Channel Islands Harbor: rules for vendors and boat owners
What Channel Islands Harbor publishes for marine service providers and for boat owners, quoted from the operator's own pages and documents. Each rule shows its source and the date we last read it.
At a glance
- Run by
- County of Ventura Harbor Department (county)
- Region
- Southern California
- Vendor permit
- Commercial Activity Permit: $340 annual or $145 for one day; ID card $30 refundable deposit[County of Ventura Harbor Department (Channel Islands Harbor)]
- Rules last checked
- Last verified
Rules for service providers
Before your first job here, line up:
- Commercial Activity Permit: $340 annual or $145 for one day; ID card $30 refundable deposit.
- Permit or registration
Commercial Activity Permit: $340 annual or $145 for one day; ID card $30 refundable deposit
Renewal: Annual
[1]Rates effective July 1, 2026.
Last verified
Rules for boat owners
- Slip fees
County-run slips at Cisco and Fisherman's Wharf: recreational $18.75 and commercial $16.25 per linear foot (a 40-ft recreational slip is $768.75); Small Boat Marina $335/month; guest docks $1.90/ft/day ($47 minimum). Effective July 1, 2026.
[1]Last verified
- Living aboard
Boat Resident Permit: $250 per year.
[1]Last verified
Hiring someone to work on your boat here
Based on what the harbor requires of vendors, ask your provider for:
- Their Commercial Activity Permit (current, not expired).
Marinas these rules cover
- Channel Islands Harbor Oxnard
- Anacapa Isle Marina Oxnard
- Peninsula Yacht Anchorage Oxnard
- Vintage Marina Oxnard
Private marinas and yacht clubs inside a public harbor can add their own vendor rules on top of the harbor's. Ask the marina office too.
What we looked for and didn't find
- Insurance minimums for the Commercial Activity Permit (the ordinance is a scanned image).
- Business license requirement and hull-cleaning rules.
- A rule against commercial activity at the launch ramp (earlier research cited one; the 2026 rate sheet only lists a commercial launch-ramp use fee of $300–$3,000/day).
“Not found” means it isn't in the public pages we read, not that no rule exists.
Next steps
- Compare every harbor's vendor requirements
- Total the permit fees for the harbors you work
- Check your insurance against published minimums
- How to become an approved vendor at a California marina
- Starting a hull-cleaning business in California
- Boat owners: how to hire a marine contractor
- Boat owners: hull cleaning interval estimator (copper paint rules)
- All harbors
Sources
- County of Ventura Harbor Department (Channel Islands Harbor). Rates & Fees effective 7/1/2026 (July 1, 2026).