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Public Facilities and Services

The County is responsible for providing many public facilities and services, including a number that are essential to protection of public health and safety. It is vital to the provision of those facilities and services that the County secure funding for new services and maintenance of existing facilities. The County must ensure that adequate funding and resources are available to provide necessary public facilities and services to meet the needs of existing and future residents and businesses. The County must be responsive to meeting service needs, while also ensuring that new facilities are strategically located to maximize use and efficiency.


This section is intended to guide the overall provision of public facilities and services in the unincorporated area, ensuring that sufficient capacity exists to meet demand, funding exists for construction and maintenance, and collaboration occurs among partners to enhance efficiency.

Goal: PFS-1

To equitably provide residents and businesses with quality, cost-effective, and accessible facilities and services.

The County shall require that facilities and services that are essential for public health and safety shall be equitably provided for all residents and businesses.
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The County shall monitor the projected impacts of climate change and natural disasters to make adaptive improvements and upgrades to public facilities and services.
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The County shall review plans for constructing new essential public facilities, such as a hospital, health care facilities, emergency shelters, emergency command centers, or emergency communications facilities, so that these facilities are located outside of at-risk areas whenever feasible. If such a location is infeasible, then the County shall require the use of construction methods and site design features to minimize potential damage to these facilities.

Information on hazards in the county are in Chapter 7, Hazards and Safety Element.

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The County shall collaborate with the cities in Ventura County, neighboring jurisdictions, special districts, and regional agencies to address issues of mutual interest and concern, including infrastructure and public service deficiencies, particularly in designated disadvantaged communities.
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The County shall coordinate with Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) when planning for infrastructure expansions, improvements, and maintenance that may impact any NBVC facility or operation.
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The County shall prioritize non-emergency capital improvement projects that provide the greatest benefit to county residents, including repairing or replacing inadequate facilities; updating or upgrading aging facilities and structures that exceed their planned lifecycles; protecting sensitive resources; and addressing deficiencies in designated disadvantaged communities.
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The County shall only approve discretionary development in locations where adequate public facilities, services, and infrastructure are available and functional, under physical construction, or will be available prior to occupancy.
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Within a city's Sphere of Influence, annexation to that city is preferable to formation of new or expansion of existing County Service Areas.
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County shall only approve a discretionary development within a city's Sphere of Influence if the required public facilities and infrastructure meets or exceeds those required by the associated city.
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The County shall operate and maintain County facilities in an efficient manner that meets community needs while conserving financial and natural resources.
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