Unincorporated Ventura County has no general overnight parking ban on county roads; the default is the state 72-hour rule (CVC 22651(k)). Oak Park, Oak View, and Casa Conejo bar oversized vehicles around the clock. In County parks, overnight parking and sleeping in a vehicle are treated as camping and require a permit (Ord. 4446).
There is no countywide ordinance prohibiting ordinary passenger vehicles from parking overnight on public roads in unincorporated Ventura County. A legally parked, operable, registered vehicle may remain overnight subject to the state 72-hour limit: under California Vehicle Code 22651(k), a vehicle standing on a highway for 72 or more consecutive hours may be removed. The exceptions are vehicle-size based. In the Oak Park Community (Ordinance Code Sec. 7251) and in Oak View and Casa Conejo (Sec. 7252, Ord. 4524), it is unlawful to park or leave standing any oversized vehicle on a county highway at any time, which effectively bans overnight oversized-vehicle parking except during the limited 72-hour trip, repair, and loading exemptions. In County parks, the Parks Ordinance (Ord. 4446) is stricter: Sec. 6302-12 defines camping to include using any parked or standing vehicle for sleeping and remaining overnight, and Sec. 6309 prohibits camping or parking overnight in a park except in a designated site with a valid permit. No vehicle may remain parked in a posted County park beyond the posted hours (Sec. 6307-1(f)). Outside of those park and oversized-vehicle rules, overnight parking on county roads is generally permitted.
Sleeping overnight in a vehicle in a County park without a camping permit, or parking past posted park hours, violates Ord. 4446. Leaving an oversized vehicle on a road in Oak Park, Oak View, or Casa Conejo overnight violates Sec. 7251/7252. On any public road, exceeding 72 consecutive hours allows removal under CVC 22651(k).
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