Chapter 24.264

M-P-D MANUFACTURING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONE[1 ]

Sections:

• 24.264.010 Chapter description.

• 24.264.020 Uses permitted.

• 24.264.030 Uses – Subject to a use permit.

• 24.264.035 Uses – Subject to a director’s permit.

• 24.264.040 Uses – Incidental.

• 24.264.050 Uses – Special provisions.

• 24.264.060 Standards – Density.

• 24.264.070 Standards – Height.

• 24.264.080 Standards – Yards.

• 24.264.090 Standards – Setbacks.

• 24.264.100 Standards – Other.

• 24.264.110 Nonconformance.

1 Ord. No. 2020-021, adopted August 3, 2020, amended Chapter 24.264 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Chapter 24.264 pertained to the same subject matter and derived from the 1971 Code; Ord. No. 2004-004, adopted January 24, 2000; Ord. No. 2002-05, adopted March 18, 2002; Ord. No. 2010-006, adopted April 26, 2010; Ord. No. 2010-016, adopted November 22, 2010; Ord. No. 2012-024, adopted December 17, 2012; Ord. No. 2017-008, adopted April 17, 2017; and Ord. No. 2019-001, adopted March 18, 2019.

The San Buenaventura Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 2026-005, passed February 17, 2026.

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This chapter establishes the M-P-D manufacturing planned development zone and prescribes use types and other regulations for this zone. Any applicable overlay zones described in Chapters 24.300 through 24.399 may impose regulations in addition to those prescribed by this chapter for the M-P-D zone. In addition, development within the M-P-D zone may be subject to other special development tract regulations. The provisions of this chapter are intended to:

A. Provide areas in which a wide variety and complexity of industrial and manufacturing uses may function safely, e[ciently, and harmoniously;

B. Regulate, with both general and speciYc development standards, a high level of site development and operational performance with due consideration to creating a quality industrial environment, enhancing views from main transportation routes, and protecting existing and future adjacent land uses.

• C. Preserve the city’s industrial base and protect industrial and improvements from encroachment of incompatible uses more properly located in other zoning districts. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1, 8-3-20)

The following use types are permitted subject to the provisions of this chapter:

• A. Residential.

None.

• B. General.

Administrative, Business, and Professional Services.

Animal Sales and Services: Veterinary.

Automotive and Accessories: Automotive Sales, Wholesale.

Automotive and Accessories: Parking.

Boating and Harbor Activities: Boat Building or Repair.

Business and Professional Support.

Construction Sales and Services: Building Contractor Yards.

Cultural and Library Services.

Dining Establishments: Ancillary Service.

The San Buenaventura Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 2026-005, passed February 17, 2026.

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Dining Establishments: Fast Counter Service.

Dining Establishments: Full Service.

Dining Establishments: Take Out. Education Services: Commercial. Firearm and Ammunition Sales.

Food and Fish Processing: Fish and Meat Processing.

Food and Fish Processing: Food Processing.

Government Services. Laundry Services. Light Industrial.

Medical Services: Consulting. Medical Services: Mobile Equipment. Personal Storage.

Property Maintenance Services.

Recreation Services: Public Park and Playgrounds.

Recycling Services: Consumer Recycling Collection Points.

Repair Services, Appliance and Electronics.

Research or Laboratory Services.

Retail Sales.

Safety Services.

Utility or Equipment Substations.

Wholesaling and Distribution.

Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Mini.

Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Minor.

• C. Agricultural.

The San Buenaventura Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 2026-005, passed February 17, 2026.

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None. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1, 8-3-20)

The following use types may be permitted subject to the provisions of this chapter; and further provided, that a use permit is approved pursuant to Chapter 24.520:

• A. Residential.

Family Residential: Caretaker.

B. General.

Animal Boarding.

Animal Sales and Services: Grooming and Pet Stores.

Animal Sales and Services: Veterinary.

Automotive and Accessories: Automotive Repairs, Systems.

Automotive and Accessories: Cleaning.

Automotive and Accessories: Gasoline Sales.

