Per Ventura County Ordinance 4355, and California Streets and Highways Code (chapter 22) sidewalk maintenance is the responsibility of the property owner. Trees located between the sidewalk and the curb/street are also the responsibility of the property owner. Please see the  Sidewalk and Street Tree Maintenance and Sight Distance  brochures. Work in the road right-of-way, including sidewalk repair or tree maintenance, cannot be done without a permit.

Please call the Permits section if you have any questions at (805) 654-2055.

During paving projects, the County uses the County of Ventura Sidewalk Repair Standards to determine which sidewalks are eligible for grinding and which must be replaced.

The location and type of drainage problem will determine whether or not Roads & Transportation has responsibility for the drainage problem. Please see the Drainage brochure for further information.

Maintenance of roadside ditches is shared by the County (when adjacent to public roads) and the property owner (when in front of their property). Ditches which do not accept runoff from public roads are maintained entirely by the property owner. For further information, please see the Drainage brochure.

Roads and Transportation maintains roads that have been approved for maintenance by the Board of Supervisors within the County unincorporated areas. A list of County-maintained roads can be found at County-Maintained Roads or by accessing the PWA Interactive Map.

Private roads, alley ways, and public roads (not accepted for maintenance by the Board of Supervisors) are not under Roads and Transportation jurisdiction. Please visit the following links to Real Estate Services – FAQ-Private Roads or see the  Private Roads brochure. Contact your respective city for roads within each cities’ jurisdiction. See the PWA Interactive Map for city boundaries.

County-maintained roads will be scheduled for resurfacing by a priority ranking system, 1 through 5, with 1 being highest priority, as shown on the PWA Interactive Map. The Paving Plan is updated on an annual basis and approved by the Board of Supervisors.

To report a pot hole or section of a road that requires immediate attention please use the online complaint form, or contact the Road Maintenance Division at (805) 672-2131.

Roads closed to through traffic due to emergencies are listed on the Roads & Transportation website. You can find them under County Road Closures.

Road Maintenance rarely closes roads due to planned work. If a road closure is required for planned work, doorhangers will be posted. To find what roads are closed visit County Road Closures.

Planned road closures are listed on the Roads and Transportation website. You can learn more here.

The County does not provide street-sweeping of County roads. Some neighborhoods have assessed themselves to contract for street-sweeping. For further information, please see the Street Sweeping, Beach Sand Removal, and Street Lighting brochure.

All this information is available through the PWA Interactive Map, the Public Works Agency GIS Web Map service.

The County of Ventura has a recommended tree list that is available online. Any other varieties should be recommended by a registered landscape architect and may be approved by Roads and Transportation. An encroachment permit is required to plant trees in the road right-of-way. The permit application can be found online. Please see Encroachment Permits brochure for additional information.

A Recommended Street Tree List with the minimum required distances from edge of pavement can be found in the Ventura County Landscape Design Criteria (see Attachment 4).

No. Placing political campaign signs or other such advertisements  or endorsements in the County road right-of-way is a violation of the County Encroachment Ordinance (Division 12 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code). Please refer to the “Notice to Political Candidates.”

Prior to placing an antenna or wireless facility in the road right-of-way, the County ordinance requires a wireless company to notify the property owner. If you have not received notification and would like to report it or obtain more information, please call the County Permits Section at (805) 654-2055.

Assessor’s maps, record maps, city boundaries and aerial imagery for the County.

The work could be Roads and Transportation doing work with our own personnel or by contract. It could also be a utility company working on their system that is in the road right-of-way. For Roads and Transportation projects, please visit the Roads and Transportation Project list for active projects, project locations, and project contact information. The Project Manager for each project is identified with their contact information. They have the schedule and can provide specifics.

For work with our own forces, please contact (805) 672-2131 for additional information. For Utility company work, please contact our permits desk at (805) 654-2055. You can also check yourself through the citizen access portal at https://vcca.ventura.org/vcca.aspx.

