Ventura County Municipal Code Art. 16 Appeals

Except as otherwise specified in this Chapter, any action or decision taken on a tentative parcel or tentative tract map, and any other action or decision taken by an advisory agency or appeal board or other County agency, officer, or employee exercising authority pursuant to this Chapter, may be appealed by an interested person in accordance with this Article. All such appealable matters are collectively referred to as an "action" in this Article.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

a. Unless otherwise specified in this Chapter, an appeal shall be filed with the Planning Division in writing on the application form provided by the Planning Division within ten (10) calendar days after the action being appealed was taken, or on the following workday if the tenth day falls on a weekend or holiday.

b. The appeal application form shall be fully completed, signed, and submitted to the Planning Division accompanied by the required appeal application fee and/or deposit in accordance with the Board-adopted Fee Schedule.

c. Actions not timely appealed in accordance with this Section are final and non-appealable.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Unless otherwise specified in this Chapter, appeals of actions under this Chapter shall be heard by the following appeal boards.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Action taken by the Planning Director acting as the decision-making advisory agency is appealable to the Planning Commission as the appeal board.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Action taken by the Planning Commission when acting as the decision-making advisory agency or as the appeal board is appealable to the Board of Supervisors.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Action taken by the Board of Supervisors is final and non-appealable.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

The applicable appeal board may defer the appeal to the next level appeal board in accordance with Section 8215-2.5 of this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

The clerk of the applicable appeal board shall set the matter for public hearing which shall be held within thirty (30) days of the date that a timely appeal application is filed. If there is no regular meeting of the appeal board within the next thirty (30) days for which notice can be given pursuant to Government Code section 66451.3, the appeal may be heard at the next regular meeting for which such notice can be given, or within sixty (60) days from the date of the appeal, whichever period is shorter. The time limitations herein may be extended by mutual consent of the appellant, applicant/subdivider, and County.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Appeal hearings shall be noticed and conducted in the same manner as required by Article 15 of this Chapter for the original application.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)