, or street line, the lot line, street or alley centerline shall be construed as the zone boundary, as applicable;

2. If a zone boundary divides a lot, and the boundary line location is not otherwise designated, the location of the boundary will be determined by using the scale appearing on the Zoning Map; and

3. Where a public street or alley is officially vacated or abandoned, the property that was formerly in the street or alley will be included within the zone that applies to the adjoining property on either side of the vacated or abandoned street or alley, or property line resulting from the abandonment.

E. Map Amendments. Amendments to the Zoning Map shall follow the process established in Chapter 35.104 (Amendments).

1. The adoption of a Zoning Map Amendment shall be by ordinance.

2. An exhibit shall be attached to said ordinance that shows in sufficient detail the area that is subject to the Zoning Map Amendment and the zone that the area will be zoned to as a result of the Zoning Map Amendment.

Table 1-1- Zones

Notes:

(1) Although the OT-R zone (Old Town-Residential) is included within the Special Purpose Zones table, it is still considered a residential zone as this term is applied within this Development Code

(Ord. No. 5192, § 1, 11-7-2023; Ord. No. 5226, § 1, 12-10-2024; Ord. No. 5263, § 1, 7-15-2025; Ord. No. 5275, § 2, 1-27-2026)