Agenda packet — Lindsay City Council, June 23, 2026 (part 1 of 4)

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LINDSAY CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
June 23, 2026, 6:00 P.M.

City Hall, 251 E. Honolulu St., Lindsay, CA 93247
Notice is hereby given that the Lindsay City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in person and live via YouTube.

City of Lindsay YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CityofLindsay Se invita y se anima a las personas de habla hispana a asistir a las reuniones del Concejo Municipal de Lindsay. Las agendas de las reuniones están disponibles en español a solicitud. Para obtener información adicional, comuníquese con la Oficina de la Secretaria Municipal al (559) 562-7102.

Rules for Addressing the City Council:
• Members of the public may address the City Council on matters within the jurisdiction of the City of Lindsay.
• Persons wishing to address Council concerning an item on the agenda will be invited to address the Council during the time that Council is considering that agenda item. Persons wishing to address Council concerning issues not on the agenda will be invited to address Council during the Public Comment portion of the meeting.
• When invited by the Mayor to speak, please step up to the lectern, state your name and city of residence, and make your comments. Comments are limited to three minutes per speaker.

Americans with Disabilities Act
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact the City Clerk prior to the meeting at (559) 562-7102, or via email at [email protected].

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. ROLL CALL

4. EXECUTIVE (CLOSED) SESSION

4.1 Conference with Labor Negotiators
Pursuant to Cal Gov. Code § 54957
Agency Designated Representative: City Manager (or other designated negotiator) Employee Organization: Lindsay City Employees Association: Services Employees Internation Union (SEIU), Mid-Management Group, Lindsay Professional Fire Fighters Association (LPFFA), and Lindsay Police Officers Association (LPOA).

4.2 Conference with Real Property Negotiations § 54956.8(c) Property: 284 E Hermosa st & 112 S Gale Hill Ave
Agency: City of Lindsay

5. 6:30 P.M RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION

6. CLOSED SESSION REPORT – This is the designated time for the City Council to publicly report any actions taken during closed sessions, along with the corresponding votes, if applicable.

7. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Mayor
Misty Villarreal
Mayor Pro Tem
Joe Soria
Councilmembers
Adriana Nave
Rosaena Sanchez
Yolanda Flores
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8. COUNCIL REPORT

9. PUBLIC COMMENT – The public is invited to comment on any subject under the jurisdiction of the Lindsay City Council. Please note that speakers that wish to comment on a Regular Item or Public Hearing on tonight’s agenda will have an opportunity to speak when public comment for that item is requested by the Mayor. Comments shall be limited to three (3) minutes per person, with thirty (30) minutes for the total comment period, unless otherwise indicated by the Mayor. The public may also choose to submit a comment before the meeting via email. Public comments received via email will be distributed to the Council prior to the start of the meeting and incorporated into the official minutes; however, they will not be read aloud. Under state law, matters presented under public comment cannot be acted upon by the Council at this time.

10. CITY MANAGER REPORT

11. RECOGNITIONS

11.1 Introduction and Oath of Office of Police Sergeant Action & Recommendation: Oath of Office administered by Miranda Cordova, City Clerk/ Human Resource Manager.

Presented by: Chief Nichloas Nave, Director of Public Safety

12. CONSENT CALENDAR – Routine items approved in one motion unless an item is pulled for discussion. There will be no separate discussion of these matters unless a request is made, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar to be discussed and voted upon by a separate motion.

12.1 Waive the Reading of Ordinance and Approve by Title Only.

Action & Recommendation: Approve the reading by title only of all ordinances and that further reading of such ordinances be waived.

Submitted by: Miranda Cordova, City Clerk

12.2 Police & Fire Division Highlights for June 3, 2026 Through June 14, 2026.

Action & Recommendation: Approved as submitted.

Submitted by: Nicholas Nave, Director of Public Safety

12.3 Minutes of the Regular of June 9, 2026.

Action & Recommendation: Approved as submitted.

Submitted by: Miranda Cordova, City Clerk

12.4 Warrant List for June 2, 2026 Through June 14, 2026 Action & Recommendation: Accept the Warrant List for transaction dated June 2, 2026, through June 14, 2026.

Submitted by: Soledad Ruiz-Nunez, Director of Finance

12.5 Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Services Agreement Renewal Action & Recommendation: Approve the renewal of the agreement between the City of Lindsay and the County of Tulare for law enforcement emergency dispatching services for the period of July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2027 and authorize the City Manager to execute documents.

Submitted by: Nicholas Nave, Director of Public Safety

12.6 OMNI Family Health Renewal of Lease Agreement
Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to execute the lease renewal with OMNI Family Health.

Submitted by: Armando da Silva, Director of Parks & Recreation Services

12.7 Lindsay General Plan Annual Progress Report and Annual Housing Element Progress Report for 2025
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Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council formally accept the General Plan Annual Progress Report and the Housing Element Progress Report for the year 2025.

Submitted by: Dario Dominguez, Director of Public Works

13. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORT

13.1 City Services – Dario Dominguez, Director of Public Works

14. PUBLIC HEARING

14.1 Adoption of Updated Master Fee Schedule
Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No.26-24 updating the Master Fee Schedule to include new and revised fees for credit card processing, memberships, facility usage, recreation services, and revisions to Building Division fees.

Submitted by: Kuyler Crocker, City Manager

14.2 Vacancy & Recruitment Retention Efforts
Action & Recommendation: Conduct the public hearing required by Assembly Bill 2561 (AB 2561) regarding the City's job vacancies, recruitment efforts, and retention efforts, and receive and file the report.

Submitted by: Miranda Cordova, City Clerk & Human Resource Manager Presented by: Kuyler Crocker, City Manager

14.3 Fiscal Year 2026-2027 City Budget and CIP Budget
Action & Recommendation: Consider the Approval of the City of Lindsay Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, Resolution No. 26-31 and the CIP Budget for FY 2026-2027.

Submitted by: Soledad Ruiz-Nunez, Director of Finance

15. ACTION ITEMS

15.1 Approval of Updated Job Descriptions, Position Reclassifications, and Establishment of New Positions
Action & Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving updated job descriptions, reclassifying the Engineering Technician position to Associate Engineer, replacing the Recreation I classification with Recreation Leader I and Recreation Leader II classifications, and establishing the Permit Technician position.

Submitted by: Dario Dominguez, Miranda Cordova, City Clerk & Human Resource Manager
Presented by: Kuyler Crocker, City Manager

15.2 Update Salary Schedule July 1, 2026
Action & Recommendation: Consider the Approval of Resolution 26-17 updating the City of Lindsay Salary Schedule effective July 1, 2026.

Submitted by: Soledad Ruiz-Nunez, Directo of Finance

15.3 Consider the Adoption of Resolutions 26-25, 26-26 & 26-27 Initiating Fiscal Year 2026–2027 Landscape and Lighting Assessment District Proceedings, Providing Preliminary Approval of the Engineer’s Reports, Declaring the Intention to Levy and Collect Assessments, and Setting a Public Hearing for July 28, 2026.

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Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends (1.) Consider the Approval of Resolution No. 26-25 Ordering the preparation of an Engineers Report for Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (2.) Resolution No. 26-25 Giving preliminary approval of Engineer’s Report for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 for Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Districts & (3.) Resolution No. 26-26 Declaring its intention to levy and collect assessments for Fiscal 2026-2027 Landscape & Lighting Maintenance Assessment Districts; Declaring the work to be of more than local or ordinary public benefit; specifying the exterior boundaries of the areas within the Landscape Maintenance Districts to be assessed and the cost and expense thereof; Designating said districts as Landscape & Lighting Maintenance Districts; Determining that these proceedings shall be taken pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972; and offering a time and place for hearing objections thereto.

Submitted by: Dario Dominguez, Director of Public Works

15.4 Awarding the Contract for the Road Improvements Project Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends council adopt Resolution 26-28; awarding the contract for the Road Improvements Project to American Paving Co. (American Paving), in the amount of $5,321,719.60, and provide a $798,260 (approximately 15%) contingency to deal with any unforeseen issues that might arise during construction for a total encumbrance of $6,119,979.60.

Submitted by: Dario Dominguez, Director of Public Works

16. REQUEST FOR FUTURE ITEMS

17. ADJOURNMENT – Lindsay City Council meetings are held in the City Council Chambers at 251 E.

Honolulu Street in Lindsay, California beginning at 6:00 P.M. on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month unless otherwise noticed. Materials related to an Agenda item submitted to the legislative body after distribution of the Agenda Packet are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk during normal business hours. A complete agenda is available at www.lindsay.ca.us. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act & Ralph M. Brown Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, or to be able to access this agenda and documents in the agenda packet, please contact the office of the City Clerk at (559) 562-7102 x 8011. Notification prior to the meeting will enable the City to ensure accessibility to this meeting and/or provision of an alternative format of the agenda and documents in the agenda packet.

AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING AGENDA
I hereby certify, in conformance with Government Code Sections 54954.2 and 54956, this agenda was posted in the bulletin board at the front of City Hall, 251 E Honolulu St., as well as on the City of Lindsay’s website (www.lindsay.ca.us).

DATE & TIME POSTED: Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

Dalee Chang, Deputy City Clerk
June 3
rd, 2026 – June 5th, 2026
Police Division Highlights: Total Calls for Service: 212 Possession of a Controlled Substance / Arrest
6/03/2026 at 0006 Hours:

Officers Sanchez and Macias conducted a traffic enforcement stop and contacted Carlo Gallegos-Rios, 54, of Lindsay, who was found to be in possession of a controlled substance. Gallegos-Rios was arrested without incident and later released via a signed Agreement to Appear.

Warrant Arrest
6/03/2026 at 1104 Hours:

Chief Nave contacted Maria Irma Mora, 44, of Lindsay, who had two active warrants for her arrest. Mora was arrested without incident and later released via a signed Agreement to Appear.

Felony Warrant Arrest
6/04/2026 at 2340 Hours:

Sgt. McMillan located Ignacio Rodriguez, 32, of Lindsay, who was wanted for an active Felony Arrest Warrant.

Rodriguez was arrested without incident and was later booked at the South County Detention Facility.

Trespassing / Probation Violation / Resisting Arrest by Force / Arrest 6/05/2026 at 0321 Hours:

Units responded to a report of an unwanted subject at a business in the 900 block of W. Hermosa St. Upon arrival, Christopher Melendez, of Lindsay, who was known to be on active probation, fled from officers on foot.

Melendez was overtaken and a physical altercation ensued until he was ultimately taken into custody without further incident. Melendez was later booked at the South County Detention Facility.

Possession of a Controlled Substance / Arrest
6/06/2026 at 1242 Hours:

Officer Garcia conducted a traffic enforcement stop and contacted Jesse Soto, 37, of Lindsay, who was found to be driving while unlicensed, and in possession of a controlled substance. Soto was arrested without incident and later booked into the South County Detention Facility.

Felony Evading / Felony Hit & Run Driving / Possession of a Controlled Substance / Arrest 6/06/2026 at 2156 Hours:

Lindsay Units attempted to conduct at traffic enforcement stop on a suspicious vehicle in the area of Hermosa St. and SR65. The vehicle fled at a high rate of speed and was pursued by officers. The suspect vehicle struck another motorist in the area of Tulare Rd. and Sequoia Ave. and officers tended to that collision, with occupants of the other vehicle sustaining minor injuries. The vehicle ultimately yielded in the area of Strathmore Rd. and Avenue 200, where the driver, Alexander Pantoja-Sanchez, 21, of Porterville, was taken into custody along with five passengers. Pantoja-Sanchez was later booked at the South County Detention Facility, and the passengers were released from the police department.

Fire Division Highlights: Total Calls for Service: 48
Tulare County Fire Assist / Grass Fire
6/01/2026 at 1641 Hours:

Patrol 87 responded to assist TCFD with a grass fire caused by electrical equipment. Upon arrival units found approximately 100 feet of grass that had been burned due to a downed electrical line. Crews mitigated the hazard until relieved by TCFD.

Electrical Fire / Out on Arrival
6/02/2026 at 1224 Hours:

Truck 87 responded to a commercial fire at Subway- 246 N Highway 65. Upon arrival crews found that electrical wiring modifications had caused a short, with some smoldering fire near the refrigerated service bar. Crews mitigated the problem and isolated the affected circuit. The owner was advised to make repairs.

Tulare County Fire Assist / Grass Fire
6/02/2026 at 1331 Hours:

Patrol 87 responded to assist Tulare County Fire with a grass fire in the area of Road 216 and Avenue 252. Upon arrival approximately ¼ acre of grass was found to be involved, and crews worked to contain the fire until released by TCFD.

Tulare County Fire Assist / Grass Fire
6/05/2026 at 1947 Hours:

Patrol 87 responded to the 1200 block of N. Foothill Ave. for a report of a grass fire in or near an orchard.

Upon arrival approximately ¼ acre of grass was located on fire and was extinguished. The scene was turned over to TCFD.

Tulare County Fire Assist / Grass Fire
Patrol 87 responded to the area of the 1500 block of N. Foothill Ave. for a report of an additional grass fire. Upon arrival another small grass fire was located which was quickly brought under control. The scene was turned over to TCFD Fire Investigators.

Special Events:

Personnel staffed the Alternative Education and Lindsay High School Graduation Commencement Ceremonies.

Upcoming Events / Projects:

An additional Town Hall Meeting is Scheduled for Monday, June 8th, 2026 Personnel will be participating in the Tulare County Public Library’s Summer Reader program beginning on June 18th, 2026
June 8th, 2026 – June 14th, 2026
Police Division Highlights: Total Calls for Service: 212 Reckless Driver / Driving on a Suspended License / DUI / Arrest 6/08/2026 at 1434 Hours:

Lt. Riley observed a reckless vehicle in the area of Tulare Rd and Sequoia Ave. during school dismissal.

Lt. Riley conducted a traffic enforcement stop and contacted the driver, Armando Meza, 35, of Lindsay, who was found to be driving while intoxicated and on a suspended license. Meza was arrested and transported to the police department for processing prior to being released to a responsible party via a signed Agreement to Appear.

Warrant Arrest
6/08/2026 at 2159 Hours:

Lindsay officers responded to a residence in the 1200 block of N. Foothill in attempt to serve a felony arrest warrant. Upon arrival contacted was Yang Lee, 47, of Lindsay, who was taken into custody without incident. Lee was later booked at the South County Detention Facility.

Possession of a Controlled Substance / Arrest
6/11/2026 at 2104 Hours:

Officer Garcia conducted an enforcement stop and contacted Joshua Howard, 34, of Lindsay, who was found to be in possession of a controlled substance. Howard was arrested without incident and later released via a signed Agreement to Appear.

Possession of a Controlled Substance / Parole Violation / Arrest 6/12/2026 at 2115 Hours:

While working a multi-agency enforcement detail, Officer Martinez contacted Manuel Camacho, 32, of Lindsay, while at the Farmer’s Market. Camacho was found to be in possession of a controlled substance and was in violation of his parole terms. Camacho was arrested without incident and later booked at the South County Detention Facility.

Felony Warrant Arrest
6/13/2026 at 1700 Hours:

Officer Chaidez contacted and arrested Ignacio Rodriguez, 33, of Lindsay for an outstanding felony arrest warrant stemming from the setting of several fires in the downtown Lindsay area. Rodriguez was later booked at the South County Detention Facility.

Attempted Carjacking / Arrest
6/13/2026 at 1711 Hours:

Lindsay Units responded to the area of Mirage and Frazier for a report of an attempted carjacking. Upon arrival the victim provided a description of the suspect, who was later located in the area. The suspect, Alan Zamorategui, 39, of Visalia, was identified by the victim and arrested without further incident. Zamorategui was later booked at the South County Detention Facility.

Fire Division Highlights: Total Calls for Service: 36
Tulare County Fire Assist / Multiple Vehicle Injury Traffic Accident 6/08/2026 1655 Hours:

Truck 87 responded to the area of Road 204 and Avenue 256 for a report of a five-vehicle collision with multiple rollovers. Upon arrival it was determined a semi-truck driver had collided with multiple stopped vehicles, causing several injuries. Crews assisted with patient care and packaging, and the scene was ultimately turned over to CHP.

Tulare County Fire Assist / Debris Fire
6/14/2026 at 0955 Hours:

Patrol 87 responded to a report of a fire at the Lindsay-Strathmore Cemetery. A small debris fire was located out on arrival, and the scene was turned over to TCFD.

Special Events:

Personnel attended the Town Hall meeting on Water.

Upcoming Events / Projects:

Personnel will be participating in the Tulare County Public Library’s Summer Reader program beginning on June 18th, 2026

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LINDSAY CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Lindsay Council Chambers Tuesday, June 9, 2026
251 E Honolulu St., Lindsay CA 93247 6:00 p.m. – Regular Meeting Proper notice of this meeting was given pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2 and 54956.

STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Kuyler Crocker, City Attorney Megan Crouch, City Clerk/ Human Resource Manager Miranda Cordova, Director of Public Safety Nicholas Nave, Director of Finance Soledad Ruiz-Nunez, Director of Parks & Recreation Services Armando da Silva, Executive Assistant/ Deputy City Clerk Dalee Chang, City Services Maintenance Supervisor Marshall Chairez and Recreation Coordinator Gustavo Arredondo.

1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Villarreal called to order the regular meeting of the Lindsay City Council at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber located at 251 E. Honolulu St.

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Villarreal.

3. ROLL CALL
Council Present: Mayor Villarreal
Mayor Pro Tem Soria
Councilmember Nave
Councilmember Flores
Councilmember Sanchez

4. EXECUTIVE (CLOSED) SESSION – At 6:03 P.M

4.2 Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation § 54956 Maria Carrillo v. City of Lindsay, Tulare County Superior Court Case No. VCU335445

4.3 Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation Initiation of litigation pursuant to § 54956.9(c): 2 case(s)

4.4 Liability Claim Conference with Real Property Negotiations § 54956.8(c) Property: 284 E Hermosa st & 112 S Gale Hill Ave
Agency: City of Lindsay

5. 6:34 P.M. RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION

6. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
Council returned from closed session at 6:34pm with nothing to report.

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7. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
At the directions of Mayor Villarreal, the council pulled Agenda Item #14.3 Selection of Utility Provider for Acquistion, Operation, and Improvement of the City’s Water and Wastewater System. It was motioned by Councilmember Nave, seconded by Councilmember Sanchez, and unanimously approved 5-0.

8. COUNCIL REPORT
Councilmembers and the Mayor provided updates on recent community and civic engagements. These included attendance at youth sports playoffs, scholarship award ceremonies, high school and adult-education graduations, the Lion King student production, the Military Banner Ceremony, the Restore the Fire Truck 25th Anniversary event, the Wellness Center’s Salute to Service Run, and the TCAG Local Motion Awards. Scholarships totaling $1,500 were presented on behalf of the Lindsay Skimmers Swim Club. Council noted strong community participation at town halls and public meetings and expressed appreciation for ongoing feedback. The council also highlighted the work of programs such as Varela Boxing, which provides positive youth engagement opportunities and is currently fundraising to support a local athlete competing in Texas. Overall, councilmembers expressed gratitude for community involvement and reaffirmed their commitment to collaborative efforts that enhance the City of Lindsay.

9. PUBLIC COMMENT
The public comment period was opened. The following comments were received:

Val Saucedo provided a point of clarification regarding Item 14.3. He requested confirmation on whether the item, though removed from the current agenda, remains under consideration and may return at a future meeting. He further requested that, if the item is to be revisited, the City provide clear and timely public notice to ensure full transparency. Mr. Saucedo noted that recent concerns from the community have stemmed from a lack of advance notice regarding this item and stated that the public should be given adequate time to review and respond before it is placed back on the agenda.

Anita Gustuson provided public comment and presented several questions for the Council and staff. She inquired whether the 48,000-dollar pool expenditure and the 65,000-dollar Box Trail expenditure had received prior Council approval. She requested clarification on why the PRO PTs utility payment remains set at 750 dollars despite ongoing increases in utility costs. She asked whether Community Facilities District charges will be collected through property taxes and whether any existing districts currently have delinquent payments owed to the City. She further asked whether the City is actively recruiting tenants for the Blanketing/Branding item.

Ms. Gustuson requested confirmation on whether staff obtained Council authorization before approving repairs and design work related to the City deck. She also sought information regarding sanitation measures, public safety planning, potential municipal code updates, and the reasons for recent changes associated with the Transit Center project. Lastly, she requested an update on the status of implementing the auditors’ recommendations for the 2023–2024 fiscal year.

Teresa Saucedo provided a comment regarding the removed item. She stated that if the item returns, she urges the Council not to approve it. She expressed concern that moving toward selling the City’s water system without independent analysis or full transparency is premature and irreversible. She noted that the City is not in a strong position to negotiate with experienced private utility companies and that residents have raised significant concerns. She also stated there is no clear evidence that independent experts are representing the community’s interests, and the public does not yet understand the long-term impacts on water rates or local control. She emphasized that once the system is sold, decisions about water

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would leave the community permanently, and she urged the Council not to select a provider or authorize negotiations until independent review and full transparency are ensured.

Trudy Wishman provided public comment, stating that she has lived in the community for many years and is strongly opposed to the privatization of the City’s water system. She noted that her current work with agricultural water districts has shown her how certain governance structures can lead entities to behave as though they own the water, resulting in negative impacts on policy decisions. Ms. Wishman emphasized that privatizing the water system would lead to a loss of local control, echoing concerns raised by other residents. She stated that this is not the time for the community to relinquish control of its water supply and expressed her opposition to any such action.

James Kliegl provided public comment, thanking the Council for their remarks on the recent Lion King production. He addressed the need for sustainable City revenue and suggested considering a voter-approved half-cent sales tax increase. He stated this measure could generate approximately 800,000 dollars annually, offering long-term revenue, unlike a one-time payment that might result from a potential water-system sale. He encouraged the Council to explore this option, expressing his belief that voters would be more willing to support a sales tax increase than the sale of the City’s water system.

Jennifer Keeton provided public comment, stating her strong opposition to the RFQ selection and any effort to privatize the City’s water and sewer systems. She expressed concern that many water users who live outside city limits pay for services but would have no voting rights in a potential sale, creating legal and ethical issues. She stated that current infrastructure problems stem from past mismanagement and should not be resolved by selling a public asset. Ms. Keaton noted that residents at recent forums overwhelmingly opposed privatization and supported maintaining local control. She emphasized that selling the system would permanently transfer authority to a for-profit corporation and urged the Council to reject Item

14.3 if it returns.

Janet Kliegl provided public comment expressing opposition to Item 14.3 and the potential privatization of the City’s water system. She referenced national research indicating that communities that shifted from public to private water systems experienced higher rate increases than those that retained public ownership. She encouraged the Council to review such studies. Ms. Kliegl also supported the City’s interest in smart meters as an efficient improvement. She noted that cities often privatize for a short-term cash infusion but stated that the benefits are temporary and urged the Council to consider the long-term impacts.

Dennis Doane provided public comment, noting he is president of the Lindsay Chamber of Commerce and a local business owner. He asked whether the eleven revenue-generation strategies presented at the recent town hall have action plans, assigned responsibilities, timelines, and measurable outcomes, and requested that this information be shared with the public. He also referenced the proposed Downtown Association and Economic Development Committee, stating that the Chamber has repeatedly offered to assist but has not been included. Mr. Doane reported that poor communication from the City has resulted in the loss of potential investors interested in purchasing vacant properties. He urged the Council to adopt a “Lindsay-first” approach and reiterated the Chamber’s and his own willingness to support local economic development efforts.

Henry Villanueva provided public comment, thanking the Council for removing Item 14.3 and urging improved communication with the community. He stated that notices for recent meetings were not posted in a timely or accessible manner, particularly for Spanish-speaking

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residents, who make up a significant majority of the community. He noted that the City has the ability to notify all residents through mailings and should use those methods to ensure transparency and inclusivity. Mr. Villanueva also pointed out that the agenda referenced interpreter registration without providing a way to register. He encouraged the Council to be more mindful of effective outreach and to remember its responsibility to the community it serves.

Teresa Saucedo provided additional public comment regarding translation services. She stated that, as a bilingual speaker, she had been monitoring the translation being provided during the meeting and found it to be inaccurate. She expressed concern that important portions of speakers’ comments were not being correctly conveyed to Spanish-speaking attendees and urged the City to address the issue.

Margaret Martinez provided public comment stating that she is opposed to the privatization of the City’s water system. She noted that although she resides outside city limits and cannot vote on the matter, she wished to be on record as opposing privatization.

Luisa Quezada provided public comment requesting that City Council agendas be provided in both Spanish and English because a large portion of the community speaks only Spanish and deserves full access to information. They express relief that the agenda item about selling the city’s water system has been removed and argue strongly against water privatization. They warn it would lead to higher rates, loss of local control, reduced transparency, and greater vulnerability during droughts. The commenter emphasizes that access to drinking water is a human right, and that privatization prioritizes corporate profit over the community’s needs.

They urge the city not to let corporations’ profit at the community’s expense.

Mercy Herrera provided a public comment regarding Agenda Item 14.3 via email, attached hereto as Attachment A.

10. CITY MANAGER REPORT
The City Manager Kuyler Crocker reported on recent activities including two town hall meetings and ongoing budget preparation. Mr. Crocker noted participation in Fraint Board and Annual meeting and EDC meetings and ongoing county discussions regarding updated Opportunity Zone designations. He met with USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and the Executive Director of California Rural Development to discuss potential funding opportunities.

He announced that the City received a TCAG Local Motion Award for the Olive Bowl project and recognized Councilmember Nave and Chief Nave for their car seat safety outreach award.

Mr. Crocker provided updates on Well 11, streets projects, and coordination with Caltrans on the SR-65 roundabout. Lastly, he noted that registration for the League of California Cities annual conference is now open.

11. CONSENT CALENDAR
Routine items approved in one motion unless an item is pulled for discussion. There will be no separate discussion of these matters unless a request is made, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar to be discussed and voted upon by separate motion.

11.1 Waive the Reading of Ordinance and Approve by Title Only.

Action & Recommendation: Approve the reading by title only of all ordinances and that further reading of such ordinances be waived.

Submitted by: Dalee Chang, Deputy City Clerk

11.2 Police & Fire Division Highlights for May 4, 2026 Through May 31, 2026.

Action & Recommendation: Approved as submitted.

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Submitted by: Nicholas Nave, Director of Public Safety

11.3 Minutes of the Regular of May 12, 2026.

Action & Recommendation: Approved as submitted.

Submitted by: Dalee Chang, Deputy City Clerk

11.4 Warrant List for May 4, 2026 Through June 1, 2026.

Action & Recommendation: Accept the Warrant List for transaction dated May 4, 2026, through June 1, 2026.

Submitted by: Soledad Ruiz-Nunez, Director of Finance

11.5 Monthly Treasurer’s Report for May 2026
Action & Recommendation: Accept the May Treasurer’s Report as presented.

Submitted by: Soledad Ruiz-Nunez, Director of Finance

11.7 Resolution No. 26-13 – Designating an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator
Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 26-13 designating the City’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator. The proposed resolution appoints the Public Works Director, Dario Dominguez, as the ADA Coordinator.

Submitted by: Kuyler Crocker, City Manager

11.8 Resolution No. 26-18 Ordering City Council Election; Consolidation of Elections; and Specifications of the Election Order
Action & Recommendation: Consider approval of Resolution No. 2026-18, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Lindsay ordering the General Municipal Election; consolidating the election with the County of Tulare; and setting specifications of the Election Order related to the November 3, 2026 Municipal Election.

Submitted by: Miranda Cordova, City Clerk & Human Resource Manager Presented by: Kuyler Crocker, City Manager

11.9 Approval of Claims Administration Agreement – George Hills Company, Inc. (2026- 2029)
Action & Recommendation: Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a three-year Claims Adjusting and Administration Services Agreement with George Hills Company, Inc. for the period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, with an option for a two-year extension, in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Council approval is required to authorize execution of a multi-year professional services agreement exceeding the City Manager’s delegated authority and to comply with City contracting requirements.

Submitted by: Kuyler Crocker, City Manager

11.10Intention to Establish a Community Facilities District No. 2026-1 to provide City services
Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council: (1) Accept the petition from the property owner requesting initiation of formation of Community Facilities District No. 2026-1 of the City of Lindsay (Municipal Services) (CFD 2026-1) to finance certain ongoing municipal services; and (2) Adopt Resolution No. 26-19, authorizing the intention to levy a services special tax and set a Public Hearing date for June 28, 2026.

Submitted by: Dario Dominguez, Director of Public Works

11.11Approval of Active Transportation program (ATP) Cycle 8 Grant Application Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends the adoption of Resolution 26-21 by Council supporting and authorizing the submittal of an Active Transportation Program

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(ATP) Cycle 8 Grant Application for the West Hermosa Corridor Active Transportation Improvements Project.

Submitted by: Dario Dominguez, Director of Public Works Agenda item 11.6 from the Consent Calendar were pulled for discussion. Councilmember Nave moved for the approval of the Consent Calendar. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Flores and unanimously approved 5-0.

PULLED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS(S)

11.6 PRO PT Lease Agreement
Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to execute the lease agreement with PRO-PT.

Submitted by: Armando da Silva, Director of Parks & Recreation Services City Manager Kuyler Crocker reviewed the agreement with the Council and responded to questions regarding rates.

Mayor Pro Tem Soria moved to approve Agenda Item 11.6, PRO PT Lease Agreement.

The motion was seconded by Councilmember Nave and passed unanimously approved 5-0.

12. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORT

12.1 Public Safety – Nicholas Nave, Director of Public Safety From January to May 2026, Chief Nave provided an overview of major activities and developments within the Police and Fire Service Division.

12.2 Parks & Recreation – Armando da Silva, Director of Parks & Recreation Armando da Silva, Director of Parks & Recreation, provided updates on recent events and activities hosted by the department, as well as information on upcoming events.

13. PRESENTATIONS

13.1 Transit Center – Design Progress Update
Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the Transit Center Design Progress Update.

Submitted by: Jeff Cowart and Chris Bender, Contract City Engineer Contract City Engineer Jeff Cowart from QK provided updates on the Transit Center designed progress.

Public Comment: Anita Gustuson requested clarification regarding the retail pad that was removed from the project. City Manager Kuyler Crocker provided an update on the current status of the site and discussed potential future commercial development opportunities.

14. ACTION ITEMS

14.1 Consider Approval of Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Quad Knopf, Inc. dba QK for Additional Design Services for the Lindsay Transit Center Project
Action & Recommendation: Consider the approval and authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Quad Knopf, Inc. dba QK, in the amount of $335,966, for additional professional design and support services associated with the Lindsay Transit Center Project.

Submitted by: Dario Dominguez, Director of Public Works Public Comment: There were no public comments.

Council Action: Mayor Pro Tem Soria moved to approve Agenda Item 14.1, approval of Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Quad Knopf, Inc. dba QK

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for Additional Design Services for the Lindsay Transit Center Project. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Sanchez and unanimously approved 5-0.

14.2 Consider Approval of Resolution No. 26-20 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Supplemental Agreement with the Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) for Additional Measure R Transit Funding for Amendment No. 1 to the Lindsay Transit Center Professional Services Agreement.

Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends the approval of Resolution No. 26-20 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Supplemental Agreement with the Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) for Additional Measure R Transit Funding for Amendment No. 1 to the Lindsay Transit Center Professional Services Agreement.

Submitted by: Dario Dominguez, Director of Public Works Public Comment: Anita Gustuson provided a comment. She stated that the project requires no local funding, as it is fully supported by TKG Measure R allocations tied to the earlier Cross Valley Loop planning effort. She added that although the rail corridor is not city-owned, the secured funding allows the project to advance with current plans focused on bus service and potential future rail compatibility.

Council Action: Councilmember Nave moved to approve Agenda Item 14.2, approval Resolution NO. 26-20 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Supplemental Agreement with the Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) for Additional Measure R Transit Funding for Amendment No. 1 to the Lindsay Transit Center Professional Services Agreement. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Sanchez and unanimously approved 5-0.

15. PUBLIC HEARING

15.1 Ordinance No. 704: An Ordinance of the City of Lindsay Adding Chapter 4 to Title 12 of the Lindsay Municipal Code, Establishing Requirements for the Installation and Relocation of Utility Facilities Underground.

Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Ordinance No.704, adding Chapter 4 to Title 12 of the Lindsay Municipal Code to establish undergrounding requirements for electrical and communication utilities.

Submitted by: Dario Dominquez, Director of Public Works Public Comment: There were no public comments.

Council Action: Mayor Pro Tem moved to approve Agenda Item 15.1 adoption of Ordinance No. 704: An Ordinance of the City of Lindsay Adding Chapter 4 to Title 12 of the Lindsay Municipal Code, Establishing Requirements for the Installation and Relocation of Utility Facilities Underground. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Nave and unanimously approved 5-0.

15.2 Public Hearing – Annual Levy of Refuse Charges on Tulare County Property Tax Roll (FY 2026–2027)
Action & Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council: (1) Conduct the public hearing, receive oral and written protests, and direct staff to finalize the annual Refuse Report for Fiscal Year 2026–2027. (2) Adopt Resolution No. 26-22 ordering the levy and collection of annual solid waste refuse charges on the Tulare County property tax roll for Fiscal Year 2026–2027, as set forth in the Annual Refuse Report. (3) Adopt Resolution No. 26-23 confirming and placing delinquent water, sewer, and refuse charges from the period ending June 9, 2026 on the Tulare County property tax roll for Fiscal Year 2026–2027
Submitted by: Soledad Ruiz-Nunez, Director of Finance
Public Comment: The public comment period was opened. The following comments were received:

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Anita Gustuson provided a public comment, noting that the current process is an improvement and recalling that when she previously worked in the field, her office would provide a list of accounts and, when possible, roll unpaid charges into property taxes. She added that Porterville operated its own trash and refuse services at that time, though she was unsure whether that remains the case.

Amelia Palafox provided a public comment stating that she and her husband, owners of the property at 429 Memory Lane, were protesting the proposed utility assessment because the delinquent account was solely in the names of former tenants, and they were never notified of the delinquency or of the City’s intent to transfer the charges to their property. She added that they have not received an itemized statement or accounting of the charges and requested that the property be removed from the delinquent utility assessment roll due to lack of timely notice, documentation, and transparency. Ms.

Palafox also submitted her protest via email, attached hereto as Attachment B.

Council Action: Councilmember Nave moved to approve Agenda Item 15.2, including conducting the public hearing, finalizing the Annual Refuse Report for Fiscal Year 2026– 2027, adopting Resolution No. 26-22 to levy annual solid waste charges, and adopting Resolution No. 26-23 to place delinquent utility charges on the Tulare County property tax roll. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Sanchez and approved unanimously, 5–0.

16. REQUEST FOR FUTURE ITEMS
Councilmembers asked that staff present options to separate electricity and landscaping costs within lighting districts and to provide clearer notices to affected residents. Staff confirmed that a presentation will be brought forward at the next meeting. Another councilmember requested that the City explore translating the agenda into Spanish; staff noted that while it is possible, additional costs would need to be considered given current budget constraints.

17. ADJOURNMENT
The regular meeting was adjourned at 8:57pm.

Approved by Council: June 23, 2026
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Misty Villarreal, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Dalee Chang, Deputy City Clerk
The next Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council is scheduled to be held on July 28, 2026.

Outlook
Updated
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From Miranda Cordova <[email protected]>
Date Tue 6/9/2026 6:31 PM
To Dalee Chang <[email protected]>
She said to email you this:

Thank you but email her this version.

Good evening,
I will not be able to attend tonight's meeting because I am out of town for a medical appointment.

While reviewing tonight's agenda, I noticed Item 14.3, which seeks Board approval to authorize Crocker to negotiate the price and other terms of a potential sale with California Water Service.

Respectfully, I urge the Board to vote against this item.

Past experience with decisions made by City Council members has shown a tendency to pursue quick fixes that have not served the community well. Examples include the transfer of restricted funds to the General Fund and the approval of loan forgiveness, both of which were later determined to be unlawful. More recently, the City settled two lawsuits because the Acting City Manager failed to follow due process.

Water privatization is a significant issue that affects both city residents and customers outside the city limits. Unlike many other decisions, this is one that cannot easily be reversed once completed.

The City should take responsibility for addressing and correcting its water system challenges, even if doing so requires higher water rates. Maintaining local ownership and control of our water system is too important to surrender without fully exhausting all other options.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sent from my iPhone
Attachment A
Mercy Herrera
'
June 09,2026
Re: Formal Protest of Proposed Water Utility Assessment/Lien on Property Located at:

Property Address: 429 Memory Lane, Lindsay, Ca 93247
Parcel Number {APN): 206-121-021-000
Dear Mayor, City Council Members, and City Officials:

We are the owners of the above-referenced property and hereby submit this formal protest and respectfully request that the City of Lindsay remove the proposed water utility assessment and any lien or tax assessment associated with unpaid utility charges allegedly incurred by former tenants on the following grounds:

I. Failure to Provide Required Notice and Due Process
Until recently, the City failed to provide us, the property owners, with the notices necessary to protect our interests before seeking to transfer a tenant's personal utility debt to our property.

We did not receive:
• Notice that the tenants' water account had become delinquent; • Notice that the City intended to transfer the unpaid balance to our property tax bill;
• Notice of any public hearing regarding the proposed
assessment until immediately before this hearing; or
• Any meaningful opportunity to dispute, investigate, or satisfy the alleged delinquency before the City sought to impose a lien against our property.

As a result, we have been denied the most basic principles of due process and fundamental fairness.

Even more concerning, to this day we have not been informed of the amount the City intends to assess against our property.

We have received:
• No itemized billing statement;
• No billing history;
• No dates of service;
• No accounting of the alleged delinquent charges; and
• No explanation of how the proposed assessment was
calculated.

Without knowing the amount of the alleged debt, we have been deprived of any meaningful opportunity to verify its accuracy, dispute the charges, or make an informed decision regarding payment or settlement before the City seeks to encumber our property.

Attachment B
If these charges have accumulated over the course of the last year or longer, the City's failure to notify us has substantially increased our potential financial liability while depriving us of any opportunity to mitigate damages. Had we received timely notice, we could have contacted the tenants, pursued legal remedies, or otherwise addressed the issue before the balance continued to grow. The tenant moved out in December 2025 and we no longer have contact information for us to address this issue with the tenant, The City apparently allowed the alleged delinquency to accumulate over an unknown period of time without notifying the property owner and now seeks to transfer the entire amount to our property.

II. The Account Was Solely in the Tenant's Name
The water account was established and maintained exclusively in the tenants' names, and they agreed to be solely responsible for payment of all utility charges.

The unpaid balance represents the personal debt of those tenants.

We neither received the water service nor incurred these charges, nor did we have any ability to monitor or control the tenants' payment history.

Holding an innocent property owner responsible for a tenant's personal debt is inequitable, particularly where the owner was never provided notice that the account was delinquent and therefore had no opportunity to protect his or her interests.

Ill. The Property Owner Has Already Sustained Significant Financial Losses
In addition to the alleged unpaid utility charges, we have already incurred substantial financial damages as a direct result of these tenants' actions.

When the tenants vacated the property, they abandoned significant amounts of personal property, including clothing, furniture, household items, and trash, requiring removal and disposal entirely at my expense.

