Cultural Heritage Board“Protecting Ventura County’s Historic, Cultural, and Natural Resources”The Ventura County Board of Supervisors created the Cultural Heritage Board in 1968 to advise it on countywide historic landmark designation and preservation. The Cultural Heritage Board (CHB) is composed of seven members, one representing each of the five Supervisorial districts, and two “at large” members selected by the five CHB members. The CHB also appoints technical advisors as needed. The CHB currently serves the cities of Fillmore, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Thousand Oaks, and Simi Valley as well as the Board of Supervisors for the County of Ventura. Their duties include recommending historic landmarks, historical districts, points of interest and site of merit designations, reviewing proposed alterations to designated and potential historic landmarks, reviewing environmental impact reports for their potential impact on historic resources, reviewing nominations for the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historic Resources, and reviewing requests for Mills Act Contracts. The CHB meetings are held as needed on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month at 1:15 p.m. in Room 311 of the County Government Center, third floor of the Hall of Administration.Preservation IncentivesIf your property is a designated landmark, site of merit, or point of interest, you may be eligible for deviations from existing development requirements. Deviations were created in the County's Non-Coastal Zoning Ordinance to protect the integrity, architecture and character of Cultural Heritage sites. For example, as a landmark owner, you may be eligible to subdivide your parcel even if the parcel size is less than the minimum size for zoning. In addition, there are deviations from the minimum size for a “granny flat” if the structure is a Site of Merit or a Landmark. For more information, click on the Zoning Ordinance link below or contact Nicole Doner, Cultural Heritage Planner, at (805) 654-5042 or via email at Nicole.Doner@ventura.org. |
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| ► Cultural Heritage Board Members | |
| ► Mission Aqueduct - County Landmark | |
| ► Cultural Heritage Board Meetings and Agendas | |
► Non-Coastal Zoning Ordinance Sections Related to Cultural Heritage Sites  |
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| ► Cultural Heritage Board Ordinance |
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| ► City of Oxnard Mills Act Contract |
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Resources |
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Surveys and Images |
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| ► Henry T. Oxnard National Register Historic District- Photo Archive | |
| ► Santa Clara Valley Historic Resources Survey, Phase VI, August, 1999 |
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Related Links |
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| ► California State Historical Landmarks | |
| ► California Office of Historic Preservation Mills Act Questions & Answers | |
| ► County Historical Museum, Ventura | |
| ► Dept. of the Interior, The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties | |
| ► Heritage Square, Oxnard | |
| ► Heritage Valley (Santa Clara Valley) | |
| ► Olivas Adobe, Ventura | |
| ► Rancho Camulos, Piru area, National Landmark | |
| ► San Buenaventura Conservancy | |
| ► Seabee Museum, Port Hueneme | |
| ► Stagecoach Inn, Thousand Oaks | |
| ► Strathearn Historic Park, Simi Valley | |
| ► Ventura County Historical Landmarks and Points of Interest |
