Title 24 — ZONING REGULATIONS1
Chapter 24.110 — DEFINITIONS
Ventura Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Ventura
24.110.010 Chapter description.¶
24.110.020 General rules for construction of language.¶
24.110.030 General terms.¶
24.110.040 Abut.¶
24.110.045 Accessory dwelling unit.¶
24.110.050 Accessory structure.¶
24.110.060 Aggrieved person.¶
24.110.070 Alley.¶
24.110.080 Animal, domestic.¶
24.110.090 Animal, livestock.¶
24.110.100 Animal, wild.¶
24.110.110 Apartment.¶
24.110.120 Appealable developments – Coastal zone area.¶
24.110.130 Appurtenant.¶
24.110.140 Arcade games.¶
24.110.150 Architectural protection sign.¶
24.110.160 Attached.¶
24.110.170 Availability sign.¶
24.110.180 Banner.¶
24.110.190 Base flood.¶
24.110.200 Basement.¶
24.110.210 Beach access, lateral.¶
24.110.220 Billboard.¶
24.110.230 Bluff edge.¶
24.110.240 Boarding house.¶
24.110.250 Boat.¶
24.110.260 Buffer.¶
24.110.270 Buildable area.¶
24.110.280 Building.¶
24.110.290 Building area.¶
24.110.300 Building envelope.¶
24.110.310 Building frontage.¶
24.110.320 Building line.¶
24.110.330 Building-related sign.¶
24.110.340 Caretaker’s residence.¶
24.110.350 Carport.¶
24.110.360 Changeable copy sign.¶
24.110.370 Coastal Act.¶
24.110.380 Coastal Commission.¶
24.110.390 Coastal-dependent development or use.¶
24.110.400 Coastal-dependent recreation.¶
24.110.410 Coastal land use plan.¶
24.110.420 Coastal-related development.¶
24.110.430 Coastal-related recreation.¶
24.110.440 Coastal zone.¶
24.110.450 Combination sign.¶
24.110.460 Community events.¶
24.110.470 Community identification sign.¶
24.110.480 Condominium.¶
24.110.490 Condominium, residential.¶
24.110.500 Condominium conversion, residential.¶
24.110.510 Construction identification sign.¶
24.110.520 Controlled drilling site.¶
24.110.530 Corporate flag.¶
24.110.540 Covenants, conditions, and restrictions.¶
24.110.550 Curb level.¶
24.110.560 Customer service area.¶
24.110.565 Day services facility.¶
24.110.570 Decision, discretionary.¶
24.110.580 Decorative device.¶
24.110.590 Development.¶
24.110.600 Directional drilling.¶
24.110.610 Directional sign.¶
24.110.620 Director.¶
24.110.630 Directory sign.¶
24.110.640 Downtown area.¶
24.110.650 Dwelling unit.¶
24.110.660 Emergency.¶
24.110.670 Emergency facility.¶
24.110.675 Emergency shelter, with minimal supportive services.¶
24.110.676 Emergency shelter, with full supportive services.¶
24.110.680 Environmentally sensitive habitat area.¶
24.110.690 Establishment.¶
24.110.700 Estuaries.¶
24.110.710 Factory-built home.¶
24.110.720 Family.¶
24.110.730 Farm employee housing.¶
24.110.740 Feasible.¶
24.110.750 Feature sign.¶
24.110.760 Flashing or blinking sign.¶
24.110.770 Floodproofing.¶
24.110.780 Floor area, gross.¶
24.110.790 Freeway service facility.¶
24.110.800 Front building elevation.¶
24.110.810 Garage.¶
24.110.820 Grade, average finished.¶
24.110.830 Grade, average natural.¶
24.110.840 Group care.¶
24.110.850 Guest house.¶
24.110.860 Habitable room.¶
24.110.870 Hazardous materials.¶
24.110.880 Hazardous waste.¶
24.110.890 Hazardous waste facility.¶
24.110.900 Hillside area.¶
24.110.910 Historic district.¶