After regaining possession of the property, we discovered numerous conditions that had never been reported during the tenancy, including:
• Plumbing issues requiring immediate repair;
• Broken doors requiring replacement;
• Extensive cleaning and restoration due to a pest infestation; and
• General damage requiring significant labor and expense to restore the property to a habitable condition.

To make matters worse, we subsequently learned that the tenants had been operating an authorized or unauthorized cottage food business from the residence, preparing and selling food without the knowledge or consent of the property owner.

This commercial activity likely resulted in substantially increased water usage and excessive wear and tear on the property while exposing us to potential health, safety, insurance, and legal liability that we never agreed to assume.

As landlords, we understand and accept the ordinary risks associated with rental property ownership, including repairs, maintenance, and occasional tenant damage. However, it is neither reasonable nor equitable to require property owners to absorb those losses while also being held responsible for a former tenant's unpaid personal utility obligations.
lV. Equity and Public PolicY
The City's current practice effectively shifts a tenant's personal debt onto an innocent property owner who may have absolutely no knowledge that an account has become delinquent.

Without timely notice, landlords are denied the opportunity to intervene before charges accumulate, terminate the tenancy, seek reimbursement, or otherwise prevent unnecessary losses' This policy creates an unfair financial burden on responsible property owners who have already suffered damages caused by irresponsible tenants and discourages investment in rental housing within the City of LindsaY.

Fundamental fairness dictates that the City pursue collection from the individual who incurred the debt rather than from a property owner who received no notice, derived no benefit from the unpaid services, and has already sustained significant financial losses.

V. Request for Relief
For these reasons, we respectfully request that the City Council:

1. Remove our property from the delinquent utility assessment roll;

2. Withdraw any proposed lien or property tax assessment related to these charges;

3. Provide a complete accounting of the alleged debt, including:
" The total amount proposed for assessment;
" Billing periods;
' Copies of all invoices;
. Payment historY;
' Delinquency notices; and
" Proof that all required notices were mailed to the
property owner;

4. Provide the staff report, City Council resolution, and legal authority relied upon for imposing this assessment; and

5. Postpone any action on this matter as we have not been given proper notice and time to contest the alleged charges.

Vl. Reservation of Rights
Nothing contained in this protest shall be construed as a waiver of any legal or equitable rights or remedies available to us.

We expressly reserve all rights to pursue administrative remedies, judicial review, declaratory relief, injunctive relief, reimbursement of lmproperly collected Sums, costs, attorney'S fees where authorized by law, and any other relief available under California law.

Conclusion
We respectfully ask the City Council to consider the totality of the circumstances.

We have already incurred substantial expenses resulting from abandoned property, disposal costs, unreported repairs, pest remediation, and unauthorized commercial use of my rental property. lmposing an unknown and undisclosed amount of additional liability for a tenant's personal water debt-without timely notice and without providing me an opportunity to prevent or mitigate those charges-is fundamentally unfair. For these reasons, we respectfully request that the proposed water utility assessment be rejected and that no lien or property tax assessment be imposed against my property.

We further request that this written protest be entered into the official record of these Proceedings.

Thank you for your time, consideration, and commitment to ensuring a fair and transparent process for the property owners of the City of Lindsay.

Respectfu I ly su bmitted,
Miguel and Amelia Palafox
Address of proposed water utility assessment
429 Memory Lane, Lindsay CA
(55e) 310-8421
amepala2O I 6@9 ma i l. com

STAFF REPORT
TO: Lindsay City Council
MEETING DATE: June 23, 2026
DEPARTMENT: Finance
FROM: Soledad Ruiz-Nunez, Director of Finance
Agenda Title: Warrant List for transactions dated June 02, 2026, through June 14, 2026

ACTION & RECOMMENDATION
Accept the Warrant List for transactions dated June 02, 2026, through June 14, 2026 BACKGROUND | ANALYSIS
The warrant list for June 02, 2026, through June 14, 2026, is submitted for Council review and acceptance.

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Warrant list for June 02, 2026, through June 14, 2026.

Reviewed/Approved: ______
Item #: 12.4
Consent
6/15/2026 4:35:11 PM Page 1 of 4
Expense Approval Report
City of Lindsay, CA By Fund
Payment Dates 6/2/2026 - 6/14/2026
Vendor Name Payable Number Post Date Description (Item) Account Number Amount Fund: 101 - GENERAL FUND
TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC 025-553412 06/05/2026 ERP PRO FINANCIAL AND UTIL… 101-4050-023015 4,785.00 BUILDING MAINTENANCE SER… 10370 06/05/2026 MAY 2026 CLEANING SERVICES 101-4040-031000 2,650.00 BUZZ KILL PEST CONTROL 107039 06/05/2026 LIBRARY PEST CONTROL MAY … 101-4120-031000 37.00 BUZZ KILL PEST CONTROL 107040 06/05/2026 CITY SERVICES & CITY HALL PE… 101-4120-031000 120.00 MODERN PLUMBING AND SU… 112315 06/05/2026 JET SEWER PLUG FROM BREAK…101-4120-031000 960.00 CULLIGAN 156018-053126 06/05/2026 CITY SERVICES-STAND RENTAL,…101-4120-037000 27.90 THE GAS COMPANY 16371569001-060226 06/05/2026 251 E HONOLULU 101-4120-032001 22.47 T-MOBILE USA INC 202162798-052126 06/05/2026 HOT SPOTS 04/21/26-05/20/26 101-4020-031000 213.17 T-MOBILE USA INC 202162798-052126 06/05/2026 PUBLIC SAFETY CELLS 05/21/26 101-4110-033001 693.94 JOHN MORENO 2026-06-08-PM-JM 06/05/2026 POST MANAGEMENT-TRAINI… 101-4110-038002 372.00 ALEJANDRO CISNEROS 2026-06-AC-01B 06/05/2026 OPERATOR DRIVER 1B-TRAINI… 101-4900-038002 186.00 BRENDAN DIAZ 2026-06-BD-01B 06/05/2026 OPERATOR 1B-TRAINING PER … 101-4900-038002 186.00 AG IRRIGATION SALES INC 26252 06/05/2026 LANDSCAPING REPAIRS 101-4210-022006 65.91 AG IRRIGATION SALES INC 26362 06/05/2026 LANDSCAPE REPAIRS 101-4210-022006 175.12 AG IRRIGATION SALES INC 26413 06/05/2026 IRRIGATION REPAIRS AT CITY … 101-4210-023005 91.25 AG IRRIGATION SALES INC 26474 06/05/2026 IRRIGATION REPAIRS AT CITY … 101-4210-023005 192.07 AG IRRIGATION SALES INC 26518 06/05/2026 LANDSCAPING REPAIRS 101-4210-022006 24.07 PRICE PAIGE & COMPANY 38593 06/05/2026 COMPLETION FY24 AUDIT 101-4050-031000 11,875.00 CULLIGAN 53249-053126 06/05/2026 251 E HONOLULU-H.R. & C.M.… 101-4040-037000 42.90 CULLIGAN 53249-053126 06/05/2026 251 E HONOLULU-F.D. MAY 2… 101-4050-037000 51.75 U.S. BANK EQUIPMENT FINAN…582815643 06/05/2026 JUNE FOLDING MACHINE 101-4050-036014 277.35 PORTERVILLE RECORDER 595408 06/05/2026 ORDINANCE 704 PUBLIC HEAR…101-4070-035000 98.18 CVIN LLC 75601 06/05/2026 JUNE INTERNET CITY HALL 101-4020-031000 850.00 STERICYCLE INC 8014433321 06/05/2026 H.R. MAY 2026 SHRED-IT 101-4040-037000 85.72 STERICYCLE INC 8014433321 06/05/2026 F.D. MAY 2026 SHRED-IT 101-4050-037000 85.72 STERICYCLE INC 8014433321 06/05/2026 P.S. MAY 2026 SHRED-IT 101-4110-037000 107.53 SUPERIOR VISION SERVICES I… 964666 06/05/2026 VISION-JUNE 2026 101-0000-200260 488.29 SIERRA SANITATION INC I36090 06/05/2026 SERVICE ON PORTABLE TOILET…101-4210-031000 299.65 HEINKS CONSULTING LIN-CH-26-003 06/05/2026 TYLER EQUIPMENT 101-4020-031000 209.97 HEINKS CONSULTING LIN-CH-26-003 06/05/2026 NETWORK MAINTENANCE 101-4020-031000 1,575.00 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE POBOX369-2026 06/05/2026 ANNUAL PO BOX FEE 101-4050-035000 368.00 STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT 200000002637046 06/11/2026 DED:0512 CHILD SUPT 101-0000-200285 62.76 STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT 200000002684919 06/11/2026 DED:0512 CHILD SUPT 101-0000-200285 335.53 MCDERMONT VENTURE INC INV0000001 06/12/2026 MCDERMONT MEMBERSHIPS 101-0000-200259 62.29 CITY OF LINDSAY INV0000002 06/12/2026 WELLNESS MEMBERSHIP 101-0000-200259 27.69 SEIU LOCAL 521 INV0000003 06/12/2026 COPE SEIU 101-0000-200285 2.00 SEIU LOCAL 521 INV0000004 06/12/2026 UNION DUES 101-0000-200285 320.53 CITY OF LINDSAY INV0000005 06/12/2026 SANDY PEREZ LOAN L203 101-0000-200285 275.00 LINDSAY POLICE OFFICERS AS… INV0000006 06/12/2026 LPOA DUES 101-0000-200285 395.90 GREAT-WEST TRUST INV0000007 06/12/2026 EE ROTH CONTRIBUTIONS 101-0000-200275 375.00 GREAT-WEST TRUST INV0000007 06/12/2026 EE ROTH CONTRIBUTIONS 101-0000-200275 627.54 GREAT-WEST TRUST INV0000007 06/12/2026 DEFERRED COMP 101-0000-200275 775.00 GREAT-WEST TRUST INV0000007 06/12/2026 DEFERRED COMP 101-0000-200275 2,220.10 GREAT-WEST TRUST INV0000007 06/12/2026 DEFER COMP MATCH 101-0000-200281 3,562.89 GREAT-WEST TRUST INV0000007 06/12/2026 DEFER COMP MATCH 101-0000-200281 150.00 GREAT-WEST TRUST INV0000007 06/12/2026 DC LOAN REPAYMENT 101-0000-200285 2,070.44 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (…INV0000008 06/12/2026 FEDERAL WH 101-0000-200235 7,900.26 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (…INV0000008 06/12/2026 MEDICARE WH 101-0000-200250 4,285.12 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (…INV0000008 06/12/2026 SOCIAL SECURITY WH 101-0000-200250 18,322.28 STATE OF CALIFORNIA - EDD INV0000009 06/12/2026 SDI 101-0000-200240 1,879.50 STATE OF CALIFORNIA - EDD INV0000009 06/12/2026 STATE WH 101-0000-200240 3,694.03 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (…INV0000010 06/12/2026 FEDERAL WH 101-0000-200235 123.97 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (…INV0000010 06/12/2026 SOCIAL SECURITY WH 101-0000-200250 494.54 Expense Approval Report Payment Dates: 6/2/2026 - 6/14/2026 6/15/2026 4:35:11 PM Page 2 of 4
Vendor Name Payable Number Post Date Description (Item) Account Number Amount INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (…INV0000010 06/12/2026 MEDICARE WH 101-0000-200250 115.66 STATE OF CALIFORNIA - EDD INV0000011 06/12/2026 STATE WH 101-0000-200240 19.21 STATE OF CALIFORNIA - EDD INV0000011 06/12/2026 SDI 101-0000-200240 51.85 Fund 101 - GENERAL FUND Total: 75,366.05
Fund: 200 - STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND
PROVOST & PRITCHARD CON… 130954 06/05/2026 VARIOUS ROAD IMP. PROJECT …200-4200-063000 57,742.90 Fund 200 - STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND Total: 57,742.90
Fund: 261 - GAS TAX LOCAL STREETS HUTA
SCA OF CA LLC 2026-005130 06/05/2026 ONCE-A-MONTH AIR SWEEPI… 261-4261-031000 4,575.00 SCA OF CA LLC 2026-005130 06/05/2026 SWEEPING OF MEDIANS & R… 261-4261-031000 250.00 Fund 261 - GAS TAX LOCAL STREETS HUTA Total: 4,825.00
Fund: 400 - RECREATION
YVETTE DURAN 0005-2026 06/05/2026 POUND-FITNESS MAY 2026 400-4400-055006 120.00 RLH FIRE PROTECTION INC 10025598 06/05/2026 QRTLY FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTE… 400-4400-031000 165.00 THE BRIGHT MINDS PROJECT 1017 06/05/2026 WELLNESS WORKSHOP-MAY … 400-4400-037030 150.00 BUZZ KILL PEST CONTROL 107036 06/05/2026 W.C. PEST CONTROL MAY 2026 400-4400-031000 89.00 CULLIGAN 178442-053126 06/05/2026 860 N SEQUOIA 400-4400-037000 23.90 LLEON SERVICES 223 06/05/2026 W.C. POOL CONTRACTOR APR… 400-4400-031000 1,800.00 LLEON SERVICES 224 06/05/2026 W.C. POOL CONTRACTOR MAY…400-4400-031000 1,800.00 QUILL CORPORATION 49012684 06/05/2026 TAPE, ENVELOPES 400-4400-021000 44.57 QUILL CORPORATION 49015094 06/05/2026 WRISTBANDS 400-4400-037030 57.95 LINCOLN AQUATICS 50631098 06/05/2026 POOL CHEMICALS 400-4400-021000 802.40 BRENDA JOANNA MARTINEZ INV-000005 06/05/2026 MAY 2026 PERSONAL TRAINI… 400-4400-055006 360.00 BRENDA JOANNA MARTINEZ INV-000005 06/05/2026 MAY 2026 GYM ORIENTATION 400-4400-055006 30.00 Fund 400 - RECREATION Total: 5,442.82
Fund: 552 - WATER
AUTO ZONE COMMERCIAL 03329988211 06/05/2026 OIL 552-4552-022012 17.18 AUTO ZONE COMMERCIAL 03329989242 06/05/2026 OIL, FILTERS FOR TRUCK#7491 552-4552-022012 55.68 PACE SUPPLY CORP 1911389837 06/05/2026 12" REPAIR CLAMP 552-4552-022006 396.94 PACE SUPPLY CORP 1911401554 06/05/2026 DOUBLE STRAP PIPE SADDLE … 552-4552-022006 186.58 RALPH GUTIERREZ WATER SE… 832334 06/05/2026 CPO WATER TREATMENT MAY…552-4552-031000 3,250.00 BSK AJ12796 06/05/2026 BACTI, KELLER-WEGLEY QTRLY,…552-4552-022001 4,928.57 Fund 552 - WATER Total: 8,834.95
Fund: 553 - SEWER
AUTO ZONE COMMERCIAL 03329989242 06/05/2026 OIL, FILTERS FOR TRUCK#7491 553-4553-022012 19.88 CULLIGAN 3301-053126 06/05/2026 CITY YARD-STAND RENTAL, W… 553-4553-037000 47.75 RALPH GUTIERREZ WATER SE… 832334 06/05/2026 CPO WASTE WATER MAY 2026 553-4553-031000 3,250.00 BSK AJ12798 06/05/2026 WW WEEKLY, MONTHLY 553-4553-031000 1,381.75 Fund 553 - SEWER Total: 4,699.38
Fund: 554 - REFUSE
AUTO ZONE COMMERCIAL 03329989242 06/05/2026 OIL, FILTERS FOR TRUCK#7491 554-4554-022012 3.98 Fund 554 - REFUSE Total: 3.98
Fund: 556 - VITA-PAKT
BSK AJ12797 06/05/2026 VITA-PAKT WW 556-4556-031000 548.52 Fund 556 - VITA-PAKT Total: 548.52
Fund: 886 - SAMOA
BUZZ KILL PEST CONTROL 107038 06/05/2026 SAMOA TOWN HOMES PEST … 886-4886-031000 47.00 Fund 886 - SAMOA Total: 47.00
Fund: 887 - SWEETBRIER TOWNHOUSES
BUZZ KILL PEST CONTROL 107034 06/05/2026 HERMOSA TOWN HOMES PES… 887-4887-031000 57.00 Fund 887 - SWEETBRIER TOWNHOUSES Total: 57.00
Grand Total: 157,567.60
Expense Approval Report Payment Dates: 6/2/2026 - 6/14/2026 6/15/2026 4:35:11 PM Page 3 of 4
Report Summary
Fund Summary
Fund Payment Amount
101 - GENERAL FUND 75,366.05
200 - STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND 57,742.90
261 - GAS TAX LOCAL STREETS HUTA 4,825.00
400 - RECREATION 5,442.82
552 - WATER 8,834.95
553 - SEWER 4,699.38
554 - REFUSE 3.98
556 - VITA-PAKT 548.52
886 - SAMOA 47.00
887 - SWEETBRIER TOWNHOUSES 57.00
Grand Total: 157,567.60
Account Summary
Account Number Account Name Payment Amount
101-0000-200235 FEDERAL INCOME TAX … 8,024.23
101-0000-200240 CALIFORNIA PIT & SDI 5,644.59
101-0000-200250 EMPLOYEES FICA/MEDI… 23,217.60
101-0000-200259 MCDERMONT MEMBER… 89.98
101-0000-200260 HEALTH INSURANCE PA… 488.29
101-0000-200275 DEFER COMP DEDUCTIO… 3,997.64
101-0000-200281 DEFER COMP CITY CONT… 3,712.89
101-0000-200285 ATTACHMENTS/GARNIS… 3,462.16
101-4020-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 2,848.14
101-4040-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 2,650.00
101-4040-037000 OTHER SERVICES & CHA… 128.62
101-4050-023015 SOFTWARE 4,785.00
101-4050-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 11,875.00
101-4050-035000 ADV/PRINT/COPY/SHIPP… 368.00
101-4050-036014 EQUIPMENT LEASE 277.35
101-4050-037000 OTHER SERVICES & CHA… 137.47
101-4070-035000 ADV/PRINT/COPY/SHIPP… 98.18
101-4110-033001 TELEPHONE 693.94
101-4110-037000 OTHER SERVICES & CHA… 107.53
101-4110-038002 TRAVEL & TRAINING 372.00
101-4120-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 1,117.00
101-4120-032001 UTILITIES 22.47
101-4120-037000 OTHER SERVICES & CHA… 27.90
101-4210-022006 MAINTENANCE AND RE… 265.10
101-4210-023005 LANDSCAPE MAINTENA… 283.32
101-4210-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 299.65
101-4900-038002 TRAVEL & TRAINING 372.00
200-4200-063000 IMPROVEMENT OTHER … 57,742.90
261-4261-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 4,825.00
400-4400-021000 OFFICE SUPPLIES 846.97
400-4400-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 3,854.00
400-4400-037000 OTHER SERVICES & CHA… 23.90
400-4400-037030 COMMUNITY EVENTS 207.95
400-4400-055006 SPECIAL INTEREST CLASS… 510.00
552-4552-022001 WATER SUPPLY TESTING 4,928.57
552-4552-022006 MAINTENANCE & REPAIR 583.52
552-4552-022012 FUEL 72.86
552-4552-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 3,250.00
553-4553-022012 FUEL 19.88
553-4553-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 4,631.75
553-4553-037000 OTHER SERVICES & CHA… 47.75
554-4554-022012 FUEL 3.98
556-4556-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 548.52
Expense Approval Report Payment Dates: 6/2/2026 - 6/14/2026 6/15/2026 4:35:11 PM Page 4 of 4
Account Summary
Account Number Account Name Payment Amount
886-4886-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 47.00
887-4887-031000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 57.00
Grand Total: 157,567.60
Project Account Summary
Project Account Key Payment Amount
**None** 157,567.60
Grand Total: 157,567.60

STAFF REPORT
TO: Lindsay City Council
MEETING DATE: June 23, 2026
DEPARTMENT: Public Safety
FROM: Nicholas Nave, Director of Public Safety
AGENDA TITLE: Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Services Agreement Renewal

ACTION & RECOMMENDATION
Approve the renewal of the agreement between the City of Lindsay and the County of Tulare for law enforcement emergency dispatching services for the period of July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2027 and authorize the City Manager to execute documents.

BACKGROUND | ANALYSIS
The Lindsay Department of Public Safety provides 24-hour law enforcement services within the City of Lindsay’s urban boundaries, as well as mutual aid to other agencies as requested. Prior to 2018, the Lindsay Department of Public Safety had a part-time dispatch center, which operated during normal business hours but contracted with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) for after-hours dispatching services.

In 2018 the department transitioned to full-time law enforcement dispatching through TCSO as a way to enhance service and reduce overall cost. This service is provided by annual agreement between the City of Lindsay and the County of Tulare, with the current agreement set to expire on June 30th, 2026. The Lindsay Department of Public Safety has been pleased with the services provided during the current and prior years, and staff recommend this agreement be renewed for the coming year.

FISCAL IMPACT
The total annual cost for services to be provided under the renewed agreement is $170,338, which is typically incorporated in the department’s budget from the General Fund. This cost also represents a 4% reduction from the prior contract’s total cost.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Proposed Dispatch and Communications Services Agreement Reviewed/Approved: ______
Item #: 12.5
Consent

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EMERGENCY DISPATCH AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES AGREEMENT

BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF TULARE AND

THE CITY OF LINDSAY
THIS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of ___________, between the COUNTY OF TULARE, a political subdivision of the State of California (“COUNTY”), and the CITY OF LINDSAY, an incorporated city within the State of California (“CITY”).

COUNTY and CITY are each a “Party” and together are the “Parties” to this Agreement, which is made with reference to the following:

A. CITY desires to contract with COUNTY for COUNTY to provide 24-hour emergency dispatch and communication services; and B. COUNTY is agreeable to rendering such emergency dispatch and communication services as herein set forth.

ACCORDINGLY, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

1. TERM: This Agreement becomes effective as of July 1, 2026, and expires at 11:59 p.m. on July 30, 2027, unless earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, or unless the Parties extend the term by a written amendment to this Agreement.

2. SCOPE OF SERVICES: See attached Exhibit A.

3. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES: See attached Exhibit B.

4. INSURANCE: COUNTY and CITY, each at their sole cost and expense, to protect against liability arising from any and all negligent acts or incidents caused by their employees, shall maintain during the term of this agreement Commercial General Liability and Professional Liability insurance in amounts not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each occurrence and two million dollars ($2,000,000) in the aggregate, Automobile Liability (any auto) of one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence. If an annual aggregate applies it must be no less than two million dollars ($2,000,000).

COUNTY and CITY shall maintain evidence of workers’ compensation and disability coverage as required by law. Coverage under such insurance shall be obtained from a carrier rated A, or better, by AM Best or a qualified program of self-insurance.

5. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS: See attached Exhibit C.

6. NOTICES: (a) Except as may be otherwise required by law, any notice to be given must be written and must be either personally delivered, sent by facsimile transmission or sent by first class mail, postage prepaid and addressed as follows:

COUNTY: With a Copy to:

Tulare County Sheriff’s Office
Business Office, Fiscal Manager
833 S. Akers Street
Visalia, CA 93277
County Administrative Officer/
Clerk, Board of Supervisors
2800 W. Burrel Ave.

Visalia, CA 93291

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Phone No.: (559) 802-9449
Fax No.: (559) 737-4283
Phone No.: (559) 636-5005
Fax No.: (559) 733-6318
CITY:

City Manager
City of Lindsay
251 E. Honolulu Street
Lindsay, CA 93247
Phone No.: (559) 564-7102
Fax No.: (559) 592-3331
(b) Notice personally delivered is effective when delivered. Notice sent by facsimile transmission is deemed to be received upon successful transmission. Notice sent by first class mail will be deemed received on the fifth calendar day after the date of mailing.

Either Party may change the above address by giving written notice under this section.

7. AUTHORITY: The Parties represent and warrant that the individual(s) signing this Agreement on their behalves are duly authorized and have legal capacity to sign this Agreement and bind the Party to its terms. The Parties have each relied upon this representation and warranty in entering into this Agreement.

8. COUNTERPARTS: The Parties may sign this Agreement in counterparts, each of which is an original and all of which taken together form one single document.

9. MANUAL OR ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES: The Parties may sign this Agreement by means of manual or electronic signatures. The Parties agree that the electronic signature of a Party, whether digital or encrypted, is intended to authenticate this Agreement and to have the same force and effect as a manual signature. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “electronic signature” means any electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with this Agreement and executed and adopted by a Party with the intent to sign this Agreement, including facsimile, portable document format, or email electronic signatures, pursuant to the California Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Cal.

Civ. Code §§ 1633.1 to 1633.17), as it may be amended from time to time. [THIS SPACE LEFT BLANK INTENTIONALLY; SIGNATURES FOLLOW ON NEXT PAGE]

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THE PARTIES, having read and considered the above provisions, indicate their agreement by their authorized signatures below.

CITY OF LINDSAY
Date: By
Print Name _______________________
Title ____________________________
Date: By
Print Name _______________________
Title ___________________________
[Pursuant to Corporations Code section 313, County policy requires that contracts with a Corporation be signed by both (1) the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or any vice-president (or another officer having general, operational responsibilities), and (2) the secretary, any assistant secretary, the chief financial officer, or any assistant treasurer (or another officer having recordkeeping or financial responsibilities), unless the contract is accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution of the corporation’s Board of Directors authorizing the execution of the contract. Similarly, pursuant to California Corporations Code section 17703.01, County policy requires that contracts with a Limited Liability Company be signed by at least two managers, unless the contract is accompanied by a certified copy of the articles of organization stating that the LLC is managed by only one manager.]

COUNTY OF TULARE
Date: By
Amy Shuklian,
Chair, Board of Supervisors
ATTEST: Jason T. Britt
County Administrative Officer/Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors of the County of Tulare
By
Deputy Clerk
Template approved as to form by
County Counsel on 6/8/2026
Matter # 2026792

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EXHIBIT A

SCOPE OF SERVICES

CITY OF LINDSAY
______________________________________________________________________ (a) COUNTY agrees to provide emergency dispatch and communication to CITY as follows:
i. Answer and interrogate all emergency calls and callers seven (7) days per week, 24 hours per day.
ii. Alert appropriate personnel, as designated by CITY, for emergency response.
iii. Monitor response and dispatch additional personnel and/or equipment as requested by Incident Commander. (b) COUNTY agrees to provide electronic access to CITY to the Sheriff’s Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System (CAD/RMS) program. CITY shall have full electronic access to all CITY index data. CITY access to the CAD/RMS shall be limited to law enforcement personnel including clerk and aides, as required. (c) CITY shall be responsible for obtaining a software license for the application.

All cost incurred for the software license will be the responsibility of CITY. (d) Data from the programs will be stored on existing COUNTY servers and will account for a small percentage of usage on those servers. (e) Connectivity will be obtained via existing network infrastructure with little to no impact to the COUNTY.
(f) There will be no additional cost for CITY to access the CAD/RMS program.

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EXHIBIT B

PAYMENT FOR SERVICES

CITY OF LINDSAY
______________________________________________________________________

1. The annual cost for all services is $170,338.

2. Billing by COUNTY will be submitted on an annual basis for services performed during the year, July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. COUNTY will send CITY an invoice by July 31, 2026. Payment will be due by the CITY to the COUNTY within 30 days after receipt of the invoice.

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EXHIBIT C

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

EMERGENCY DISPATCH AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AGREEMENT

CITY OF LINDSAY
______________________________________________________________________

1. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
(a) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 1(c), IN NO EVENT SHALL

COUNTY BE LIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO CITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR ENHANCED DAMAGES, OR LOST REVENUES, ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION

WITH ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREE-MENT, REGARDLESS OF (A) WHETHER SUCH

DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE, (B) WHETHER OR NOT CITY WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND (C) THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY (CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) UPON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED. (b) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 1(c), IN NO EVENT SHALL COUNTY’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO BREACH OF CONTRACT,

TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE TOTAL OF THE AMOUNTS PAID, AND AMOUNTS ACCRUED BUT NOT YET PAID, TO COUNTY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT IN THE 12-MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR $170,338, WHICHEVER IS LESS.

(c) THE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL NOT APPLY TO: (1) DAMAGES OR LIABILITIES ARISING FROM A MATERIAL BREACH OF PARAGRAPH 8 (CONFIDENTIALITY); (2) DAMAGES OR LIABILITIES ARISING

FROM THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 5; AND (3) DAMAGES OR LIABILITIES ARISING FROM WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

2. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS: The Parties enter into this Agreement with the express understanding that COUNTY will perform all services required under this Agreement as an independent contractor. The Parties agree that the COUNTY and any of its agents, employees, or officers cannot be considered agents, employees, or officers of CITY. Subject to any performance criteria contained in this Agreement, COUNTY will be solely responsible for determining the means and methods of performing the specified services and CITY will have no right to control or exercise any supervision over COUNTY as to how the COUNTY will perform the services.

3. GOVERNING LAW: The laws of the State of California, without reference to California conflict of laws principles, govern this Agreement and its interpretation. The Parties agree that this Agreement is made in and will be performed in Tulare County, California.

4. CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
(a) At all times during the performance of this Agreement, the Parties must comply with the law of the State of California regarding conflicts of interests and appearance of conflicts of interests, including, but not limited to, Government Code Section 1090 et seq.,

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and the Political Reform Act, Government Code Section 81000 et seq. and regulations promulgated by the California Fair Political Practices Commission. The statutes, regulations and laws previously referenced include, but are not limited to, prohibitions against any public officer or employee, from making any decision on behalf of the public entity in which the officer, employee or consultant/contractor has a direct or indirect financial interest. A violation can occur if the public officer, employee or consultant/contractor participates in or influences any decision that has the potential to confer any pecuniary benefit on the consultant/contractor or any business firm in which consultant/contractor has an interest, with certain narrow exceptions.
(b) The Parties agree that if any facts come to their attention that raise any questions as to the applicability of conflicts of interests laws, then the Party will immediately inform the other Party and provide all information needed for resolution of this question.

5. INDEMNIFICATION AND DEFENSE:
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, CITY shall defend, indemnify and hold COUNTY, its officers, employees, representatives, and agents harmless from and against any and all liability, loss, expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs), or claims for injury or damages arising out of the performance of this Agreement, but only in proportion to and to the extent such liability, loss, expense, attorneys’ fees and costs, or claims for injury or damages are caused by or result from the negligent or intentional acts or omissions of CITY, its officers, employees, or agents. (b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, COUNTY shall defend, indemnify and hold CITY, its officers, employees, representatives, and agents harmless from and against any and all liability, loss, expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs), or claims for injury or damages arising out of the performance of this Agreement, but only in proportion to and to the extent such liability, loss, expense, attorneys’ fees and costs, or claims for injury or damages are caused by or result from the negligent or intentional acts or omissions of COUNTY, its officers, employees, or agents .

6. TERMINATION:
(a) Without Cause: COUNTY may terminate this Agreement without cause by giving thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to CITY of its intention to terminate under this provision, specifying the date of termination. CITY will pay to COUNTY the compensation earned for work performed and not previously paid for to the date of termination. The payment of any compensation is subject to the restrictions on payment of compensation otherwise provided in this Agreement.
(b) With Cause: Either Party may terminate this Agreement immediately, by written notice to the other Party, should the other Party:
(1) Be adjudged a bankrupt, or
(2) Become insolvent or have a receiver appointed, or
(3) Make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (4) Suffer any judgment that remains unsatisfied for 30 days, and that would substantively impair the ability of the judgment debtor to perform under this Agreement, or (5) Materially breach this Agreement.

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In addition, COUNTY may terminate this Agreement based on:
(6) Material misrepresentation, either by CITY or anyone acting on CITY’s behalf, as to any matter related in any way to subject matters of this Agreement, or (7) Other misconduct or circumstances that, in the sole discretion of COUNTY, exposes COUNTY to an unreasonable risk of liability.

For any of the occurrences except item (5) above, termination may be effected upon written notice by the terminating Party specifying the date of the termination. Upon a material breach, the Agreement may be terminated after the failure of the defaulting Party to remedy the breach to the satisfaction of the non-defaulting Party within 5 days of written notice specifying the breach. If the breach is not remedied within that 5-day period, then the non-defaulting Party may terminate this Agreement on further written notice specifying the date of termination. If the nature of the breach is such that it cannot be cured within a 5- day period, then the defaulting Party may submit a written proposal within that period which sets forth a specific means to resolve the default. If the non-defaulting Party consents to that proposal in writing, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, then the defaulting Party must immediately embark on its plan to cure the default or breach. If the default or breach is not cured within the time agreed, then the non-defaulting Party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice specifying the date of termination. CITY will pay to COUNTY the compensation earned for work satisfactorily performed and not previously paid for to the date of termination. The payment of such compensation is subject to the restrictions on payment of compensation otherwise provided in this Agreement. (c) Effects of Termination: Expiration or termination of this Agreement will not terminate any obligations to indemnify, to maintain and make available any records pertaining to the Agreement, to cooperate with any audit, to be subject to offset, or to make any reports of pre-termination contract activities.

7. TIME OF ESSENCE: The Parties agree that time is of the essence under this Agreement, unless they agree otherwise in writing.

8. CONFIDENTIALITY: CITY may not use or disclose any information it receives from COUNTY under this Agreement that COUNTY has previously identified as confidential or exempt from mandatory public disclosure except as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or as authorized in advance by COUNTY. Unless required to do so by law, including, but not limited to, the Ralph M. Brown Act or the California Public Records Act, COUNTY may not disclose to third parties any information it receives from CITY that CITY has previously identified as confidential. If COUNTY determines that it must disclose any information that CITY previously identified as confidential, then it shall promptly give CITY written notice of its intention to disclose such information and the authority for such disclosure. CITY shall have period of five (5) calendar days thereafter within which to seek a protective court order to prevent such disclosure or to notify COUNTY that it will not seek such an order. COUNTY shall cooperate with CITY in any efforts to seek such a court order. COUNTY shall not disclose the information until the five (5) day period has expired without a response from CITY, or CITY has notified COUNTY that it will not seek such an order, or CITY has sought and a court has declined to issue a protective order for such information. If CITY seeks a protective order for such information, CITY shall defend and indemnify COUNTY from any and all loss, injury, or claim arising from

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COUNTY’S withholding of the information from the requestor. This includes any attorney’s fees awarded to the requestor. The duty of COUNTY and CITY to maintain confidentiality of information under this section continues beyond the term of this Agreement.

9. DISPUTES AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION: The Parties shall continue with their responsibilities under this Agreement during any dispute. If a dispute arises out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach of the Agreement, and if the dispute cannot be settled through negotiation, then the Parties agree first to try in good faith to settle the dispute by non-binding mediation, to be held in Tulare County, California, before resorting to litigation or some other dispute resolution procedure, unless the Parties mutually agree otherwise.

The Parties must mutually select the mediator, but in case of disagreement, then the Parties will select the mediator by lot from among two nominations provided by each Party. The Parties will split equally all costs and fees required by the mediator; otherwise each Party will bear its own costs of mediation. If mediation fails to resolve the dispute within 30 days, then either Party may pursue litigation to resolve the dispute.

10. FURTHER ASSURANCES: Each Party will execute any additional documents and perform any further acts that may be reasonably required to effect the purposes of this Agreement.

11. CONSTRUCTION: This Agreement reflects the contributions of all Parties and so the provisions of Civil Code section 1654 will not apply to address and interpret any alleged uncertainty or ambiguity.

12. HEADINGS: Section headings are provided for organizational purposes only and do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions under the headings.

13. NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES INTENDED: Unless specifically set forth, the Parties to this Agreement do not intend to provide any other party with any benefit or enforceable legal or equitable right or remedy.

14. WAIVERS: The failure of either Party to insist on strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement will not be considered a waiver of any right to do so, whether for that breach or any later breach. The acceptance by either Party of either performance or payment will not be considered a waiver of any preceding breach of the Agreement by the other Party.

15. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE: In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between or among the body of the Agreement (which includes this Exhibit C “General Terms and Conditions”) and any other Exhibit, Schedule, or Attachment, then the terms and conditions of the body of the Agreement shall prevail.

16. CONFLICT WITH LAWS OR REGULATIONS/ SEVERABILITY: This Agreement is subject to all applicable laws and regulations. If any provision of this Agreement is found by any court or other legal authority, or is agreed by the Parties to be, in conflict with any code or regulation governing its subject matter, only the conflicting provision will be considered null and void. If the effect of nullifying any conflicting provision is such that a

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material benefit of the Agreement to either Party is lost, then the Agreement may be terminated at the option of the affected Party. In all other cases, the remainder of the Agreement will continue in full force and effect.

17. ENCRYPTION: In accordance with the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bulletin number 20-09-CJIS, this agreement between COUNTY and CITY affirms our mutual obligation to comply with the FBI CJIS Security Policy regarding the secure handling and transmission of Criminal Justice Information (CJI) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Both parties commit to implementing the encryption protocols specified in sections 5.10.1.2,

5.10.1.2.1, and 5.13.1 of the CJIS Security Policy to ensure the secure transmission of all radio communications, including but not limited to all CJI, PII, and other sensitive data.

This encryption will apply to all radio traffic, whether restricted or unrestricted, and will be enforced to safeguard the integrity and confidentiality of the information transmitted. Additionally, COUNTY will develop and enforce policies to ensure that the dissemination of sensitive information, including restricted CJI and any combinations of data elements qualifying as PII, is appropriately controlled to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure.

By adhering to these protocols, both parties reaffirm their commitment to upholding the highest standards of security and privacy in all radio communications, thereby ensuring compliance with the DOJ CJIS Security Policy.

18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This Agreement represents the entire agreement between CITY and COUNTY as to its subject matter and no prior oral or written understanding will be of any force or effect. No part of this Agreement may be modified without the written consent of both Parties.

19. RECYCLED PAPER CONTENT: To the extent services under this Agreement include printing services, pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22153 the Parties shall use paper that meets the recycled content requirements of Public Contract Code section 12209.

STAFF REPORT
TO: Lindsay City Council
MEETING DATE: June 23, 2026
DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation Services
FROM: Armando da Silva, Director of Parks & Recreation Services Agenda Title: OMNI Family Health Renewal of Lease Agreement

ACTION & RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to execute the lease renewal with OMNI Family Health.

BACKGROUND | ANALYSIS
The Landlord agrees to rent to the Tenant the commercial premises municipally described as 860 N. Sequoia, Lindsay, CA 93247, also known as the City of Lindsay Wellness Center.

The term of the Lease shall be for a period of three (3) years, commencing on July 1, 2026 (“Commencement Date”), unless terminated earlier as provided in this Lease.

Rent will be $8,605.24 per month. Rent will increase by 3% in the first year of the agreement term.

FISCAL IMPACT
The income from lease contributions supports covering the operating expenses of the Lindsay Wellness Center.

Subject to the provisions of this Lease, the Tenant will pay the agreed monthly flat rate of $8,605.24, common area expenses, and restroom use.

