8106-0 - Purpose. — Ventura County Zoning Code

The purpose of this Article is to set forth specific development standards which are applicable to the zones specified, and to delineate certain instances where exceptions to the requirements are allowed. Section 8106-1 lists in matrix form specific development standards applicable to specific zones.

(Ord. No. 4618, § 3, 7-25-2023)

8106-1 - Schedules of specific development standards by zone and exceptions thereto.

The following tables indicate the lot area, setback, height and building lot coverage standards which apply to individual legal lots in the zones specified.

(Am. Ord. 3730—5/7/85; Am. Ord. 3759—1/14/86; Am. Ord. 3995—3/24/92; Am. Ord. 4054—2/1/94; Ord. No. 4455, § 4, 10-22-2013; Ord. No. 4479, § 5, 9-22-2015; Ord. No. 4618, § 3, 7-25-2023)

8106-1.1 - Development standards for uses and structures in open space, agricultural exclusive, and residential zones.

zones.
Zone	Minimum Lot Area1	Maximum Percentage of Building Coverage	Required Mini	mum Setbacks2			Maximum Structure Height3
			Front	Side		Rear	Principal Structure	Exceptions (Principal Structure)	Accessory Structure
				Interior and Corner Lots, Except Reverse Corner	Reverse Corner Lots: Street Side

OS-REC	10 acres
OS	10 acres			10 ft	20 ft
AE	40 acres							Height may be increased above 25
RA	1 acre		20 ft					ft (to maximum 35 ft)	15 ft, except as noted in
RE	10,000 sq. ft.	See Section				15 ft	25 ft	if each side yard setback is at least 15	Section 8106-74
RO	20,000 sq. ft.	8106-1.4.		5 ft	10 ft			ft or as specified by permit	.
R1	6,000 sq. ft.	Building lot coverage	5
R2	7,000 sq. ft.4	depends on lot location.	20 ft
RHD	0.80 acre6		From adjacent street	Interior Side Ya	rd	Rear Lot Line	35 ft	35 ft
			10 ft	5 ft		10 ft
RPD	As specified by permit7		See Section 81	09-1.2.2			35 ft	As specified by permit
RES	As specified in the Old	Town Saticoy Development Code		(Article 19)
R/MU

Minimum lot area shall be determined by lot area suffix pursuant to Section 8103-1, which in some cases may be greater than the minimum lot area specified in Section 8106-1.1. For additional lot area exceptions see Section 8103-2.
Exceptions to required minimum setback requirements can be found in Sections 8106-5, 8106-6, 8107-1.7 and 8107-20. For minimum setbacks for flag and irregularly shaped lots see Section 8106-4.3.
Exceptions to height limits see Sections 8106-5, 8106-8 and 8107-1.7.
Minimum lot area per dwelling unit: 3,500 square feet.
Exceptions for "swing driveways" see Section 8106-5.11.
Section 65583.2(h) of the California Planning and Zoning Laws prescribes a minimum sixteen (16) units per site.
Minimum density of one (1) dwelling unit per acre; maximum density of thirty (30) dwelling units per acre.

(Add Ord. 3730—5/7/85; Am. Ord. 4054—2/1/94; Am. Ord. 4092—6/27/95; Am. Ord. 4216—10/24/00; Ord. No. 4436, § 5, 6-28-2011; Ord. No. 4479, § 5, 9-22-2015; Ord. No. 4618, § 3, 7-25-2023; Ord. No. 4625, § 4, 1-92024; Ord. No. 4639, § 5, 12-17-2024)

8106-1.2 - Development standards for uses and structures in commercial, industrial and special purpose zones.

zones.
Zone	Minimum Lot Area	Maximum Percentage of Building Lot Coverage	Required Minimum	Setbacks (1)	Maximum Structur	e Height
			From Street	Each Interior Yard	Principal Structure	Exceptions (Principal Structure)	Accessory Structure (3)
CO	No requirement	See Section 8106- 1.4. Building lot coverage depends	Front: 20 ft Side: 5 ft	10 ft on any side yard that is adjacent to an R- Zone	25 ft	Regardless of Decision Making Authority as specified in Section 8105, exceeding the height limits, to 60 ft	As specified by permit
C1		on lot location.	5 ft. on corner lots; otherwise as	5 ft if adjacent to an R-zone;		maximum, requires Planning

CPD			specified by permit	otherwise as specified by permit	35 ft	Commission approval
TP	160 acres2			As specified by permit	25 ft
M1	10,000 sq. ft.		20 ft3	5 ft if adjacent to an R-zone; otherwise as specified by permit 3	30 ft	Height may be increased to 60 ft with Decision Making Authority approval
M2			15 ft3
M3			10 ft3		As specified by permit	Maximum height of 60 ft when located within 100 ft of an R- zone
TC	As secifed in the O	d Town Satico Develoment Code (Article 19)
IND	p	y p
SP	As established by Specific Plan (See Sec. 8109-4.2)

Exceptions to required minimum setback requirements can be found in Sections 8106-5 and 8106-6. For minimum setbacks for flag and irregularly shaped lots see Section 8106-4.3.

2. See Section 8109-4.3.6.

A 30-foot setback, in conjunction with appropriate opaque screening, may be required (1) when the industrial site is adjacent to or across the street from an R-zone; (2) to maintain uniformity with existing adjacent development; or (3) on the basis of the configuration of the industrial site.

(Add Ord. 3730—5/7/85; Am. Ord. 4018—12/15/92; Ord. No. 4479, § 5, 9-22-2015; Ord. No. 4618, § 3, 7-252023)

8106-1.3 - Measurement of building heights.

The heights of buildings and structures shall be measured in accordance with the following subsections and as illustrated in Figure 1 that follows.

8106-1.3.1 - Building heights on flat grades.

The height of any building located on a flat grade is the vertical distance from the grade to the highest point of the roof; this includes A-frame buildings, Quonset huts, geodesic domes and other such buildings that have the roof and walls forming a continuous architectural unit. In the case of a pitched roof, height is measured to the "averaged midpoint" of the roof. This "averaged midpoint" is arrived at by identifying two points ("midpoints") along the roof which are midway between the peak of the highest finished main ridge line(s) and the intersection of the outermost portion of the roof with the upward extensions of the two exterior finished walls running parallel to the main ridge line(s), measuring the distance from these two points to the grade, adding together the two vertical heights from grade to the midpoints, and dividing the result by two.

(Add Ord. 4092—6/27/95; Am. Ord. 4123—9/17/96)