24.110.920 Home occupation.¶
24.110.930 Hotel.¶
24.110.940 Household.¶
24.110.950 Incidental use.¶
24.110.960 Junk.¶
24.110.970 Junkyard.¶
24.110.980 Kitchen.¶
24.110.985 Landscaping, dense.¶
24.110.990 Like-for-like.¶
24.110.1000 Local coastal program.¶
24.110.1010 Lot.¶
24.110.1020 Lot area.¶
24.110.1030 Lot, corner.¶
24.110.1040 Lot coverage.¶
24.110.1050 Lot depth.¶
24.110.1060 Lot frontage.¶
24.110.1070 Lot, interior.¶
24.110.1080 Lots irregularly shaped.¶
24.110.1090 Lot key.¶
24.110.1100 Lot line.¶
24.110.1110 Lot line, front.¶
24.110.1120 Lot line, rear.¶
24.110.1130 Lot line, side.¶
24.110.1140 Lot of record.¶
24.110.1150 Lot, reversed corner.¶
24.110.1160 Lot, through.¶
24.110.1170 Lot width.¶
24.110.1180 Major public works projects and major energy facility.¶
24.110.1190 Manufactured home.¶
24.110.1200 Maximum sign allowance.¶
24.110.1210 Mean high tide line.¶
24.110.1220 Medical care.¶
24.110.1230 Mezzanine.¶
24.110.1240 Mobile home.¶
24.110.1250 Mobile home park.¶
24.110.1255 Mobile home park – Seniors.¶
24.110.1260 Mobile sign.¶
24.110.1270 Monument sign.¶
24.110.1280 Moving sign.¶
24.110.1290 Mural.¶
24.110.1300 Nonconforming lot.¶
24.110.1310 Nonconforming sign.¶
24.110.1320 Nonconforming structures.¶
24.110.1330 Nonconforming use.¶
24.110.1340 Nonmedical care, supervision or assistance.¶
24.110.1350 Open coastal waters and coastal water.¶
24.110.1360 Open house sign.¶
24.110.1370 Open storage.¶
24.110.1380 Parking space.¶
24.110.1390 Patio cover.¶
24.110.1400 Pole sign.¶
24.110.1410 Portable sign.¶
24.110.1420 Premises.¶
24.110.1430 Primary building.¶
24.110.1440 Principal use.¶
24.110.1450 Projecting sign.¶
24.110.1460 Promotional activities.¶
24.110.1470 Public right-of-way.¶
24.110.1480 Real estate sign.¶
24.110.1490 Recreation, active.¶
24.110.1500 Recreation, passive.¶
24.110.1510 Recreational vehicle.¶
24.110.1520 Recreational vehicle park.¶
24.110.1530 Registered historic place.¶
24.110.1540 Repair.¶
24.110.1550 Residential care.¶
24.110.1560 Reserved.¶
24.110.1570 Riparian habitats.¶
24.110.1580 Rivers.¶
24.110.1590 Roof sign.¶
24.110.1600 Sea.¶
24.110.1610 Seaward parking corridor.¶
24.110.1620 Setback.¶
24.110.1630 Shopping center.¶
24.110.1640 Shoreline protective structure.¶
24.110.1650 Sign.¶
24.110.1660 Sign face.¶
24.110.1670 Sign program.¶
24.110.1680 Site.¶
24.110.1690 Story.¶
24.110.1700 Story, half or half-story.¶
24.110.1710 Streams.¶
24.110.1720 Street.¶
24.110.1730 Structural alteration.¶
24.110.1740 Structure.¶
24.110.1750 Subdivision sign.¶
24.110.1760 Supergraphic.¶
24.110.1770 Swap meet.¶
24.110.1780 Temporary business sign.¶
24.110.1790 Temporary political sign.¶
24.110.1800 Temporary use.¶
24.110.1810 Temporary window sign.¶
24.110.1820 Tenant directory map.¶
24.110.1830 Timeshare facility.¶
24.110.1840 Trailer coach.¶
24.110.1850 Truck.¶
24.110.1860 Use (as a noun).¶
24.110.1870 Use (as a verb).¶
24.110.1880 Wall sign.¶
24.110.1890 Wetland.¶
24.110.1900 Window sign.¶
24.110.1910 Yard.¶
24.110.1920 Yard, front.¶
24.110.1930 Yard, rear.¶
24.110.1940 Yard, required.¶
24.110.1950 Yard setback.¶
24.110.1960 Yard, side.¶
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