The base rent for the upcoming renewal term will be outlined below:

Year Lease (Monthly) Annually
2026-2027 $8,605.24 $103,262.88
2027-2028 $8,605.24 $103,262.88
2028-2029 $8,605.24 $103,262.88

ATTACHMENTS

1. OMNI Notice and Confirmation Renewal Lease Agreement

2. Commercial Lease Agreement
Reviewed/Approved: ______
Item #: 12.6
Consent
LOTR v1
May 21, 2026
City of Lindsay
251 E. Honolulu Street
Lindsay, CA 93247
Attention: City Manager
RE: Notice and Confirmation of Renewal of Lease Agreement Dear City Manager,
Please let this letter serve as formal notice and confirmation that Omni Family Health (“Omni”) hereby elects to exercise its second option to renew the Lease Agreement dated August 28, 2018, between City of Lindsay and Omni for the real property commonly known as Lindsay Wellness Center located at 860 N. Sequoia, Lindsay, California 93247 for an additional three (3) year term until August 28, 2029. Pursuant to Section 9 of the Lease Agreement, Omni has three (3) additional options to renew the term of the Lease, each for a period of three (3) years.

Additionally, pursuant to Section 16 of the Lease Agreement, rent shall increase by three percent (3%) for the Renewal Term.

All other terms of the Lease Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed, and all the terms, covenants, conditions, and agreements therein contained remain in full force and effect.

By signing below, you represent and warrant that Tenant is not in default under the Lease Agreement, and you are unaware of any event, condition, or circumstance that with the giving of notice or the passage of time (or both) could constitute a default under the Lease Agreement.

Please sign and date the acknowledgment below, and return by one of the methods below:

Email: [email protected]
US Mail: 4900 California Avenue, Suite 400B
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Attention: Contracts
Please note your failure to sign and return the acknowledgment below shall not diminish the effectiveness of Omni’s right to renew the Lease Agreement.

We look forward to continuing our relationship with you well into the future.

Very truly yours,

OMNI FAMILY HEALTH,
a California non-profit public benefit
corporation
Francisco L. Castillon, MPA
Chief Executive Officer
Acknowledgement:

Print Name:

Title:

Date:

Kuyler Crock
City Manager

STAFF REPORT
TO: Lindsay City Council
MEETING DATE: June 23, 2026
DEPARTMENT: Planning
FROM: Dario Dominguez, Director of City Services and Planning Agenda Title: Lindsay General Plan Annual Progress Report and Annual Housing Element Progress Report for 2025

ACTION & RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council formally accept the General Plan Annual Progress Report and the Housing Element Progress Report for the year 2025.

BACKGROUND | ANALYSIS
The General Plan Annual Progress Report (APR) and the Annual Housing Element Progress Report are documents reviewed by the local legislative body that summarize the City’s progress with implementing the policies and programs from the City’s General Plan and Housing Element Goals each year. These reports are used to inform the public and other various agencies of how the community is performing to meet City goals and housing targets.

The General Plan APR gives the California Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) the opportunity to identify statewide trends in land use decision-making and how local planning and development activities relate to statewide planning goals and policies. The Annual Housing Element Report informs the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) of various types of projects and programs moving forward within the City that assist the community with growing it’s housing stock. These reports work interchangeably and are required to be submitted annually to LCI or HCD by April 1st of each year to ensure the City remains compliant with State housing law. Additionally, it also keeps the City eligible to receive future housing grants. Reports were submitted to meet the deadline. City Council approval would be provided to LCI and HCD.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The City of Lindsay 2040 General Plan (SCH # 1989080714 and Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) was certified on December 7, 1989.

The City of Lindsay 6th Cycle (2023-2031) Adopted Eight-Year Housing Element was deemed to be in full compliance with State Housing Element Law (Article 10.6 of the Government Code) in January 2026.

No additional CEQA analysis is required for the acceptance of these progress reports.

FISCAL IMPACT
Progress reports are budgeted annually through a Professional Services Agreement.

ATTACHMENTS

1. City of Lindsay, 2025 General Plan Final Draft Annual Progress Report

2. Summary of Housing Element Progress Report
Item #: 12.7
Consent

GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT

CITY OF LINDSAY
REPORTING YEAR: 2025
MARCH 2026

GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
REPORTING YEAR: 2025
Prepared for:

City of Lindsay
Community Development Department
Submitted to:

Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Consultant:
901 East Main Street
Visalia, CA 93292
Contact: Susan Long
Phone: (559) 733-0440
March 2026
Prepared pursuant to Government Code Sections 65400 and 65700 © Copyright by Quad Knopf, Inc.

Unauthorized use prohibited.

Project #250009.22

General Plan 2025 APR March 2026
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Table of Contents
SECTION 1 - Executive Summary ................................................................................................................ 1-1 SECTION 2 - Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 2-1 SECTION 3 - General Plan Status and Overview ................................................................................... 3-1 SECTION 4 - General Plan Implementation Summary ........................................................................ 4-1 SECTION 5 - Implementation by General Plan Elements .................................................................. 5-1 Land Use Element..................................................................................................................................5-1 Housing Element....................................................................................................................................5-1 Circulation Element..............................................................................................................................5-1 Conservation and Open Space Element .......................................................................................5-2 Safety Element ........................................................................................................................................5-2 SECTION 6 - Development Activity Summary ....................................................................................... 6-1 SECTION 7 - Infrastructure and Public Services ................................................................................... 7-1 SECTION 8 - Interagency Coordination .................................................................................................... 8-1 SECTION 9 - Environmental Justice and Community Engagement ............................................... 9-1 SECTION 10 - General Plan Implementation Matrix ........................................................................ 10-1 SECTION 11 - Future Priorities 2026 ..................................................................................................... 11-1 SECTION 12 - Conclusion ............................................................................................................................ 12-1 SECTION 13 - City Council Acceptance .................................................................................................. 13-1 List of Appendices
Appendix A – Major Development and Housing Projects Map Appendix B – Municipal Code Updates
Appendix C – Housing Element APR Summary

Executive Summary

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SECTION 1 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Lindsay made considerable progress in implementing its General Plan during the 2025 reporting period through regulatory updates, infrastructure planning, housing program advancement, and active development review. Most notably, the City adopted its 6th Cycle Housing Element and completed all required rezoning actions, achieving substantial compliance with State Housing Element Law as confirmed by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) on January 16, 2026.

Key accomplishments during the reporting period include the adoption of updated zoning and subdivision ordinances, the implementation of accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations, the continued advancement of major residential and commercial development projects, and the investment in public infrastructure and recreational facilities. The City also initiated design efforts for a future Transit Center and pursued funding for critical water system improvements to address deficiencies in fire flow and system reliability.

While progress has been made across multiple General Plan elements, implementation continues to be constrained by infrastructure capacity limitations, staffing shortages, and the timing of external funding. The City remains focused on advancing housing production, securing infrastructure funding, and implementing Housing Element programs consistent with State requirements.

Key Metrics
Metric Value
Housing Units Permitted 22
Major Development Projects 8
Infrastructure Investment $7M+
Housing Element Status Certified
Introduction

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SECTION 2 - INTRODUCTION
Government Code Section 65400 requires cities and counties to prepare an Annual Progress Report (APR) that describes the status of the General Plan and the progress in its implementation. This report covers the period from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, and has been prepared for submittal to the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) and the HCD.

The APR evaluates planning activities, development trends, and implementation efforts undertaken by the City and demonstrates consistency with adopted General Plan policies and Housing Element programs.

General Plan Status and Overview

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SECTION 3 - GENERAL PLAN STATUS AND OVERVIEW
The Lindsay General Plan serves as the City’s long-range policy framework guiding land use, housing, transportation, infrastructure, environmental protection, and community development. The General Plan includes the following elements:
• Land Use
• Circulation
• Housing
• Conservation
• Open Space
• Safety
• Noise
• Environmental Justice
While the City’s last comprehensive General Plan update occurred in July 1989, the City has continued to implement and modernize the General Plan through targeted updates, including the adoption of the Environmental Justice Element in December 2019 and the 6th Cycle Housing Element (2023–2031).

General Plan implementation is achieved through zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, capital improvement planning, development review, and coordination with regional agencies.

General Plan Implementation Summary

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SECTION 4 - GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION SUMMARY
During 2025, the City advanced General Plan implementation through the following primary mechanisms:
• Adoption of updated Zoning Ordinance (Title 18) and Subdivision Ordinance (Title 17).
• Adoption and certification of the 6th Cycle Housing Element and associated rezoning. • Processing of residential and commercial development applications. • Advancement of infrastructure planning and funding strategies. • Coordination with regional transportation and infrastructure agencies. • Continued monitoring of housing production and development trends.

Collectively, these actions support long-term land use consistency, housing development, infrastructure investment, and regulatory compliance.

Implementation by General Plan Elements

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SECTION 5 - IMPLEMENTATION BY GENERAL PLAN ELEMENTS
Land Use Element
Implementation of the Land Use Element occurs through zoning administration, subdivision review, and development permitting.

In 2025, the City adopted comprehensive updates to its Zoning Ordinance (Title 18) and Subdivision Ordinance (Title 17) to ensure consistency with State law, General Plan, and the Housing Element. These updates incorporated provisions for by-right housing development, updated development standards, and improved subdivision procedures to facilitate orderly growth.

All development applications processed during the reporting period were reviewed for consistency with General Plan land use designations.

Housing Element
The City made substantial progress in implementing housing policies and programs during the reporting period. The City Council adopted the 6th Cycle Housing Element and associated rezoning actions, and HCD confirmed compliance with State Housing Element Law on January 16, 2026.

Key implementation actions included:
• Adoption of ADU regulations consistent with State law. • Adoption of by-right development provisions.
• Processing of residential permits and entitlements.
• Monitoring housing production and development activities.

The City will continue implementation of Housing Element programs, including maintaining adequate sites, facilitating affordable housing development, and advancing fair housing efforts as required by HCD.

Circulation Element
The City continued to advance circulation improvements through project planning, regional coordination, and infrastructure investment.

In 2025:
• Design efforts for the Lindsay Transit Center were initiated. • Coordination with Caltrans and Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) continued with State Route 65 improvements.
• Corridor analysis for State Route 137 was initiated.
• Local roadway improvements were completed on multiple streets.

Implementation by General Plan Elements
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These efforts support improved regional connectivity, mobility, and long-term transportation system efficiency.

Conservation and Open Space Element
The City implements conservation and open space policies through development review and investment in recreational facilities.

In 2024-2025, the City completed significant improvements to community parks, including:
• Olive Bowl Park improvements.
• Skate Park upgrades.
• Pickleball court enhancements.

These projects improved recreational access, public health opportunities, and community amenities.

The City also complies with AB 52 requirements by consulting with Native American tribes on projects involving ground disturbance.

Safety Element
The City of Lindsay continues to implement Safety Element policies through building code enforcement, infrastructure planning, and emergency coordination.

Public safety considerations are integrated into development review through the Site Plan Review process, ensuring that new development meets applicable safety standards and supports emergency access and response capabilities.

The City continues to implement Environmental Justice policies by improving infrastructure, enhancing public facilities, and promoting equitable access to services.

In 2025:
• Roadway and sidewalk improvements enhanced safety and accessibility. • Park investments have expanded recreational opportunities in underserved areas. • Code enforcement efforts supported safe and habitable housing. • Public engagement opportunities were maintained through open meetings and outreach.

These efforts support equitable development and improved quality of life for disadvantaged communities.

Development Activity Summary
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SECTION 6 - DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY SUMMARY
During 2025, the City processed the following development applications:
• Site Plan Reviews: 12
• Conditional Use Permits: 5
• Subdivision Maps: 3
• Residential Building Permits: 6
Major development projects include residential subdivisions, senior housing, and commercial developments supporting economic growth.

Project Type Units
Hidden Oaks Residential 50 single-family units
O’Hara Ranch Residential 140 single-family units
Mission Estates Residential 116 single-family units
Palm Terrace III Residential 10 income-restricted single-family units Westmore Senior Residential 40 apartment units
Westwood Residential 7 residential units
Travel Center Commercial N/A
These projects contribute to housing production, economic development, and long-term growth capacity.

A map identifying major development projects is included in Appendix A.

Infrastructure and Public Services

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SECTION 7 - INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICES
Infrastructure planning remains a critical focus for the City. Key efforts during the reporting period include:
• Advancement of water system improvements to address fire flow deficiencies. • Award of $1.75 million in federal funding for water infrastructure improvements. • Application for additional CDBG funding to complete system upgrades. • Ongoing development of Water Master Plan strategies.
• Investment of over $7 million in capital improvements.

Infrastructure constraints, particularly related to water system capacity and fire flow, remain a key consideration for future growth.

Interagency Coordination

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SECTION 8 - INTERAGENCY COORDINATION
The City continues to coordinate with regional and state agencies, including:
• Tulare County
• Caltrans
• Tulare County Association of Governments
• San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
• Utility providers
This coordination supports transportation planning, infrastructure funding, and regional consistency.

Environmental Justice and Community Engagement

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SECTION 9 - ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The City promotes equitable access to services and infrastructure through:
• Investment in public facilities and parks.
• Code enforcement to maintain housing quality.
• Public participation through hearings and outreach.
• Infrastructure improvements in disadvantaged areas.

General Plan Implementation Matrix
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SECTION 10 - GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX
Element Policy Focus Action Status Outcome
Land Use
Maintain consistency
between zoning and the
General Plan
Zoning Ordinance
update Completed
Improve
regulatory
alignment
Housing Housing supply
ADU and by-right
Zoning Ordinance
update
Completed
Expanded
housing
opportunities
Housing Program
Implementation
Housing Element
adoption Completed HCD complianceachieved
Circulation Mobility Transit Center
design
In
Progress
Improved
regional
connectivity
Conservation Recreation Park improvements Completed Expanded public amenities
Safety Public safety Code enforcement Ongoing Maintain safety standards
EJ Equity Infrastructure and
outreach Ongoing Improve accessand engagement
Future Priorities 2026

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SECTION 11 - FUTURE PRIORITIES 2026
The City will prioritize the following actions:
• Continue implementation and monitoring of Housing Element programs. • Secure remaining funding for water infrastructure improvements. • Advance Water Master Plan development.
• Continue development of the Transit Center project.
• Monitor housing production and entitlement activity.
• Strengthen environmental justice outreach and engagement. • Maintain compliance with State housing and planning laws.

Conclusion

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SECTION 12 - CONCLUSION
The City of Lindsay continues to make measurable progress in implementing its General Plan through regulatory updates, infrastructure planning, housing program advancement, and development activity. Continued focus on infrastructure investment, housing, production, and program implementation will support long-term community growth and sustainability.

City Council Acceptance

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SECTION 13 - CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTANCE
Resolution No. XXXX
City Council Acceptance Date:

APPENDIX A

MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING PROJECTS MAP

Legend
City Parcel Addresses
City Streets
State Highway
Railroad
City Limits
Tulare
Tulare
Tulare Tulare Tulare Tulare
Lindmore
Lewis
Lewis
Foster
Tulare Tulare Tulare
Fresno Fresno Fresno
Tulare
Tulare
Tulare Tulare Tulare Tulare
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon
Frazier
Hermosa
Hermosa
Hermosa
Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia
Hickory
Hickory
Sierra View Sierra View
Vista
Mulberry
Ash Ash
Sierra View
Sierra View
Plum
Locke
Cambridge Cambridge
Honolulu
Honolulu
Honolulu Honolulu
Honolulu Honolulu
Westwood Westwood Westwood
Princeton
Apia
Rosewood
Elmwood
Elmwood
Elmwood
Foothill Foothill Foothill Foothill
Blue Gum
Monte Vista
Samoa
Sycamore
Oxford
Monte
Gale Hill
Gale Hill
Gale Hill
Apia Apia
Apia
Maple Maple
Mountain
2nd
Orangewood
Dawn
Central
Grove
Glenwood
Linda Vista
Sherman
Pleasant
Gale Hill
Fairhaven
Samoa
Samoa
Lea
Clintwood
Fairview
Fremont
Hamlin Hamlin
Denver Denver
2nd
Wormer
1st
Parkside Parkside Parkside
3rd
Rosewood
Bellah Bellah
Hamlin
Hamlin
2nd
Whitney
Alameda Alameda
Stanford Stanford
Fairview
Bond Bond
Homassel
Matthew
Harvard Harvard
Harvard
Cambridge
Bond
Matthew
Kern Kern
Alameda
Alanwood
Memory
Highland
Mariposa Mariposa Mariposa
Hermosa
Hermosa
Hermosa Hermosa Hermosa Hermosa
Michael Lynn
Sindlinger
Sunset
Hermosa Hermosa
Hermosa Autumn Gold
Sycamore
Silvercrest
Frazier
Frazier
Marc Anthony
Mirage
Honolulu
Samoa
Samoa
Glenwood
Olivewood
Center
Elmwood
Asheville
Elmwood
Mirage Mirage
Mirage
Mirage
Denver
Cambridge
Ashland
Ashland
Mirage
Mirage
Garden Homassel Homassel
Homassel
Lindsay
Yale
Olive
Olive
Roosevelt Sweetbriar
Sweetbriar
Sweetbriar
Burem
Eastwood Eastwood
Kirby
Blue Gum
Learning
Locke
Bellah
Alameda
Sherwood
Bellah Bellah
Maple Valley
Maple Valley
Cedar
Homassel
Stanford Stanford
Mandarin
Lafayette Lafayette Lafayette
Oxford Oxford
Alameda
Westmore
Monte Vista
Stanford
Van Ness Van Ness
Central Central
Delta
Santa Fe
Harvard Terrace
Orange Orange
Homassel
Mountain View
Homassel
Orange
Monte Vista
Gale Hill
Bellah
Cottonwood
Elmwood Elmwood
Lindsay
Westwood
Laurel Laurel
Sycamore
Oak Oak
Orange Orange
Ono City Parkway
Hickory Hickory
Hickory Hickory
Harvard Harvard
Harvard Harvard
Cambridge Cambridge
Strathmore Strathmore
Lindero Lindero
Sycamore Sycamore
Sequoia Sequoia Sequoia Sequoia
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APPENDIX B

MUNICIPAL CODE UPDATES

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Exhibit B
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE - TITLE 17

17.04 General Provisions

17.04.010 Authority

17.04.020 Purpose

17.04.030 Applicability

17.04.040 General Plan, Environmental Design Plans And Zoning Ordinance

17.04.050 Existing Conditions

17.04.060 Projects Subject to City Subdivision Regulations

17.04.070 Excluded and Exempt Projects

17.04.080 Concurrent Application Processing

17.04.090 Subdivider Responsibilities

17.04.100 City Services Director Responsibilities

17.04.110 Engineer Responsibilities

17.04.120 Planning Commission Responsibilities

17.04.130 Council Responsibilities

17.04.140 Referrals To Other Agencies

17.04.010 Authority
This title is enacted pursuant to Division 2 of Title 7 of the Government Code of the State of California (Subdivision Map Act)and the general laws of the state. The provisions of this title are in addition to the regulations of the Subdivision Map Act and are supplemental thereto. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.1.100), 1979)

17.04.020 Purpose
The purpose of this title and any pursuant rules, regulations and specifications hereafter adopted, is to regulate and control the design and improvement of land for all purposes within the city in order to preserve and enhance the health, safety, welfare and amenities of the community. All subdivisions, subdivision maps, and proceedings governed by these regulations shall be subject to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and any future amendments not already included herein. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.1.200), 1979)

17.04.030 Applicability
A. The approval of a map or other entitlement is required before each subdivision of land within the City is authorized. In the case that provisions in this division and the Subdivision Map Act do not align, the Subdivision Map Act shall dictate. The subdivision map’s approval or conditional approval does not grant permission to deviate from zoning regulations in this Development Code. It also does not allow proceeding with any development that violates other relevant provisions of the Municipal Code, applicable ordinances, or City regulations.
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B. If a planning commission has not been established, all references to the planning commission in this title shall instead refer to the City Council.

17.04.040 General Plan, Environmental Design Plans And Zoning Ordinance The general plan for the city shall guide the use of all land within the corporate boundaries of the city.

When environmental design plans have been adopted for certain areas, they shall provide more detailed guidance. The size and design of lots, the nature of utilities, the design and improvements of streets, the type and intensity of land use and the provisions for any special facilities in any subdivision shall conform to the land uses shown and the standards established in the general plan, the environmental design plans, the zoning ordinance and any precise plans designed for the area. (Ord. 341 § 1(19.1.300 (part)), 1979)

17.04.050 Existing Conditions
Trees, native land cover, natural watercourses and topography shall be respected, and the subdivision shall be so designed as to prevent excessive grading and scarring of the landscape. The design of new subdivision streets shall consider and relate to present street widths, alignments and names. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.1.300 (part)), 1979)

17.04.060 Projects Subject to City Subdivision Regulations These regulations shall apply to any division of land within the city and shall control the preparation, processing, and approval of all tentative maps, vesting tentative, final maps, parcel maps, certificates of compliance, lot line adjustments, lot mergers and to other actions provided for by the Subdivision Map Act. Except as noted in this section, each subdivision and each part thereof lying within the city shall be made and each map shall be prepared and presented for approval as provided for and required by these regulations.

17.04.070 Excluded and Exempt Projects
Projects Not Subject to the Map Act or the Subdivision Regulations. Pursuant to Gov’t Code Section 66412, the Subdivision Map Act and the Subdivision Regulations do not apply to the following:

A. The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores, or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobile home parks or trailer parks.

B. Mineral, oil, or gas leases.

C. Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the State Health and Safety Code.

D. The financing or leasing of existing separate commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel.

E. The construction, financing or leasing of secondary dwelling units pursuant to the zoning regulations.

F. Leasing for agricultural purposes, cultivation of food or fiber, and grazing or pasturing of livestock.

G. Leasing of, or grant of easement to, a parcel of land, or any portion or portions of land, for financing, erection, and sale or lease of a wind-powered electrical generation device which is subject to discretionary action by the city.
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Projects Exempt from the Mapping Requirements. The following are generally subject to these Subdivision Regulations, but are exempt from the tentative, parcel and final map requirements of these Subdivision Regulations and the Subdivision Map Act pursuant to Gov’t Code Section 66412:

A. A lot line adjustment between four or fewer existing adjoining parcels, where land taken from one parcel is added to an adjoining parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created.

B. Any separate assessment under Section 2188.7 of the State Revenue and Taxation Code for community apartment or cooperative housing projects.

C. The conversion of a residential community apartment project or a stock cooperative to a condominium if the requirements of Sections 66412(g) and (h) of the Subdivision Map Act are met.

D. The financing or leasing of any parcel of land, or any portion, for the construction of commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel, when the project is subject to planned development or use permit approval pursuant to the zoning regulations.

17.04.080 Concurrent Application Processing
Subdivision applications subject to discretionary review that also include an associated development review entitlement shall be reviewed concurrently, consistent with review procedures identified in this chapter. Multiple applications for the same project shall be processed concurrently and shall be reviewed and acted upon by the highest review authority designated by the Subdivision Regulations or Zoning Regulations for any of the applications.

17.04.090 Subdivider Responsibilities
The subdivider shall prepare maps consistent with the standards contained in this title, and design public improvements consistent with the public improvement standards of the city. They shall process the maps in accordance with the regulations set forth in this title. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.1.400 (part)), 1979)

17.04.100 City Services Director Responsibilities
The city services director shall be responsible for design analysis for conformity with the general plan, the environmental design plan and the zoning ordinance; for the environmental quality of the subdivision design; and for the expedient processing of subdivision maps and reports, as provided in this title. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.1.400 (part)), 1979)

17.04.110 Engineer Responsibilities
The city engineer shall be responsible for reporting to the planning commission and the city council as to engineering requirements including street width, grade and alignment, and whether the proposed public improvements are consistent with the regulations contained in this title, and for the inspection and ultimate approval of all such public improvements.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.1.400 (part)), 1979)

17.04.120 Planning Commission Responsibilities
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The city planning commission, if established, shall act as the advisory agency to the city council. It is charged with making investigations, reports and recommendations on proposed subdivisions as to their conformance to the general plan, the environmental design plans and this title. The planning commission shall report its actions and recommendations concerning the subdivision to the city council. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.1.400 (part)), 1979)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 576 on 6/25/2019

17.04.130 City Council Responsibilities
The city council shall have final jurisdiction to approve, conditionally approve or deny tentative and final subdivision maps pursuant to 17.16 and 17.20, the establishment of requirements for and standards of design of public improvements, and the acceptance of lands and public improvements that may be proposed for dedication as a result of the subdivision process. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.1.400 (part)), 1979)

17.04.140 Referrals To Other Agencies
Maps of proposed subdivisions shall be referred to all special districts, governmental boards, bureaus, utility companies and other agencies which provide public and private facilities and service to the subdivision, and to such other agencies which the city services director determines may be affected, for their information and comment.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.t.400 (part)), 1979)
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17.08 Definitions

17.08.010 Generally

17.08.020 Alley

17.08.030 Block

17.08.040 Collector Street

17.08.050 Cul-De-Sac

17.08.060 Final Map

17.08.070 Flag Lot

17.08.180 Freeway

17.08.190 Frontage Road

17.08.100 General Plan

17.08.110 Industrial Street

17.08.120 Intersection

17.08.130 Local Street

17.08.140 Loop Street

17.08.150 Lot

17.08.160 Major Arterial

17.08.170 Parcel Map

17.08.180 Parcel Map Subdivision

17.08.190 Preliminary Map

17.08.200 Public Improvement

17.08.210 Standard Specifications

17.08.220 Street

17.08.230 Subdivider

17.08.240 Subdivision

17.08.250 Subdivision Committee

17.08.260 Subdivision Design

17.08.270 Subdivision Map Act

17.08.280 Tentative Map

17.08.290 Tentative Parcel Map

17.08.300 Vesting Tentative Map

17.08.010 Generally
Whenever any words or phrases used in this title are not defined in this chapter, but are defined in the Subdivision Map Act of the Government Code of the state, or in the zoning ordinance of the city, the definitions are incorporated in this chapter and shall apply as though set forth in this chapter in full, unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intention.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.020 Alley
"Alley" means a street providing only secondary access to abutting property. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)
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17.08.030 Block
"Block" means an area of land within a subdivision entirely bounded by any streets (other than alleys), freeways, railroad rights-of-way, natural barriers, or the exterior boundaries of the subdivision. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.040 Collector Street
"Collector street" means a street designed to collect and distribute traffic between local streets and arterials.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2(part)), 1979)

17.08.050 Cul-De-Sac
"Cul-de-sac" means a local street open at only one end, which has a turnaround for vehicles at the closed end.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.060 Final Map
"Final map" means a map, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title, designed to be placed on record in the office of the county recorder. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.070 Flag Lot
"Flag lot" means a lot having its buildable area removed from a public street, and being connected to the street by means of a narrow extension or access strip.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.080 Freeway
"Freeway" means a divided arterial highway designed for through traffic having grade-separated intersections and full control of access.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.090 Frontage Road
"Frontage road" means a street adjacent and auxiliary to a freeway or arterial, and separated by a divider strip, which street provides access to abutting property. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.100 General Plan
"General plan" means the general plan for the future development of the city. (Ord. 341 § 1(Art. 2 (part)), 1979)
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17.08.110 Industrial Street
"Industrial street" means a street which serves an industrial area and connects the area to the major street system.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.120 Intersection
"Intersection" means the place at which two or more streets meet. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.130 Local Street
"Local street" means a street which provides direct access to abutting properties, primarily in residential districts.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.140 Loop Street
"Loop street" means a local street which intersects the same collector street at both its ends and has not intermediate intersections with through streets.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.150 Lot
"Lot" means a parcel or portion of land, established for purposes of sale, lease, finance, division of interest or separate use, separated from other lands by description on a subdivision map or parcel map. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.160 Major Arterial
"Major arterial" means a street designed to serve high volume intercity and intracity traffic and to act as a distributor between freeways, other arterials and major traffic generators. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.170 Parcel Map
"Parcel map" means a map prepared in accordance with the provisions of this title and the Subdivision Map Act designed to be placed on record in the office of the county recorder. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.180 Parcel Map Subdivision
"Parcel map subdivision" means any real property, including condominiums, planned unit development or resubdivision, improved or unimproved; which is divided into four or fewer lots, or is divided as described in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) under Section 66426 of the Subdivision Map Act, either by establishing new lot lines or changing existing lot lines, for the purpose of sale, lease or financing. 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 8
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.190 Preliminary Map
"Preliminary map" means a map to be submitted to the city services director prior to the filing of a tentative map to show the general characteristics of the proposed subdivision and any other data necessary to enable the subdivision committee to review the proposed subdivision design. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.200 Public Improvement
"Public improvement" means street work, utilities and other facilities proposed or required to be installed within the subdivision for the general use of all the subdivision lot owners and for local neighborhood or community needs.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.210 Standard Specifications
"Standard specifications" means all the standard specifications and standard detailed drawings prepared by the city engineer and approved by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.220 Street
"Street" means an improved facility used for vehicular traffic. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.230 Subdivider
"Subdivider" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership or association which proposes to divide, causes to be divided or divides real property for itself or for others, except employees or representatives of such persons or entities, acting in such capacity, are not subdividers. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.240 Subdivision
"Subdivision" shall be as defined in the Subdivision Map Act. According to the Subdivision Map Act:
“Subdivision” means the division, by any subdivider, of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion thereof, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease or financing, whether immediate or future. Property shall be considered as contiguous units, even if it is separated by roads, streets, utility easements or railroad rights-of-way. “Subdivision” includes a condominium project as defined in Section 4125 or 6542 of the Civil Code, a community apartment project as defined in Section 4105 of the Civil Code or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, as defined in Section 4190 or 6566 of the Civil Code. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)
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17.08.250 Subdivision Committee
"Subdivision committee" means a review committee comprised of the city engineer, the city services director and a public safety official, or their designated representative. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.260 Subdivision Design
"Subdivision design" means the overall layout of the proposed subdivision, including, but not limited to, the arrangement of streets and intersections, the layout and size of lots, the widths and locations of easements and rights-of-way for utilities, drainage structures, sewers, the nature and location of public or semipublic facilities, programs for the preservation of natural features and the installation of public improvements.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.270 Subdivision Map Act
"Subdivision Map Act" means the Subdivision Map Act of Division 2 of Title 7 of the Government Code of the state, and such revisions as may be made by the California Legislature. (Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.280 Tentative Map
"Tentative map" means a map made in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act to show the design of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around the subdivision. It need not be based upon a detailed final survey of the property, except as otherwise provided in this title and the Subdivision Map Act; however, it shall be graphically accurate to reasonable tolerances. Tentative maps are the map category that includes Tentative Parcel Maps, Tentative Tract Maps, and Vesting Tentative and Tract Maps.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (Art. 2 (part)), 1979)

17.08.290 Tentative Parcel Map
A “Tentative Parcel Map” is the tentative map type required for all subdivisions with four or fewer lots or if greater than four lots if consistent with 17.24. A Parcel map is the recording mechanism for Tentative Parcel Maps.

17.08.300 Vesting Tentative Map
“Vesting tentative map” refers to a map made which meets the requirements of a tentative map and Chapter 17.44 and has the words “vesting tentative map” printed on it. The vesting tentative map conveys development rights for subdivisions according to Chapter 17.44. 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 10

17.12 Types of Maps Required

17.12.010 Purpose of Provisions

17.12.020 Tentative Tract Maps

17.12.030 Tentative Parcel Maps

17.12.040 Vesting Tentative Maps

17.12.050 Final Maps

17.12.060 Overview of Required Maps

17.12.010 Purpose of Provisions
This chapter describes the Subdivision Map Act requirement for types of maps to be submitted as part of various subdivision project applications.

17.12.020 Tentative Tract Maps
Pursuant to Chapter 17.16 (Tentative Maps), a Tentative Tract Map shall be required for all subdivisions that result in the creation of five or more lots or parcels, unless a Tentative Parcel Map is required pursuant to Section 17.24 (Parcel Map Subdivision).

17.12.030 Tentative Parcel Maps
Application Type. Pursuant to Chapter 17.16 (Tentative Maps) a Tentative Parcel Map shall be required under the following circumstances:

A. For all land divisions resulting in the creation of four or fewer lots or parcels.

B. Projects to construct a Condominium or Community Apartment Project on a single parcel for which the Tentative Tract Map and Final Map requirement has been waived pursuant to Chapter

16.14. C. All subdivisions that result in five or more parcels or lots if one of the following circumstances exists:

1. The land before the division contains less than five acres, each parcel created by the division abuts a maintained public street, highway, and no dedications or improvements are required by City Council; or

2. Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of twenty acres or more and has an approved access to a maintained public street or highway; or

3. The land consists of a parcel or parcels of land having approved access to a public street or highway, which comprises part of a tract of land zoned for industrial or commercial development, and which has the approval of City Council as to street alignments and widths; or

4. Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of forty acres or more or is not less than a quarter of a quarter section; or

5. The land being subdivided is solely for the creation of an environmental subdivision pursuant to Section 66418.2 of the Subdivision Map Act.

17.12.040 Vesting Tentative Maps
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Pursuant to Chapter 17.44 (Vesting Tentative Maps), a Vesting Tentative Map (inclusive of either a vesting tentative tract map or a vesting tentative parcel map) may be filed for residential developments.

17.12.050 Final Maps
Following approval of a tentative tract map, a subdivider may cause a final map to be prepared pursuant to Chapter 17.20 (Final Map).

17.12.060 Overview of Required Maps
Project Type Maps Required Notes
Subdivisions creating four or fewer
lots or any subdivision type not
requiring a final map
Tentative Parcel map or
vesting tentative map
and parcel map
See 17.16 and 17.24 to determine
if a Tentative Parcel map or
Tentative Tract map is required.

Subdivisions creating five or more lots
or subdivision types requiring a final
map
Tentative Tract map or
vesting tentative map
and final map
See 17.16 and 17.24 to determine
if a Tentative Parcel map or
Tentative Tract map is required
Lot line adjustments between four or
fewer existing adjoining parcels as
described in the SMA 66412(d)
Map exhibit, drawn to
scale, and suitable for
recording
Tentative map or record of survey
may be submitted with the
application
Lot line adjustments between five or
more existing adjoining parcels
Tentative Tract map or
vesting tentative Tract
map and final map
See 17.16 and 17.24 to determine
if a Tentative Parcel map or
Tentative Tract map is required.
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17.16 Tentative Map

17.16.010 Purpose

17.16.020 Application Requirements

17.16.040 Size and Scale

17.16.050 Vicinity Sketch

17.16.060 Information Required

17.16.070 Street Names

17.16.080 Approval of Tentative Map

17.16.090 Distribution

17.16.100 Planning Commission Action

17.16.110 Council Action

17.16.120 Conditions of Approval

17.16.130 Approval Notice

17.16.140 Standards Compliance Required

17.16.010 Purpose
This chapter outlines the requirements for submitting a tentative map application, the procedures for reviewing it, and the necessary findings for its approval or denial. The term “tentative” map refers to the initial map that undergoes review for either a “parcel” or “final” map subdivision. See Chapter 17.44 for additional review requirements that apply to vesting tentative maps.

17.16.020 Application Requirements
The subdivider shall:

A. File with the City Services Department as many copies that may be requested of the tentative map for each proposed subdivision.

B. Pay a filing fee to the City as established by resolution of the City Council.

C. A preliminary title report, showing the legal owners at the time of the filing of the tentavive map and prepared not more than 90 days prior to the submittal of the application.

D. All items reference withing the preliminary title report shall be submitted for review (i.e. deeds, easements, and record maps) when submitting application. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.4.100), 1979)

17.16.020 Fees
At the time of filing a tentative subdivision map, the subdivider shall pay an application fee as established by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.4.200), 1979)

17.16.030 Preparation
The tentative map shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title.
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17.16.040 Size and Scale
The tentative map shall be submitted on sheets eighteen inches by twenty-six inches (18’’ x 26’’) in size.

The scale of a tentative map of a subdivision shall be not less than one-inch equals one hundred feet (1’’ = 100’), and the map shall be clearly and legibly reproduced. A licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall prepare and sign the map along with his/her seal or stamp and date of signing per the Professional Land Surveyor’s Act, Section 8761.(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.4.400), 1979)

17.16.050 Vicinity Sketch
A vicinity sketch at a scale of one-inch equals one thousand feet shall be drawn on the tentative map. It shall show the street and tract lines and names or numbers of all existing subdivisions, and the outline of acreage parcels of land adjacent to the proposed tract. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.4.500), 1979)

17.16.060 Information Required
The following information shall be shown on the tentative map or in an accompanying data statement:

A. Any subdivision containing five lots or more shall be given a tract name and unit number, if applicable. The tract names shall not duplicate or nearly duplicate the name of any tract in the city;
B. The name and address of the record owner or owners;
C. The name and address of the subdivider; if different from the record owner, there shall be a statement of the record owner authorizing the subdivider to act; D. The name and address of the person, firm or organization preparing the tentative map, and a statement indicating the record owner’s permission to file the map; E. The date, north arrow and a written and graphic scale; F. A sufficient description to define the location and boundaries of the proposed subdivision, and total and net areas;
G. The location, names and existing widths and grades of adjacent streets and document reference shall be shown;
H. The names or numbers of adjacent tracts and the names of owners of adjacent unplatted land.

Identify adjoining properties with assessor parcel number ; I. The contours at one-foot intervals for predominant ground slopes within the tract between level and five percent, and five-foot contours for predominant ground slopes within the tract over five percent. The contours shall be based on the city datum. The closest city benchmark shall be used and its elevation called out on the map. Benchmark information shall be obtained from the city engineer;
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K. The approximate location of all isolated trees with a trunk diameter of four inches or greater, within the boundaries of the tract, and the outlines of groves or orchards. The general description of trees should include and indication as to their size (diameter) and type, if known; L. The approximate boundaries of areas subject to inundation or storm water overflow, and the location, width and direction of flow of all watercourses; M. The existing use or uses of the property and, to scale, the outline of any existing buildings and their locations in relation to existing or proposed street and lot lines and notations concerning all structures which are to be removed;
N. A statement of the present zoning and proposed use of the property, as well as proposed zoning changes, whether immediate or future;
O. Any proposed public areas;
P. Any proposed lands to be retained in private ownership for community use. When a subdivision contains such lands, the subdivider shall submit with the tentative map the proposed articles of incorporation of an owner’s or tenant’s organization legally empowered to own, maintain and pay taxes on the lands;
Q. The approximate widths, locations and uses of all existing or proposed easements for drainage, sewerage and public utilities and document reference for all existing easements shall be shown; R. The approximate radius of each curve;
S. The lines and approximate dimensions of each lot, and the number assigned to each lot; T. The area of each lot;
U. A statement of the domestic water source or sources as well as a water will serve letter; V. A statement of provisions for sewerage and sewage disposal; W. Preliminary indication of needed or proposed storm drain facilities; X. The locations, names, widths, approximate grades and a typical cross-section of curbs, gutters, sidewalks and other improvements of all street and access easements, including proposed locations of all underground utilities;
Y. Any proposed dedications, easements and deed restrictions, with the nature of each indicated thereon with the acreage thereof. If land is to be offered for dedication for park or recreation or landscape perimeter purposes it shall be so designated and labeled as outlots (e.g., outlot A, outlot B, outlot C);
Z. Proposed building setback lines, lower floor elevations, and maximum building elevations, coordinated with topographic elevations, if not in accordance with the city zoning ordinance; AA. The location of any of the foregoing improvements which may be required to be constructed beyond the boundaries of the subdivision shall be shown on the subdivision map or on the vicinity map as appropriate;
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BB. If it is contemplated that the development will proceed by units, the boundaries of such units shall be shown on the tentative map;
CC. All street rights of way and public easements proposed for abandonment with the final map pursuant to Section 66445(j) or 66434(g) of the Subdivision Map Act shall be clearly listed on the map with reference to the recording data creating those public streets or public easements.

