Board upholds code‑compliance finding against Colony Estate venue after de novo hearing
After a full de novo hearing and hours of testimony from residents, vendors, the property owner and technical experts, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors upheld the code‑compliance director's finding that the Colony Estate was operating a commercial event venue in an RE‑5 zone without authorization and denied the owner's appeal.
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The board heard an extensive evidentiary hearing on an amended notice of violation alleging that the private residence at 85 Crestview Avenue was regularly advertised and operated as a commercial event venue without required land‑use authorization. County staff presented marketing materials, event listings, sheriff dispatch logs and citations, saying the property was "regularly advertised, held out to the public, and utilized as a commercial event venue without authorization under the NCZO."
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