Chapter 24.480 — STANDARDS FOR ASSEMBLY USES

Sections:

• 24.480.010 Chapter description.

24.480.020 Assembly uses deKned.

• 24.480.030 Applicability of assembly use standards.

• 24.480.040 Required standards.

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

Assembly uses are those uses classiYed 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 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)

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

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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 Yndings and requirements of Chapter 24.520:

A. The applicant shall submit written veriYcation from the Yre 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 14.50, Sections 14.50.110 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:

1. If the site proposed to be occupied by an assembly use is already occupied by a hazardous occupancy, written veriYcation from the Yre department shall be submitted by the assembly use applicant stating that there is no conZict between the two uses. If the Yre department determines a conZict 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 Yre 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.

2. If the site proposed to be occupied by an assembly use is immediately adjacent to a site occupied by a hazardous occupancy, written veriYcation from the Yre department shall be submitted by the assembly use applicant stating that there is no conZict between the two uses. If the Yre department determines a conZict 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 Yre 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.

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 Yre 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.

3. When an assembly use is located, or proposed to be located, in a multi-tenant building, an agreement that adequately provides for limitation of any subsequent hazardous occupancies on the site to hazardous material users that meet Yre 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 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 conZict between the existing assembly use and the proposed hazardous occupancy. Further, the property owner shall agree to notify the city planning division and any on-site 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 veriYcation from the Yre department must be submitted to the planning division stating that there is no conZict between the two uses. If the Yre department determines a conZict exists or would exist and the property owner chooses to lease to the

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

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hazardous occupancy, the property owner shall be required to assure that any and all changes, alterations, or other mitigation measures required by the Yre 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.

B. 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; Ord. No. 2021-017, § 60, 12-13-21)