Chapter 24.530

FLOODPLAIN OVERLAY ZONE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PROCEDURE[8 ]

Sections:

24.530.010 Chapter description.

• 24.530.030 Applicability of Loodplain overlay zone permits.

• 24.530.040 Review process and action by director.

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

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8 Editor’s note(s): Section 70 of Ord. No. 2021-017 , adopted December 13, 2021, amended Chapter 24.530 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Chapter 24.530 pertained to the same subject matter, consisted of Sections 24.530.010 through 24.530.140, and derived from the 1971 Code, and Ord. No. 2004-017, adopted August 2, 2004.

This chapter establishes a Zoodplain overlay zone development permit procedure. This chapter is intended to regulate development within areas of the coastal zone that are subject to Zood hazards in order to protect public health and safety, to protect property, and to preserve the natural environmental characteristics of the areas to which these provisions apply. The provisions of this chapter shall apply and be deemed enacted and e]ective as of September 22, 1986. (Ord. No. 2021-017, § 70, 12-13-21)

Floodplain overlay zone development permits are required for development or redevelopment within any area of the coast zone identiYed on the O[cial Floodplain Overlay Zone Map as being within the Zoodplain overlay zone. Any such area may be designated by the notation “FP” on the o[cial zoning district map. (Ord. No. 2021-017, § 70, 12-13-21)

An application for a Zoodplain overlay zone development permit shall be reviewed and acted upon by the director at a public hearing pursuant to Section 24.500.060, with the following additional requirement:

Notice shall be provided to adjacent communities, the Ventura County Zood control district, the state coordinating agency, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency at least two weeks prior to a public hearing. (Ord. No. 2021-017, § 70, 12-13-21)

A Zoodplain overlay zone development permit shall be obtained before construction activity or any other development is initiated on a site in any area of the coastal zone that is within the FP overlay zone. Application for a Zoodplain overlay zone development permit shall be carried out as follows:

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

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A. Plans. Application for a Zoodplain overlay zone development permit shall be on forms furnished by the planning division, and shall include all of the information required by Section 12.440.020.

• B. Other Permits. Applications for a Zoodplain overlay zone development permit shall be made at the same time as, and reviewed in conjunction with, other applications for other discretionary land use permits or other approvals required for the project. (Ord. No. 2021-017, § 70, 12-13-21)

Before the decision-making authority may grant a Zoodplain overlay zone development permit, it must make all of the following Yndings:

• A. Public notice has been given of the proposed development as required by law;

• B. There are no practicable alternatives or sites for the proposed project outside of the Zoodplain;

• C. No signiYcant impacts on the Zoodplain will result from the proposed project;

• D. There is no signiYcant possibility that, as a result of the proposed project, materials may be swept onto other lands to the injury of others, or clog bridges crossing rivers;

• E. There is no signiYcant danger to life and property due to Zooding or erosion damage as a result of the proposed project;

F. The importance of the services provided by the proposed project or use to the community o]sets any potential risk;

• G. Access to the property in times of Zood will be safe for ordinary and emergency vehicles;

• H. The expected heights, velocity, duration, rate of rise, and sediment transport of the Zood waters, and, if applicable, the e]ects of wave action expected at the site, are acceptable; and

I. The costs of providing governmental services during and after Zood conditions, including maintenance and repair of public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water systems, and streets and bridges, are acceptable. (Ord. No. 2021-017, § 70, 12-13-21)