Automotive and Accessories: Operable Vehicle Storage.

Community Meeting.

Day Care Centers.

Day Services Facility.

Education Services: General Group Care.

Hazardous Waste Facility.

Helicopter Landing Services.

Oil Equipment Services: Heavy.

Oil Equipment Services: Light.

Recreation Services: Indoor Sports and Recreation.

Recycling Services: Recycling Transfer Transportation Services.

• C. Agricultural.

The San Buenaventura Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 2026-005, passed February 17, 2026.

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None. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1, 8-3-20; Ord. No. 2021-017, § 28, 12-13-21)

The following use types may be permitted, subject to the provisions of this chapter; and further provided, that a director’s permit is approved pursuant to Chapter 24.505:

• A. Residential.

None.

• B. General.

Farmers’ Market, CertiYed.

Thrift Stores.

• C. Agricultural.

None. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1, 8-3-20)

Incidental uses as deYned in Chapter 24.110 may be permitted. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1, 8-3-20)

Uses listed in Sections 24.264.020 through 24.264.040 are also subject to the following special provisions:

• A. Design Review. Design review approval must be obtained to the extent required by Chapter 24.545.

B. Planned Development Permit. Approval of a planned development permit pursuant to Chapter 24.525, or amendment pursuant to Chapter 24.570, is required prior to initiation of a use on an undeveloped site, or prior to any construction of new structures or additions or alterations to existing structures in conjunction with, or in any way related to, the use types listed in Sections 24.264.020 and 24.264.030 except for the Recycling Services: Consumer Recycling Collection Points and Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Mini and Minor use types.

• C. Temporary Uses. Temporary uses may be conducted only to the extent permitted by Chapter 24.120.

• D. Family Residential: Caretaker. Caretaker’s residences must comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.435

• E. Group Care. All Group Care uses must comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.435.

The San Buenaventura Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 2026-005, passed February 17, 2026.

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F. Dining Establishments: Fast Service, Drive-Up. All Dining Establishments: Fast Service, Drive-Up uses must comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.475.

• G. Assembly Uses. All assembly uses must comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.480.

• H. Recycling Services. Uses classiYed in the Recycling Services: Consumer Recycling Collection Points and Recycling Services: Recycling Transfer use types must comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.485.

I. Hazardous Waste Facility. All uses classiYed within the Hazardous Waste Facility use type must comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.495.

J. Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Minor. Uses classiYed within the Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Minor use type shall require a director’s permit pursuant to Chapter 24.505.

• K. Firearm and Ammunition Sales. All uses, as deYned by Section 24.115.3175, shall comply with Chapter 24.494.

L. Animal Boarding. All animal boarding related activities must occur within an enclosed building, except for transporting animals to and from vehicles. An operational plan to address storage of food and disposal of waste products must be submitted with the business license application.

M. Animal Veterinary. All animal veterinary related activities must occur within an enclosed building, except that use of a trailer for medical resonance imaging (MRI) purposes may be allowed subject to a use permit. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1, 8-3-20; Ord. No. 2021-017, § 28, 12-13-21)

• A. Lot Area. Each lot in this zone shall have a minimum area of 21,780 square feet.

• B. Lot Width. Each lot in this zone shall have a minimum average width of 125 feet.

• C. Lot Coverage. Not more than 50 percent of any lot in this zone shall be occupied by buildings or structures. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1, 8-3-20)

A. Height Determination. The height of buildings and other structures in the M-P-D zone shall be determined in accordance with Section 24.405.040.

• B. Maximum Number of Stories. Buildings and other structures in the M-P-D zone shall not exceed six stories.

C. Maximum Height. Regardless of the number of stories comprising a building or structure, no portion of a building or other structure in the M-P-D zone shall exceed 75 feet in height except as provided in Section 24.405.030. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1, 8-3-20)

The San Buenaventura Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 2026-005, passed February 17, 2026.

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Fences, walls, and other uses of yards in the M-P-D zone shall comply with the yard requirements contained in Chapter 24.410. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1, 8-3-20)

Buildings and other structures, not including fences or walls, on a lot in the M-P-D zone shall comply with the following setback requirements:

• A. Front Setbacks. Each lot in this zone shall have a front setback of not less than 20 feet.