DD. If separate final maps are to be filed on portions of the property shown on the tentative map, the subdivider shall provide notice to the city at either: a) the time the tentative map application is filed, or b) after the filing of the tentative map. The right of the subdivider to file multiple final maps shall not limit the ability of the city to impose reasonable conditions relating to the filing of multiple final maps.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.4.600), 1979)

17.16.070 Street Names
The following principles shall govern street names in a subdivision:

A. Each street which is a continuation, or approximately the continuation, of any existing dedicated street shall be shown on the tentative map and shall be given the name of the existing street.

When any street forms a portion of a proposed street previously ordered by the city council to be surveyed, opened, widened or improved, the street shall be given the name established in the council order.

B. The words “street, “avenue,” “boulevard,” “place,” “way,” “court” or other designation of any street shall be spelled out in full on the map and shall be subject to approval by the planning commission.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.4.700), 1979)

17.16.080 Approval of Tentative Map
Within thirty (30) days of receiving the Tentative Subdivision Map, the City Services Department shall review the map and any alterations needed shall be addressed with the applicant. After the thirty (30) day review period, a fifteen (15) day public hearing notice is published per CEQA requirements, and the project is presented to City Council to approve or disapprove. If approved, the applicant shall prepare an application for the Final Subdivision Map. If disapproved, the Council shall notify the subdivider of its reasons for not granting approval.

17.16.090 Distribution
A. Within ten days of filing a tentative map of a subdivision, the city services -department shall transmit the requested number of copies of the map together with accompanying data to such public agencies and utilities as may be concerned. Each of the public agencies and utilities may, within twenty days after the map has been filed, forward to the planning director a written report of its findings and recommendations thereon.
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B. The city services director shall prepare a written report on the conformity of the tentative map to the provisions of the general plan, any applicable environmental design plan, the zoning ordinance and all other applicable requirements of this and other ordinances and regulations of the city.

C. The city engineer shall prepare a written report of recommendations on the tentative map in relation to the public improvement requirements of this title and the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.4 900), 1979)

17.16.100 Planning Commission Action
Within fifty days after the filing of a tentative map of a subdivision or at such later date as may be required to concurrently process the appurtenant environmental impact review documents required by state law and local ordinances, unless such time is extended by agreement with the subdivider, the planning commission, if established, shall act thereon. The planning commission shall hold a public hearing on each application for tentative map. Notice of the public hearing shall be given not less than ten days nor more than twenty-five days prior to the date of the hearing by (1) mailing postage prepaid, a notice of the time and place of the hearing to the names and last known addresses of the recorded legal owners of all properties within 300 feet of each boundary of the site, as shown on the latest adopted assessment roll of Tulare County; and (2) by publishing a notice at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city; and (3) by posting on the city website. If the planning commission finds that the proposed map complies with the requirements of this title and the Subdivision Map Act, it shall recommend approval of the map. If the planning commission finds that the proposed map does not meet the requirements of this title and the Subdivision Map Act, it shall recommend conditional approval or disapproval of the map. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.4.1000), 1979)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 576 on 6/25/2019

17.16.110 Council Action
Within ten days after receipt of the report of the planning commission on the tentative map, or at its next regular meetings the city council shall act thereon. The City Council shall hold a public hearing on each application for tentative map. Notice of the public hearing shall be given not less than ten days nor more than twenty-five days prior to the date of the hearing by (1) mailing postage prepaid, a notice of the time and place of the hearing to the names and last known addresses of the recorded legal owners of all properties within 300 feet of each boundary of the site, as shown on the latest adopted assessment roll of Tulare County; and (2) by publishing a notice at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. If the city council finds that the proposed map complies with the requirements of this title and the Subdivision Map Act, it shall approve the map. If the city council finds that the proposed map does not meet the requirements of this title and the Subdivision Map Act, it shall conditionally approve or disapprove the map.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.4.1100), 1979)

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 576 on 6/25/2019
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17.16.120 Conditions of Approval
In conjunction with the approval of a tentative map, the review authority has the power to impose necessary conditions to fulfill the objectives of this Development Code. These conditions may include matters discussed below, ensuring compliance with the Subdivision Map Act.

Regarding improvements, as a condition of approving a tentative map, the council can require provisions for adequate public services, utilities, cable television services, compliance with design requirements, mitigation of environmental impacts, and proper grading and erosion control. All improvements must adhere to adopted City standards.

When evaluating applications for final maps, the city council applies relevant ordinances, policies, and standards in effect on the date the subdivision proposal was accepted as complete, in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act.

17.16.130 Approval Notice
The city services director shall notify the subdivider, in writing, of the action taken by the city council, together with one copy of the planning commission's report thereon. One copy of the map and accompanying data and the planning commission's report thereon shall be retained in the permanent file of the planning commission.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.4.1200), 1979)

17.16.140 Standards Compliance Required
Approval of the tentative map shall in no way relieve the subdivider of his responsibility to comply with the required conditions and to provide the improvements and easements necessary to meet all city standards.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.4.1300), 1979)
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17.20 Final Map

17.20.010 Purpose

17.20.020 Filing

17.20.030 Accompanying Data Required

17.20.040 Size, Material And Scale

17.20.050 Title

17.20.060 Coordinate System

17.20.070 Subdivision Boundary

17.20.080 Dimensions, Bearing And Curve Data

17.20.090 Lots And Blocks

17.20.100 Streets

17.20.120 Easements

17.20.140 Monuments

17.20.150 Certificates, Acknowledgments And Descriptions

17.20.160 Public Improvement Agreement

17.20.170 Improvement Security

17.20.180 Engineer Action

17.20.190 City Services Director Action

17.20.200 City Council; Approval

17.20.210 City Council; Disapproval

17.20.220 Recordation

17.20.230 Modifying A Recorded Final Map

17.20.240 Fees

17.20.010 Purpose
The purpose of this section is to finalize the subdivision design, engineering of public improvements, and submit a final map for recording. The final map is used for tract maps with five or more lots, providing a detailed representation of the subdivision for legal recording and ownership transfer.

17.20.020 Filing
Within the time specified in Section 66452.6(a) of the Government Code of the state of California, after the approval or conditional approval of the tentative map, the subdivider shall file the final map for recordation. The final map shall be in conformance with the approved tentative map and any conditions attached thereto. Upon application of the subdivider filed prior to the expiration of the approved or conditional approved tentative map the time at which the map expires may be extended by the city council for a period or periods not exceeding the total period specified in Section 66452.6(e) of the Government Code of the state of California.;
(Ord. 382 (part), 1983: Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.100), 1979)

17.20.030 Accompanying Data Required
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At the time of submitting the final map of a subdivision to the city engineer the subdivider shall submit therewith the following documents:

A. Math Closures. Closure calculations in a form approved by the city surveyor, providing bearings and distances and curve data of the boundary of the subdivision and blocks, lots, street centerlines and/any all lines therein shown on the final map;
B. Copy of approved tentative map and conditions of approval.

C. A current preliminary title report pertaining to the real property proposed to be subdivided. The title report shall be dated not more than ninety (90) days prior to the submittal of the final map application.

D. Copies of record maps and record documents used as references on the final map submitted.

E. Draft copies of any off-site easements or rights of way required.

F. Public Improvement Plans. The original tracings of detailed plans, cross-sections and profiles, and of all other improvements to be installed as required by the provisions of this title or proposed by the subdivider in, on, over or under any street, right-of-way, easement or parcel of land dedicated by the map or previously dedicated, including the estimated cost thereof, shall be filed with the city engineer for his approval and signature. All such plans shall be prepared in accordance with the requirement of the city engineer. Plan sheets shall be twenty-four inches by thirty-six inches with plan and profile drawn to a scale of one-inch equals fifty feet, or to an appropriate scale previously approved by the city engineer. A no-access rights certificate shall be shown on the final map where required by the city engineer;
G. Design Data. Design data, assumptions and computations for proper analysis in accordance with sound engineering practices;
H. Report and Guarantee of Clear Title. The final map shall be accompanied by a current report prepared by a duly authorized title company naming the persons whose consent is necessary for the preparation and recordation of the map and for dedication of the streets, alleys and other public places shown on the map and certifying that as of the date of the preparation of the report, the persons therein named are all the person necessary to give clear title to the subdivision. At the time of recording the map, following approval by the city council, there shall be filed with the county recorder a guarantee executed by a duly authorized title company for the benefit and protection of the city showing that persons (name them) consenting to the preparation and recordation of the map and offering for dedication the streets, alleys and other public places shown thereon are all the persons necessary to pass clear title to the subdivision and to the dedication shown thereon;
I. Preliminary Soil Report. A preliminary soil report prepared by a civil engineer registered by the state, based upon adequate test borings or excavations. The fact that a soil report has been prepared shall be noted on the final map in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act. If the preliminary soil report indicates the presence of critically expansive soils or other soil problems which, if not corrected, would lead to structural defects, a soil investigation of each lot in the subdivision may be required, prepared by a civil engineer registered by the state. The soil 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 20
investigation shall recommend corrective action intended to prevent structural damage to each dwelling proposed to be constructed on expansive or unstable soil. The report shall be filed with the city building department.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.200), 1979)

17.20.040 Final Map Form and Content
Final maps shall include all information and other materials prepared as required by the City policies, adopted standards, and Article 2 of Final Maps of the Subdivision Map Act.

A. The final map shall be legibly drawn, printed, or reproduced by a process guaranteeing permanent record in black on mylar. Certificates, affidavits, and acknowledgments may be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque ink. If ink is used on polyester base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure permanent legibility.

B. The size of each sheet shall be 18 inches by 26 inches, leaving an entirely blank margin of one (1) inch. The scale of the map shall be large enough to show all details clearly and enough sheets shall be used to accomplish this end. The particular number of the sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map shall be stated on each of the sheets, and its relation to adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown.

1. If more than two (2) sheets are used to show the actual layout of the streets and lots, an index map shall be used showing the relationship of the sheets;

17.20.050 Title
On each sheet of the final map shall consist of the approved subdivision name and unit number of the tract. On the first sheet there shall be a full legal description of the exterior boundaries of the area subdivided and an abbreviated legal description shall be shown below the title on all sheets. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.300 (part)), 1979)

17.20.060 Coordinate System
Whenever coordinates are shown for points on a final map, it may not be recorded unless it shows, or is accompanied by a map showing, the control scheme through which the coordinates were determined from points of known coordinates. Provide all required information per Section 8813.1 of the California Public Resources Code.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.300 (part)), 1979)

17.20.070 Subdivision Boundary
An accurate and complete boundary survey shall be made of the land to be subdivided. All survey and mathematical information and data of the exterior boundaries of the tract, and of each block, when computed from field measurements on the ground, shall close within a limit of one foot to ten thousand feet of perimeter. The exterior boundary of the subdivision shall be indicated on the final map by a line 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 21
approximately one-eighth (1/8) of an inch wide. Any area within the exterior boundary line which does not constitute a part of the subdivision shall be labeled "not a part” and shall be deemed to be a “designated remainder” which shall be labeled as such with area stated. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.300 (part)), 1979)

17.20.080 Dimensions, Bearing And Curve Data
The final map shall show all survey and mathematical information and data necessary to locate all monuments and to locate and retrace any and all interior and exterior boundary lines appearing on the map shall be shown, including bearings and distances of straight lines. If a course is a curve, the radius, length of curve or bearing and length of chord, and central angle shall be shown. If the ends of a curve are not tangent to the preceding or following courses and the chord along with its bearing and length are not shown, the radial of the end of the curve, with its bearing, shall be shown and any information that may be necessary to determine the location of the centers of curves and ties to existing monuments used to establish the subdivision boundaries.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.300 (part)), 1979)

17.20.090 Lots And Blocks
All lots and blocks and all parcels offered for dedication for any purpose shall be particularly delineated and designated with all dimensions, boundaries and courses clearly shown and defined in every case. Land offered for dedication other than for streets or easements shall be designated by letter (e.g. outlot A, outlot B, outlot C). Sufficient linear, angular and curve data shall be shown to determine readily the bearing and length of the boundary lines of every block, lot and parcel which is a part thereof. Sheets shall be so arranged that no lot is split between two or more sheets, and wherever practicable, blocks in their entirety shall be shown on one sheet. No ditto marks shall be used for lot dimensions. Lot numbers shall begin with the numeral "1" and continue consecutively throughout the tract, with no omissions or duplications. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.300 (part)), 1979)

17.20.100 Streets
The map shall show the right-of-way lines of each street, and the width of any portion being dedicated, and widths of any existing dedications. The widths and locations of adjacent streets and other public properties within fifty feet of the subdivision shall be shown. If any street in the subdivision is a continuation or approximately a continuation of an existing street, the conformity or the amount of nonconformity of the street to the existing streets shall be accurately shown. Whenever the centerline of a street has been established or recorded, the data shall be shown on the final map. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.300 (part)), 1979)

17.20.110 Easements
The side lines of all easements shall be shown by fine dashed lines. If any easement already of record cannot be definitely located, a statement of the existence, the nature thereof, and its recorded reference shall appear on the title sheet. Distances and bearings on the side lines of lots which are cut by an easement shall be arrowed or so shown that the map will indicate clearly the actual lengths of the lot lines. The widths of all easements and sufficient ties thereto to definitely locate them with respect to the 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 22
subdivision shall be shown. All easements shall be clearly labeled and identified. If an easement shown on the map is already of record, its recorded reference shall be given. If an easement is being dedicated by the map, it shall be set out in the owner's certificate of dedication per Section 66439 of the Subdivision Map Act.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.300 (part)), 1979)

17.20.140 Monuments
The map shall show fully and clearly what stakes, monuments or other evidence to determine the boundaries of the subdivision were found on the ground and each adjacent corner of each adjoining subdivision or portion thereof, by lot and block numbers, tract name or number, and place of record, by section, township and range, or other proper designation. Any monument or benchmark, as required by this title, that is disturbed or destroyed before acceptance of all improvements, shall be replaced by the subdivider. The following required monuments shall be shown on the final map:

A. The location of all monuments placed in making the survey. If any points were reset by ties, that fact shall be stated;
B. Concrete monuments depressed below street grade with case iron ring and cover of a type approved by the city engineer shall be set at intersections of street centerline tangents or offsets therefrom, or as required by the city engineer. The exact location of all such monuments shall be shown on the final map;
C. All lot corner pipes;
D. Monuments shall be set after approval of the final map by the city council, and prior to acceptance of the public improvements by the city council;
E. Any monument or benchmark required by this title, that is disturbed before acceptance of all improvements, shall be replaced by the subdivider.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.300 (part)), 1979)

17.20.150 Certificates, Statements, Acknowledgments And Descriptions The title sheet of the map, below the title, shall show the name of the registered civil engineer authorized to perform land surveying or licensed surveyor, together with the date of the survey, the scale of the map and the number of sheets. The following certificates, statements, acknowledgments and description shall appear on the title sheet of the final maps, and the certificates may be combined where appropriate:

A. Owner’s Statement of all parties holding record title interest in the subdivided real property. A statement in accordance with the provisions of Section 66436 of the Subdivision Map Act with dedications in accordance with Section 66439(d) of the Subdivision Map Act; B. Notary Public certificate for execution where certificate of statements required by this chapter or the Subdivision Map Act require a notary public certificate per Civil Code 1189 C. Engineer’s/Surveyor's Statement. A statement in accordance with Section 66441 and 66442.5 of the Subdivision Map Act. The licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 23
practice land surveying shall sign the final map along with his/her seal or stamp and date of signing per the Professional Land Surveyor’s Act, Section 8761; D. Statements for execution by each of the following:

1. City engineer in accordance with Section 66442 of the Subdivision Map Act,

2. City surveyor in accordance with Section 66442 of the Subdivision Map Act,

3. Secretary to the city planning commission indicating the date of the meeting on which the tentative map was approved and a reference to the resolution approving the tentative map, in a format determined by the City Engineer or City Surveyor and the City Services Director,

4. City clerk to include any real property that is offered for dedication for public use on the final map or by separate instrument, a statement signed by the city clerk shall be provided on the final map stating that the city council approved the map and accepted, accepted subject to improvement, or rejected on behalf of the public the real property offered for dedication, in a format determined by the City Engineer or City Surveyor and the City Services Director,

5. County recorder in accordance with Section 66442.5 of the Subdivision Map Act;

6. Tax collector’s statement signed by the county tax collector, stating that all due taxes and special assessments collected as taxes have been paid or that a bond or other security assuring the payment of all taxes or special assessments collected as taxes which are liens but are not yet payable, has been filed with the county, in a format determined by the City Engineer or City Surveyor and the City Services Director,

7. Signatory Omissions statement pursuant to the provisions of Section 66436 of the Subdivision Map Act.

E. Description of Property. A brief description of all property being subdivided. Each reference in the description to any tract or subdivision shall show a complete reference to the book and page of records of the county. The description shall also include reference to any vacated area with the number of the ordinance of vacating thereof;
F. Other Affidavits. Such other affidavits, certificates, acknowledgments, endorsements and notarial seals as are required by law and by this title;
G. Certificate Regarding Tax Lien. Prior to the filing of the final map with the city council, the subdivider shall file the certificates and documents set forth in Article 8 of the Subdivision Map Act or any amendment thereto relating to taxes and assessments. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.300 (part)), 1979)

17.20.160 Public Improvement Agreement
Prior to the approval by the city council of the final map, the subdivider shall execute and file an agreement between himself and the city, specifying the period within which he shall complete all public improvement work to the satisfaction of the city engineer, and providing that if he fails to complete the work within the period, the city may complete it and recover the full cost and expense thereof from the subdivider or his surety. The agreement shall also provide for inspection of all public improvements by the city engineer 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 24
and that the cost of the inspections shall be reimbursed to the city by the subdivider. The agreement may also provide the following:

A. For the construction of the improvements in units;
B. For extension of time under conditions therein specified. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.400), 1979)

17.20.170 Improvement Security
A. The subdivider shall file with the agreement required by the provisions of Section 17.20.150 of this chapter, to assure his full and faithful performance thereof, a bond or security for such sum as the city engineer deems sufficient to cover the cost of the improvements. The security shall be in the manner, form and kind provided by the Subdivision Map Act. The security shall generally be in the amount of one hundred percent of the estimated cost of the improvements, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his agreement by the subdivider, and in the additional amount of fifty percent of such sum securing the payment by the subdivider to his contractor, his subcontractors, and to persons renting equipment or furnishing labor or materials to them for improvements. The city council may require a lesser amount to secure the faithful performance or act, due to the implementation/use of city programs that allow for a lesser amount, but in no case shall such amount be less than fifty percent of the total estimated cost of the improvement or of the act to be performed. The security provided shall guarantee maintenance and/or repair of all defects in required public improvements for a period of one year following acceptance of the improvements by the city.

B. In lieu of a one hundred percent performance bond and fifty percent labor and materials bond, surety may be assured by the filing of an instrument of credit, cash deposit, or deposit of negotiable bonds, which creates a trust fund in an amount equal to one hundred fifty percent of the cost of the work estimated by the city engineer. The trust fund shall be maintained in a financial institution subject to regulation by the state and federal governments with the trust fund limited to the following conditions:

1. Ten percent of the cost, representing a labor and materials deposit, to be retained for thirtyfive days after the filing of the notice of completion;

2. Funds may be discharged from the balance of the surety account from time to time as work is completed, up to ninety percent of value of work completed, with authorization of the city engineer, until all work is completed and the notice of completion is filed;

3. Prior to the final acceptance by the city of improvements, the subdivider shall provide the city with a one-year maintenance bond in the amount of one hundred percent of the estimated cost of improvements.

C. In the event the subdivider fails to complete all improvement work in accordance with the provisions of this title and the city has completed them, or if the subdivider fails to reimburse the city for the cost of incidental expenses or to cover the cost of replacement and repair of existing streets or other improvements damaged in the development of the subdivision or requiring repair or replacement during the one-year guarantee period, the city shall demand performance of the 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 25
agreement by the bonding company, or use the cash or other security deposit placed with the city by the subdivider to do the work and reimburse itself for the cost of work agreed to be performed by the subdivider. If the amount of the surety bond or cash deposit exceeds all costs and expenses incurred by the city, the city shall release the remainder of the bond or certification less the cost and expense incurred by the city. The subdivider shall be liable to the city for any costs additional to those secured, in an action to be brought therefor by the city.

D. The city will require that the completion of all improvements be secured under the provisions of this title and will not permit completion of the improvements by assessment act financing.

E. All required improvements shall be constructed under the inspection of the city services director and/or the city engineer. The cost of inspection of work shall be paid by the subdivider in an amount, as determined by the city engineer, sufficient to pay for the inspection, and in no case less than two percent of the estimated cost of the improvements.

F. No extension of time, progress payments from cash deposits, or releases of surety bond or cash deposit shall be made except upon the certification by the city engineer that the work covered thereby has been satisfactorily completed, and upon approval of the city council. (Ord. 519 § 1, 2006: Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.500), 1979)

17.20.180 Engineer Action
Upon receipt of the final map and other data submitted therewith, the city engineer shall examine them to determine that the subdivision as shown is substantially the same as it appeared on the tentative map, and any approved alterations thereof, that all provisions of this title or any other ordinance and the Subdivision Map Act applicable at the time of approval of the tentative map have been complied with. The city surveyor will examine the map and make sure that he or she is satisfied that the map is technically correct. If the city engineer determines the final map is not in full conformity with the tentative map, he or she shall advise the subdivider of the changes or additions that must be made for such purposes and shall afford the subdivider an opportunity to make such changes or additions. If the city engineer finds the final map to be in correct form and the matters shown therein are sufficient, the city engineer shall endorse his approval thereon and transmit it to the city council for approval. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.600), 1979)

17.20.190 City Services Director Action
The city services director shall certify to the city engineer that the final map is in full conformity with the approved tentative map, and all provisions of the zoning ordinance, by endorsing his approval thereon. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.700), 1979)

17.20.200 City Council; Approval
At its first regular meeting following the filing of the final map with the city clerk by the city engineer as aforesaid, the city council shall consider the map, the plan of subdivision, and the offers of dedication. The council may reject any or all offers of dedication, and may, as a condition precedent to the acceptance of any streets or easements or the approval of the subdivision, require the subdivider, at his option, to either improve or agree to improve the streets, install such drainage and utility structure and service as it 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 26
determines, and within the period it specifies. The agreement shall include and have incorporated as part thereof, the plans, specifications and profiles referred to and required under Section 17.20.-160. If the city council determines that the map is in conformity with the requirements of this title, that it is satisfied with the plans of subdivision, and accepts all offers of dedication, it shall approve the map and the city clerk shall thereupon so certify upon the map and transmit it to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in conformity with the Subdivision Map Act.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.800), 1979)

17.20.210 City Council; Disapproval
If the city council determines either that the map is not in conformity with the requirements of this title, or that it is not satisfied with the plans of subdivision, or if it rejects any offer or offers of dedication, it shall disapprove the map specifying its reason therefor and the city clerk shall in writing advise the subdivider of the disapproval, and of the reason or reasons for the disapproval. Within thirty days after the city council has disapproved any map, the subdivider may file with the city engineer a map altered to meet the approval of the city council. In such case the city engineer shall review the altered map for conformance with the requirements of the city council and shall then submit the altered map to the city council for its approval along with a certification that the altered map is technically correct. No final map shall have any force or effect until it has been approved by the city council and no offer of dedication shall be accepted until the county clerk has recorded the map with the county recorder. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.900), 1979)

17.20.220 Recordation
When the city council has approved the final map as set forth in this chapter, and when the subdivider has filed with the city clerk the applicable agreement and sureties, and when the agreement and sureties have been approved by the city attorney, as to form and sufficiency, the city clerk shall present the map to the county clerk, who shall recorded it with the county recorder. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.5.1000), 1979)

17.20.230 Modifying A Recorded Final Map
The city council may approve the modification of a recorded final map under the following conditions and directions:

A recorded final map may be modified by a certificate of correction or an amending map, if the city council finds that there are changes in circumstances that make any or all of the conditions of the map no longer appropriate or necessary and that the modifications do not alter any right, title, or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map, and the city council finds that the map as modified conforms to Section 66474 of the Subdivision Map Act.

Any modification shall be set for public hearing as provided for in Section 66451.3 of the Subdivision Map Act. The city council shall confine the hearing to consideration of and action on the proposed modification.

A certificate of correction or amending map shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer or licensed surveyor prior to approval by the city council and be certified by the city engineer prior to filing at the office of the county recorder.
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(Ord. 549, Art. 1, 2015)

17.20.240 Fees
At the time of filing a final subdivision map, amending map, or certificate of map correction the applicant shall pay such fees as established by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 549, Art. 1, 2015)
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17.24 Parcel Map Subdivision

17.24.010 Applicability

17.24.020 Tentative Parcel Map; Filing And Fees

17.24.030 Tentative Parcel Map; Contents

17.24.040 Tentative Parcel Map; Consideration

17.24.050 Tentative Parcel Map; Planning Commission Action

17.24.060 Required Conditions And Improvements

17.24.070 Appeal

17.24.080 Recording Time Limit

17.24.090 Final Parcel Map; Preparation

17.24.100 Final Parcel Map; Field Survey

17.24.110 Final Parcel Map; Form

17.24.120 Final Parcel Map; Information Contained

17.24.130 Final Parcel Map; Certificates and Statements

17.24.140 Final Parcel Map; Improvement Agreement And Security

17.24.150 Final Parcel Map; Recording

17.24.160 Final Parcel Map, Recorded; Modification Of

17.24.170 Reversion To Acreage

17.24.010 Applicability
The purpose of this section is to provide clear guidelines and regulations for the subdivision process involving parcel maps. The section aims to ensure accurate, well-planned, and legally compliant parcel subdivisions, facilitating the orderly development of land. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.100), 1979)

17.24.020 Tentative Parcel Map; Filing And Fees
A. A completed application form, of which the blank form shall be provided by the city services department.

B. Five hard copies, and one electronic submittal of the tentative parcel map shall be filed with the City Services Director.

C. The tentative parcel map shall be accompanied by an application fee and environmental impact fee as established by city council resolutions.

D. A preliminary title report, showing the legal owners at the time of the filing of the tentative parcel map and prepared not more than 90 days prior to the submittal of the application.

E. All items referenced with the preliminary title report shall be submitted for review (i.e., deeds, easements, and record maps) when submitting application.

F. The City Services Director may refuse to accept a tentative parcel map which is inaccurate, illegible, incomplete or which fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.200), 1979)
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17.24.030 Tentative Parcel Map; Contents
The size of each sheet shall be eighteen inches by twenty-six inches. The tentative parcel map shall be prepared by a licensed surveyor or a registered civil engineer authorized to perform land surveying. The licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall sign the tentative parcel map along with his/her seal or stamp and date of signing per the Professional Land Surveyor’s Act, Section 8761, and shall use a decimal or engineer's scale of not less than one-inch equals one hundred feet unless the City Services Director determines that a different scale will be adequate and appropriate for the tentative map. The tentative map shall clearly show the following information:

A. The lines, dimensions and boundaries of the original parcel, with a legal description of the original parcel attached to the map;
B. The lines, dimensions, computed area and boundaries of each parcel to be created; C. Name of adjacent parcels or subdivisions, if any, and property lines sufficient to show their relationship to the proposed subdivision, as well as assessor parcel number.

D. All existing surface and underground structures and improvements located on the original parcel together with the exterior dimensions of the structures and improvements, the distance between structures and improvements, the number of stories or the height of each structure and the distance from the structures and improvements to the boundary line of the lots which are to be created by the proposed division of land, and notations concerning all structures which are to be removed; The location and width of existing and proposed building setbacks; E. The names, locations and widths of all existing and proposed streets, alleys, pedestrian ways and other rights of way, whether public or private, within and adjacent to the original parcel; the radius of each centerline curve; and any planned line for street widening or for any other public project, within and adjacent to the original parcel;
F. The location, purpose and width of all existing and proposed easements and the names of the owners and proposed owners of the easements with reference document information shown.

Easement boundaries shall be shown by means of a dashed line; G. Contour lines at intervals of not more than one foot (1’) unless waived prior to submission by the city engineer. Topographic information shall be sufficient to fully show the configuration of the land and any and all depressions that present drainage problems, and shall extend beyond the parcel boundaries where necessary to show drainage conditions on surrounding property which may affect the subject parcel. Topographic survey shall not be waived in areas within the 100-year flood hazard boundary as shown on the most current flood insurance rate map prepared by the federal emergency management agency, along with any approved revisions thereto.

H. Approximate location of all areas subject to flooding or ponding of surface water and any vernal pools or wetlands, the location, width and direction of flow of all watercourses and the location of selected flood lines;
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J. The location of all railroad rights of way and grade crossings; approximate locations of existing wells, abandoned wells, and sumps; and an indication of any physical restrictions or condition in the parcel boundary which affects the use of the property; K. The locations shown by dashed lines of existing utilities in and adjacent to the parcel boundary; the size and location of sanitary and storm sewers; the size of water mains; and, if sewers and water mains are not in or adjacent to the parcel boundary, the direction and distance to the nearest sewer and water main with size and invert elevation of sewer and size of main; L. The location of all potentially dangerous areas, including geologically hazardous areas and areas subject to inundation or flood hazard; the location, width, and direction of flow of all watercourses and flood control channels within and adjacent to the property involved. In areas subject to 100- year flood hazard, base flood elevation and floodway boundary shall be indicated. The location and statement of FEMA flood zone information.

M. All street rights of way and public easements proposed for abandonment with the final parcel map pursuant to Section 66445(j) of the Subdivision Map Act shall be clearly listed on the map with reference to the recording data creating those public streets or public easements.

N. Existing zoning and uses of the property;
O. Proposed use and zoning of the property and, if property is proposed to be used for more than one purpose, the areas proposed for each type of use and zoning; P. Statement of the improvements and public utilities proposed to be made or installed and the time at which the improvements are proposed to be completed; Q. North arrow, scale and date of preparation. If based on a survey, the date of the survey; R. Proposed method of providing sewage disposal;
S. Proposed method of providing water supply, a water will serve letter is required from the City; T. If separate parcel maps are to be filed on portions of the property shown on the tentative map, the subdivider shall provide notice to the city at either: a) the time the tentative map application is filed, or b) after the filing of the tentative map. The right of the subdivider to file multiple parcel maps shall not limit the authority of the city to impose reasonable conditions relating to the filing of multiple parcel maps.

U. The names, addresses and telephone numbers of the property owners, the person filing the map, and the registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying or licensed land surveyor, who prepared the map, and the applicable registration or license number; V. A statement signed by the owners of the property certifying the division request and accuracy of the information shown.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.300), 1979)

17.24.040 Tentative Parcel Map; Consideration
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The planning commission, or the city council if there is no planning commission established, shall review and approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the tentative parcel map. The planning commission, or the city council if there is no planning commission established, shall hold a public hearing on each application for tentative map. Notice of the public hearing shall be given not less than ten days nor more than twenty-five days prior to the date of the hearing by (1) mailing postage prepaid, a notice of the time and place of the hearing to the names and last known addresses of the recorded legal owners of all properties within 300 feet of each boundary of the site, as shown on the latest adopted assessment roll of Tulare County; and (2) by publishing a notice at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. Within fifty days after the date of filing with the City Services Director or at such later date as may be required to concurrently process the appurtenant environmental impact review document required by state law and local regulations.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.400), 1979)

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17.24.050 Tentative Parcel Map; Planning Commission Action A. If the planning commission determines that the tentative parcel map complies with all of the provisions of this chapter, it shall approve the map.

B. If the tentative parcel map fails to meet one or more requirements set forth in this chapter, the planning commission may approve the map subject to such conditions as may be necessary to conform to the requirements.

C. When approving or conditionally approving the tentative parcel map, the planning commission shall specify the dedications and improvements to be made by the owner.

D. Within seven days after the action by the planning commission, written notice of the action by the planning commission shall be mailed to the applicant.

E. Upon approval of the tentative parcel map by the planning commission, the tentative parcel map shall be so marked and all conditions of approval and required dedications and improvements clearly specified on or with the map. Copies of the approved tentative parcel map shall be filed with the city services director and the city engineer.

F. If a planning commission has not been established, the city council shall be the decision-making authority.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.500), 1979)

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17.24.060 Required Conditions And Improvements
A parcel map subdivision shall conform to the development standards specified in Chapter 17.28, the state Subdivision Map Act, and in addition, the following requirements shall be imposed as a condition of approval of a parcel map subdivision:
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A. Parcels created shall conform to the applicable requirements of the zoning ordinance; B. Utility easements and street rights-of-way shall be offered for dedication; C. Water supply and sewage disposal shall be satisfactory to the city engineer; D. Public improvements shall be satisfactory to the city engineer. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.600), 1979)

17.24.070 Appeal
Within fifteen calendar days after the date on which the written notice of disapproval or conditional approval is mailed to the owner, the owner or his authorized agent may appeal to the city council for review of the action of the planning commission. The action of the planning commission shall be final unless such an appeal is filed within the fifteen-day period. An appeal shall be in writing, shall be filed with the city clerk, and shall state specifically wherein it is claimed there was an error or abuse of discretion by the planning commission. Upon the filing of an appeal, the planning commission shall transmit to the city clerk copies of all documents in the files of the commission pertaining to the tentative parcel map. The city clerk shall give notice to the person filing the appeal and to the planning commission of the date when the appeal will be heard by the city council. After the appeal hearing, the city council may affirm, reverse or modify the action of the planning commission, or refer the matter back to the commission for further action.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.700), 1979)

17.24.080 Recording Time Limit
Failure to file a final parcel map with the county recorder within the time specified in Section 66463.5(a) of the Subdivision Map Act, state of California, after the date of approval or conditional approval of the tentative parcel map shall automatically revoke the approval. Upon application of the subdivider filed prior to the expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative parcel map the time at which the map expires may be extended by the city council for a period or periods not exceeding the total period specified in Section 66463.5(c) of the Subdivision Map Act, state of California. (Ord. 382 (part), 1983: Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.800), 1979)

17.24.090 Final Parcel Map; Preparation
The final parcel map shall be prepared in accordance with the approved tentative parcel map by a registered civil engineer authorized to perform land surveying or licensed land surveyor. The licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall sign the final parcel map along with his/her seal or stamp and date of signing per the Professional Land Surveyor’s Act, Section 8761 and shall be submitted to the city engineer and city surveyor for their examination and approval prior to filing with the county recorder. Calculations and traverse sheets shall be submitted with the final parcel map indicating closures and areas of the original parcel and each parcel being created. Provide a preliminary title report, showing the legal owners at the time of the filing of the final parcel map and dated no more than ninety (90) days prior to the submittal of the application. Items referenced within the preliminary title report shall be submitted for review (i.e. deeds, easements, and record maps) when submitting application. At the time of submitting the final parcel map, the applicant shall pay a fee as 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 33
established by city council resolution to defray the expenses of checking the final parcel map. Within twenty (20) calendar days after receipt of the final parcel map, or within such additional time as may be reasonably necessary, the city engineer and city surveyor shall examine the map to determine that the map shown is substantially the same as it appeared on the tentative parcel map, all provisions of this chapter and any local ordinance applicable at the time of approval of the tentative parcel map have been complied with, and that he or she is satisfied that the map is technically correct. He or she shall sign with the appropriate certificates and seals/stamps on the map. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.900 (part)), 1979)

17.24.100 Final Parcel Map; Field Survey
In all cases where a parcel map is required, the parcel map shall be based upon a field survey made in conformity with the Land Surveyors Act when required by local ordinance, or, in the absence of that requirement, shall be based either upon a field survey made in conformity with the Land Surveyors Act or be compiled from recorded or filed data when sufficient recorded or filed survey monumentation presently exists to enable the retracement of the exterior boundary lines of the parcel map and the establishment of the interior parcel or lot lines of the parcel map, in accordance with Section 66448 of the Subdivision Map Act, state of California.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.900 (part)), 1979)

17.24.110 Final Parcel Map; Form
A. The final parcel map shall be a map legibly drawn, printed or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing cloth or polyester base film, including certificates, except that such certificates may be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque ink. If ink is used on polyester base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure permanent legibility.

B. The size of each sheet shall be eighteen (18) inches by twenty-six (26) inches. A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one (1) inch. The scale of the map shall be large enough to show all details clearly and enough sheets shall be used to accomplish this end. The particular number of the sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map shall be stated on each of the sheets, and its relation to each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.900 (part)), 1979)

17.24.120 Final Parcel Map; Information Contained
A. Each parcel shall be numbered or lettered and each block may be numbered or lettered. Each parcel shall have its area shown to the nearest one-hundredth of an acre or nearest square foot.

The exterior boundary of the land included within the subdivision shall be indicated by distinctive symbols and clearly so designated. The map shall show the definite location of the parcel or parcels, and particularly the relationship to surrounding surveys.

B. The final parcel map shall also contain the following information:
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1. A space for the parcel map number and date of preparation. The County of Tulare assigns the parcel map number upon recording;

2. If more than two (2) sheets are used to show the actual layout of the streets and parcels, an index map shall be used showing the relationship of the sheets;

3. Dimensions of all parcel lines, subdivision perimeter, and centerline of streets shall be in feet and decimals thereof to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100) of a foot and bearings to the nearest second. If a course is a curve, the radius, length of curve or bearing and length of chord, and central angle shall be shown. If the ends of a curve are not tangent to the preceding or following courses and the chord along with its bearing and length are not shown, the radial of the end of the curve, with its bearing, shall be shown.

4. The names, locations and right-of-way widths of all abutting public streets and reference to each record document. The width of each street right of way shall be shown indicating the widths on each side of the centerline. If additional right of way for an existing street is offered for dedication, the original right of way and the additional right of way width offered for dedication shall be shown along with the total width of the new right of way;

5. The proposed location, purpose and width of all proposed public roads and private access easements;

6. The boundaries of any private easement, whether an easement of record or a prescriptive easement, shall be shown by means of a dashed line and the name of the person owning the easement shall be shown on the map with reference to each record document;

7. Location and widths of easements for public utilities with reference to each record document, if applicable;

8. The location and widths of watercourses and areas subject to inundation and location of selected flood lines within the parcels being created;

9. A north arrow and graphic scale;

10. Location or vicinity map at a minimum scale of one-inch equals one mile, showing the relative position of the land to be subdivided with the surrounding existing subdivisions with their recorded map reference, including their names and tract numbers. The location map shall show city boundary crossings or adjoining the subdivision;

11. Each street shall be named or otherwise designated; all new street names shall be approved by the City Services Director.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.900 (part)), 1979)

17.24.130 Final Parcel Map; Certificates and Statements The following certificates and statements shall appear on the final parcel map:

A. A certificate of the registered civil engineer authorized to perform land surveying or licensed land surveyor who prepared the survey and parcel map in compliance with Section 66449 of the Subdivision Map Act.
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B. A certificate for execution by the city engineer which complies with Section 66450 of the Subdivision Map Act.

