Camarillo, CA Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Downtown Design Guide (2026)

25 sets the design and dimensional rulebook for the Old Town commercial district, kept separate from the city's newer commercial zones to protect its older, small-lot character. 030 requires a planned development permit before any new structure is built or an existing lot or premises put to a new use in the COT zone; only facade renovations and additions under 20 percent of a building's floor area can skip commission review and go through administrative approval by the director of planning and community development, and even then only when the work conforms to any adopted design guidelines for the zone.

070 require a minimum zone area of 10,000 square feet and minimum lot width and depth of 100 feet each. 080 let buildings sit up to the front property line (parking must sit back at least 10 feet), waive interior side yards, and require a 10-foot rear yard that grows by 10 feet for every 10 feet of building height above 25 feet, capped at 50 feet. 120 limits building coverage to 65 percent of the permitted development area, with the remainder landscaped or paved for parking and circulation.

130 caps height at two stories and 35 feet unless a conditional use permit allows more. 140 requires a six-foot landscaped screening strip with evergreen trees in the same circumstance.