The County Road fund does not receive property taxes for road maintenance, repair, or operations. The primary funding sources for road services and improvements comes from a portion of gas tax known as Highway User Tax Account (HUTA), developer fees known as Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee’s and Federal grant funding.

Comments or complaints can be submitted via our online form here. You can also call our main office line 5 days a week, 8:00am to 5:00pm, at (805) 654-2049. For after hours emergencies, our Road Maintenance Division can be reached at (805) 650-4099.

Law enforcement officers can enforce speed limits on private roads in the unincorporated areas of the County. Please see the Speed Limit Enforcement on Private Roads brochure.

Please see the brochure on Speed Limits for a brief outline of how and why speed limits are determined, and an explanation of speed limits on roads in the unincorporated areas of the County. For Speed Humps please refer to the question “How can I request speed bumps/humps?” for policy, warrants, petition and application process.

Please see the speed hump packet enclosed for information on the County’s speed hump policy, warrants, petition and application process. Contact Roads and Transportation at (805) 654-2049 for additional questions.

Please contact the California Highway Patrol at (805) 477-4100 for speed enforcement on roads in the unincorporated area. For further information regarding speed limits, please see the Speed Limits brochure.

Before installing a traffic signal or stop sign at an intersection, established minimum criteria must be satisfied. A review includes: the amount of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, the collision history of the intersection, the proximity to schools, the need to provide interruption to the major flow for side-street vehicles and pedestrians, and special conditions such as hills and curves.

Please call (805) 654-2049 to request traffic signals and stop signs. Please see the Traffic Signals & Stop Signs  brochure for additional information.

No. “Children at Play” and similar signs are not recognized by the State of California or the Federal Highway Administration as official traffic control devices, and therefore are not installed on public streets. For more information, you may call the Roads and Transportation Traffic Section at (805) 654-2049.

Installing signs on County roads by residents is prohibited. Please call Roads and Transportation at (805) 654-2049 to request traffic sign installation.

No-Parking Zones are recommended to facilitate the movement of traffic. The prohibition of parking on residential streets for the convenience of abutting property owners is not generally recommended.

Please call the California Highway Patrol at (805) 477-4100 for enforcement of parking restrictions of oversized vehicles on County roads. 

On roadways in the unincorporated areas of the County, Chapter 7 of the County Ordinance Code stipulates the following:

Green Zones: It is unlawful to park in any green zone for more than 24 minutes between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. except for Sundays and Holidays (VCOC 7200[d]).

Red Zones: It is unlawful to stop, stand or park in any red zone at any time, except that buses may stop in any red zone which is also marked as a bus loading zone.

Yellow Zones: It is unlawful to stop, stand, or park in any yellow zone except for a reasonable amount of time not exceeding three minutes, for the purposes of loading and unloading of passengers and not exceeding two hours for the purposes of loading and unloading freight between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. except Sundays and Holidays (VCOC 7200[b]).

White Zones: It is unlawful to stop, stand, or park in any white zone except for the purposes of loading or unloading passengers or depositing mail in an adjacent mail box (VCOC 7200[c]).

Blue Markings: No zone to be marked by blue paint (handicapped parking) can be established on County-maintained roadways (VCOC 7205[b]).

Please call CA Highway Patrol at (805) 477-4174 for parking enforcement and removal of abandoned vehicles on County roads between the hours of 8:00am to 5:00pm.

Please call Roads and Transportation at (805) 654-2049 to request installation of a crosswalk. For further information on marked crosswalks, please see the  Marked Crosswalks brochure.

For an explanation of the difference between various crosswalks, please see the citizen brochure Marked Crosswalks.

School crossing guards can be requested through the appropriate school district. For more information, please see the citizen brochure “Adult Crossing Guards.”

Please see the citizen brochures “Driweway and Curb Cuts” & “Sight Distance”.

Please see the citizen brochure “Roll-off Boxes and Portable Dumpsters”.

Please see the citizen brochure “Encroachment Permits”.

Please see the citizen brochure “Trip Permits for Oversized Vehicles”.