C. A certificate for execution by the city surveyor which complies with Section 66450 of the Subdivision Map Act.

D. A certificate for execution by the City Services Director on behalf of the planning commission, indicating the date of the meeting in which the tentative parcel map was approved and a reference to the resolution approving the tentative parcel map, in a format determined by the City Engineer or City Surveyor and the City Services Director.

E. A certificate for execution by the City Clerk on behalf of the City Council, that any real property being offered for dedication for public use on the parcel map or by separate instrument, a statement signed by the City Clerk shall be provided on the final parcel map stating that the City Council approved the map and accepted, accepted subject to improvement, or rejected on behalf of the public the real property offered for dedication, in a format determined by the City Engineer or City Surveyor and the City Services Director.

F. A statement for execution by the county recorder in compliance with Section 66449 of the Subdivision Map Act.

G. A statement for execution by the board of supervisors in compliance with Division 2 Title 7 of the Government Code of the State of California.

H. A statement for execution by the owners and by all parties having any record title interest in the real property subdivided, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the parcel map in compliance with Section 66436 of the Subdivision Map Act, subject to Section 66439(d), of specific parcels or easements.

I. Notary Public certificate for execution where certificate of statements required by this chapter or the Subdivision Map Act require a notary public certificate per Civil Code 1189.

J. A restrictions statement to any previously existing nonstandard easements or documents that restrict the use of the land recorded previously or concurrently with the parcel map must be listed in the restriction section of the cover page with recording date, document number, and county of record. Pursuant to Section 66411.1 of the Subdivision Map Act, any requirements for the construction of off-site and on-site improvements shall be noticed on the face of the map.

K. Signatory Omissions statement pursuant to the provisions of Section 66436 of the Subdivision Map Act.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.900 (part)), 1979)

17.24.140 Final Parcel Map; Improvement Agreement And Security If the required improvements have not been completed at the time when the final parcel map is submitted to the city engineer, the final parcel map shall not be approved until the owner has entered into an agreement with the city council to complete all of the improvements and the agreement shall be subject to all of the provisions of this title governing the agreements between the city and subdividers. In addition, the owner shall provide security to guarantee to the city the completion of the improvements and the 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 36
security shall be in the same form, and subject to all of the same conditions, restrictions, and other provisions applicable to the similar security provided by a subdivider to the city under this title. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.900 (part)), 1979)

17.24.150 Final Parcel Map; Recording
When all certificates have been executed and all other requirements of this chapter are complied with, the city shall present the final parcel map to the county recorder for filing in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.6.900 (part)), 1979)

17.24.160 Final Parcel Map, Recorded; Modification Of
The city council may approve the modification of a recorded final parcel map under the following conditions and directions:

A recorded final parcel map may be modified by a certificate of correction or an amending map, if the city council finds that there are changes in circumstances that make any or all of the conditions of the map no longer appropriate or necessary and that the modifications do not impose any additional burden on the fee owners of the real property, and that the modifications do not alter any right, title, or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map, and the city council finds that the map as modified conforms to Section 66469 of the Subdivision Map Act.

A certificate of correction or amending map shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer authorized to perform land surveying or licensed surveyor prior to approval by the city council and be certified by the city engineer and city surveyor prior to filing at the office of the county recorder. (Ord. 549, Art. 1, 2015)

17.24.170 Reversion To Acreage
Subdivided real property may be reverted to acreage pursuant to provisions of Chapter 6, Article 1 of the Subdivision Map Act. Voluntary parcel mergers without reverting to acreage shall be governed by Chapter

17.27 of the city municipal code.
(Ord. 549, Art. 1, 2015)
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17.26 LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS

17.26.010 Purpose

17.26.020 Applicability

17.26.030 Lot Line Adjustment Application And Contents

17.26.040 Submittal Of Lot Line Adjustment

17.26.050 Review And Approval Of Lot Line Adjustment Map

17.26.060 Matters To Be Considered And Findings

17.26.070 Development Variations

17.26.080 Minor Revisions

17.26.010 PURPOSE
The purpose of this chapter is to set forth the requirements for the submittal, review, and approval of lot line adjustments.

17.26.020 APPLICABILITY
A lot line adjustment, which is defined as a change in any lot line between four or fewer adjoining parcels where land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, shall not require a parcel or tract map. No conditions or exactions, except those required to achieve conformance with the City of Lindsay General Plan, any applicable Specific Plan, and the City of Lindsay Zoning (Title 18) and Building and Construction (Title 15) Ordinances, shall be required as a condition of approval of a lot line adjustment. Public access must be shown to each parcel that is the subject of the lot line adjustment, unless existing access to each of the affected lotsis by approved private recorded access, in which case private recorded access may also serve the adjusted parcels.

17.26.030 LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT APPLICATION AND CONTENTS
The application for a lot line adjustmentshall include the following information:

A. A completed City of Lindsay Land Division Application form.

B. Legal descriptions of the original parcels, with a title as Exhibit A, Lot Line Adjustment No. 20xxxx, Existing Legal Descriptions. The licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall sign the exhibit along with his/her seal or stamp and date of signing per the Professional Land Surveyor’s Act, Section 8761.

C. Legal description of each ofthe proposed parcels, with a title as Exhibit B, Lot Line Adjustment No. 20xx-xx, Adjusted Legal Descriptions. The licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall sign the exhibit along with his/her seal or stamp and date of signing per the Professional Land Surveyor’s Act, Section 8761.

D. Two (2) copies of a preliminary title report for all properties whose lot lines would be altered by the proposed adjustment. Title reportsshall name the currentrecord owners and shall not be more than ninety (90) days old. All items referenced within the title report shall be submitted for review (i.e., deeds, easements, and record maps) when submitting application. 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 38
E. A lot line adjustment map, prepared by a licensed surveyor or a registered civil engineer authorized to perform land surveying. The licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall sign the exhibit along with his/her seal or stamp and date of signing per the Professional Land Surveyor’s Act, Section 8761. The map shall be legibly drawn in ink and accurately to scale on sheet(s) of paper eight and one-half (8 1/2) inches by eleven (11) inches in size, and titled Exhibit C, Lot Line Adjustment No. 20xx-xx, and including all of the following information:
a. Each parcel identified with a letter and area of each proposed parcel (Adjusted Parcel A, Adjusted Parcel B etc.).
b. The owner’s name, assessor’s parcel number, and deed document number of all adjoining parcels.
c. Lot lines, dimensions, bearings and distances (if not an aliquot division), and areas of the original parcel(s) and adjusted parcels. Gross area shall be shown for those parcels containing twoandone-half(2 1/2) acres orlarger. Net area shall be shown forthoseparcels containing lessthan two and one-half (2 1/2) acres. If parcel area is less than (1) acre, then area shall be expressed as net square feet. Acreage shall be shown to the nearest onehundredth (1/100) of an acre, and square footage shall be shownto thenearestsquare foot.

Each parcel created shall be designated on the map by a number or letter. d. Locations and dimensions of each existing structure, including outbuildings, distances between structures, and distances between structures and property lines of both the original parcel(s) and the proposed parcel(s).
e. Names, locations, and widths of all existing streets and roads on or bounding the original parcel and of all new access routes being proposed.
f. Locations and dimensions of all existing and proposed easements, utility lines, rights-ofway, and underground utility structures of any kind. g. Location of existing domestic watersupplies and existing septic tanks and disposal fields on all affected lots.
h. Location of all watercourses, drainage channels, existing drainage structures, and springs. i. Lot line adjustment number, as assigned by the City Services Department. j. Name and address of the applicant, and of the person who prepared the map. k. Scale of map (standard engineering scale), north arrow, and vicinity map. l. Location of any Earthquake Fault Zone delineated by the StateGeologist pursuantto AlquistPriolo Earthquake Fault Zone Act. m. The following statement shall appear on the map: "THIS MAP IS PROVIDED FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY."
n. Each parcel identified with a number, assessor parcel number, deed document number and area of each existing parcel (Existing Parcel 1, Existing Parcel 2 etc.).

17.26.040 SUBMITTAL OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT
A. An applicantfor a lotline adjustmentshallsubmit an application and map and title reportsto the City Services Directorin the format and number of copiesspecified by the City Services Director. The map shall contain all the information specified by Section 17.26.030, unless the City Services Director waives any of the information requirements. When deemed complete, the application shall be accompanied by the fee established by resolution of the City Council. 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 39
B. The City Services Director shall inform the applicant in writingwithin thirty (30) calendardaysof receipt that the application is complete or that additional information is needed to complete the application.

17.26.050 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT
A. Review and Approval by the City Services Director
Upon a determination that the application is complete, the City Services Director shall act to approve or disapprove the lot line adjustment within fifty (50) calendar days. The time limits for acting on certain matters specified in this section may be extended by mutual consent of the applicant and the City Services Department evidenced in writing. These time periods shall commence after certification of the environmental impact report, adoption of a Negative Declaration, or upon a determination by the City Services Director that the project is exempt from the requirements of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code. In order to concurrently process a lot line adjustment where a General Plan Amendment, zone change, or other legislative act is required by the City Council prior to approval of the lot line adjustment, these time limits shall commence on the effective date of the required legislative action.

B. Reports and Recommendations
A copy of any report or recommendation on the lot line adjustment prepared by the City Services Departmentshall be mailed to the applicant or his authorized agent atleastfifteen (15) days prior to the proposed date of action by the City Services Director.

C. Decision
a. The City Services Director may approve or deny any application for lot line adjustment. Such decision shall include findingsin accordancewith the provisions ofthis title. The decision shall be final, subject to appeal in accordance with Section17.26.050.4. b. Written notice of such decision shall be given by mail within seven (7) calendar days after the date of the decision to the applicant and any person filing a written request for notice of the decision. Notice of decision shall be deemed givenwhen placed in the United States mail with postage prepaid, using the address set forth on the application or using such envelope, as the case may be. Said notice may also be given, at the discretion of the City Services Director, by personal delivery, with the same effect as if mailed. c. The decision of the City Services Director shall be final upon expiration of ten (10) calendar days from and including the date of decision, unless a notice of appeal is filed with the City Services Director within such time.

D. Appeal

1. Any decision of the City Services Director made pursuant to this section shall be subject to appeal to the -City Council.

2. The applicant or any other person aggrieved may appeal from such decision by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Services Director prior to the time the decision becomes final.

The City Services Director shall furnish forms of notice of appeal. The appeal shall be accompanied by the fee established by resolution of the City Council. 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 40

3. Notice of the hearing on the appeal shall be given in the manner and time provided in Section

17.26.050.

4. The City Council may reverse, affirm wholly or partly, modify, or attach other or additional conditions to the decision appealed from.

5. The decision of the City Council on any such appeal shall be final upon adoption of an order orresolution containing its determination, and no notice thereof need be given.

E. Recordation
Upon approval of the request for lot line adjustment and expiration of the appeal period specified in Section 17.26.050 or final decision of the -City Council upon appeal, the City Services Director shall cause to be recorded with the County Recorder a Certificate of Compliance and appropriate attachmentsreflecting the approved lotline adjustment, provided the following criteria have been met:

1. The applicant, orthe applicant'stitle company or agent, hassubmitted the grant deed or deeds for the land proposed to be conveyed for the lot line adjustment, in recordable form, and the City Services Director has determined that the grant deed or deeds are in substantial compliance with the approved lot line adjustment map, and that said grant deed or deeds contain the words "FOR PURPOSES OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT NO. ." In lieu of submitting the grant deed or deeds, the applicant's title company may issue a "Letter of Intent" to arrange simultaneous recording of deeds with the Certificate of Compliance.

2. In cases where deeds of trust are affected by the adjustment, the applicant's title company shall prepare partial reconveyances and supplemental deeds of trust in substantial compliance with the approved lot line adjustment, and shall arrange for their concurrent recording with the Certificate of Compliance.

3. All applicable fees have been paid, or arrangements have been made for all documents to be recorded by the title company.

4. The grant deed or deeds, partial reconveyances, and supplementary deeds of trust, if applicable, shall be recorded concurrently and shall constitute constructive notice of the adjustment, pursuant to Section 66412(d) of the Subdivision Map Act.

5. A guarantee of title, or a preliminary title report dated ten (10) days orless priorto concurrent recording of deeds and Certificate of Compliance, has been issued by a title company authorized to do businessin California,showing that all parties having any record title interest in the land to be subdivided, or any part thereof, including, but not limited to, leaseholders, lienholders, and owners of rights-of-way, showing the nature of each respective interest and reference thereto in the Official Records, by book and page, as of the date the lot line adjustment is filed with the County for recording. In addition, the liability ofsuch guarantee, if one is issued, shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000). In lieu of an updated preliminary title report, the title company may submit a written statement (letter of continuation) which certifies that no changes affecting the title of the subject property have occurred since the original issuance of the preliminary title report. 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 41

6. As provided for by the State of California Subdivision Map Act, Section 66412(d), no tentative map, parcel map, or final map shall be required as a condition to the approval of a lot line adjustment. No record of survey shall be required for a lot line adjustment unless required by Section 8762 of the Business and Professions Code, State of California. If a field survey is made as part of the lot line adjustment or if monuments are set at the new parcel lines, a record of survey shall be required pursuant per the Section 8762 of the Business and Professions Code, State of California, unless the boundary is monumented as part of a land division with a recorded map.

7. All other conditions of approval for the lot line adjustment have been satisfied.

F. Expiration and Extensions

1. An approval or conditional approval shall expire one (1) year from the date of approval of the lot line adjustment.

2. The subdivider or engineer may request an extension of the expiration date of the approved lotline adjustment bywritten application to the Director ofthe City ServicesDepartment. The application shall be filed prior to the expiration date and shallstate the reasonsfor requesting the extension and the amount oftime requested. The Director of the City Services Department shall approve or deny the request for extension. The maximum amount of time for each extension request shall not exceed one (1) year. Not more than three (3) extensions shall be approved for a lot line adjustment, and the total period of all extensionsshall not exceed thirtysix (36) months.

17.26.060 MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED AND FINDINGS
A. Subject to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, the State CEQA Guidelines, and the City of Lindsay Municipal Code, the City Services Director shall review and consider any applicable environmental documents.

B. The lot line adjustment may be approved by the City Services Director if he/she finds that the proposed lot line adjustment is consistent with the General Plan, any applicable specific plan, and all applicable provisions of the City of Lindsay Municipal Code.

C. The lot line adjustment may be denied by the City Services Director on any of the grounds provided by the California Subdivision Map Act or this title. The City Services Director shall deny approval of the lot line adjustment if he/she makes any of the following findings:

1. That the proposed lot line adjustment is inconsistent with the General Plan, any applicable specific plan, or any applicable provisions of the City of Lindsay Municipal Code.

2. That the site is not physically suitable for the proposed type of development.

3. That the site is not physically suitable for proposed density of development.

4. That the lot line adjustment is likely to cause substantial environmental damage or substantially and unavoidably injure fish or wildlife or their habitat. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City Services Director may approve such a lot line adjustment if an 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 42
environmental impactreport was prepared with respectto the project and necessary findings were made pursuant to Section 21081(a), (b), and (c) of CEQA.

5. That the lot line adjustment islikely to cause serious public health problems.

6. That the lot line adjustment will conflict with easements acquired by the public at large for accessthrough or use of property within the proposed lot line adjustment. In this connection, the City Services Director may approve a lot line adjustment if he/she finds that alternate easements for access or for use will be provided, and that these will be substantially equivalent to ones previously acquired by the public. This section shall apply only to easements of record or to easements established by judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction, and no authority is hereby granted to the City Services Director to determine that the public at large has acquired easements for access through or use of property within the proposed subdivision.

7. That method of sewage disposal, water supply, and measures for preservation of environmental health are inconsistent with the Tulare County Environmental Health Services Department Standards and Rules and Regulations for Land Development. However, the requirements may be waived by the Environmental Health Services Director in the exercise of his/herreasonable discretion. In no eventshall any requirements be waived if, in the opinion of the Fire Chief, such waiver would adversely affect the fire protection capabilities of the Fire Department.

17.26.070 DEVELOPMENT VARIATIONS
A. The applicant may file a petition requesting one (1) or more development variations. Such variation requests should be filed with the request for lot line adjustment. Application for development variation shall include the applicant's justification for approval of the request and may include a requirement for submittal of a design sample.

B. The City Services Director is authorized to approve or conditionally approve a variation if he/she finds that:

1. Special circumstances exist with respect to the property or the proposed subdivision design that warrants the requested development variation; and,

2. Approval of the variation will not be materially detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare or to property or residents in the vicinity.

C. The City Services Director may conditionally approve a variation as he/she deems necessary to substantially secure the objectives of this title and to conform to the requirements of this section.

D. The City Services Director shall give notice and, if requested, conduct a hearing on each proposed variation, after notice, in the manner provided in Section 17.36.090 and shall make the determinations mentioned in Section 17.26.060. The hearing on a variation may be conducted at the same time as the hearing on a request for lot line adjustment, or at a different time. If the variation is disapproved, it shall not be applied for or heard again, except on appeal, in connection with the same request for lot line adjustment unlessit isshown there has been a substantial change in circumstances or a substantial redesign of the requestforlot line adjustment. 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 43

17.26.080 MINOR REVISIONS
A. Minor revisions to an approved lot line adjustment may be approved by the City Services Director as being in substantial conformity with the originally approved lot line adjustment upon application by the subdivider or his/her authorized agent, provided that:

1. Such changes are consistent with the intent of the original approval; and

2. There are no resulting violations of the City of Lindsay Municipal Code.

B. Approved revisions shall be denoted on the approved lot line adjustment map and/or in writing to the subdivider, whichever is appropriate.

C. No revision shall affect the original expiration date of the approved lot line adjustment.

D. The City Services Director may require a new application in lieu of the above procedure when, in his/her opinion, requested changes are substantial enough to warrant refiling and reprocessing. 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 44

17.27 VOLUNTARY PARCEL MERGER

17.27.010 Purpose

17.27.020 Voluntary Parcel Merger Authorized

17.27.030 Process For Reviewing A Voluntary Parcel Merger

17.27.040 Appeals

17.27.010 PURPOSE
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a simplified procedure to allow for the removal of previously approved parcel lines and the merger of contiguous parcels under common ownership at the request of the property owner, pursuant to section 66499.20.3 of the Subdivision Map Act. The procedure provided by this chapter is an alternative to the procedures provided by chapters 17.16 "Tentative Map", 17.20 "Final Map” and 17.24 “Parcel Map" of Title 17. Nothing stated herein shall be construed to prevent an applicant from filing a tentative map and a final map or parcel map for any merger.

17.27.020 VOLUNTARY PARCEL MERGER AUTHORIZED
Pursuant to Section 66499.20.3 of the Subdivision Map Act, the -City Services Director is authorized to approve the merger requested by the property owner of contiguous parcels under common ownership without reversion to acreage, upon making the findings and utilizing the procedures set forth in this chapter. The city clerk shall cause an instrument to be recorded as evidence of a merger approved under this chapter.

17.27.030 PROCESS FOR REVIEWING A VOLUNTARY PARCEL MERGER A. Application: An application for a merger pursuant to this -chapter may be made by owners of all affected parcels or individuals authorized by the owner(s) to make an application. Such application shall be filed with the City Services Director and shall include the following information, materials, and documents to the satisfaction of the city:

1. A completed application form, of which the blank form shall be provided by the City Services Director.

2. A filing fee as established by resolution of the City Council.

3. A preliminary title report that is current and dated not more than 90 days prior to submittal of application. All items referenced within the title report shall be submitted for review (i.e., deeds, easements, and record maps) when submitting application.

4. The legal descriptions of the existing parcels, with a title as Exhibit A, Voluntary Parcel Merger No. 20xx-xx, Existing Legal Descriptions. The licensed land surveyor orregistered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall sign the exhibit along with his/her seal or stamp and date of signing per the Professional Land Surveyor's Act, Section 8761. Upon filing the application, the City Services Director will assign the application a Voluntary Parcel Merger number.

5. The legal descriptions of the merged parcels, with a title as Exhibit B, Voluntary Parcel Merger No. 20xx-xx, Merged Parcel Legal Description. The licensed land surveyor or registered civil 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 45
engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall sign the exhibit along with his/her seal or stamp and date of signing per the Professional Land Surveyor's Act, Section 8761.

6. One (1) copy of a map, legibly drawn on a sheet(s) eight and one half (8½) inches by 11 inches and titled Exhibit C, Voluntary Parcel Merger No. 202x-xx., that includes all of the following information:
a. The entire existing boundary line of all affected parcels conforming with existing record data, with essential information asto bearings and dimensions. b. The proposed merged boundary lines with dimensions and curve radii and area of the merged parcel.
c. Each existing parcel identified with a letter, assessor parcel number, deed document number and area of each parcel.
d. The names, widths, and locations of the existing public and private streets. e. The location, width, purpose, and owners of existing easements or rights of way with all easements located to boundary, if applicable.
f. The north arrow, scale of drawing and a legend, if applicable. g. The owner's name, assessor parcel number and deed document number of all adjoining parcels.
h. The location of building structures with building setbacks measured from the merged parcel boundaries.
i. A small scale vicinity map portraying and orienting the boundaries of the voluntary parcel merger boundary with respect to surrounding areas and roads. j. The licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall sign the exhibit along with his/her seal or stamp and date of signing per the Professional Land Surveyor's Act, Section 8761.

B. A perfecting deed, which will record when the Notice of Voluntary Parcel Merger is approved.

C. Application Review: Applications for voluntary parcel mergers shall be reviewed upon determination that the application is complete, the City Services Director shall act to approve or disapprove the voluntary parcel merger within fifty (50) calendar days. The time limits for acting on certain matters specified in this section may be extended by mutual consent of the applicant and the City Services Department evidenced in writing.

D. Timely Processing: Applications for voluntary parcel mergers shall be processed by the applicant in a timely manner. If the applicant fails to process the application to completion within one year from the date the application was first submitted, due to the applicant's failure to respond to requests for additional information, to pay processing fees, or for any other reason, and upon written notice of the city, the application shall be deemed withdrawn.

Thereafter, a new application, including the filing fee, will be needed to process a voluntary parcel merger.
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E. Decision By The Approving Authority: A decision on the application for voluntary parcel merger shall be made by the City Services Director after review and recommendation by the city engineer and city surveyor. The application shall be decided within the time limits described in this chapter and the subdivision map act.

F. Findings: The designated approving authority shall not approve a Voluntary Parcel Merger pursuant to this chapter unless it makes all of the following findings:

1. That all required street, access, and utility easements are in place.

2. That the resulting parcel conforms to the requirements of this chapter, the city's general plan, any applicable specific plan, the city's zoning code, and the city's building code.

17.27.040 APPEALS
The applicant or any interested person adversely affected by any action of the designated approving authority on a merger may, within ten (10) days after the decision, appeal the decision.

A. Any decision of the City Services Director made pursuant to this section shall be subject to appeal to the -City Council.

B. The applicant or any other person aggrievedmay appealfromsuchdecision by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Services Director prior to the time the decision becomes final. The City Services Directorshall furnish forms of notice of appeal. The appeal shall be accompanied by the fee established by resolution of the City Council.

C. Noticeofthe hearing on the appealshall be givenin themanner and time provided in City of Lindsay Municipal Code.

D. The City Council may reverse, affirm wholly or partly, modify, or attach other or additional conditions to the decision appealed from.

E. The decision of the City Council on any such appeal shall be final upon adoption of an order or resolution containing its determination, and no notice thereof need be given.

17.27.050 RECORDING
The merger of contiguous parcels under common ownership shall be recorded in a Notice of Voluntary Merger form satisfactory to the county recorder. It shall be submitted to the City Services Director for a determination that the final documentation complies with the approved merger. The perfecting deed shall be submitted to the City Services Director for a determination that the final documentation complies with the approved merger. The approved final documentation shall thereafter be forwarded by the City Services Director to the county recorder's office for recording.

The applicant shall pay all recording fees.
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17.28 Development Standards

17.28.010 Conformance Required

17.28.020 Buildable Lots Required

17.28.030 Access To Public Streets

17.28.040 Lot Standards

17.28.050 Streets; Conformance Required

17.28.060 Streets; Minimum Standards

17.28.070 Streets; Right-Of-Way Width

17.28.080 Streets; Pattern

17.28.090 Streets; Names

17.28.100 Alleys

17.28.110 Areas Adjacent To Arterials

17.28.120 Grades, Curves And Sight Distances

17.28.130 Curbs, Sidewalks And Pedestrian Ways

17.28.140 Hillside Subdivisions

17.28.150 Landscaping

17.28.160 Utility Facilities And Easements

17.28.170 Watercourses

17.28.180 Blocks; Width

17.28.190 Blocks; Length

17.28.200 Reserve Strips

17.28.210 Neighborhood Facilities; Site Reservation

17.28.220 Neighborhood Facilities; Determination Of Need

17.28.230 Neighborhood Facilities; Service Areas

17.28.240 Neighborhood Facilities; Principles And Standards

17.28.250 Dedications For Park And Recreation Purposes

17.28.260 Nonresidential Subdivisions; General Plan And Environmental Design Plan Conformance

17.28.270 Nonresidential Subdivisions; Types

17.28.280 Nonresidential Subdivisions; Principles And Standards

17.28.010 Conformance Required
Except where modified by the city council, each subdivision or parcel map subdivision and map thereof shall be in conformity with the standards set forth or referred to in this chapter. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.100), 1979)

17.28.020 Buildable Lots Required
All subdivisions shall result in the creation of lots which are developable and capable of being built upon.

No subdivision shall create lots which are impractical of improvement due to size or shape, steepness of terrain, location of watercourses, problems of sewerage or driveway grades, or other natural physical conditions.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.200), 1979)
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17.28.030 Access To Public Streets
All lots or parcels created by the subdivision of land shall have access to a public street improved to standards required in this chapter. Private streets shall not normally be permitted. However, if the planning commission finds that the most logical development of the land requires that lots be created which are served by a private street or other means of access, and makes such findings in writing with the reasons therefor, then such access may be recommended by the planning commission. The subdivider shall submit a development plan showing the alignment, width, grade and material specifications of any proposed private street, the topography and means of access to each lot, drainage and sewerage of the lots served by the private street, and a plan satisfactory to the city council for ownership and maintenance of the street and the liability for taxes thereon. Construction of the private street or access shall be completed prior to occupancy of any buildings on lots served by a private street. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.300), 1979)

17.28.040 Lot Standards
The size, shape and orientation of lots in the subdivision shall be appropriate to the location of the proposed subdivision and to the type of development contemplated. The following principles and standards shall be observed:

A. The minimum area and dimensions of all lots shall conform to the requirements of the zoning ordinance for the district in which the subdivision is located.

B. The sidelines of all lots, so far as possible, shall be at right angles to the street which the lot faces, or approximately radial to the center of curvature, if the street is curved. Side lines of lots shall be approximately radial to the center of curvature of a cul-de-sac on which the lot faces.

C. No residential lot shall have a width less than sixty feet at the building setback line, as set forth in the zoning ordinance.

D. Corner Lots for residential use shall be platted wider than interior lots in order to permit conformance with the required street side yard requirements of the zoning ordinance.

E. No lot shall have a depth of less than ninety-five feet.

F. No lot shall be divided by a city boundary line, nor any boundary between parcels registered under separate ownership. Each such boundary line shall be made a lot line.

G. A lot depth in excess of twice the width shall be avoided whenever possible.

H. No remnants of property shall be left in the subdivision which do not conform to lot requirements, or are not required for a private utility or public purpose.

I. Lot numbers shall begin with the number "1" and shall continue consecutively through the tract, with no omissions or duplications, and no block designations shall be used.

J. Lots having double frontage shall not be approved except where necessitated by topographic or other unusual conditions. The width of each block shall be sufficient for an ultimate layout of two tiers of lots therein of a size required by the provisions of this title unless the general layout in the 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 49
vicinity, lines of ownership, topographical conditions, or locations of arterial streets or freeways justify or make necessary a variation from this requirement.

K. A flag lot shall only be permitted in hillside development where topographic conditions preclude direct lot frontage on the abutting street. In such case the access strip shall be not less than twenty feet in width and shall not exceed one lot in depth. In calculating the lot area of a flag lot, the square footage included in the access strip shall not be counted. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.400), 1979)

17.28.050 Streets; Conformance Required
The subdivision design shall conform to the pattern of arterials designated in the general plan, and where applicable the environmental design plan, and to any future street plan lines designated by the planning commission and approved by the city council. Whenever a subdivision fronts on a designated arterial, it shall be included in the tract and shall be platted by the subdivider in the location indicated. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.500 (part)), 1979)

17.28.060 Streets; Minimum Standards
Where higher standards have net been established as specified in Section 17.28.050, all streets and arterials shall be platted according to the minimum set forth in Sections 17.28.070 through 17.28.130 except where it can be shown by the subdivider, to the satisfaction of the city council, that the topography or the small number of lots served and the probable future traffic development are such as to unquestionably justify a lesser standard. A planned community or planned unit development, if designed with a comprehensive circulation and parking system including separate pedestrian ways, may also justify modification of standards. High standards may be required where streets are to serve commercial or industrial property or where probable traffic conditions warrant. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.500 (part)), 1979)

17.28.070 Streets; Right-Of-Way Width
Right-of-way width shall be as follows:

Type of Street Right-of-Way (Feet)
Major arterial street 110
Secondary street 84
Collector street 60
Local street 56
Cul-de-sac street 56
Private streets and alleys 20–30
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(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.500 (part)), 1979)

17.28.080 Streets; Pattern
The street pattern in the subdivision shall be in general conformity with a plan for the most advantageous development of adjoining areas and the entire neighborhood or district. The following principles shall be observed:

A. Where appropriate to the design and terrain, proposed streets shall be continuous and in alignment with existing, planned or platted streets with which they are to connect.

B. Proposed streets shall be extended to the boundary lines of the land to be subdivided, unless prevented by topography or other physical conditions, or unless, in the opinion of the planning commission, the extension is not necessary for the coordination of the subdivision with the existing layout or the most advantageous future development of adjacent tracts.

C. Where necessary to give access to or permit a satisfactory subdivision of adjoining land, streets shall extend to the boundary of the property and the resulting dead-end streets may be approved with a temporary turnaround. In all other cases, a turnaround having a minimum pavement radius of forty-four feet measured to the face of the curb, shall be required.

D. Proposed streets shall intersect on another as nearly at right angles as topography and other limiting factors of good design permit. T intersections rather than cross intersections shall be used wherever possible.

E. Excessively long straight local residential streets, conducive to high-speed traffic, shall be prohibited.

F. Cul-de-sacs or dead-end streets should not be more than six hundred feet in length whenever possible.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.500 (part)), 1979)

17.28.090 Streets; Names
A. All street names shall be approved by the planning commission. Duplication of existing names shall not be allowed unless the streets are approximately in alignment with existing streets and not so far removed as to be confusing.

B. Names of through streets in a north-south alignment shall be followed by the designation "Avenues" and the names of through streets in an east-west alignment shall be followed by the designation "Street."
C. Cul-de-sac streets in a north-south alignment shall be followed by the designations of either "Lane," "Circle" or "Court" and cul-de-sac streets in an east-west alignment shall be followed by the designations of either "Place," "Way" or "Drive."
(Ord. 391, 1984; Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.500 (part)), 1979)

17.28.100 Alleys
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A. Alleys shall be optional in residential subdivisions. The planning commission for any one of the following reasons may require alleys (if alleys are required, they shall be constructed to city standards):

1. Unusual size, shape or topographical character of the property to be subdivided;

2. The relationship to existing or proposed commercial, industrial or high-density residential development or adjacent railroad right-of-way;

3. The special nature of the design or density of a residential subdivision where dwellings are grouped in such a manner as to require access from other than the street frontage;

4. The need to maintain continuity of existing alleys where the property to be subdivided is located immediately between existing residential blocks where alleys are provided.

B. Residential alleys shall have a minimum dedicated width of twenty feet.

C. Alleys shall be provided where needed to serve existing or proposed commercial or industrial areas and shall have a minimum dedicated width of thirty feet with adequate provisions for ingress and egress.

D. A twenty-foot corner diagonal cutoff measured along the property lines from the point of intersection will be required where two alleys intersect.

E. Alleys shall be so laid out and aligned as to provide reasonable access for utilities and other services.

F. Dead-end alleys shall be prohibited.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.500 (part)), 1979)

17.28.110 Areas Adjacent To Arterials
Subdivision design adjacent to arterials shall be as specified in the general plan, or the environmental design plan, and as determined by the planning commission. The following principles and standards shall be observed:

A. Street design shall have the purpose of making adjacent lots, if for residential use, desirable for such use by cushioning the impact of heavy traffic and of minimizing the interference with traffic on the arterials.

B. The number of intersecting streets along arterials shall be held to a minimum.

C. Frontage roads, if required, shall conform to the standards and shall be separated from the arterial or freeway by a strip of permanent landscaping, not less than ten feet in width, subject to approval by the city services director. Frontage roads shall enter arterials by means of intersections designed with turning and stacking capacity adequate for the traffic volume as estimated by the city engineer.

D. Where frontage roads are not required, residential lots adjacent to an arterial shall be served by a local residential street paralleling the arterial at a generous lot depth therefrom, or by a series 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 52
of cul-de-sacs or loop streets extending towards the arterial from a collector street five hundred feet therefrom. In such cases, a wall or fence with masonry pillars of a design approved by the city services director shall be required at the rear of properties adjacent to the arterial. A strip of permanent landscaping within the arterial right-of-way not less than six feet in width, subject to approval of the city services director shall be required adjacent to the wall or fence, facing the arterial.

E. When the rear of any lot borders an arterial, the subdivider may be required to execute and deliver to the city an instrument, deemed sufficient by the city attorney, prohibiting the right of ingress and egress from the arterial to the lot.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.500 (part)), 1979)

17.28.120 Grades, Curves And Sight Distances
Grades, curves and sight distances shall be subject to approval by the city engineer, to insure proper drainage and safety for vehicles and pedestrians. The following principles and minimum standards shall be observed:

A. Grades of streets shall not be less than two-tenths percent and not greater than seven percent, unless because of topographical conditions or other exceptional conditions, the city engineer determines that a grade less than two-tenths percent or in excess of seven percent is necessary.

B. Whenever any street intersects an arterial street or state highway, the property lines at the intersection shall be rounded with a curve having a radius of not less than thirty feet. On all other street intersections, the property line at each block corner shall be rounded with a curve having a radius of not less than twenty feet. In either case, a greater curve radius may be required if streets intersect at other than right angles.

C. The centerline curve radius on all streets and highways shall conform to accepted engineering standards of design.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.500 (part)), 1979)

17.28.130 Curbs, Sidewalks And Pedestrian Ways
The following principles and standards shall apply to the design and installation of curbs, sidewalks and pedestrian ways:

A. Vertical curbs and gutters as shown on the city's standard detail drawings shall be required in all subdivisions, except for the exceptions specified in this section.

B. Sidewalks shall be required on both sides of the street in any subdivision.

C. The planning commission may recommend that sidewalks be omitted in a subdivision or section thereof in which all lots have an area of one-half acre or more, or in a planned community or planned unit development having an internal pedestrian system; provided, that the planning commission finds that the public safety is not jeopardized by the omission.

D. When required for access to schools, playgrounds, shopping centers, transportation facilities, other community facilities, or for unusually long blocks, the subdivider shall construct pedestrian 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 53
ways not less than twenty feet in width, provided with fencing, landscaping and a pavement not less than ten feet in width.

E. Sidewalks shall normally be located within the street right-of-way as shown on the city's standard detail drawings.

F. For lots containing trees with a trunk diameter of four inches or greater, curb cuts for driveways shall be so located as to ensure the preservation of the trees. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.500 (part)), 1979)

17.28.140 Hillside Subdivisions
In case any portion of a planned community or planned unit development of a subdivision having lots not less than one-half acre in area is situated on land having an average slope of ten percent or more, the planning commission may recommend modification of the foregoing requirements of this chapter in a manner that will result in the best possible utilization of the land to be subdivided giving consideration to the topography and natural cover of the land and the general character of the proposed subdivision. The following principles and standards shall be observed:

Street grades for other than arterial or collector streets may be increased to a maximum of twenty percent grade.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.600), 1979)

17.28.150 Landscaping
Landscaping by the subdivider shall be required in all subdivisions. Substantial trees shall be planted throughout the development in all front yard setbacks, at least one five-gallon tree provided on each lot.

Specimen trees, approved by the city services director, of no less than ten-gallon container size, may be required at least every thirty feet along the setback adjacent to, but not within, the right-of-way of a designated arterial, secondary and collector street. Both the front yard and rear yard shall be landscaped to meet MWELLO standards prior to issuance of certificate of occupancy. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.700), 1979)

17.28.160 Utility Facilities And Easements
A. All utility distribution facilities shall be placed underground.

B. Utility easements shall be provided within the subdivision where required for public utility purposes. Modification of the easement width requirement may be granted only when approved by both the city engineer and the public utility or utilities concerned. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.800), 1979)

17.28.170 Watercourses
The subdivider shall dedicate a right-of-way for storm drainage conforming substantially with the lines of any natural watercourse or channel, stream or creek that traverses the subdivision, or at the option of the 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 54
planning commission the subdivider shall provide by dedication further and sufficient easements or construction, or both, to dispose of the surface and storm water. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.900), 1979)

17.28.180 Blocks; Width
Blocks shall normally have sufficient width for an ultimate layout of two tiers of lots of the size required by the provisions of the zoning ordinance.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.1000), 1979)

17.28.190 Blocks; Length
Blocks shall not normally exceed nine hundred feet in length between street lines, or be less than four hundred thirty feet, except in hillside developments or where subdivisions containing parcels of one-half acre or larger justify or require a variation from this requirement. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.1100), 1979))

17.28.200 Reserve Strips
A one-foot reserve strip shall be provided at the dead-end of a stubbed street or at the edge of a partial width street and shall be offered for dedication to the city for future street purposes and show on the final map.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.1200), 1979)

17.28.210 Neighborhood Facilities; Site Reservation
The subdivider shall reserve sites, appropriate in area and location, for necessary and desirable residential facilities, such as schools, parks, playgrounds and shopping centers. Such sites shall be located in accordance with the principles and standards contained in this chapter or expressed in the general or environmental design plans. School sites shall be dedicated in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act. Recreation sites shall be dedicated in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act or in the alternative pay the fee required in this chapter. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.1300(part)), 1979)

17.28.220 Neighborhood Facilities; Determination Of Need The neighborhood facilities needed shall be determined on the basis of the estimated number of families in the area to be served by the facilities.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.1300 (part)), 1979)

17.28.230 Neighborhood Facilities; Service Areas
The delineating of service areas determining the need for residential facilities at the district or community level shall be based on the general or environmental design plans, if applicable. The "planning neighborhood" will normally provide the basis for estimating the number of families to be served by 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 55
facilities at the local level. A "planning neighborhood" shall insofar as possible exhibit the following characteristics:

A. It is bounded, rather than bisected, by major thoroughfares or other substantial land use or natural barriers to pedestrian traffic;
B. It is usually not over a mile in extent in any direction; C. It contains a minimum of five hundred families.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.1300 (part), 1979)

17.28.240 Neighborhood Facilities; Principles And Standards The following principles and standards are intended to serve as a general guide in determining the residential facilities for which sites normally will be required:

A. An elementary school site of approximately ten acres will be required for each six hundred families or more or less, required to be served by the school. The school site shall be central to the population to be served and shall not face on an arterial.

