Chapter 24.480 — STANDARDS FOR ASSEMBLY USES

Sections:

24.480.010 Chapter Description. 24.480.020 Assembly Uses Defined.

24.480.030 Applicability of Assembly Use Standards.

24.480.040 Required Standards.

Chapter 24.480 establishes development and operational standards for the review of assembly uses in industrial zones. (Code 1971, § 15.680.010)

Assembly Uses are those uses classified within the following use types:

Auction Sales

Community Meeting

Day Care Centers

Education Services: Commercial

Education Services: General

Recreation Services: Indoor Entertainment

Recreation Services: Indoor Sports and Recreation (Code 1971, § 15.680.020)

The San Buenaventura Coastal Zoning Code is current through Ordinance 2024-005, passed June 4, 2024.

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The standards set forth in section 24.480.040 shall apply to the operation, development, or use of any proposed or existing Assembly Use and to any expansion of or change to, a proposed or existing Assembly Use that is commenced in an M-1, M-2, or M-P-D zone pursuant to a use permit on or after April 23, 1992. (Code 1971, § 15.680.020)

No use permit for an Assembly Use may be approved unless all of the following development and operational standards are met in addition to the findings and requirements of chapter 24.520:

1. The applicant shall submit written verification from the fire department that there are no incompatible hazardous occupancies located on, or immediately adjacent to, the subject site. For purposes of this chapter, “hazardous occupancies” means any uses which are subject to the provisions of chapter 14.050 of the San Buenaventura Municipal Code, sections 14.050.110 et seq. “Hazardous Material Storage,” as it may be amended from time to time, or its successor regulation. If a hazardous occupancy is already present on, or on a site adjacent to, the site proposed to be occupied by the Assembly Use, or if the proposed Assembly Use is to be located in a multi-tenant building, then all of the following requirements which apply, singly, or in combination, must be met:

a. If the site proposed to be occupied by an Assembly Use is already occupied by a hazardous occupancy, written verification from the fire department shall be submitted by the Assembly Use applicant stating that there is no conflict between the two uses. If the fire department determines a conflict exists or would exist and the applicant for the Assembly Use chooses to pursue occupying the site, the Assembly Use applicant shall be required to assure that any and all changes, alterations, or other mitigation measures required by the fire department to lower the risk factor to the Assembly Use are carried out prior to the Assembly Use’s occupation of the site and continuously maintained thereafter for the duration of the Assembly Use.

b. If the site proposed to be occupied by an Assembly Use is immediately adjacent to a site occupied by a hazardous occupancy, written verification from the fire department shall be submitted by the Assembly Use applicant stating that there is no conflict between the two uses. If the fire department determines a conflict exists or would exist and the applicant for the Assembly Use chooses to pursue occupying such a site, the Assembly Use applicant shall be required to assure that any and all changes, alterations or other mitigation measures required by the fire department to lower the risk factor to the Assembly Use are carried out prior to the Assembly Use’s occupation of the site and continuously maintained thereafter for the duration of the Assembly Use.

c. When an Assembly Use is located, or proposed to be located, in a multitenant building, an agreement that adequately provides for limitation of any subsequent hazardous occupancies on the site to hazardous material users that meet fire department standards shall be executed between the property owner, applicant, and the city. The required agreement shall adequately provide for the site’s continuing compliance with this chapter and shall include, at minimum, a provision that, if the property owner elects to thereafter lease a

The San Buenaventura Coastal Zoning Code is current through Ordinance 2024-005, passed June 4, 2024.

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portion of the site to a hazardous occupancy, at any time during which the site continues to be occupied by an Assembly Use, the property owner shall be required to assure that there will be no conflict between the existing Assembly Use and the proposed hazardous occupancy. Further, the property owner shall agree to notify the city planning division and any onsite Assembly Use when a hazardous occupancy has leased, or is otherwise occupying, a portion of the site that is occupied by an Assembly Use. In order to obtain occupancy clearance for any such later proposed hazardous occupancy, written verification from the fire department must be submitted to the planning division stating that there is no conflict between the two uses. If the fire department determines a conflict exists or would exist and the property owner chooses to lease to the hazardous occupancy, the property owner shall be required to assure that and all changes, alterations, or other mitigation measures required by the fire department to lower the risk factor to the Assembly Use are carried out prior to the initiation of the hazardous occupancy on the site and continuously maintained thereafter for the duration of the Assembly Use.

2. The applicant shall submit an emergency evacuation program which includes monthly drills and training of key personnel for the proposed Assembly Use. Said program shall be submitted for review and approval by the planning commission as a part of the use permit application. (Code 1971, § 15.680.040)