Ventura County has no data-center-specific ordinance. A data center belongs in the industrial zones — M-1 Industrial Park, M-2 Limited Industrial, or M-3 General Industrial — and needs a discretionary planning permit plus CEQA review. County zoning governs only unincorporated land, not the ten cities.
Ventura County's Non-Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Division 8, Chapter 1) does not define or name data centers. A server and computing facility is an industrial use and must locate in an industrial zone: M-1 Industrial Park, M-2 Limited Industrial, or M-3 General Industrial, the heaviest manufacturing zone. Because the use is not listed by right, the Planning Division classifies it under Section 8105-5 and requires a discretionary entitlement — a Planned Development Permit or Conditional Use Permit — which triggers CEQA environmental review. Parcels inside the Coastal Zone fall under the separate Coastal Zoning Ordinance and also need a Coastal Development Permit. These rules apply only to unincorporated land; the ten cities, including Oxnard and Thousand Oaks, set their own zoning.
Establishing a data center without the required Planned Development or Conditional Use Permit, or on non-industrial-zoned land, is a zoning violation. The county can deny permits, issue stop-work orders, and pursue administrative penalties through its code compliance program.
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