B. Whenever possible, playground and neighborhood recreation areas shall be developed in conjunction with elementary school sites. A park site, if required, shall not normally be less than five acres in area, and the sites shall specifically include areas with natural advantages for park development.

C. Where natural waterways are included within the boundaries of a subdivision, such areas shall be reserved for public use, including recreation and the disposal of storm waters. These purposes may be accomplished through dedication and/or storm drainage and scenic easements.

D. A site of two to five acres including off-street parking and landscaping will normally be required for a local shopping center to serve a population of one thousand to two thousand families. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.1300(part)), 1979)

17.28.250 Dedications For Park And Recreation Purposes
A. Pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act, as amended, the recreation element of the general plan and park and recreation facilities, standards and principles in the general or environmental design plans, a subdivider, as a condition of approval of a final subdivision map, shall dedicate land, pay a fee in lieu thereof, or both, at the option of the city council, for park or recreation purposes according to the following standards:

1. For subdivisions of one hundred lots or more the subdivider shall dedicate land or pay a fee, or both, in such ratio as the planning commission deems most desirable. Dedication of land shall be at the rate of not less than two acres of land per one hundred lots in the subdivision or ten percent of the total area in the subdivision, whichever is greater. The rate for payment shall be established from time to time by city council resolution. 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 56

2. For subdivisions containing between fifty and one hundred lots, the subdivider shall dedicate land, or pay a fee, or both, in such ratio as the planning commission deems most desirable.

The rates for dedication and payment shall be established by city council resolutions.

3. For proposed condominium or multifamily developments, the number of dwelling units proposed shall be considered as the number of lots for the requirements specified in this section, or if no particular number of dwelling units is proposed, the requirements shall be based on the number of dwelling units per acre permitted in the zoning regulations which apply to the land to be subdivided.

4. All land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes shall be found to be suitable by the planning commission and the park and recreation commission as to location, parcel size and topography for the park and recreation purposes for which it is indicated in the general plan or the environmental design plan. Such purposes may include active recreation facilities such as playgrounds, playfields, pedestrian or bicycle paths or areas of particular natural beauty, including hilltops and natural watercourses to be developed or left in their natural state.

5. Land to be dedicated may include all of a proposed park or recreational facility, or may include only part of a facility. Such partial dedication may be added to by public land purchase or by dedication of additional land on adjoining property not owned by the subdivider.

B. At the time of approval of the final subdivision map, the city shall specify when development of the park or recreational facility shall begin and be completed.

C. The provisions of this section shall not normally apply to industrial subdivisions; however, the planning commission may recommend as a condition of approval, the dedication by an industrial subdivider of that portion of a stream bed or drainage channel falling within an industrial subdivision when such portion forms part of an open space network designated in the general plan or an environmental design plan.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.1400), 1979)

17.28.260 Nonresidential Subdivisions; General Plan And Environmental Design Plan Conformance The street and lot layout of a nonresidential subdivision shall be appropriate to the land use for which the subdivision is proposed, and shall conform to the proposed land use and standards established in the general plan, the environmental design plans and the zoning ordinance. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.1500 (part)), 1979)

17.28.270 Nonresidential Subdivisions; Types
Nonresidential subdivisions shall include industrial tracts, and may include commercial tracts. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.1500 (part)), 1979)

17.28.280 Nonresidential Subdivisions; Principles And Standards In addition to the principles and standards in this title which are appropriate to the planning of all subdivisions, the subdivider shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the planning commission that the 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 57
street, parcel and block pattern proposed is specifically adapted to the uses anticipated and takes into account other uses in the vicinity. The following principles and standards shall be observed:

A. Proposed industrial parcels shall be suitable in area and dimensions to the types of industrial development anticipated;
B. Street rights-of-way and pavement shall be adequate to accommodate the type and volume of traffic anticipated to be generated thereon;
C. Special requirements may be imposed by the city with respect to street, curb, gutter, walk design, building design, construction and landscaping;
D. Special requirements may be imposed by the city with respect to the installation of public utilities including water, sewer and storm water drainage;
E. Every effort shall be made to protect adjacent residential areas from potential nuisance from the proposed nonresidential subdivisions, including the provision of extra depth in parcels backing up on existing or potential residential development and provisions for a permanently landscaped buffer strip when necessary;
F. Streets carrying nonresidential traffic, especially truck traffic, shall not normally be extended to the boundaries of adjacent existing or potential residential areas, or connected to streets intended for predominantly residential traffic;
G. Subdivisions for proposed commercial development shall take into account and specifically designate all areas proposed for vehicular circulation and parking, for pedestrian circulation, and for buffer strips and other landscaping.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.7.1500 (part)), 1979)
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17.32 Public Improvements

17.32.010 Minimum Requirements

17.32.020 Inspection And Supervision

17.32.030 General Requirements

17.32.040 Underground Utilities

17.32.050 Railroad Crossings

17.32.060 Landscaping

17.32.070 Lot Corners

17.32.080 Additional Improvements

17.32.090 Supplemental Improvements; Requirement

17.32.100 Supplemental Improvements; Reimbursement Agreement

17.32.110 Utility Fees And Off-Site Charges

17.32.120 As-Built Plan

17.32.130 Benchmarks

17.32.010 Minimum Requirements
The subdivider shall improve, or agree to improve, all streets, pedestrian ways or easements in the subdivision and adjacent thereto required to serve the subdivision. No permanent improvement work shall be commenced until improvement plans and profiles have been approved by the city engineer and a subdivision agreement contract has been concluded between the subdivider and the city. Improvements shall be installed to permanent line and grade and to the satisfaction of the city services director, prior to the issuance of home building permits, and in accordance with the standard subdivision specifications adopted by the city council, a copy of which shall be on file in the office of the city engineer. Cost of inspection shall be paid by the subdivider. The minimum improvements which the subdivider normally makes, or agrees to make, at the cost of the subdivider, prior to the acceptance and approval of the final subdivision map by the city, shall be as set out in Section 17.32.020 through 17.32.070. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.100 (part)), 1979)

17.32.020 Inspection And Supervision
All improvements shall be inspected and approved by the city engineer or his authorized representative.

The subdivider shall be responsible for the actions of this contractor. Twenty-four hours' minimum notice will be required prior to an inspection by city personnel. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.100 (part)), 1979)

17.32.030 General Requirements
Improvements shall be as follows:

A. The subdivider shall be required to pay plan check and inspection fees which shall include all charges for engineering and inspection services rendered by the city including cost of recording maps. The plan check and inspection fee shall be as indicated in the city comprehensive fee schedule and shall be submitted to the city prior to the approval of the subdivision agreement by 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 59
the city council or included in the instrument of credit if such is the form of security for the subdivision agreement;
B. Grading, curbs and gutter, paving, drainage structures necessary for the proper use and drainage of streets and pedestrian ways, and for the public safety; C. Site grading and drainage taking into consideration the drainage pattern of adjacent improved and unimproved property and treating upstream areas, where appropriate, as though fully improved; D. All streets and pedestrian ways shall be graded and surfaced to widths and grades shown on the improvement plans and profiles signed by the city engineer, and approved by the city council or as established by law. The subdivider shall improve the extension of all subdivision streets and pedestrian ways to the intercepting paving line of any county road, city street or state highway; E. Sidewalks shall be installed as shown on the improvement plans and profiles signed by the city engineer;
F. Sanitary sewer facilities connecting with the existing city sewer system shall be installed in accordance with the city's master water and sewer plan and shall serve the subdivision with a separate private lateral for each lot and to grades and sizes shown on the plans signed by the city engineer. No septic tanks or cesspools will be permitted; G. Storm water drains shall be installed as shown on the plans signed by the city engineer; H. Water mains and fire hydrants connecting to the water system serving the city shall be installed as indicated in the city's master water and sewer plan, and shown on the plans signed by the city engineer. Mains and individual lot services shall be of sufficient size to furnish an adequate water supply for each lot or parcel in the subdivision and to provide adequate fire protection; I. Parking bays where required or permitted;
J. Street signs shall be installed by the subdividers. Any required barricades to prevent traffic access at dead-end streets shall be provided by the subdivider in accord with the standard specifications; K. Street trees, if required, shall be of a type approved by the city council and planted in locations approved by it;
L. Permanent monuments, barricades and traffic safety devices shall be placed as required by the city engineer;
M. Street lighting facilities shall be provided in accordance with the city council's policy for the area of the city where the subdivision is located. Lighting shall be adequate to permit proper policing of the subdivision.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.100 (part)), 1979)

17.32.040 Underground Utilities
All utility distribution facilities, including, but not limited to, electric, communication and cable television lines installed in and for the purpose of supplying service to any subdivision, shall be placed underground in accordance with the utility's rules and regulations on file with the California Public Utilities Commission. 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 60
A. Equipment appurtenant to underground facilities, such as surface-mounted transformers, street light poles, pedestal-mounted terminal bases and meter cabinets and concealed ducts may be installed above the surface of the ground. The subdivider is responsible for complying with the requirements of this section and shall make the necessary arrangements with the utility companies involved for the installation of the facilities.

B. All underground utilities, sanitary sewers and storm drains installed in streets, service roads, alleys or highways shall be constructed in accordance with the standards specifications prior to the surfacing of the street, service road, alley or highway. Service connections for all underground utilities and sanitary sewers shall be placed in such length as will obviate the necessity for disturbing the street or alley improvements when service connections thereto are made.

C. All proposed utilities within or adjacent to the subdivision shall be provided underground. Any existing utility located within or adjacent to the subdivision shall also be made underground except transmission lines of 70 kilovolts- ampere or larger. The City Services Director may waive this requirement upon finding that the undergrounding would not result in a public benefit. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.100 (part)), 1979)

17.32.050 Railroad Crossings
Provisions shall be made for any railroad crossings necessary to provide access to or circulation within the proposed subdivision, including the preparation for all documents necessary for application of the State Public Utilities Commission or the establishment and improvement of the crossings. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.100 (part)), 1979)

17.32.060 Landscaping
Landscaping shall be in accordance with Section 17.28.150. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.100 (part)), 1979)

17.32.070 Lot Corners
The subdivider's engineer shall set at all lot corners a marker consisting of a one-inch diameter iron pipe twenty-four inches long with the engineer's marker thereon. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.100 (part)), 1979)

17.32.080 Additional Improvements
Where deemed necessary by the city council for the public health, safety or welfare, other improvements may be required.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.100 (part)), 1979)

17.32.090 Supplemental Improvements; Requirement
The subdivider may be required to install improvements for the benefit of the subdivision which may contain supplemental size, capacity or number for the benefit of property not within the subdivision as a condition precedent to the approval of a subdivision or parcel map, and thereafter to dedicate such 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 61
improvements to the public. Supplemental size, capacity or number shall mean that size, capacity or number in excess of the minimum standard city requirements. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.100 (part)), 1979)

17.32.100 Supplemental Improvements; Reimbursement Agreement The city may enter into an agreement for reimbursement to the subdivider of the cost of the supplemental capacity, size or number. However, the subdivider shall be reimbursed only for that portion of the cost of the improvements equal to the difference between the amount it would cost the subdivider to install improvements to serve the subdivision only and the actual cost of oversize improvements. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.100 (part)), 1979)

17.32.110 Utility Fees And Off-Site Charges
The subdivider shall pay utility and off-site charges as may be required by the council resolution or ordinance in effect at the time of approval of the tentative subdivision map. The schedule of charges shall terminate at the time the tentative map expires or is reapproved by the city council. Utility and off-site charges in effect at the time of reapproval of a tentative subdivision map shall apply to the subdivision.

These charges shall be paid prior to the approval of the subdivision agreement by the city council or included in the instrument of credit if such is the form of security for the subdivision agreement. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.100 (part), 1979)

17.32.120 As-Built Plan
A complete improvement plan "as built" shall be filed with the city engineer upon completion of the improvements. The as-built plans are to be drawn on copies of the original tracings and certified as to accuracy and completeness by the subdivider's engineer. Upon receipt and acceptance of the as-built plan, the city engineer will recommend formal acceptance by the city council. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.200), 1979)

17.32.130 Benchmarks
Elevations on city datum shall be shown on the as-built improvement plans for all monuments in the subdivision.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.8.300), 1979)
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17.36 Modifications And Appeals

17.36.010 Modifications; Provisions Of Title

17.36.020 Modifications; Planned Community Or Planned Unit District

17.36.030 Modifications; Referral For Recommendations

17.36.040 Modifications; Objectives To Be Secured

17.36.050 Modifications; Planning Commission Report

17.36.060 Modifications; Council Action

17.36.070 Appeal; Notice

17.36.080 Appeal; Report

17.36.090 Appeal; Hearing

17.36.010 Modifications; Provisions Of Title
Whenever the land involved in any subdivision is of such size or shape or is subject to such title limitations of record or is affected by such topographical location or conditions or is to be devoted to such use that it is impossible, impractical or undesirable in a particular case for the subdivider fully to conform to the regulations contained in this title, the planning commission may recommend and the city council may permit such modification thereof as may be reasonably necessary if the modifications are in conformity with the spirit and purpose of the Subdivision Map Act and this title. Application for any such modification shall be made by a verified petition of the subdivider, stating fully the grounds of the application and the facts relied upon by the petitioner. The petition shall be filed with or after the filing of the tentative map of the subdivision. In order for the property referred to in the petition to come within the provisions of this section, it shall be necessary that the planning commission finds the following facts with respect thereto:

A. That there are special circumstances or conditions affecting the property; B. That the modification is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the petitioner;
C. That the granting of the modification will not be detrimental to the public welfare or safety, or injurious to other property in the territory in which the property is situated. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.9.100), 1979)

17.36.020 Modifications; Planned Community Or Planned Unit District Whenever a planned community or planned unit district has been approved, the planning commission may recommend and the city council may permit modifications of the regulations contained in this title as may be necessary, in accordance with the criteria established in the zoning ordinance. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.9.200), 1979)

17.36.030 Modifications; Referral For Recommendations
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his or its written recommendation, which recommendation shall be reviewed, prior to the recommending of any modification.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.9.300), 1979)

17.36.040 Modifications; Objectives To Be Secured
In recommending the exception, the planning commission shall secure substantially the objectives of the regulations to which the modifications are granted, as to light, air and public health, safety, convenience and general welfare.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.9.400), 1979)

17.36.050 Modifications; Planning Commission Report
In recommending the authorization of any modification under the provisions of this section, the planning commission shall report to the city council its findings with respect thereto and all facts in connection therewith, and shall specifically and fully set forth the exception recommended and the conditions designated.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.9.500), 1979)

17.36.060 Modifications; Council Action
Upon receipt of the report, the city council may by resolution authorize the planning commission to approve the tentative map with the modifications and conditions the city council deems necessary to substantially secure the objectives of this title.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.9.600), 1979)

17.36.070 Appeal; Notice
Appeal may be made from any decision, determination or requirement of the planning commission or city engineer by filing a notice thereof in writing with the city clerk within fifteen days after the decision or determination or requirement is made. The notice shall set forth in detail the action and grounds upon which the subdivider deems himself aggrieved.
(Ord. 34:1 § 1 (19.9.700), 1979)

17.36.080 Appeal; Report
The city clerk shall report the filing of the notice to the planning commission and the city engineer. A written report shall be submitted to the city council by the one whose decision, determination or requirement is being appealed, not later than the date set for hearing the appeal. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.9.800), 1979)

17.36.090 Appeal; Hearing
The city council shall, not later than its next regular meeting following the filing of the appeal, set the appeal for hearing to be held within twenty-one days thereafter and the hearing may for good cause be continued by order of the city council. Written notice of the date set for hearing the appeal shall be mailed 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 64
by the city clerk to the subdivider within five days after the fixing of the hearing date by the council. Upon hearing of the appeal, the city council may overrule or modify the decision, determination or requirement appealed from and enter any such order or orders as are in harmony with the spirit and purpose of this title and the disposition of the appeal shall be final. (Ord. 341 § 1 (19.9.900), 1979)
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17.40 Enforcement

17.40.010 Voidability Of Deeds Or Contracts

17.40.020 Penalty For Violation

17.40.010 Voidability Of Deeds Or Contracts
Any deed of conveyance, sale or contract to sell made contrary to the provisions of this title is voidable at the sole option of the grantee, buyer or person contracting to purchase, his heirs, personal representative or trustee in solvency or bankruptcy within one year after the date of execution of the deed of conveyance, sale or contract to sell; but the deed of conveyance, sale or conveyance, sale or contract to sell is binding upon any assignee or transferee of the grantee, buyer or person contracting to purchase, other than those above enumerated, and upon the grantor, vendor or person contracting to sell, or his assignee, heir or devisee.
(Ord. 341 § 1 (19.10.100), 1979)

17.40.020 Penalty For Violation
Any offer to sell, contract to sell, sale or deed of conveyance made contrary to the provisions of this title is a misdemeanor, and any person, firm or corporation, upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine in an amount which is set by resolution of the City Council, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 604 2023, Ord. 341 § 4, 1979)
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17.44 Vesting Tentative Maps

17.44.010 Title For Citation; Statutory Authority

17.44.020 Purpose Of Provisions

17.44.030 Definitions

17.44.040 Consistency With General Plan And Other Provisions

17.44.050 Applicability Of Chapter Provisions

17.44.060 Filing And Processing

17.44.070 Fees

17.44.080 Expiration Of Approval

17.44.090 Rights Conferred On Approval Of Map; Conditions

17.44.100 Conditional Approval For Developments Inconsistent With Zoning

17.44.110 Applications Inconsistent With Current Policies

17.44.010 Title For Citation; Statutory Authority
The ordinance codified in this chapter was enacted pursuant to the authority granted by Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 66498.1) of Division 2 of Title 7 of the Government Code of the state (hereinafter referred to as the Vesting Tentative Map Statute), and may be cited as the "Vesting Tentative Map Ordinance."
(Ord. 402 § 402-1, 1986)

17.44.020 Purpose Of Provisions
A. It is the purpose of this chapter to establish procedures necessary for the implementation of the Vesting Tentative Map Statute, and to supplement the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and the Lindsay Municipal Code, Title 17, otherwise set forth in the provisions of the ordinance codified herein, the provisions of Title 17 of the Lindsay Municipal Code shall apply to the Vesting Tentative Map Ordinance.

B. To accomplish this purpose, the regulations outlined in this chapter are determined to be necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and general welfare, and for the promotion of orderly growth and development.
(Ord. 402 § 402-2, 1986)

17.44.030 Definitions
As used in this chapter:

A. "Vesting tentative map" means a "tentative map" for residential subdivision, as defined in Title 17 of the Lindsay Municipal Code, that shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words, "Vesting Tentative Map" at the time it is filed, in accordance with Section 17.44.060, and is thereafter processed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

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(Ord. 402 § 402-4, 1986)

17.44.040 Consistency With General Plan And Other Provisions No land shall be subdivided and developed pursuant to a vesting tentative map for any purpose which is inconsistent with the general plan, and any applicable specific plan, or not permitted by the zoning ordinance or other applicable provisions of this code.
(Ord. 402 § 402-3, 1986)

17.44.050 Applicability Of Chapter Provisions
A. This chapter shall apply only to residential developments. Whenever a provision of the Subdivision Map Act, as implemented and supplemented by Title 17 of this code, requires the filing of a tentative map or tentative parcel map for a residential development, a vesting tentative map may instead be filed, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

B. If a subdivider does not seek the rights conferred by the Vesting Tentative Map Statute, the filing of a vesting tentative map shall not be prerequisite to any approval for any proposed subdivision, permit for construction, or work preparatory to construction. (Ord. 402 § 402-5, 1986)

17.44.060 Filing And Processing
A vesting tentative map shall be filed in the same form and have the same contents, accompanying data and reports, and shall be processed in the same manner as set forth in Title 17 of this code for a tentative map, except at the time a vesting tentative map is filed, it shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words, "Vesting Tentative Map."
(Ord. 402 § 402-6, 1986)

17.44.070 Fees
Upon filing a vesting tentative map, the subdivider shall pay the application fee as established by resolution of the city council for the filing and processing of a tentative map. (Ord. 402 § 402-7, 1986)

17.44.080 Expiration Of Approval
The approval or conditional approval of a vesting tentative map shall expire at the end of the same time period, and shall be subject to Title 17 of the Lindsay Municipal Code, for the expiration of the approval or conditional approval of a tentative map.
(Ord. 402 § 402-8, 1986)

17.44.090 Rights Conferred On Approval Of Map; Conditions A. The approval or conditional approval of a vesting tentative map shall confer a vested right to proceed with development in substantial compliance with the ordinances, policies and standards described in Government Code Section 66474.2. However, if Section 66472 of the Government 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 68
Code is repealed, the approval or conditional approval of a vesting tentative map shall confer a vested right to proceed with development in substantial compliance with the ordinances, policies and standards in effect at the time the vesting tentative map is approved or conditionally approved.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a permit, approval, extensions or entitlement may be made conditional or denied if any of the following are determined:

1. A failure to do so would place the residents of the subdivision or the immediate community, or both, in a condition dangerous to their health or safety, or both;

2. The condition or denial is required, in order to comply with state or federal law.

C. The rights referred to herein shall expire if a final map is not approved prior to the expiration of the vesting tentative map, as provided in Section 17.44.080. If the final map is approved, these rights shall last for the following periods of time:

1. An initial time period of one year. Where several final maps are recorded on various phases of a project covered by a single vesting tentative map, this initial time period shall begin for each phase when the final map for that phase is recorded;

2. The initial time period set forth in subsection C1 of this section shall be automatically extended by any time used for processing a complete application for a grading permit or for design or architectural review, if such processing exceeds thirty days from the date of a complete application is filed;

3. A subdivider may apply for a one-year extension at any time before the initial time period set forth in subsection C1 of this section expires. If the extension is denied, the subdivider may appeal that denial to the legislative body within fifteen days;

4. If the subdivider submits a complete application for a building permit during the periods of time specified in subsections C1 or C3, the rights referred to herein shall continue until the expiration of that permit, or any extension of that permit. (Ord. 402 § 402-9, 1986)

17.44.100 Conditional Approval For Developments Inconsistent With Zoning A. Whenever a subdivider files a vesting tentative map for a subdivision where intended development is inconsistent with the zoning ordinance in existence at that time, that inconsistency shall be noted on the map. The city may deny such a vesting tentative map, or approve it conditioned on the subdivider, or his or her designee, obtaining the necessary change in the zoning ordinance to eliminate the inconsistency. If the change in the zoning ordinance is obtained the approved or conditionally approved vesting tentative map shall, notwithstanding subsection A of Section 17.44.090, confer the vested right to proceed with the development in substantial compliance with the change in the zoning ordinance and that map, as approved.

B. The rights conferred by this section shall be for the time periods set forth in subsection C of Section

17.44.090.
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(Ord. 402 § 402-10, 1986)

17.44.110 Applications Inconsistent With Current Policies Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, a property owner or his or her designee may seek approvals or permits for development which depart from the ordinances, policies and standards described in subsection A of Section 17.44.090 and Section 17.44.100, and local agencies may grant these approvals or issue these permits to the extent that the departures are authorized under applicable law. (Ord. 402 § 402-11, 1986)
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17.48 Urban Lot Split Parcel Map

17.48.010 Purpose and Scope

17.48.020 Application

17.48.030 Approval

17.48.040 Location Requirements

17.48.050 Design and Improvement Requirements

17.48.060 Access Standards

17.48.070 Map Requirements

17.48.080 Concurrent Processing with Other Permits

17.48.090 Prohibition of Further Subdivision

17.48.010 Purpose and Scope
A. This article implements Government Code ·Section 66411. 7 to provide an alternative method to subdivide a parcel located within a single-family residential zoning district for the purpose of housing development.

B. Urban lotsplit meansthe subdivision of an existing legal parcelzoned single-family residential (RA, R-1-7, or R-1-5) under title 18 “Zoning” municipal code, to create no more than two new parcels.

17.48.020 Application
A. A completed application form, of which the blank form shall be provided by the city services department.

B. One (1) copy of the urban lot split parcel map, consistent with the requirements of section

17.48.070of this chapter and sections 66444 through 66450 of the subdivision map act. The urban lot split parcel map must be prepared and signed by a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying.

C. A fee in an amount established by resolution of the city council must be paid concurrently with the submission of the urban lot split parcel map.

D. A preliminary title report, showing the legal owners at the time of the filing of the urban lot split parcel map and prepared not more than 90 days prior to the submittal of the application.

E. All items referenced within the preliminary title report shall be submitted for review (i.e., deeds, easements, and record maps) when submitting application.

F. A title guarantee by a qualified title company, for the benefit of the city, certifying that the signatures of all persons whose consent is necessary to pass clear title to the land and all acknowledgments appear on the proper certificates and are correctly shown on the map and affidavits to dedication.

G. Closure Calculations for each individual lot and overall boundary prepared by a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying.

H. A preliminary drainage plan.
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I. An urban lotsplit affidavit, city form provided by the city services department, must be signed and notarized, and submitted with the application for an urban lot split parcel map, under penalty of perjury under the laws of California that declares all of the following:

1. The proposed urban lotsplit will not require or authorize demolition or alteration of any of the following types of housing:
a. A residential unit that is a deed-restricted below-market-rate residential unit. b. A residential unit that is subject to any form of rent or price control. c. A residential unit that has been occupied by a tenant in the last three (3) years. d. A residential unit on property subject to Government Code section 7060 (Ellis Act), whereby the property owner has withdrawn the property from rent within the past 15 years.

2. The parcel was not established through any prior exercise of an urban lot split under this article.

3. Neither the owner of the parcel being subdivided nor any person acting in concert with the owner has previously subdivided an adjacent parcel under the provisions of this article.

4. The owner intends to occupy one of the residential units located on a lot created by the parcel map as their principal residence for a minimum of three (3) years after the date the parcel map was recorded.

5. No residential unit on any lot created by the subdivision will be rented or offered for rent for a term of less than 30 days.

6. The uses allowed on a lot created by the parcel map will be limited to residential uses.

J. Any other information as required by the city services department.

17.48.030 Approval
A parcel map for an urban lot split will be approved ministerially without discretionary review or public hearing by the City Engineerthat approvesthat the parcel map meets all of the requirements of this article and Government Code Section 66411.7. A tentative parcel map is not required for an urban lot split.

17.48.040 Location Requirements
A. The parcel is located in one of the following single-family residential zoning districts RA, R-1-7, or R-1-5, as defined in title 18, Zoning.

B. The parcel islocated within the boundaries of an urbanized area or urban cluster, as designated by the United States Census Bureau.

C. The parcel meets the requirements of Government Codes Section 65913.4(a)(6)(B)-(K).

D. The parcel is not located within a historic district or property included on the State Historic Resources Inventory, as defined by Public Resources Code Section 5020.1, or on the list of the historical resources, as determined by the City of Lemoore.

17.48.050 Design Improvement Requirements
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A. A parcel map may subdivide an existing legal parcel to create no more than two new lots of approximately equal lot area. Each resulting lot may not be smaller than 40 percent of the area of the original parcel proposed for subdivision, and neither resulting lot may be smaller than 1,200 square feet.

B. Each lot must be served by a separate water service meter and a separate sewer connection.

C. Each lot must collect and convey all stormwater entering or originating on the lot, without diversion and within an adequate storm drainage system, to an adequate natural watercourse having definable bed and banks, or to an existing adequate public storm drainage system which conveys the stormwater to an adequate natural watercourse, in accordance with City of Lindsay design standards. All storm drainage facilities must be designed and constructed in compliance with this code and City of Lindsay design standards.

D. The applicant shall comply with all applicable rules, regulations, and standards of the City’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

E. On-site frontage improvements, including curbs and sidewalks, and dedications for road widening shall be provided as required by City of Lindsay development improvement standards. No off-site frontage improvements shall be required.

F. Rights-of-way and development rights shall be dedicated or conveyed as required by the general plan, a right of way plan line, or City of Lindsay developmentimprovementstandards.

G. The placement of lot lines may not result in an accessory building on a lot without a primary building on the same lot.

H. Lotlines may notrender an existing structure as nonconforming in any respect(e.g.,setbacks, yard, lot coverage, parking), nor increase the nonconformity of an existing nonconforming structure.

17.48.060 Access Standards
Each lot must front upon or have access to a public street or be served by an access easement serving no more than two lots. Access must be provided in compliance with these standards:

A. Vehicle access easements serving a maximum of two residential units must have a minimum width of 12 feet, unless a wider driveway is required by the California Fire Code.

B. Vehicle access easements serving three to four residential units must have a minimum width of 25 feet.

C. Vehicle access easements may not be located closer than 25 feet to an intersection.

D. If a vehicle access easementlength is more than 75 feet, a vehicle turnaroundmust be provided.

E. Surfacing of easements and turnaround dimensions must meet the requirements of the California Fire Code and this code.

17.48.070 Map Requirements
The following content and information must be shown on the urban lot split parcel map:
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A. A parcel map for an urban lot split must be prepared by a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying in accordance with Government Code Sections 66444 through 66450 and this article.

B. The size of each sheet shall be 18" x 26" and to scale not less than 1:100 with a scale bar, north arrow, date of application, assessor’s parcel number of the area to be adjusted and a legend, if applicable.

C. The owner’s name, assessor parcel number and deed document number of all adjoining parcels.

D. Title Sheet with the relevant statements and certifications for a parcel map per 17.24.130.

E. A location map shall appear on the map, showing the relative position of the land to be subdivided with the surrounding existing subdivisions with their recorded map reference, including their names and tract numbers. The location map shall show city boundaries crossing or adjoining the subdivision.

F. Total area (in acreage and square feet) of each proposed lot.

G. The bearings and distances of existing and proposed property lines.

H. Zoning district.

I. The location and use of all existing and proposed structures.

J. All required zoning setbacks for the existing and proposed lots.

K. The location of all existing water, sewer, electricity, storm drain, or gas service lines, pipes,systems, or easements.

L. The location of all proposed new water, sewer, electricity, storm drain, or gas service lines, pipes, or systems.

M. The parcel map must show all easements for public utilities necessary to serve each lot created by the subdivision.

N. The parcel map must show all easements necessary to provide each lot with access as required by this article.

O. The location of any proposed easements for access or public utilities to serve a lot created by the subdivision.

P. The location of any existing trees larger than 4” in diameter measure at 4’-6” above the base and any such trees proposed for removal.

Q. Area of the parcel that has a slope of 25% or greater by way of contours at 5-foot intervals.

R. Any area of the parcel that is a watercourse by delineating the flow line and top of bank of the watercourse.

S. The name and dimensions, including right-of-way and improved area, of public and private streets adjoining the parcel.

T. Curb, gutter, sidewalk, parkway, and street trees: type, location, and dimensions.

U. The location of existing or proposed driveway dimensions, materials, and slope (including 2025 Subdivision Ordinance Update 74
cross slope).

V. The location of existing or proposed pedestrian pathway access to the public right-of-way.

W. The parcel map shall contain a declaration of each of the following:

1. Each lot created by the parcel map must be used solely for residential use.

2. No more than two single-family dwellings are permitted on each lot.

3. Neither an accessory dwelling unit nor junior accessory dwelling unit is permitted on a lot that includes two single-family dwellings.

4. No residential unit on a lot created by the parcel map may be rented or offered for rent for a term of less than 30 days.

17.48.080 Concurrent Processing with Other Permits
A. No development, including grading or vegetation removal, may commence on either lot, concurrent with or subsequent to an urban lot split, unless the development is approved with a valid building permit for the construction of a housing development and complies with all the objective development and design standards outline for two-unit residential development units in adopted design standards in effect at the time a complete application is submitted.

B. A building permit for development on a lot created by an urban lot split cannot be issued until the parcel map is recorded.

C. The City Engineer shall deny an urban lot split if the building official has made a written finding, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that the proposed housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact, as defined and determined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 65589.5 of the Government Code, upon public health and safety or the physical environment and for which there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, adverse impact.

17.48.090 Prohibition of Further Subdivision
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Exhibit A
ZONING ORDINANCE - TITLE 18

18.01 General Provisions

18.01.010 Adoption

18.01.020 Purposes And Objectives Of The Code

18.01.030 Short Title

18.01.040 Components Of The Zoning Title

18.01.050 Interpretation

18.01.060 Application

18.01.070 Construction And Definitions

18.01.080 Effect Of Graphic Aids

18.01.090 Legal Use Of Land

18.01.010 Adoption
There is adopted, as provided herein, a zoning code for the city, which is a part of the Lindsay Municipal Code.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.01.020 Purposes And Objectives Of The Code
The zoning code is adopted to preserve, protect and promote the public health, safety, peace, comfort, convenience, prosperity and general welfare. More specifically, the code is adopted to achieve the following objectives:

A. To provide a zone plan to guide the physical development of the city in such a manner as to achieve progressively the general arrangement of land uses described and depicted in the general plan; B. To foster a wholesome, serviceable and attractive living environment, the beneficial development of areas which exhibit conflicting patterns of use, and the stability of existing land uses which conform with objectives, policies, principles and standards of the general plan; C. To expand housing opportunities by increasing the number of ADUs and JADUs available within existing neighborhoods.

D. To promote a safe, effective traffic circulation system, the provision of adequate off-street parking and truck loading facilities, and the appropriate location of community facilities; E. To protect and promote appropriately located commercial and industrial activities in order to preserve and strengthen the city's economic base;
F. To protect and enhance real property values and the city's natural assets; G. To ensure unimpeded development of such new urban expansion that is logical, desirable and in conformance with objectives and policies of the general plan; 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 2
H. To provide and protect open space in accordance with policies of the open space element of the general plan, including avoiding the premature development of prime agricultural lands. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.01.030 Short Title
This title shall be known as the "zoning code." The words "code" and "title" as used herein shall have the same meaning.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.01.040 Components Of The Zoning Title
The zoning title shall consist of a zone plan designating certain districts and a set of regulations controlling the uses of land; the density of population, the uses and locations of structures; the height and bulk of structures; the open spaces about structures; the appearance of certain uses and structures; the areas and dimensions of sites; the location, size and illumination of signs and requiring the provision of off-street parking and off-street loading facilities.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.01.050 Interpretation
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this code are held to be minimum requirements except where they are expressly stated to be otherwise. No provision of this code is intended to abrogate, repeal, annul, impair or interfere with any existing ordinance of the city, except as specifically repealed herein, or deed restriction, covenant, easement or other agreement between parties; provided, that where this code imposes greater restrictions or regulations than are imposed or required by an existing ordinance, deed restriction, covenant, easement, or agreement between parties, this title shall control. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.01.060 Application
This code shall apply to all property whether owned by private persons, firms, corporations or organizations; by the United States of America or any of its agencies; by the state or any of its agencies or political subdivisions; by any county or city, including the city of Lindsay or any of its agencies; or by any authority or district organized under the laws of the state, all subject to the following exceptions:

A. Public streets and alleys;
B. Underground utility lines and facilities;
C. Overhead communication lines;
D. Overhead and underground electric and gas distribution and transmission facilities, subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.16 of this title;
E. Railroad rights-of-way, as defined in Chapter 18.24 of this title; F. Other exemptions specifically allowed by state law or amendments thereto. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 3
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.01.070 Construction And Definitions
The definitions of words used in this title, and the construction of the words and provisions thereof, shall be as set forth in Chapter 18.24 of this title.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.01.080 Effect Of Graphic Aids
Graphics provided in this code in the form of specialized tables, charts, graphs, illustrations, maps and other forms of graphics are intended solely as a convenience to the user in identifying requirements of this title. In the event of any conflict between such graphics and the written regulations, the written regulations shall prevail.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.01.090 Legal Use Of Land
No use of land, under this title, shall be permitted within the city limits if such use shall be in violation of any local, state, or federal laws.
(Ord. 518 § 1, 2006)
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18.02 Establishment And Designation Of Zoning Districts

18.02.010 Districts

18.02.020 District Boundaries

18.02.030 Effect Of District Regulations

18.02.040 Changes Of District Boundaries Or Regulations Due To Annexation Or Right-Of-Way Abandonment

18.02.050 Requirements For Maintaining Consistency With General Plan

18.02.010 Districts
The base districts establish the basic land use and property development regulations applicable to all property within the city as provided under Section 18.01.060. The combining districts provide additional regulations which are to be exercised over certain lands in order to meet special community health, safety, welfare, environmental or development objectives described by the general plan. Combining district regulations apply in addition to the base zone and other regulations of this code.

The base and combining districts established by the zoning title are designated as follows:

A. Base Districts. The RA, R and RM districts are also subject to the density limitations, policies and standards of the land use element of the general plan. The base districts are as follows:

RCO Resource conservation and open space district
UR Urban reserve district
RA Residential acreage district
R Single-family residential districts
R-1-7 7,000 square feet minimum site area
R-1-5, PUD 5,000 square feet minimum site area
RM Multi-family residential districts
RM-MH8 8 mobile homes per net acre
RM-3 3,000 square feet minimum site area per dwelling unit RM-2 2,000 square feet minimum site area per dwelling unit RM-1.5 1,500 square feet minimum site area per dwelling unit PO Professional office district
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C Commercial districts
CN Neighborhood commercial district
CC Central commercial district
CS Service commercial district
CH Highway commercial district
I Industrial districts
IL Light industrial district
IN Heavy industrial district
IP Planned industrial district
B. Combining Districts.

PUD Planned unit development district
MXU Mixed use district
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.02.020 District Boundaries
Whenever any uncertainty exists as to the boundary of a district as shown on the zone plan, the following regulations shall control:

A. Where a boundary line is indicated as following a street, alley, railroad right-of-way, drainage channel or other watercourse, the centerline of such street, alley, railroad right-of-way, drainage channel or other watercourse shall be considered to be the boundary line.

B. Where a boundary line is indicated as following a lot line or property line, it shall be construed as following such lot line or property ownership line.

C. Where a boundary line is not indicated as following a street or alley and does not follow or coincide approximately with a lot line or property ownership line, the boundary line shall be determined by the use of the scale designated on the zone plan.

D. Where further uncertainty exists, the city council, upon written application or on its own motion, shall determine the location of the boundary in question, giving due consideration to the location indicated on the zone plan and the objectives of the zoning code and the purposes set forth in the district regulations and the general plan.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.02.030 Effect Of District Regulations
Except as otherwise provided in this code:

A. No structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any site or structure be used, designated or intended to be used for any purpose, or in any manner other than is included among the uses hereinafter listed as permitted or conditional in the district in which such structure, land or premises is located.

