Ventura Municipal Code Art. 4 Agricultural Use Types 1

1 Cross reference(s): Animals, Chapter 8.50.

Agricultural use types include the commercial on-site cultivation of fruits, vegetables or other plants and the commercial raising of animals. (Code 1971, § 15.115.600)

The Animal Husbandry use type consists of the raising of livestock or domestic animals for commercial purposes, but does not include feedlots. Typical uses include grazing, ranching, agricultural and dairy farming. (Code 1971, § 15.115.605)

The Apiculture use type consists of raising of bees for the purposes of honey extraction or for pollination in conjunction with agricultural or horticultural purposes. (Code 1971, § 15.115.610)

The Crop Production use type consists of the growing and harvesting of tree crops, row crops or field crops on a commercial basis. The Crop Production use type includes temporary storage of crops grown on the premises, but excludes uses classified under the Food and Fish Processing use type category or the Indoor Production use type. (Code 1971, § 15.115.615)

The Horticulture use type category consists of the use of a site, or a portion of a site, for the cultivation or storage, for commercial purposes, of horticultural and floricultural specialties such as flowers, shrubs or trees intended for ornamental or landscaping purposes, but excludes uses classified under the Food and Fish Processing use type category or the Indoor Production use type. The following are the two Horticulture use types:

A. Horticulture: Cultivation. Cultivation of plants for off-site wholesale or off-site retail sales.

B. Horticulture: Storage. Storage of plants, other than plants grown on the premises, primarily in containers, for off-site wholesale or off-site retail sale. (Code 1971, § 15.115.620)

The Indoor Production use type consists of the commercial production of fruits, vegetables or other crops within an enclosed building. Typical uses include growing crops, flowers or plants in commercial greenhouses and producing mushrooms. (Code 1971, § 15.115.625)

The Produce Sales use type consists of on-site sale of fruits, vegetables or other crops. “On-site sale,” for purposes of this use type classification, means sale of fruits, vegetables or other crops on a site on which a Crop Production or Indoor Production use type is conducted. Typical uses include fruit and vegetable stands. (Code 1971, § 15.115.630)