Chapter 24.585 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sections:

• 24.585.010 Contents.

• 24.585.020 Intent and purpose.

• 24.585.030 Establishment of development codes.

• 24.585.040 Adoption or amendment.

• 24.585.050 Applicability.

• 24.585.060 Operation and enforcement of development codes.

This division consists of the following chapters:

• A. This chapter: General Provisions

• B. Chapter 24.590: Hansen Trust Property SpeciYc Plan Development Code.

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

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• C. Chapter 24.595: Midtown Corridors Development Code.

• D. Chapter 24.600: Victoria Avenue Corridor Development Code. (Formerly 24.2A.100.010)

The intent of this division is to continue implementing policies and actions set forth in the 2005 Ventura General Plan relating to preservation of community characteristics and community vitality, appropriate urban form, and smart growth principles emphasizing pedestrian orientation, integration of land uses, treatment of streetscapes as community living space, and environmentally sensitive building design and operation. As discussed in Chapter 3 of the general plan, these objectives can be promoted through the ongoing establishment of transect-based zones (referred to from time to time as “T-Zones”) within the Ventura planning area and the adoption of development codes utilizing form-based coding to serve as the basis for the regulation of land use and development within those transect-based zones. (Formerly 24G.100.010)

In order to further the policies of the general plan, the city council may, from time to time, adopt and amend development codes for the communities, corridors, or districts identiYed in the general plan, or for other geographically discrete areas of the Ventura planning area as may be speciYed by the city council. Such development codes may provide for, among other subjects, the establishment of building design, site design, and other design-related standards that, once adopted, shall apply to development proposed to be constructed or carried out in any areas of the city subject to such development codes. The development codes may utilize transect-based, form-based coding, with regulating plans or similar mechanisms prescribing appropriate land uses, and project and site design principles relating to appropriate building types, housing mix, integration of land uses, and appropriate form for the pedestrian orientation, streetscape, and public realm in the subject area. Such development codes may be adopted as chapters of this division and may include the following chapters that may be numbered accordingly:

Chapter 24.590: Hansen Trust Property SpeciYc Plan Development Code.

Chapter 24.595: Midtown Corridors Development Code.

Chapter 24.600: Victoria Avenue Corridor Development Code.

Chapter 24.605: Parklands SpeciYc Plan Development Code (on Yle in the city clerk’s o[ce).

Chapter 24.610: Saticoy and Wells Communities Development Code (reserved).

Chapter 24.615: Westside Community Development Code (reserved). (Formerly 24G.100.020)

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

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The adoption or amendment of a development code shall be carried out in accordance with the procedures for zoning ordinance text amendments as set forth in Chapter 24.540. The adoption or amendment of the boundaries of a regulating plan within a development code, or the boundaries of any zones established by a development code or regulating plan, shall be carried out in accordance with the procedures for a zone change as set forth in Chapter 24.540. (Formerly 24G.100.030)

After a development code is adopted for a particular community, corridor, or district identiYed in the general plan, or for any other geographically discrete area of the Ventura planning area as may be speciYed by the city council, the building design and site design standards and any and all other land use and development requirements, standards, regulations, or other provisions set forth in those development codes shall apply to all development within the geographic boundaries established by and for those development codes notwithstanding any other provision of this title to the contrary, including, but not limited to, standards regarding setbacks, stepbacks, o]street parking requirements, and maximum lot coverage, building height, or yard area. In any instance where the requirements, standards, regulations, or other provisions set forth in an adopted development code conZict with the requirements, standards, or regulations set forth in other provisions of this title, the standards in the development code shall take precedence. In any instance where there is no conZict between a requirement of a development code and a requirement or other provision of this title because a development-related subject is addressed in this title but not in the development code, this title shall continue to apply. (Formerly 24G.100.040)

All uses and all development carried out, or proposed to be carried out, within the boundaries of an area for which a development code has been adopted must comply with the requirements, standards, regulations, and all other provisions set forth in that development code in addition to all other provisions of law. Any failure to comply with a requirement, standard, regulation, or any other provision set forth in an adopted development code shall constitute a violation of this zoning ordinance. All such violations of this zoning ordinance shall be subject to the enforcement provisions of Chapter 24.580 and the penalties as provided by Section 1.50.140. (Ord. No. 2007-029, § 2, 12-17-07; Ord. No. 2008-016, § 3, 11-17-08; Ord. No. 2009-007, § 2, 4-27-09; Ord. No. 2009-021, 8-21-09; Ord. No. 2010-006, §§ 13 – 22, 4-26-10; Ord. No. 2010-014, § 3(exh. A), 11-22-10; Ord. No. 2010-015, 11-22-10; Ord. No. 2011-010, §§ 27, 28, 31, 32, 8-1-11; Ord. No. 2016-006, § 2(Exh. B), 7-25-16; Ord. No. 2017-015, §§ 2, 4 – 6, 11-6-17; Ord. No. 2021-017, §§ 89(Exh. E), 90(Exh. F), 91(Exh. G), 12-13-21. Formerly 24G.100.050)

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

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