B. No structure or part thereof shall be erected, nor shall any existing structure be altered, enlarged or rebuilt or moved into any district, nor shall any open space be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the yard, site area and building location regulations hereinafter designated for the district in which such structure or open space is located.

C. No yard or other open space on one site shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for a structure on any other site.

D. Two or more abutting lots may be combined and used as though a single site. Such combination of lots shall be deemed to be a single site for all purposes of this code; provided, however, that there shall not exist on any part thereof any structure or improvement which depends for compliance with this code upon the same being treated as a single site.

E. A lot, or lots, may be divided into parts, provided that each part is equal to or exceeds the minimum lot area requirements of the code, and so long as such parts are used as though separate lots they shall be deemed to be separate lots under all provisions of this code.

F. No deed or conveyance of any portion of a site shall be made which reduces the site area, yards, off-street parking spaces or other minimum requirements of this code, without the prospective grantor and grantee first recording, in the office of the Tulare court recorder, a covenant for the benefit of the city agreeing that such site shall continue to be maintained, operated and used as though a single site so long as any part thereof depends on the other for compliance with the provisions of this code.

G. Any lot recorded prior to the adoption of this title, any lot of record in any area heretofore or hereafter annexed to the city, and any lot affected by an action of eminent domain as described in Section 18.15.070(J), which are substandard with respect to the minimum lot area requirements of this title, shall be classified as a legal substandard lot. The existence of a legal substandard lot shall not be deemed to change any other requirement or regulation pertaining to such lot. Except as provided under subsection H of this section, no lot shall be deemed to be a legal substandard lot where such lot, at the time of the adoption of this title, or upon annexation or upon being affected by an action of eminent domain, has a common side lot line with another lot under the same ownership.

H. Where a group of legal substandard lots have common side lot lines and are under the same ownership, and have in the aggregate less than the minimum lot area required for the zoning district in which located, the aggregate of such lots may be continued to be used as a single legal substandard lot.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.02.040 Changes Of District Boundaries Or Regulations Due To Annexation Or Right-Of-Way Abandonment
A. Territory annexed to the city which was previously classified by the county in a particular zoning district may be retained by the city if such classification is also provided for by this code and is consistent with the general plan.

B. Where property to be annexed to the city was classified previously by the city under pre-zoning provisions of state law and this title, such pre-zoning classification shall become effective at the same time that the annexation becomes effective.

C. All territory which becomes unzoned through abandonment as a public street, alley or railroad right-of-way shall immediately become classified the same as the property adjoining such rightof-way. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.02.050 Requirements For Maintaining Consistency With General Plan A. Zoning districts shall be applied to all public and private property in a manner that is consistent with applicable policies and land use arrangements set forth in the general plan.

B. All actions and procedures pertaining to the granting, modification or denial of various permits or other entitlements provided by this title, including use permits, site plans, planned unit development and amendments, shall be consistent with applicable policies and land use arrangements set forth by the general plan.

C. The city shall not accept any application as a filing for any permit or entitlement provided for by this title if such permit or entitlement would in any way be inconsistent with applicable policies and land use arrangements of the general plan.

D. Where amendments to policies of the general plan have not yet been reflected in appropriate amendments to the zoning code, the policies of the general plan shall govern as if set forth herein until corresponding regulations have been added to this title consistent with such policies of the general plan.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.03 Zone Plan

18.03.010 Adoption Of Zone Plan

18.03.020 Division Of The Zone Plan

18.03.030 Amendments To The Zone Plan

18.03.040 Pre-Zoning Of Unincorporated Territory

18.03.010 Adoption Of Zone Plan
A. In order that comprehensive zoning regulations may be applied uniformly to all incorporated territory with the adoption of this title, Map No. 301 is hereto attached and made a part of this title by reference with the same force and effect as if the boundaries, together with any notations, references and information shown on said map were specifically set out and described in this code.

B. Map No. 301, together with such additional maps as may be adopted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and this title, shall be known as the Zone Plan of the City. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.03.020 Division Of The Zone Plan
For purposes of convenience and identification the zone plan may be divided into parts and subparts, which may be separately shown or employed for purposes of amending the zone plan or any official reference thereto.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.03.030 Amendments To The Zone Plan
Amendments to the zone plan shall be adopted in the manner provided for changing district boundaries as prescribed in Section 18.22.020 and Sections 18.22.040 through 18.22.090 of this code. Said code shall be recognized by the addition to this chapter of the code section adopting said map and the filing of said map, properly attested, in the office of the city clerk. Amendments to the zone plan shall be identified by consecutive numbers preceded by the last two numbers of the year in which adopted. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.03.040 Pre-Zoning Of Unincorporated Territory
A. All unincorporated territory which is proposed to be annexed to the city shall be deemed to be pre-zoned and classified to the zone as indicated on the general plan by the city.

B. For the purposes of this section, the following territories shall be classified as follows:

1. Territory designated as central business district by the general plan shall be classified as the CC (central commercial) zoning district.

2. Territory designated as heavy industrial by the general plan shall be classified as the IH (heavy industrial) zoning district.
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3. Territory designated as high density residential by the general plan shall be classified as the RM-1.5 (multi-family residential, one thousand five hundred square foot minimum site area per unit) zoning district.

4. Territory designated as highway commercial by the general plan shall be classified as the CH (highway commercial) zoning district.

5. Territory designated as highway commercial reserve by the general plan shall be classified as the CH (highway commercial) zoning district.

6. Territory designated as light industrial by the general plan shall be classified as the IL (light industrial) zoning district.

7. Territory designated as light industrial reserve by the general plan shall be classified as the IL (light industrial) zoning district.

8. Territory designated as low density residential by the general plan shall be classified as the R1-7 (single-family residential) zoning district.

9. Territory designated as low-density residential reserve by the general plan shall be classified as the R-1-7 (single-family residential) zoning district.

10. Territory designated as medium density residential by the general plan shall be classified as the R-M-3 (multi-family residential, three thousand square foot minimum site area per unit) zoning district.

11. Territory designated as mixed use by the general plan shall be classified as the MXU (mixed use combining) zoning district.

12. Territory designated as mobile homes by the general plan shall be classified as the RM-MH8 (multi-family residential, mobile homes) zoning district.

13. Territory designated as neighborhood commercial by the general plan shall be classified as the CN (neighborhood commercial) zoning district.

14. Territory designated as office by the general plan shall be classified as the PO (professional office) zoning district.

15. Territory designated as park and recreation by the general plan shall be classified as the RCO (resource conservation and open space) zoning district.

16. Territory designated public and semi-public facility by the general plan shall be classified as the RCO (resource conservation and open space) zoning district.

17. Territory designated as service commercial by the general plan shall be classified as the CS (service commercial) zoning district.

18. Territory designated as very low-density residential by the general plan shall be classified as the RA (residential acreage) zoning district.
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19. Territory designated as very low-density residential reserve by the general plan shall be classified as the RA (residential acreage) zoning district. (Ord. 515 § 1, 2004: Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.04 Resource Conservation And Open Space District

18.04.010 Purpose And Application

18.04.020 Permitted Uses

18.04.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval

18.04.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval

18.04.050 Property Development Standards

18.04.060 General Provisions And Exceptions

18.04.010 Purpose And Application
This district is intended to provide for permanent open spaces in areas of the community which exhibit significant vegetation, scenic qualities, wildlife or recreation potential, and which are designated as open space or school and college sites by the general plan.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.04.020 Permitted Uses
A. Raising of field crops, fruit and nut trees, vines, vegetables and horticultural specialties, the raising of livestock and range lands.

B. Flood control channels; water pumping stations and reservoirs; irrigation ditches and canals; settling and water conservation recharge basins; drainage ponds; and streets and roads necessary for access to permitted uses.

C. Wellness center.

D. Other uses which are added to this list by the city council according to the procedure set forth in Chapter 18.15.010.
(Ord. 512 § 1, 2004: Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.04.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval
A. Incidental and accessory structures and uses as defined in Chapter 18.24 located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use.

B. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.04.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval
A. Recreation areas, parks, playgrounds, wildlife preserves, and such buildings, structures and facilities as are appropriately related thereto.

B. Elementary, junior high and high school sites; college sites.

C. Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 18.24.
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D. Public and quasi-public uses, including government facilities, institutional housing facilities (including, but not limited to, correctional and detention facilities), solid and liquid waste disposal facilities, and airports.

E. Housing for agriculture employees.

F. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 491 § 1, 1998: Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.04.050 Property Development Standards
RCO District Development Standards
Development Standard RCO Zone Additional Regulations
Fences, Walls, and Hedges Fences, walls, and hedges shall be permitted in this zone
Limitations may be required
under Chapter 18.17 or 18.18.

Minimum Site Area One-half acre
Frontage, Width, and Depth No limitations See Chapter 18.17 or 18.18 for exceptions.

Maximum Lot Coverage No limitations See Chapter 18.17 or 18.18 for exceptions.

Minimum Distance Between
Structures
10 feet
Maximum Building Height 35 feet See Chapter 18.17 for
exceptions.

Signs No sign or outdoor advertising
structure of any character shall
be permitted.

See exceptions prescribed in
Chapter 18.14.

Minimum Setbacks
Front, Side, and Rear No limitations See Chapter 18.17 or 18.18 for exceptions.

Other Standards:

A. Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading. Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 18.13. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.04.060 General Provisions And Exceptions
All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.05 UR Urban Reserve District

18.05.010 Purposes And Application

18.05.020 Permitted Uses

18.05.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval

18.05.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval

18.05.050 Required Conditions

18.05.060 Property Development Standards

18.05.070 General Provisions And Exceptions

18.05.010 Purposes And Application
A. This district is intended for exclusive application to the following areas which are designated by the general plan to be held in reserve for future urban expansion:

1. Areas designated as low-density residential reserve.

2. Areas designated as medium-density residential reserve.

3. Areas designated as light industrial reserve.

4. Areas designated as heavy industrial reserve.

B. The purposes of this district are to: (1) preserve the availability of agricultural and vacant lands required for future urban expansion; and (2) to prevent the premature development of lands where the range of municipal-type services required by the general plan are not yet available.

When such services are available, the property should be rezoned to the appropriate general plan designation. This district is also intended to expedite the conversion of a limited amount of agricultural lands to urban uses consistent with the general plan, through the granting of a conditional use permit in lieu of requiring change of zone (amendment) procedure prior to actual development.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.05.020 Permitted Uses
A. Grazing and the raising of field crops, fruit and nut trees, vines, vegetables, horticultural specialties, livestock and poultry.

B. Flood control channels; water pumping stations and reservoirs; irrigation ditches and canals and ditch and canal rights-of-way settling and water conservation recharging basins; parkways; recreation areas and facilities.

C. A single-family dwelling in areas designated by the general plan for low-density or medium-density residential reserve; provided, that the site meets the site area, frontage, width, depth, coverage, yard and other requirements of that residential zoning district which is designated by the general plan to be most appropriate for the general plan density designation involved, under the provisions of Section 18.05.050.

D. Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 15
E. Accessory and junior accessory dwelling units in accordance with Section 18.14.060.

F. Housing for agricultural workers in accordance with Section 18.20.050.

G. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 514 §§ 1, 2, 2004; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.05.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval
A. Incidental and accessory structures and uses, as defined in Chapter 18.24, located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use.

B. Other uses which are added to this list by the city council according to the procedure set forth in Chapter 18.15.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.05.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the procedures of Chapter 18.17 and Section

18.05.050(A):

A. Any use listed as a permitted use, use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use in the RA, R, CH or I districts.

B. The use of land as a residential, commercial or industrial subdivision or division of land requiring a parcel map, or combination thereof.

C. Any use listed in Sections 18.60.040(D), (E), (F) and (G) of this title.

D. Expansion, remodeling or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 18.24.

E. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.05.050 Required Conditions
A. Whenever a new use as listed under Section 18.05.020 is to be established in the UR district, the city council shall designate a zoning district classification for such use which is consistent with the general plan. Such use shall be subject to compliance with the regulations of such designated district as if the use was actually proposed within such district. Such action shall be permissive for uses listed under Section 18.05.040.

B. No conditional use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are found by the city council to be objectionable to persons living or working in the vicinity or injurious to property, crops, livestock or poultry in the vicinity by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, illumination, glare or unsightliness or to involve any hazard of fire, explosion or toxic chemicals. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.05.060 Property Development Standards
A. Distance Between Structures. The minimum distance between a structure used for human habitation and another structure shall be ten feet, except that such minimum distance shall be twenty-five feet from a structure housing livestock or poultry.

B. Signs. No sign or outdoor advertising structure of any character shall be permitted except as prescribed in Chapter 18.14.

C. Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading: Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 18.13. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.05.070 General Provisions And Exceptions
All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.06 RA Residential Acreage District

18.06.010 Purposes And Application

18.06.020 Permitted Uses

18.06.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval

18.06.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval

18.06.050 Property Development Standards

18.06.060 General Provisions And Exceptions

18.06.010 Purposes And Application
The RA residential acreage district is intended to provide living area which combines certain of the advantages of both urban and rural location by limiting development to very low-density concentrations of single-family dwellings as designated by the general plan, and permitting limited numbers of animals and fowl to be kept for pleasure or hobbies, free from activities of a commercial nature. The RA district is intended to encourage the use of the subdivision or parcel map process in the creation of large residential sites to assure the provision of those physical improvements necessary to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the people.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.06.020 Permitted Uses
A. Single-family dwellings.

B. Raising of field crops, fruit and nut trees, vines, vegetables and horticultural specialties.

C. Breeding, hatching, raising and fattening of birds, rabbits, chinchillas, hamsters and other small animals and fowl on a domestic, noncommercial basis on sites of one-half acre or more in area.

D. Raising of livestock, except swine, on a site containing not less than forty thousand square feet; provided, however, that the number of livestock shall not exceed four adult animals in any combination, and their immature off-spring, and further provided that the number of bovine and equine animals shall not exceed more than two adults in any combination for each forty thousand square feet of site area.

E. Fenced or enclosed swimming pools for either individual, family or communal use on an exclusive noncommercial basis; provided, that no swimming pool shall be located within a utility easement.

F. Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use, as follows:

1. Private garages and carports, storehouses, garden structures, greenhouses, recreation rooms and hobby rooms and hobby shops.

2. On sites containing not less than forty thousand square feet: barns, stables, coops and other farm-type outbuildings. Underground storage of petroleum products for the exclusive use of persons residing on the site is prohibited.

G. Housing for agricultural workers in accordance with Section 18.20.050. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 18
H. Accessory and junior dwelling units in accordance with Section 18.14.060.

I. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 514 § 3, 2004; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.06.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with provisions of Chapter 18.16:

A. Enclosed temporary construction materials storage yards required in connection with the development of a subdivision, temporary subdivision sales offices and signs, and model home display areas in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.15.

B. Gas and electric transmission lines, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.16, electrical distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks.

C. Mobile homes or manufactured homes on permanent foundations designed in accordance with the standards of Section 18.14.050 of this title.

D. Group care homes with six (6) or fewer persons in accordance with the standards of Section

18.14.080 of this title.

E. Home occupations in accordance with Chapter 18.14.

F. Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use.

G. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.06.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval
The following conditional uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.17:

A. Public and quasi-public uses of an educational or religious type, including public and private elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools and colleges, nursery schools, private nonprofit schools and colleges, churches, parsonages and other religious institutions.

B. Public and private charitable institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes and rest homes, not including hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes or rest homes for mental, drug addict or liquor addict cases except as provided under Section 18.07.040(B).

C. Public uses of an administrative, recreational, public service or cultural type, including city, county, state or federal administrative centers and courts, libraries, museums, art galleries, police and fire stations and other public buildings, structures and facilities; public playgrounds, parks and community centers.

D. Private or public golf courses.
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E. Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, limited to twenty-five percent or less of the assessed value of the existing structure, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges.

F. Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not either incidental or accessory as defined in Chapter 18.24.

G. Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a conditional use.

H. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 514 § 4, 2004; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.06.050 Property Development Standards
RA District Development Standards
Development Standard RA Zone Additional Regulations
Minimum Site Area 20,000 SF Given that the average size of all lots or sites created by a division
of land or subdivision shall be a
minimum of forty thousand
square feet, and further
provided that not more than
one-half of such lots or sites
shall be at the minimum site
area.

Minimum Frontage 150 feet When a site fronts upon a culde-sac or loop-out street the minimum frontage shall be one
hundred feet when measured
along the front yard setback
line.

Minimum Width 100 feet
Minimum Depth 150 feet
Number of Dwelling Units per
Site
Not more than one dwelling
unit shall be allowed on each
site.

See Chapter 18.14 for
exceptions.

Maximum Lot Coverage 35% Maximum Lot Coverage does
not apply to ADUs.
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Minimum Distance Between
Structures
10 feet No structure housing poultry, or
animals other than cat or dog
household pets, shall be closer
than twenty-five feet to any side
yard property line or to any
dwelling on the site.

Maximum Building Height 35 feet See Chapter 18.17 for
exceptions.

Signs No sign or outdoor advertising
structure of any character shall
be permitted.

See exceptions prescribed in
Chapter 18.14.

Minimum Setbacks
Front 35 feet Except along streets where a
greater setback is required by
the general plan or an
ordinance of the city.

Rear 5 Feet Where construction involves
more than one story, the rear
yard shall be increased by ten
feet for each additional story.

Accessory and garden structures
less than seven feet in height
may be located within any
portion of a required rear yard.

Side 10 Feet Where construction involves
more than one story, the side
yard shall be increased by ten
feet for each additional story.

Accessory and garden structures
under seven feet in height may
be located in any portion of a
required side yard.

On the street side yard of a
corner lot, the side yard shall
not be less than ten feet.

Other Standards:

A. Fences, Walls and Hedges. Fences, walls and hedges shall be permitted, subject to the following limitations:
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1. Fences or walls not exceeding seven feet in height may be erected within any portion of the required side, street side, and rear yards. Fences, walls and hedges shall be set back at least five feet from the street side property line on a reverse corner lot.

2. Fences, walls, and hedges not exceeding three feet in height may be erected within any portion of the required front yard or required street side yard of a reverse corner lot. A fence or wall not exceeding four feet in height may be located in the required front yard, or street side yard of a corner or reverse corner lot, provided that the top one foot is not visually obstructed.

3. No fence, wall or hedge exceeding two and one-half feet in height may be located within an area of a corner lot on the street side of a diagonal line connecting points located twenty-five feet along the property line as measured from the intersecting property lines at the street corner.

4. Open fences not exceeding seven feet in height, and hedges, may be located within any required yard, or along any side lot line, except as limited by the provisions of subsection (A)(3) of this section.

B. Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading. Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 18.13. (Ord. 486 § 1, 1997; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.06.060 General Provisions And Exceptions
All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.07 R Single-Family Residential Districts

18.07.010 Purposes And Application

18.07.020 Permitted Uses

18.07.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval

18.07.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval

18.07.050 Property Development Standards

18.07.060 General Provisions And Exceptions

18.07.010 Purposes And Application
A. The R districts are intended primarily to provide living areas at locations designated by the general plan for low-density, involving single-family dwellings, with regulations designed to accomplish the following:

1. To provide space for community facilities needed to complement urban residential areas, and for institutions which require a residential environment, in accordance with policies of the general plan and state law.

B. To provide for the location of a limited number of two- and three-family dwelling units within certain predominantly single-family areas, in accordance with the provisions of Section

18.07.040(D) of this chapter.

C. The R-1-5 district is intended for exclusive application to areas designated by the general plan for low density - 5.0 - PUD. Development within the R-l-5 district shall occur only in accordance with the planned unit development regulations of this title*.

D. The R-1-7 district is intended for application to new subdivision proposals where the average lot size is a minimum seven thousand square feet, where no lot shall be less than six thousand (6,000) square feet; provided, that greater than fifty (50%) percent of the proposed lots are a minimum seven thousand (7,000) square feet.
(Ord. 453 § 1, 1994: Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
* See Chapter 12 of this title.

18.07.020 Permitted Uses
A. Single-family dwellings.

B. Raising of fruit and nut trees, vines, vegetables and horticultural specialties on a noncommercial basis.

C. Fenced or enclosed swimming pools for either individual, family or communal use on an exclusive noncommercial basis; provided, that no swimming pool shall be located within a utility easement.

D. A "small family day care home" as defined by Section 1596.78(b) of the Health and Safety Code, which provides family day care to six or fewer children, including children who reside in the home. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 23
E. An "alcoholic recovery facility," as defined by Section 11834.11 of the Health and Safety Code, which provides care to six or fewer persons, whether or not related.

F. A state-authorized, certified or licensed family care home, foster home or group home serving six or fewer mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons in accordance with the standards of Section 18.14.080, or dependent and neglected children.

G. Accessory structures and uses located on the same site with a permitted use.

H. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.

I. Small single-room occupancy facility (four or less units) in accordance with Section 18.14.070.

J. Accessory and junior accessory dwelling units in accordance with Section 18.14.060.

K. Supportive housing units in accordance with Section 18.14.090. (Ord. 514 § 5, 2004; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.07.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with Chapter 18.16:

A. Enclosed temporary construction materials storage yards required in connection with the development of a subdivision, and temporary subdivision sales offices and signs and model home display areas, in accordance with Chapter 18.14.

B. Gas and electric transmission lines in accordance with Chapter 18.16, electrical distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks.

C. Garden structures in accordance with Section 18.07.040(F).

D. Mobile homes or manufactured homes on permanent foundations designed in accordance with the standards of Section 18.14.030 and 18.14.050.

E. Single-family dwellings in subdivisions or divisions of land when all street improvements are not yet completed.

F. A "large family day care home," as defined by Section 1596.78(a) of the State Health and Safety Code for seven to twelve children, inclusive, including children who reside at the home.

G. Tennis courts, including related fencing over seven feet in height located on the same site as a permitted or conditional use.

H. Home occupations in accordance with Chapter 18.14.

I. Incidental and accessory structures and uses as defined in Chapter 18.24 located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use.

J. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.07.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval
The following conditional uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.17:

A. Public and quasi-public uses of an educational or religious type including public and parochial elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools and colleges; nursery schools; private nonprofit schools and colleges; churches; parsonages and other religious institutions.

B. Public and private charitable institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes and nursing homes, including a state-authorized, certified or licensed family care home, foster home or group home serving seven or more mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons, including rehabilitation homes for persons with an alcohol and/or drug use disorder, or dependent and neglected children, where such homes provide care on a twenty-four-hour basis.

C. Public uses of an administrative, recreational, public service or cultural type including city, county, state or federal administrative centers and courts, libraries, museums, art galleries, police and fire stations and other public buildings, structures and facilities, public playgrounds, parks and community centers.

D. Additional one- or two-family dwellings per site located within older, predominately, single-family areas bounded by Tulare Road, Lindmore Street, Harvard Avenue and the Southern Pacific Railroad, up to a maximum of four housing units per site, with a minimum of three thousand square feet of site area per dwelling unit on parcels which are seven thousand five hundred square feet or greater in area. Parking access to the additional units is to be from an existing alley when available. If no alley exists and only street access is available, the additional parking is to be located behind the front unit with access limited to a maximum sixteen-foot-wide paved driveway. All parking requirements for the additional units are subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.13. This subsection shall not apply to permitted accessory dwelling units that are subject to the provisions of Section 18.14.060.

E. Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, limited to twenty five percent or less of the assessed value of existing structures, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars, and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges.

F. Keeping more than five total fowl, per Title 6.

G. Incidental and accessory structures and uses as defined in Chapter 18.24 located on the same site as a conditional use.

H. A “large SRO” (five or more units) in accordance with Section 18.14.070.

I. Housing for agriculture employees as defined in Section 18.20.050.

J. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 545, Art. 2, 2014; Ord. 514 §§ 6, 7, 2004; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.07.050 Property Development Standards
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R District Development Standards
Development Standard R-1-5 R-1-7 Additional Regulations Fences, Walls, and Hedges Fences, walls, and hedges shall be permitted in this zone
Must be in accordance with
provisions of Section 18.06.050
Minimum Site Area 5,000 SF 7,000 SF R-1-5 district shall be five thousand square feet except as
otherwise permitted under
planned unit development
(PUD) regulations of this title.

Minimum Frontage 50 feet 60 feet R-1-5 minimum frontage is subject to change if otherwise
permitted under PUD
regulations of this title.

R-1-7 sites which front on a culde-sac or loop-out street may have a frontage of not less than
forty feet, provided the width of
the site, as measured along the
front yard setback line, is at
least sixty feet.

Minimum Width 50 feet 60 feet Corner lots increase the
minimum width by 5 feet for
both districts.

See PUD regulations of this title
for exceptions.

Minimum Depth 90 feet 80 feet for corner lots.

Maximum Number of Dwelling
Units per Site
One primary dwelling unit
which can include one (attached
or detached) ADU and one
(attached) JADU
See sections 18.07.020 and

18.14.060
Maximum Lot Coverage 40% Does not apply to accessory
dwelling units constructed on
site.

Minimum Distance Between
Structures
10 feet
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Maximum Building Height 35 feet See exceptions under Chapters

18.17 and 18.18.

Signs No sign or outdoor advertising
structure of any character shall
be permitted.

See exceptions prescribed in
Chapter 18.14.

Minimum Setbacks
Front 15 feet The distance from the center
line of a public street to the rear
of the required front yard shall
not be less than forty-five feet.

Rear 5 feet Accessory and garden structures
less than seven feet in height
may be located within any
portion of a rear yard. Accessory
and garden structures greater
than seven feet, and less than
fifteen feet must be located a
minimum of five feet from the
rear property line.

Where construction involves
more than one story, including
decks, balconies, Accessory and
garden structures, and other
related platforms with a floor
level over five feet in eight, the
rear yard shall be increased by
ten feet for each additional
story. Accessory and garden
structures less than seven feet
in height may be located in any
portion of a required rear yard;
provided, that any mechanical
equipment shall be located at a
minimum of five feet from a
rear property line adjoining an
interior lot in a UR, RA, R or RM
district.

Side 5 feet On a reversed corner lot, the
side yard adjoining the street
shall be not less than one-half
the required front yard on the
adjoining key lot.
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Accessory and garden structures
under seven feet in height may
be located in any portion of a
required side yard.

Where construction involves
more than one story, the side
yard shall be increased by five
feet for each additional story.

Front and Corner Side Yards
(with Garage and Carport)
20 feet
Other Standards:

A. Accessory Dwelling Units. ADUs shall be subject to following minimum yard requirements:

1. Side and rear yard: four feet. Unless the ADU is constructed within an existing primary dwelling or permitted accessory structure, or in the same location and to the same dimensions as an existing permitted accessory structure.

2. Building Height. No ADU or JADU shall exceed a single story and sixteen feet in height, unless constructed above an attached or detached garage, in which case the ADU/JADU shall not exceed a height greater than thirty-five feet.

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 562 on 1/23/2018

18.07.060 General Provisions And Exceptions
All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.08 RM Multi-Family Residential Districts

18.08.010 Purposes And Application

18.08.020 Permitted Uses

18.08.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval

18.08.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval

18.08.050 Property Development Standards

18.08.060 Site Plan Review

18.08.070 General Provisions And Exceptions

18.08.010 Purposes And Application
The RM multi-family residential districts are intended primarily for the development of multi-family residential structures at densities consistent with policies of the general plan as follows:

A. The RM-MH8 district is intended exclusively for application to areas designated by the general plan for mobile home park development.

B. The RM-3 district is intended exclusively for application to areas designated by the general plan for medium density - 3.0.

C. The RM-2 district is intended exclusively for application to areas designated by the general plan for medium density - 2.0 in older residential areas where some conversion of existing single-family housing may be desired by the city under the city's redevelopment program.

D. The RM-1.5 district is intended exclusively for application to areas designated by the general plan for high density in the immediate vicinity of the central commercial district. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.08.020 Permitted Uses
A. Single-family dwellings.

B. Multi-family dwellings.

C. Raising of fruit and nut trees, vegetables and horticultural specialties.

D. A small family day care home, an alcoholic recovery facility or a state-authorized, certified or licensed family care home, foster home or group home as provided in Section 18.07.020.

E. Fenced or enclosed swimming pools for either individual, family or communal use on an exclusive noncommercial basis; provided, that no swimming pool shall be located within a utility easement.

F. Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site with a permitted use.

G. Small single-room occupancy facility (four or less units) in accordance with Section 18.14.070 H. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.

I. Accessory and junior accessory dwelling units in accordance with Section 18.14.060. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 29
J. Supportive housing units in accordance with Section 18.14.090. (Ord. 514 § 9, 2004; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.08.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with Chapter 18.16:

B. Gas and electric transmission lines in accordance with Chapter 18.16, electrical transmission and distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks.

C. Rest homes and nursing homes, boarding or rooming houses.

D. Garden structures in accordance with Section 18.08.050(F).

E. Private clubs and lodges.

F. Mobile homes or manufactured homes on permanent foundations designed in accordance with the standards of Section 18.14.030 and 18.14.050 of this title.

G. An accessory housing unit attached to an existing single-family, detached residence, in accordance with the provisions of Section 18.14.060.

H. Home occupations in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.14.

I. Group care homes with six (6) or fewer persons in accordance with the standards of Section

18.14.080 of this title.

J. Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use.

K. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.08.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the procedures prescribed in Chapter 18.17:

A. Public and quasi-public uses of an educational or religious type, including public and parochial elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools and colleges; nursery schools, private nonprofit schools and colleges; churches, parsonages and other religious institutions.

B. Public and private charitable institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes, rehabilitation homes and rest homes, including State-authorized homes as prescribed under Section

18.07.040(B).
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C. Public uses of an administrative, public service or cultural type including city, county, state or federal administrative centers and courts, libraries, museums, art galleries, police and fire stations and other public buildings, structures and facilities, public playgrounds, parks and community centers.

D. Mobile home parks, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.14.

E. Large single-room occupancy facility (five or more units) in accordance with Section 18.14.070.

F. Group care homes with seven (7) or more persons in accordance with the standards of Section

18.14.080 of this title.

G. Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, limited to twenty-five percent or less of the assessed value of existing structures, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming use occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars, and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges.

H. Keeping more than five total fowl, per Title 6.

I. Professional offices, only within the RM-1.5 district.

J. A State-authorized licensed day care center for thirteen or more children.

K. Housing for agriculture employees as defined in Section 18.20.050.

L. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 545, Art. 2, 2014; Ord. 514 § 10, 2004; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.08.050 Property Development Standards
RM District Development Standards
Development Standard RM-1.5 RM-2.0 RM-3.0 RMMH8Additional Regulations Fences, Walls, and Hedges Fences, walls, and hedges shall be permitted in this zone
Must be in accordance with
provisions of Section

18.06.050
Minimum Site Area 5,000 SF
Minimum Site Area per
Dwelling Unit
1,500 SF 2,500 SF 3,000 SF 5,000 SF Minimum Site Area
requirements cannot be
imposed on ADUs.

Minimum Frontage 50 feet Sites which front on a culde-sac or loop-out street may have a frontage of not
less than forty feet
provided the width of the
site, as measured along the
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front yard setback line, is at
least sixty feet.

Minimum Width 50 feet
Minimum Depth 80 feet
Maximum Lot Coverage 70% 60% 50% N/A This does not apply to accessory dwelling units
constructed on site.

Minimum Distance
Between Structures
10 feet
Maximum Building Height 35 feet See exceptions under
Chapters 18.17 and 18.18.

Signs No sign or outdoor advertising structure
of any character shall be permitted.

See exceptions prescribed
in Chapter 18.14.

Minimum Setbacks
Front 15 feet The distance from the
center line of a public
street to the rear of the
required front yard shall
not be less than forty-five
feet.

Rear 10 feet Accessory and garden
structures less than seven
feet in height may be
located within any portion
of a required rear yard.

Accessory and garden
structures greater than
seven feet, and less than
fifteen feet must be located
a minimum of five feet
from the rear property line.

Where construction
involves more than one
story, including decks,
balconies, accessory and
garden structures and
other related platforms
with a floor level over five
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feet in height, the rear yard
shall be increased by five
feet for each additional
story. Accessory and
garden structures under
seven feet in height may be
located within any portion
of the required rear yard;
provided that any
mechanical equipment
shall not be located closer
than five feet from an
adjoining property line.

Side 5 feet On a reversed corner lot,
the side yard adjoining the
street shall be not less than
one-half the required front
yard of the adjoining key
lot.

Accessory and garden
structures under seven feet
in height may be located in
any portion of a required
side yard, subject to
approval under Chapter

18.16; provided, that any
mechanical equipment
shall be located a minimum
of five feet from a side
property line adjoining an
interior lot in an UR, RA, R
or RM District.

Where construction
involves more than one
story, the side yard shall be
increased by five feet for
each additional story;
provided, however, that the
side yard on the street side
yard of a corner lot that is
not a reversed corner lot
need not be greater than
five feet.
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A side yard providing
access to more than one
dwelling unit shall not be
less than ten feet.

Garages or carports shall
be subject to the setback
requirements of subsection

18.07.050F.

Other Standards:

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18.08.060 Site Plan Review
No multi-family use, except for accessory dwelling units subject to the provisions of Section 18.14.060, may be established on any lot or site in this district until a site plan shall have been approved consistent with Chapter 18.18.
(Ord. 514 § 11, 2004; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.08.070 General Provisions And Exceptions
All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.09 PO Professional Office District

18.09.010 Purposes And Application

18.09.020 Permitted Uses

18.09.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval

18.09.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval

18.09.050 Property Development Standards

18.09.060 Site Plan Review

18.09.070 General Provisions And Exceptions

18.09.010 Purposes And Application
This district is intended to provide opportunities for the location of professional and commercial offices in close relationship to one another in areas designated for combined professional office use and high density use, by the general plan; to provide adequate space to meet the needs of such offices for off-street parking and loading space; and to protect offices from noise, disturbances, traffic hazards and other objectionable influences which would adversely affect professional and business practices being conducted. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.09.020 Permitted Uses
A. Offices which deal in professional and business services, in which goods, wares and merchandise are not commercially created, sold or exchanged.

B. Medical and dental laboratories and clinics, and prescription pharmacies in conjunction therewith or with a hospital.

C. Any use listed as a permitted use within the R or RM-l.5 districts.

D. Instruction studios.

E. Day spa.

F. Massage therapy, by a massage therapist, certified per California Business and Professional Code Section 4600.

G. Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use.

H. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 533, Art. 2, 2011; Ord. 437 § I (part), 1989)

18.09.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval
A. Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units; provided, such dwellings shall be subject to the use and yard requirements of the RM-2.0 district.

B. Boarding and rooming houses.

C. Guest houses.
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D. Mobile homes or manufactured homes on permanent foundations designed in accordance with the standards of Section 18.14.030 and 18.14.050.

E. Gas and electric transmission lines, in accordance with Chapter 18.16, electrical transmission and distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks.

F. Licensed family day care centers for seven to twelve children as an accessory use in a dwelling.

G. Low Barrier Navigation Centers (LBNC) in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.12.020.

H. Home occupations in accordance with Chapter 18.14.

I. Incidental and accessory structures and uses as defined in Chapter 18.24 located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use.

J. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.09.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval
A. Cannabis products testing laboratory.

B. Cannabis testing laboratory.

C. Churches, parsonages and other religious institutions.

D. Public and private charitable institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes, rehabilitation homes and rest homes, including state-authorized homes as prescribed under Section

18.07.040(B).

E. Public uses of a cultural type, including libraries, museums and art galleries.

F. Mortuaries.

G. Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, limited to twenty-five percent or less of the assessed value of existing structures, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars, and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges.

H. Expansion, remodeling or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 18.24.

I. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15 (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

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18.09.050 Property Development Standards
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PO District Development Standards
Development Standard PO Zone Additional Regulations
Fences, Walls, and Hedges. Fences, walls, and hedges shall be permitted in this zone
Must be in accordance with
provisions of Section 18.06.050.

Minimum Site Area Office: 5,000 SF
Single-Family Dwelling Unit:
6,000 SF
Multi-Family Dwelling Unit:
1,500 SF
Requirements Cannot be
imposed on ADUs.

Minimum Frontage 50 feet Sites which front on a cul-de-sac or loop-out street may have a
frontage of not less than forty
feet; provided, that the width of
the site as measured along the
front yard setback line is at least
fifty feet.

Minimum Width 50 feet
Minimum Depth 100 feet
Maximum Lot Coverage 70% Requirements Cannot be
imposed on ADUs.

Minimum Distance Between
Structures
10 feet
Maximum Building Height 40 feet
Signs No sign or outdoor advertising
structure of any character shall
be permitted.

See exceptions prescribed in
Chapter 18.14.

Minimum Setbacks
Front 15 feet The city services director may
approve, under Chapter 18.16,
within any part of the front yard
for nonresidential uses,
ornamental covers such as a
sidewalk or entry awning, trellis
or other similar improvement
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when such improvement is
intended solely as an improved
passageway or for aesthetic
purposes, providing
architectural integrity with the
building to which it is attached.

Supports may not occupy more
than ninety percent of the
horizontal area covered by the
improvement, and the space
between supports shall not be
enclosed.

Rear 5 Feet Where construction involves
more than one story and the
site lays adjacent to a site in the
R district, the rear yard shall be
increased by five feet for each
additional story. Accessory and
garden structures under seven
feet in height may be located
within any portion of a required
rear yard.

Side 5 Feet On a reversed corner lot, the
side yard adjoining the street
shall be not less than one-half
the required front yard on the
adjoining key lot.

Accessory structures under
seven feet in height may be
located in any portion of a
required side yard, subject to
approval under the provisions of
Chapter 18.16, except in the
street side yard of a reversed
corner lot.

Where construction involves
more than one story, the side
yard shall be increased by five
feet for each additional story;
provided, however, that the side
yard on the street side of a
corner lot need not be greater
than five feet.
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A side yard providing access to
more than one dwelling unit
shall not be less than ten feet.

Garages and Carports Garages and carports shall be
subject to the setback
requirements of Section

18.07.050(F)(4).

A. Other Standards:Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading. Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 18.18. (Ord. 522 § 2, 2006; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.09.060 Site Plan Review
Except for single-family dwellings, accessory dwelling units subject to the provisions of Section 18.14.060, and accessory structures and uses related to one-family dwellings, no use shall be erected on any lot or site in this district until a site plan has been approved consistent with Chapter 18.18. (Ord. 514 § 12, 2004: Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.09.070 General Provisions And Exceptions
All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.10 C Commercial Districts

18.10.010 Purposes And Application

18.10.020 CN Neighborhood Commercial District

18.10.030 CC Central Commercial District

18.10.040 CS Service Commercial District

18.10.050 CH Highway Commercial District

18.10.060 C Required Conditions

18.10.070 C Property Development Standards

18.10.080 C Project Review Requirements

18.10.090 C General Provisions And Exceptions

18.10.010 Purposes And Application
The several classes of commercial districts included in this code are designed to provide the opportunity for various types of retail stores, offices, service establishments and wholesale business to concentrate for the convenience of the public, to be established in such relationships to each other as to be mutually beneficial, and to be located and grouped on sites that are in logical proximity to the respective geographical areas and respective categories of patrons which they serve. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.10.020 CN Neighborhood Commercial District
A. Application. The CN neighborhood commercial district is intended primarily for the provision of retail and personal service facilities to satisfy the convenience-goods needs of the consumer relatively close to their place of residence.

