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The Planning Division, part of the Community Development Department, is responsible for creating goals and policies for sustainable future development in the city and ensuring that all proposed and current development complies with those goals.
Planning staff provides services and conducts activities which guide the city's orderly development by applying the current zoning codes, facilitating development, creating and implementing community plans and preserving historic resources.
Contact the Planning Division at:
- By Phone: (805) 654-7893 or (805) 654-7894
- In Person: 501 Poli Street, Room 117, Ventura CA, 93001
- Planning Manager: Dave Ward (805) 677-3964, dward@cityofventura.net
Ventura's General Plan
Adopted August 8, 2005 after more than seven years of public meetings, 200 workshops and input by thousands of residents, the General Plan sets long-range goals based on a shared vision to guide Ventura's future.
"The building of cities is one of man's greatest achievements. The form of his city has always been and always will be a pitless indicator of the state of his civilization. This form is determined by the multiplicity of decsions made by the people who live in it."
- Edmund N. Bacon
Design of Cities, 1967
Read the 2005 General Plan (12.5mb)
Final EIR for the 2005 General Plan (92mb)
Housing Element 2008-2014
The Housing Element is a state mandated document that is part of the General Plan and contains analysis, policies, and programs with the objective to preserve, improve and promote housing for all economic segments of the community. On January 23, 2012, the City Council adopted its 2008-2014 General Plan Housing Element. The final version is available here and at the Planning Counter at City Hall in room 117.
If you have any questions concerning the Housing Element update, please contact Lisa Wilkinson, Associate Planner at (805) 658-4755 or by sending an email to lwilkinson@cityofventura.net
