PERMITTING PROCESS.

Oxnard City Code § 16-465.2

in effect

SEC. 16-465.2. PERMITTING PROCESS. A building permit shall be required prior to construction or creation of an ADU or JADU. (A) Consistency with development standards. (1) For ADUs or JADUs meeting the requirements of Cal. Gov’t Code Section 66323, Section 16-465.5 of this division will apply. For ADUs not meeting the requirements of Cal. Gov’t Code Section 66323, all other standards of this division are applicable. Any application for an ADU or JADU that complies with this division will be approved ministerially without discretionary review or a public hearing is required. (2) A permit application shall receive written notice of determination to be complete or incomplete no later than 15 business days after the application is received. If the application is determined to be incomplete, the applicant shall be provided a list of incomplete items and a description to address. In the review of the incomplete application, no additional incomplete items shall be included that were not provided in the initial list. Each review of an application shall be 15 business days, otherwise the application or resubmitted application shall be deemed to be complete. (3) If a single-family or multi-family dwelling exists on the parcel upon which an ADU or JADU is proposed, the city will approve or deny an application to create an ADU or JADU within 60 days from the date the city receives a completed application. Notwithstanding the above, the director shall ministerially approve or deny within 30 days the application for a detached ADU that utilizes an ADU plan that has been preapproved by the City Building Official. If the applicant requests a delay in writing, the 30-day or 60-day time period will be tolled for the period of the delay. (a) The city has approved or denied the application within time period if it: 1. Approves the permit for the ADU or JADU; or 2. Provides the applicant a full set of comments in writing with a list of items that are defective or deficient and a description of how the application can be remedied by the applicant. (b) An application deemed incomplete or denied shall be provided a process to appeal that decision in writing pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code Sections 66317 and 66335. (4) A Homeowner's Association (HOA) may not influence the City's ministerial approval of an ADU or JADU (Cal. Gov’t Code Section 66317(c)). Additionally, covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) shall not prohibit or unreasonably restrict the construction or use of an ADU or JADU on lots zoned to permit single-family residential uses. (5) If the ADU application is submitted with a permit application to create a new single-family or multi-family dwelling on the parcel, the city may delay approving or denying the ADU application until the city approves or denies the permit application for the new single-family or multi-family dwelling. (B) When dependent on separate construction. When a proposed ADU is dependent on the construction of a new single-family or multi-family dwelling on the same lot which is not a part of the ADU ("separate construction"), the city will either: (1) Review and approve or deny the ADU application only after approving or denying an application for the proposed separate construction; or (2) Review and approve or deny the ADU application concurrently with the separate construction application, upon written request from the applicant. In this case, the ADU is subject to ministerial review, but both the approval and occupancy of the ADU shall be contingent upon the approval and occupancy for the separate construction. In the case of a denial, the city will inform the applicant in writing and articulate the changes to the proposed ADU application that are necessary to comply with this chapter. (C) Variance from standards. Should a variance from any requirement of this chapter be requested, review of the application by the planning commission will be required pursuant to Sections 16-565 to 16-569 of this code. (D) Unpermitted ADU or unpermitted JADU. Applications to permit a previously unpermitted ADU or JADU constructed before January 1, 2020 will be processed pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code Section 66311.7. (E) Historic district or historic landmark designation. For an ADU or JADU on or within the California State designated historic district or parcel is subject to the standards set forth in Section 16-465.6. (F) Concurrent application. An ADU or JADU may be proposed and constructed concurrently with construction of an addition to the primary dwelling unit that, by and of itself, meets applicable zoning district development standards for the primary dwelling unit and its addition. (G) A nonrefundable fee in the amount set by city council resolution shall be paid upon the filing of an application for an ADU or JADU. Applications may incur additional fees imposed pursuant to this code or other applicable regulations. (H) ADU applications submitted on or before the adoption date of this division shall remain permitted. (Ord. No. 3072)

Source: City of Oxnard, California, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/oxnard/latest/oxnard_ca/0-0-0-88420Fetched: 11/8/2026