Ventura County |
Code of Ordinances |
Division 8. Planning and Development |
Chapter 1.1. Zoning (Coastal) |
Article 8. General Development Standards/Conditions—Resource Protection |
§ 8178-8.4.1.7. Public safety.
a.
Crime Deterrence. To avoid potential interference with police surveillance, landscaping required for discretionary projects in the Coastal Commercial (CC) and Coastal Industrial (CM) zones shall not obstruct views of exterior doors from an adjacent public street. Plants also shall not block security light sources or restrict access to emergency apparatuses.
b.
Clear Sight Triangles. Landscape areas shall provide plantings that are consistent with safe sight distances for vehicular traffic as required by Section 8175-3.8. No landscaping material (plants and hardscape) shall exceed the three-foot height limit within a required clear sight triangle. The landscape plan shall include measures that ensure that the required safe site distance is maintained.
c.
Fuel Modification Zones. See Section 8178-8.4.2.3 for landscape development standards within a fuel modification zone.
(Ord. No. 4492, § 6, 6-21-2016)