• B. Side Setbacks. Each lot in this zone shall have side setbacks as set forth in this subsection B:

  1. For interior lots, there shall be a side setback of not less than 10 feet.

  2. For corner lots, there shall be a side setback of not less than 20 feet on the street side property line and not less than 10 feet on each interior side.

• C. Rear Setbacks. Each lot in this zone shall have a rear setback of not less than 20 feet. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1,

• 8-3-20)

The following development regulations and standards shall also apply within the M-P-D zone:

• A. Parking. O]-street parking shall be provided for all uses as required by Chapter 24.415.

• B. Signs. All signs must comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.420.

• C. Coastal Development. All development within the CP overlay zone must comply with the provisions of Chapters 24.310 and 24.515.

D. Floodplain Overlay Zones. All development within a designated Zoodplain (FP) overlay zone must comply with the provisions of Chapters 24.320 and 24.530.

E. Access. All lots in this zone shall have frontage on a public street. No lots having vehicular access provided solely by access easements shall be permitted.

• F. Landscaping. A minimum of 15 percent of the area for which a planned development permit has been issued shall be landscaped.

The San Buenaventura Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 2026-005, passed February 17, 2026.

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G. Open Storage. Open storage areas shall be permitted only in those areas within the M-P-D zone which have been speciYcally identiYed as suitable for open storage uses by the decision-making authority, and only when incidental to a permitted use; provided, that:

1. There shall be no open storage of any kind permitted in any front yard or street side yard;

2. The site location of any incidental open storage shall be speciYcally designated and approved by the decision-making authority as a condition of a planned development permit; and

3. All open storage areas shall be paved and completely enclosed by a solid fence or wall of no less than six feet in height, and no storage materials of any kind shall extend above said enclosure.

H. Retail Activities. The total Zoor area of a use, other than uses within the Business and Professional Support use type, that is devoted to retail activities shall not exceed 35 percent of the gross Zoor area of any establishment nor shall retail activities occupy more than 20 percent of the gross Zoor area of any building or other structure on a particular site.

I. Displays for Uses in the Automotive and Accessories Use Types Category. Outdoor display of merchandise in conjunction with uses classiYed within the Automotive and Accessories: Gasoline Sales and Automotive and Accessories: Automotive Repairs, Systems use types may be permitted; provided, that all the following standards are met:

1. Lubricating Materials. Not more than one day’s supply of lubricating materials, computed on the basis of average daily sales, may be placed upon the pump island or within two feet of the pump island or primary building. All such lubricating materials must be displayed in appropriate racks.

2. Tire Display. Not more than two enclosed tire storage or display cabinets are permitted. In lieu of tire cabinets, not more than four individual new tires in appropriate open racks or stands may be displayed; provided, that such racks or stands are located within two feet of the perimeter of the pump island or primary building.

3. Vending Machines. Vending machines, including, but not limited to, soft drink dispensers or cigarette or candy vending machines, may be displayed within two feet of the perimeter of the primary building. Not more than four such machines are permitted.

J. Domestic Animals. Domestic animals are permitted provided there are no more than four adult animals per establishment.

• K. Livestock Animals. Livestock animals are not permitted in the M-P-D zone.

• L. Wild Animals. Wild animals are not permitted in the M-P-D zone.

• M. Performance Standards. All development shall comply with the performance standards set forth in Chapter 24.470.

• N. Oil Drilling. All oil drilling shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.375.

The San Buenaventura Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 2026-005, passed February 17, 2026.

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O. Emergency Shelter Overlay Zone. All uses classiYed as an Emergency Shelter, With Full Supportive Services, within a designated shelter overlay zone must comply with the provisions of Chapters 24.318 and 24.437. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1, 8-3-20)

All nonconforming uses, nonconforming structures, and nonconforming lots are subject to the provisions of Chapter 24.465. (Ord. No. 2020-021, § 1, 8-3-20)