Oxnard, CA Drone Rules: Park Drone Restrictions (2026)

Article XVIII of the Oxnard Code, adopted by Ordinance No. 2906 and amended by Ordinance No. 2966, governs Ormond Beach, which Sec. " Sec. 7-301 lists prohibited activities at the site, and subsection (G) folds drones into the general ban on operating any motorized vehicle: it expressly names "remotely operated vehicles such as airplanes, helicopters, cars and drones" as covered. The only exceptions are public safety vehicles, including Coast Guard craft, military aerial vehicles, and vehicles used as part of a city-permitted program to protect natural resources.

The same article bars bringing domesticated or exotic animals onto the beach, entering fenced or signed protected habitat, altering dunes or vegetation without a permit, camping, lighting fires, and flying kites, kite boards or gliders, underscoring that the site is managed as a sensitive habitat rather than an ordinary park. Sec. 7-303 clarifies the article does not override any stricter state or federal aviation or wildlife rule, so FAA airspace restrictions and Migratory Bird Treaty Act protections still apply on top of the local ban.

Because Ormond Beach sits at the mouth of the Santa Clara River estuary, the no-drone rule is aimed squarely at preventing disturbance to nesting shorebirds and other wildlife the article was written to shield.