B. Permitted Uses. Office, retail stores and service establishments which supply commodities or provide services primarily to meet the convenience needs of residents of one or more residential neighborhoods shall be permitted, including the following:
• Art supply stores;
• Automobile supply stores, not including repair or service garages; • Bakery goods stores;
• Banks, including drive-in banks;
• Barber shops and beauty shops;
• Book stores and rental libraries;
• Cafeterias;
• Camera shops, photographic supplies and photography studios; • Candy and confectionery stores;
• Christmas tree sales lots;
• Cleaning agencies (pickup and delivery only);
• Cleaning and dyeing shops (retail only, dry cleaning, cleaning clothes in enclosed machines, noninflammable cleaning compounds);
• Clinics (medical);
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• Commercial offices;
• Dairy products sales stores;
• Drug stores;
• Dry goods stores;
• Electrical appliance and incidental repair shops;
• Florists;
• Food lockers (no slaughtering, handling of dressed meats only); • Food stores, delicatessens and supermarkets;
• Garden supply stores and nurseries; provided, all equipment, supplies and merchandise, other than plants and mulches, shall be kept within completely enclosed buildings or under a lath or other type of sun screened structure, and provided further, that fertilizer of any type shall be stored and sold in packaged form only;
• Gift shops;
• Hardware stores;
• Hobby supply stores;
• Ice dispensers (coin-operated);
• Liquor stores;
• Locksmiths;
• Newsstands and magazine stores;
• Parking lots improved in conformity with the standards prescribed for required off-street parking facilities in this title;
• Pressing, altering and repairing of wearing apparel;
• Radio and television stores and repair shops;
• Restaurants, tea rooms and cafes, including outdoor cafes, but excluding the sale of alcoholic beverages;
• Self-service laundry and dry cleaning establishments; • Shoe repair shops;
• Shoe stores;
• Signs in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.14; • Single-family residences;
• Soda fountains;
• Stationery stores;
• Tailors and dressmakers;
• Tobacco stores;
• Variety stores, less than ten thousand square feet in area; • Incidental and accessory structures and uses on the same site as a permitted use. • Other uses added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.

C. Permitted Uses—Administrative Approval. The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.16:
• City, county, state and federal administrative offices, libraries and police and fire stations; 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 41
• Electric transmission lines subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.16, electric transmission and distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations, and/or elevated pressure tanks; • Dwelling units over or to the rear of a permitted use; provided, such dwellings shall be subject to the use and yard requirements of the RM-2 district; • Emergency Shelters or Low Barrier Navigation Centers (LBNC) in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.12.020.
• Private clubs and lodges and drive-in restaurants;
• Public parks and playgrounds, public and quasi-public uses of an educational or religious type, including public and private elementary, junior and senior high schools, colleges, nursery schools, trade schools and private schools;
• Service stations (gasoline), excluding automotive repair services not included in the definition of "service station" in this Title; provided, all operations, except the sale of gasoline and oil, shall be conducted in a building enclosed on at least two sides; • Incidental and accessory structures and uses as defined in Chapter 18.24 located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use; Other uses that are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.

D. Conditional Uses—City Council Approval. The following conditional uses may be permitted in accordance with Chapter 18.17:
• Accessory and junior accessory dwelling units in accordance with Section 18.14.060; • Bowling alleys;
• Churches;
• Convenience store/mini-mart;
• Restaurants and cafes, and including alcoholic beverages where served incidental to food service;
• Signs having an aggregate area greater than prescribed in Chapter 18.14; • Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, limited to fifty percent or less of the assessed value of existing structures, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges; • Expansion, remodeling or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 18.24; • Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 511 § 1, 2004: Ord. 479 § 1, 1996; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.10.030 CC Central Commercial District
A. Application. The CC central commercial district is intended to be applied both to the central commercial core of the city, and to central commercial areas outside of the central core as may be designated by the General Plan. These areas constitute the primary commercial districts of the community where a wide range of retail, financial, governmental, professional, business service and entertainment activities and uses are encouraged to concentrate to serve the entire community. Central commercial areas outside of the city's commercial core are intended to be 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 42
developed only as unified commercial centers, except where the existing development pattern makes it impractical.

B. Permitted Uses. Office, retail stores and service establishments which supply commodities or provide services primarily to meet the convenience needs of residents of one or more residential neighborhoods shall be permitted, including the following:
• Art supply stores;
• Automobile supply stores, not including repair or service garages; • Bakery goods stores;
• Banks, including drive-in banks;
• Barber shops and beauty shops;
• Book stores and rental libraries;
• Cafeterias;
• Camera shops, photographic supplies, and photography studios; • Candy and confectionery stores;
• Christmas tree sales lots;
• Cleaning agencies (pickup and delivery only);
• Cleaning and dyeing shops (retail only, dry cleaning, cleaning clothes in enclosed machines, non-inflammable cleaning compounds);
• Clinics (medical);
• Commercial offices;
• Dairy products sales stores;
• Day spa;
• Drug stores;
• Dry goods stores;
• Electrical appliance and incidental repair shops;
• Florists;
• Food lockers (no slaughtering, handling of dressed meats only); • Food stores, delicatessens, and supermarkets;
• Garden supply stores and nurseries provided all equipment, supplies, and merchandise, other than plants and mulches, shall be kept within completely enclosed buildings or under a lath or other type of sun screened structure and provided further, that fertilizer of any type shall be stored and sold in packaged form only;
• Gift shops;
• Hardware stores;
• Ice dispensers (coin-operated);
• Hobby supply stores;
• Liquor stores;
• Locksmiths;
• Massage therapy, by a massage therapist, certified per CA Business and Professional Code Section 4600;
• Newsstands and magazine stores;
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• Parking lots improved in conformity with the standards prescribed for required off-street parking facilities in this title;
• Pressing, altering, and repairing of wearing apparel; • Radio and television stores and repair shops;
• Restaurants, tea rooms, and cafes, including outdoor cafes, but excluding the sale of alcoholic beverages;
• Self-service laundry and dry cleaning establishments; • Shoe repair shops;
• Shoe stores;
• Soda fountains;
• Stationery stores;
• Tailors and dressmakers;
• Thrift shops and secondhand stores;
• Variety stores, less than ten thousand square feet in area; • Signs in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.15; • Incidental and accessory structures and uses on the same site as a permitted use. • Other uses added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.

C. Permitted Uses—Administrative Approval. The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.16:
• Electrical distribution substations, communication equipment buildings, gas regulator stations and utility pumping stations.
• Service stations (gasoline), excluding automotive repair services not included in the definition of "service station"; provided, that all operations, except the sale of gasoline and oil, shall be conducted in a building enclosed on at least two sides. • Incidental and accessory structures and uses as defined in Chapter 18.24, located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval, or conditional use. • Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. • D. Conditional Uses—City Council Approval. The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.17: Accessory and junior accessory dwelling units in accordance with Section 18.14.060;
• Bars, cocktail lounges and nightclubs;
• Cannabis Cultivation within a cannabis dispensary, up to 20% of the gross leasable area; • Cannabis delivery service from an authorized cannabis dispensary; • Cannabis dispensaries in a retail cannabis dispensary zone; • Car washing, self-service and coin-operated;
• Churches;
• City, county, state or federal administrative offices, libraries, police and fire stations; • Convenience store/mini-mart;
• Dance halls;
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• Entertainment venue in a retail cannabis dispensary zone permitting the sale for on-site consumption of cannabis, including comedy clubs, as authorized by, and which meet the requirements of, the State of California;
• Farmers markets, including indoor and outdoor facilities; • Large single-room occupancy facility (five or more units) in accordance with Section

18.14.070.
• Mini-storage facilities;
• Pool halls;
• Residential use in conjunction with a permitted use in accordance with requirements of the RM-1.5 district;
• Service commercial uses designated by an asterisk (*) as listed under Section 18.10.040(B) of this chapter, which include incidental retail and office use; • Temporary revival church services;
• Tobacco Stores;
• Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, up to fifty percent or less of the assessed value of the structure, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars, and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges; • Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 18.21; Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.
(Ord. 599, 2022; Ord. 586; Ord. 546, Art. 1, 2014; Ord. 542, Art. 1, 2013; Ord. 533, Art. 2, 2011; Ord. 489 § 1 (part), 1998; Ord. 486 §§ 2, 3, 1997; Ord. 479 § 2, 1996; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

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18.10.040 CS Service Commercial District
A. Application. The CS service commercial district is intended primarily for establishments engaged in servicing equipment, materials and products, but which do not require the manufacturing, assembly, packaging or processing of articles or merchandise for distribution and retail sale. Land requirements for most service commercial uses generally dictates its application along arterial and collector streets of the city which generally lie close to central commercial, highway commercial and industrial districts, in accordance with the general plan.

B. Permitted Uses*. Parking lots improved in conformity with Chapter 18.13; service commercial establishments, including:
• *Addressograph services;
• Automobile body and fender repair;
• Automobile repairing, overhauling, rebuilding and painting; • *Automobile sale and service (new);
• Automobile supply stores;
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• *Automobile and tractor parts and equipment stores;
• Automobile upholstery and top shops;
• *Automobile washing involving the use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steam cleaning;
• *Bakeries, retail and wholesale;
• Bicycle shops;
• Blacksmith shops;
• *Blueprint and photocopy shops;
• *Boat sales and service;
• Book binding;
• Bottling works;
• *Building materials yards;
• Bus depots and transit stations (including repair and storage); • Business, professional and trade schools and colleges; • Cabinet shops;
• *Canvas shops;
• Car washing;
• Carpenters' shops;
• Carpet stores;
• Catering shops;
• Ceramic and pottery works;
• *Cleaning, pressing and dyeing establishments (using noninflammable and nonexplosive cleaning fluid);
• Cold storage plants;
• Columbariums and crematoriums;
• Communications equipment buildings;
• Contractors' storage yards;
• Dairy products plants;
• Diaper supply services;
• Drapery and interior decorating stores;
• *Electrical repair shops;
• Equipment rental yards;
• Exterminators;
• Farm equipment sales and service;
• Feed and seed stores;
• Food lockers;
• Freight forwarding terminals;
• Furniture stores, new and used;
• Furniture warehouses and van services;
• *Glass shops;
• *Gunsmith shops;
• Heating and ventilating or air-conditioning shops, including incidental sheet metal; • Home improvement centers;
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• Household and office equipment and machinery repair shops; • *Household repair shops;
• Ice storage or sale houses;
• Kennels located not closer than five hundred feet to an RA, R, RM, PO or CC district; • *Laboratories;
• *Laundries;
• *Linen supply services;
• Liquor stores;
• Locksmith;
• *Lumber yards, not including planing mills or saw mills; • Machinery sales and rentals;
• Mattress repair shops;
• *Mini-storage facilities;
• *Mortuaries;
• *Motorcycle sales and service;
• *Musical instrument repair shops and incidental sales; • Nurseries and garden supply stores;
• Offices;
• Packing and crating;
• Paint and wallpaper stores;
• *Parcel delivery services;
• *Photographic and blueprint processing and printing;
• Picture framing shops;
• *Plumbing and sheet metal shops;
• *Pressing establishments;
• *Printing, lithographing and engraving;
• Public utility service yards;
• Radio and television broadcasting studios;
• Radio, television, VCR, video and related electronic equipment repair shops; • *Railroad freight and passenger stations;
• Repair garages;
• Restaurants, including drive-in restaurants;
• Rug and carpet cleaning and dyeing;
• Safe and vault repairing;
• Self-service laundry and dry cleaning establishments; • Service stations (gasoline), including dispensing of diesel fuel and complete truck service; • Sheet metal shops;
• Shoe repair shops;
• *Sign painting shops;
• Small animal hospitals or clinics and veterinarian offices including short-term boarding of animals and incidental care such as bathing and trimming provided that all operations are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure which complies with specifications of soundproof construction as prescribed by the building official; 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 47
• Stone and monument yards or mills;
• Storage garages and buildings;
• Storage yards for commercial vehicles;
• *Taxidermists;
• Thrift shops and secondhand stores;
• *Tire sales, retreading and recapping;
• Tool or cutlery sharpening or grinding;
• *Trade schools;
• Trailer sales and service and rentals;
• Transit terminals;
• Trucking terminals;
• *Typewriter repair shops;
• *Upholstery shops;
• *Used car sales;
• Warehouses, except for the storage of fuel oil or flammable liquids and explosives; • Welding and blacksmiths shops, excepting drop hammer; • *Wholesale establishments;
• Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15; • Offices and retail stores incidental to and on the same site with a commercial service establishment;
• Electrical transmission and distribution substations, gas regulator stations, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks;
Incidental and accessory uses and structures located on the same site as a permitted use.

C. Permitted uses—Administrative Approval.
• Christmas tree sales lots;
• Gas and electrical transmission lines, in accordance with Chapter 18.16; • Incidental and accessory structures and uses as defined in Chapter 18.24 located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval, or conditional use; • Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.

D. Conditional uses—City Council Approval.
• Any use listed as a permitted use in the IL light industrial district. • Bars, cocktail lounges and nightclubs;
• Convenience stores/mini-marts;
• Drive-in theaters, golf driving ranges, pony riding rings, racetracks, riding stables, skating rinks, sports arenas and sports stadiums, and other similar, open, unenclosed commercial recreation facilities;
• Electroplating shops;
• Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 18.24; Hotels and motels; • Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, up to fifty percent or less of the assessed value of the structure, or reestablishment of a 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 48
nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars, and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges; Pool halls; • Private clubs and lodges;
• Public buildings and grounds;
• Temporary revival church services;
• Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 486 §§ 4, 5, 1997; Ord. 479 §§ 3, 4, 1996; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989) * See also Section 18.10.030(C).

18.10.050 CH Highway Commercial District
A. Application. The highway commercial district is intended primarily for application to areas along major highway entrances to the city in accordance with policies of the General Plan where controlled access to the highway is afforded for the convenience of patrons traveling the highway by the provision of frontage roads, interchanges and channelized intersections.

B. Permitted Uses. Highway commercial uses, including:
• Ambulance service;
• Automobile and farm equipment sales and supply stores; • Automobile sales, service and repair, including body and fender work; • Automobile washing;
• Boat sales and service;
• Bowling alleys;
• Bus depots and transit stations hotels and motels;
• Convenience stores and services for the highway traveler, only at locations close to highway intersections or freeway interchanges, including:
• Barber and beauty shops;
• Drug stores;
• Food stores (under 10,000 square feet in area), excluding supermarkets; • Gift shops;
• Laundromats;
• Liquor stores;
• Motorcycle sales, service and repair;
• Offices providing financial lending services;
• Offices and retail stores incidental to and on the same site with a highway commercial establishment;
• Private clubs and lodges;
• Public utility structures, service and facilities, including gas and electrical distribution and transmission substations, gas regulator stations, public service pumping stations; • Recreation vehicle sales and service;
• Repair garages;
• Restaurants, including drive-in restaurants;
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• Service stations (gasoline, butane and diesel fuels only); • Soda fountains;
• Used car sales;
• Utility trailer sales, service and rental;
• Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use; • Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.

C. Permitted Uses—Administrative Approval.
• Christmas tree sales lots;
• Gas and electric transmission lines, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.17; • Public buildings and grounds;
• Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use;
• Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.

D. Conditional Uses—City Council Approval.
• Bars, cocktail lounges and nightclubs;
• Drive-in theaters, golf driving ranges, pony riding rings, race tracks, riding stables, skating rinks, sports arenas and sports stadiums, and other similar, open, unenclosed commercial recreation facilities;
• Mini-storage facilities;
• Overnight parking for recreational vehicles;
• Service stations involving the dispensing of petroleum gasoline fuels for use by the traveling public;
• Sports complex, sports facilities, and other similar regional recreation facilities; • Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing non-conforming use of a structure or land, up to fifty percent or less of the assessed value of the structure, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars, and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges; • Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 18.24. • Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 492 § 1, 1998; Ord. 486 §§ 6, 7, 1997; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

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Amended by Ord. 561 on 1/9/2018

18.10.060 C Required Conditions
A. In a CN or CC district, all businesses, services and processes shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, except for off-street parking and off-street loading areas, gasoline service stations, outdoor dining areas, nurseries, garden shops, signs, Christmas tree sales lots, 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 50
bus depots and transit stations, public utility stations and used car sales incidental to new car sales.

B. No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are found by the city council to be objectionable to persons living or working in the vicinity by reasons of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibration, illumination, glare or unsightliness or to involve any hazard of fire, explosion or toxic chemicals.

C. Temporary sidewalk sales and use of the public right-of-way for the display and sales of merchandise shall require approval by the city council. Permanent use for such purposes is strictly prohibited.

D. All commercial site boundaries adjacent to any residential zoning district shall be visually screened with ornamental masonry walls and landscaping. Wall height shall be a minimum of seven feet, except as may be designated otherwise under Site Plan Review, Chapter 18.18 of this title.

E. Street trees and frontage landscaping, with automatic irrigation, shall be provided for all commercial sites. Parking area landscaping may also be required under Site Plan Review, Chapter

18.18 of this title.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.10.070 C Property Development Standards
C District Development Standards
Development Standard CN CC CS CH Additional Regulations Site Area No limitation
Frontage, Width, and Depth No limitation
Maximum Lot Coverage No limitation
Minimum Distance Between
Structures
10 feet
Maximum Building Height 55 ft 75 ft 75 ft 55 ft Except as may be provided under the provisions of Chapter

18.17. Signs No sign or outdoor advertising
structure of any character shall
be permitted.

See exceptions prescribed in
Chapter 18.14.

A. Other Standards:Screening and Landscaping—Fences, Walls and Hedges.

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of screening device as may be required by the city council, shall be located on the property line common to such districts, except in a required front yard.

2. Open storage of materials and equipment attendant to a permitted use or conditional use shall be permitted only within an area surrounded or screened by a solid wall or fence seven feet minimum in height, except as may be modified under Site Plan Review, Chapter 18.18 of this title. Said storage shall not be visible above said fence or wall.

3. Street trees and other forms of landscaping may be required under the provisions of Chapter

18.19. B. Yard Requirements. The minimum front yard shall be as follows:

Minimum on a Site Abutting on Property in an RCO, UR, R, RM or PO District and Fronting

1. In any commercial district, the minimum side yard abutting an RCO, UR, RA, R, RM or PO district shall be ten feet.

2. In any commercial district, the minimum rear yard abutting an RCO, UR, RA, R, RM or PO District shall be ten feet.

C. Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading. Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 18.13. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.10.080 C Project Review Requirements
A. Site Plan Review. Land uses listed under "Permitted Uses" in any C district shall require site plan review approval, consistent with the provisions of Chapter 18.18.

B. Administrative Approval. Land uses listed under "Permitted Uses—Administrative Approval" in any C district shall require administrative approval, consistent with the provisions of Chapter 18.16.

District Minimum on the Same Street
CN 15 ft. 15 ft.

CC 0 ft., except 15 ft. outside of the CBD 10 ft.

CS 0 ft. 10 ft.

CH 10 ft. 15 ft.

Except as specified in subsections (E)(1) and (2) of this section, no side yards or rear yards shall be required.
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C. Conditional Use Permits. Land uses listed under "Conditional Uses—City Council Approval" in any C district shall require conditional use permit approval, consistent with the provisions of Chapter

18.17. D. Temporary Use Permits. Temporary commercial or promotional use of any site in any C district shall require approval of a temporary use permit, consistent with the provisions of Section

18.17.180.
(Ord. 489 § 1 (part), 1998)

18.10.090 C General Provisions And Exceptions
All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.11 I Industrial Districts

18.11.010 I Purposes And Application

18.11.020 IL Light Industrial District

18.11.030 IH Heavy Industrial District

18.11.040 I Required Conditions

18.11.050 I Property Development Standards

18.11.060 I Project Review Requirements

18.11.070 I General Provisions And Exceptions

18.11.080 IP Planned Industrial Districts

18.11.010 I Purposes And Application
The industrial districts are included in the zoning code to achieve the following purposes:

A. To reserve appropriately located areas for various types of industrial plants and related activities; B. To protect areas appropriate for industrial use from intrusion by residences and other inharmonious uses;
C. To protect residential, commercial and nuisance-free nonhazardous industrial uses from noise, odor, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare, fire, explosion, noxious fumes, radiation, hazardous chemicals and other hazardous and objectionable influences incidental to certain industrial uses; D. To provide opportunities for certain types of industrial plants to concentrate in mutually beneficial relationships to each other;
E. To provide adequate space to meet the needs of modern industrial development, including offstreet parking and truck loading areas; and F. To provide industrial employment opportunities for residents of the city. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.11.020 IL Light Industrial District
A. Application. This district is intended primarily for application to those areas of the city which are designated for light industrial use by the general plan.

B. Permitted Uses.
• Any use listed as a permitted use in the CS service commercial district. • Light industrial and related uses, including:
• Assembly of small electric appliances such as lighting fixtures, irons, fans, toasters and electric toys, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, dishwashers and similar home appliances.
• Assembly of small electrical equipment such as home motion picture equipment, phonographs, video cameras and radio and television receivers, but not including electrical machinery.
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• Manufacture of scientific, medical, dental and drafting instruments, orthopedic and medical appliances, cameras and photographic equipment, except film, electronic equipment, musical instruments, precision instruments, optical goods, watches and clocks. • Manufacture of ceramic products, such as pottery, figurines and small glazed tile. • Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, packaging and processing of cosmetics, drugs, pharmaceuticals, toilet soap (not including refining or rendering of fats or oils) and toiletries. • Manufacture and assembly of electrical supplies such as coils, condensers, crystal holders, insulation, lamps, switches and wire and cable assembly; provided, no noxious or offensive fumes or odors are produced.
• Manufacture of cutlery, hardware, hand tools and furniture, die and pattern making; metal stamping and extrusion of small products such as costume jewelry, pins and needles, razor blades, bottle caps, buttons and kitchen utensils.
• Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, packaging and processing of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: asbestos, bone, canvas, cellophane, cellulose, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber and synthetic fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paint (not employing a boiling process), paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, rubber and synthetic rubber, shell, straw, textiles, tobacco and wood. • Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, dairy products, food products, including fruits and vegetables, but not including fish and meat products, pickles, sauerkraut, vinegar or yeast, or refining or rendering of fats and oils.
• Blacksmith shops; boat building; electric motor rebuilding, machine shops, paint shops. • Food lockers and accessory sales.
• Gasoline service stations, including dispensing of diesel and liquid petroleum gas fuels and complete truck service.
• Lumber yards, including planing mills; mattress manufacture; storage yards for commercial vehicles or feed; flour, feed and grain mills; grain elevators. • Manufacture and maintenance of electric and neon signs, billboards and commercial advertising structures.
• Offices, retail stores and watchman's living quarters incidental to and on the same site with an industrial use.
• Public utility and public service structures and facilities such as communications equipment buildings, electric distribution substations, electric transmission substations, gas regulator stations, public service pumping stations, public utility service yards, corporation yards, railroad rights-of-way and stations, reservoirs and storage tanks.

Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use. • Sexually oriented businesses, body art facilities, and fortunetelling establishments. • Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.

B. Permitted Uses—Administrative Approval.
• Gas and electric transmission lines, in accordance with Chapter 18.16. • Mobile or modular offices in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 18.14. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 55
• Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval, or conditional use.
• Other uses which have been added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.

C. Conditional Uses—City Council Approval. Any of the uses listed in Section 18.11.030(B); provided, that on the basis of the use permit application and the evidence submitted, the city council makes the following findings in addition to the findings prescribed in Chapter 18.17:
• That consideration of all the determinable characteristics of the use which is the subject of the application indicates that the use has the same essential characteristics as the uses listed in Section 18.11.020(B) with respect of operation, type of process, materials, equipment, structures, storage and appearances.
• If the use involves nuisance or hazardous characteristics, that the application includes sufficient evidence to indicate that special devices, construction or site design are planned to eliminate the nuisance or hazardous characteristics normally attendant to operation of the use.
• That the use reasonably can be expected to conform with the required conditions prescribed for the I district in Section 18.11.060.
• Bulk storage and delivery of liquefied petroleum gas. • Cannabis products testing laboratory.
• Cannabis testing laboratory.
• Commercial Cannabis Cultivation – Indoor only.
• Cannabis Distribution.
• Cannabis Manufacturer.
• Cannabis Transportation.
• Cannabis Production.
• Public buildings and grounds.
• Expansion, remodeling or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 18.24. • Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, up to fifty percent or less of the assessed value of the structure, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars, and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges. • Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 601, 2022; Ord. 531, § 5, 2011; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 570 on 2/26/2019

18.11.030 IH Heavy Industrial District
A. Application. This district is intended for application to these urban areas of the city which are designated for heavy industrial use in the general plan. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 56
B. Permitted Uses. Any use listed as a permitted use in the IL district, excluding all CS uses. Heavy industrial and related uses including:
• Aircraft and aircraft accessories and parts manufacture; • Automobile, truck and trailer accessories and parts manufacture; • Bag cleaning;
• Battery manufacture;
• Boiler works;
• Box factories and cooperage;
• Breweries, distilleries and wineries;
• Building materials manufacture and assembly including composition wallboard, partitions, panels and prefabricated structures;
• Business machine manufacture including accounting machines, calculators, card counting equipment and typewriters;
• Can and metal container manufacture;
• Candle manufacture, not including rendering;
• Carpet and rug manufacture;
• Cement products manufacture provided no hazard of fire or explosion is created, including adhesives, bleaching products, bluing, calcimine, dye stuffs (except aniline dyes), essential oils, soda and soda compounds and vegetable gelatin, glue and size; • Concrete and concrete products manufacture;
• Cotton ginning, cotton wadding, cotton seed processing and linter manufacture; • Clay products manufacture including brick, fire brick, tile and pipe; • Firearms manufacture;
• Food products manufacture including such processing as cooking, dehydrating roasting, refining, pasteurization and extracting involved in the preparation of such products as casein, cereal, chocolate and cocoa products, cider and vinegar, coffee, fruits and vegetables, glucose, milk and dairy products, molasses and syrups, oleo/marga-rine, pickles, sauerkraut, sugar, vegetable oils and yeast;
• Glass and glass products manufacture;
• Graphite and graphite products manufacture;
• Gravel, rock and cement yards;
• Ink manufacture;
• Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants and similar agricultural, industrial and household chemical compounds manufacture;
• Jute, hemp, sisal and oakum products manufacture;
• Leather and fur finishing and dyeing, not including tanning and curing; • Machinery manufacture including heavy electrical, agricultural, construction and mining machinery and light machinery and equipment such as air conditioning, commercial motion picture equipment, dishwashers, dryers, furnaces, heaters, refrigerators, stoves and washing machines;
• Machine tools manufacture including metal lathes, metal presses, metal stamping machines and woodworking machines;
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• Meat products processing and packaging, not including slaughtering and glue and size manufacture;
• Metal alloys and foil manufacture including solder, pewter, brass, bronze and tin, lead and gold foil;
• Metal casting and foundries not including magnesium foundries; • Motor and generator manufacture and testing;
• Paper products manufacture including shipping containers, pump goods, carbon paper and coated paper stencils;
• Paraffin products manufacture;
• Plastic manufacture;
• Porcelain products manufacture including bathroom and kitchen fixtures and equipment; • Precious metals reduction, smelting and refining;
• Rubber products manufacture including tires and tubes; • Sand blasting;
• Shoe polish manufacture;
• Solid waste recycling;
• Starch and dextrine manufacturing;
• Steel products manufacture and assembly including steel cabinets and lockers, doors, fencing and furniture;
• Steam electric generating stations;
• Stone products manufacture and stone processing including abrasives, asbestos, stone screening and sand and lime products;
• Storage, sorting, collecting or baling of iron, junk, paper, rags or scrap; • Structural steel products manufacture including bars, girders, rail and wire rope; • Textile bleaching;
• Wire and cable manufacturing; Wood and lumber processing and woodworking including planing mills and saw mills, excelsior, plywood, veneer and wood-preserving treatment; • Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use; • Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15.

C. Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval.
• Gas and electric transmission lines.
• Mobile and modular offices.
• Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval, or conditional use.
• Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.14.

D. Conditional Uses—City Council Approval. The following uses and other uses may be approved according to the procedures in Chapter 18.17; provided, however, that for uses which involve nuisances, dangers of fire or explosion or other hazards to health and safety, the city council shall make a specific finding that the use can be expected to conform with each of the required conditions prescribed for an IH district in Section 18.11.040. The council may require submission of reports by technical consultants or other evidence in addition to the data prescribed in Chapter 18.17:
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• Asphalt and asphalt products manufacture;
• Cannabis distribution;
• Cannabis nursery;
• Cannabis manufacturer:
• Cannabis production;
• Cannabis products testing laboratory;
• Cannabis testing laboratory;
• Cement, lime, gypsum and plaster of paris manufacture; • Charcoal, lampblack and fuel briquettes manufacture;
• Chemical products manufacture including acetylene, aniline dyes, ammonia, carbide, caustic soda, cellulose, chlorine, cleaning and polishing preparations, creosote, exterminating agents, hydrogen and oxygen, industrial alcohol, nitrating of cotton or other materials, nitrates of an explosive nature, potash, pyroxlin, rayon yarn, and carbolic, hydrochloric, picric and sulfuric acids;
• Coal, coke and tar products manufacture;
• Commercial Cannabis Business, excluding retail sales; • Commercial Cannabis Cultivation;
• Drop forges;
• Electroplating shops;
• Fertilizer manufacture;
• Film manufacture;
• Fish products processing and packaging;
• Gas and oil wells;
• Gas manufacture or storage;
• Gelatin, glue and size manufacture from animal or fish refuse; • Grain rolling and storage;
• Junk yards;
• Lard manufacture;
• Linoleum and oil cloth manufacture;
• Liquefied petroleum gas bulk storage and delivery;
• Magnesium foundries;
• Manure, peat and topsoil processing and storage;
• Metal and metal ores reduction, refining, smelting and alloying; • Paint manufacture including enamel, lacquer, shellac, turpentine and varnish; • Paper mills;
• Petroleum and petroleum products refining and storage; • Public buildings and grounds;
• Rifle and pistol ranges, indoor only;
• Rubber manufacture or processing including natural or synthetic rubber and gutta-percha; • Soap manufacture including fat rendering;
• Steam plants;
• Stock yards, stock feeding yards and slaughter houses; • Stone mills;
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• Storage of inflammable liquids;
• Storage of used building materials;
• Tallow manufacture;
• Tanneries and curing and storage of rawhides;
• Wood and bones distillation;
• Wood pulp and fiber reduction and processing;
• Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 18.24; • Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, up to fifty percent or less of the assessed value of the structure, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation less than one hundred dollars, and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges; • Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 570 on 2/26/2019
Amended by Ord. 572 on 5/14/2019

18.11.040 I Required Conditions
A. In the IL and IH districts, all open and unlandscaped portions of any lot shall be maintained in good condition free from weeds, dust, trash and debris.

B. No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be employed which is found by the city council to be injurious to persons residing or working in the vicinity by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt refuse, noise, vibrations, illumination, glare or heavy truck traffic or to involve any hazard of fire, explosion or radio activity or to emit electrical disturbances which adversely affect commercial or electronic equipment outside the boundaries of the site.

C. No solid or liquid wastes shall be discharged into a natural watercourse, nor into a public or private sewage disposal system except in compliance with applicable regulations of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.

D. In an IL or IH district, no use shall emit particulate matter or other air pollutants in excess of the applicable air pollution emission standards of the Tulare County Air Pollution Central District, the state or of the federal government.

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection D of this section, no industrial use shall be permitted to utilize coal as a fuel in any form as a source of fuel for the conduct of any industrial operations within the city.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.11.050 I Property Development Standards
A. Screening and Landscaping—Fences, Walls and Hedges.
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1. Where a site adjoins a UR, RCO, RA, R, RM, PO or CC district, a solid wall or screen fence seven feet in height or such other height or type of screening device as may be required by the planning department, shall be located on the property line common to such districts, except in a required front yard.

2. A use not conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, or site across a street or an alley from a UR, RA, R, RM or CC district, shall be screened by an ornamental solid wall or screen fence, not less than seven feet in height, if found by the city planning department to be unsightly.

3. In an IL district, open storage of materials and equipment shall be permitted only within an area surrounded and screened by an ornamental solid wall or fence or compact evergreen hedge (with solid gates where necessary), not less than seven feet in height.

4. No fence, wall or hedge exceeding four feet in height, with the top one foot being fifty percent or more open, shall be located or maintained within the area of a corner lot on the street side of a diagonal line connecting points located thirty feet along the property lines as measured from the intersection of the property lines at the street corner.

5. No fence or wall shall exceed seven feet in height if located in a required side or rear yard or three feet in height if located in a required front yard, except that a chain-link fence greater than three feet in height may be located in any portion of a required front yard.

I District Development Standards
Development Standard IH Zone IL Zone Additional Regulations Minimum Site Area One-half acre No minimum
Minimum Frontage, Width,
Depth
No limitations
Maximum Lot Coverage No limitations
Minimum Distance Between
Structures
No limitations
Maximum Building Height 75 feet A greater height may be approved for tanks, towers, silos
and similar facilities under the
provisions of Chapter 18.17.

Signs No sign or outdoor advertising
structure of any character shall
be permitted.

See exceptions prescribed in
Chapter 18.14.

Minimum Setbacks
Front 10 feet
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Rear and Side No limitations The minimum rear yard abutting a UR, RCO, RA, R, RM, PO, or C
district shall be fifteen feet.

On a reversed corner lot
adjoining a key lot in a UR, RCO,
RA, R, RM, PO or C district, the
minimum side yard adjoining
the street shall not be less than
one-half the required front yard
on the key lot.

The minimum side yard abutting
a UR, RCO, RA, R, RM, PO or C
district shall be fifteen feet.

Other Standards:

18.11.060 I Project Review Requirements
A. Site Plan Review. Land uses listed under "Permitted Uses" in any I district shall require site plan review approval, consistent with the provisions of Chapter 18.18.

B. Administrative Approval. Land uses listed under "Permitted Uses—Administrative Approval" in any I district shall require administrative approval, consistent with the provisions of Chapter 18.16.

C. Conditional Use Permits. Land uses listed under "Conditional Uses—City Council Approval" in any I district shall require conditional use permit approval, consistent with the provisions of Chapter

18.17. D. Temporary Use Permits. Temporary commercial or promotional use of any site in any I district shall require approval of a temporary use permit, consistent with the provisions of Section 18.17.180. (Ord. 489 § 1 (part), 1998: Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.11.070 I General Provisions And Exceptions
All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions in Chapter 18.15. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.11.080 IP Planned Industrial Districts
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industries in accordance with a development program approved by the city. Such a program involves the combining of certain uses and a set of development regulations which are more restrictive than those otherwise provided in the IL and IH districts.

B. Regulations. In order to assure the mutual protection and compatibility of uses to be located within an IP district, the owners of all the land within the area proposed to be classified IP shall submit the following to the city:

1. More restrictive list of these uses set forth in Sections 18.11.020(B) and (C), and Sections

18.11.030(B) and (C) of this chapter, which uses are desired by the owners to be listed as permitted uses under this section;

2. A statement of more restrictive regulations relating to each of the subjects of Sections

18.10.060 through 18.10.150, and Sections 18.11.040 through 18.11.140 of this chapter than are now provided by these sections and which are desired by the owners to become additional regulations under this section. Upon written approval of the city council, the list of permitted uses and statements of more restrictive regulations requested for a particular parcel of land shall become the regulations of this section with respect to such parcel of land by reference with the same force and effect as if the regulations were specifically set out and described under this section; provided, however, such statements of more restrictive regulations shall apply in addition to those prescribed within Section 18.11.050 of this chapter.

3. All uses listed as requiring conditional use permits in the IL or IH districts shall be considered as conditional uses under this section.

4. The minimum acreage required for the application of the IP district shall be five acres.

C. Required Conditions. Before the city council may give written approval pursuant to this section and classify property as being within the IP district, the owners shall record, in the office of the county recorder, deed restrictions running with the land affected corresponding to the list of permitted uses and statements of more restrictive regulations approved pursuant to the provisions of subsection B of this section.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.12 Combining Districts

18.12.010 PUD Planned Unit Development Combining District

18.12.020 MXU Mixed Use Combining District

18.12.010 PUD Planned Unit Development Combining District A. Purposes and Application. The PUD planned unit development combining district is intended for application to those residential, professional office, commercial and industrial base zoning districts which are designated by the general plan and/or city council as areas to assure that property will be developed in a manner superior to that which otherwise would be achieved through regulations of the base zoning district involved. The PUD combining district is also intended as an optional approach to achieving the purposes of Chapter 18.19, at the discretion of the city rather than the landowner.

B. Applicable Regulations and Procedures. The development of property within a PUD combining district shall be subject to all of the regulations and procedures of Chapter 18.19. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.12.020 MXU Mixed Use Combining District
A. Purposes and Application. The MXU mixed use combining district is intended for application to these residential, commercial and industrial base zoning districts which are designated as areas characterized by a mixture of uses, blighted structures and sites, and/or inadequate street and alley improvements.

B. Applicable Regulations and Procedures. The MXU combining district provides the flexibility needed to improve land use conditions within redevelopment project areas. All categories of land use shown on the general plan diagram are eligible for consideration within redevelopment project areas. An application for a building permit, site plan review or PUD will initiate the process for determining an appropriate development proposal under mixed use regulations, except as provided for in subsections (C) and (D) of this section. The city council shall make a determination as to which procedures shall be followed under the provisions of Chapters 18.18, 18.19 and 18.20 of this title.

C. Development Standards for Emergency Shelters. In order to implement the provisions of state law, including Government Code Sections 65583 and 65589.5, emergency shelters shall be permitted by right in the MXU district, subject to non-discretionary site plan review procedures and the following standards.

1. Emergency shelters shall be defined by Section 18.24.030 of this chapter.

2. The facility shall not serve more than twelve persons on any night.

3. The facility shall provide at least one off-street parking space for every two beds and one parking space per employee. Driveways and parking areas shall be subject to the standards of Section 18.13.030 for off-street parking facilities. Parking areas shall be located to the rear and/or side of the structure.
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4. Client waiting, intake, and visiting areas shall be located indoors.

5. Facility management personnel shall be present at the facility when clients are at the facility.

6. There shall be a minimum distance separation of at least 250 feet between emergency shelters. This distance separation shall be measured from the closest property lines of such facilities.

7. Clients shall not occupy the facility for more than six consecutive or cumulative months. The facility operator shall keep accurate records of client names and dates of occupancy, and shall make such records available for city inspection in order to verify compliance with this subsection.

8. Facility entrances, parking areas, and outdoor gathering areas shall be lighted in accordance with a security lighting plan approved by the city services director. This review shall be limited to insure that the security lighting plan: a) provides for the secure illumination of facility entrances, parking areas, and outdoor gathering areas; and b) includes adequate shielding to prevent glare impacts on adjacent properties and public rights-of-way.

9. There shall be at least one private security officer present on site at times during facility operation. This security officer shall be a separate person from onsite facility management personnel.

10. Low Barrier Navigation Centers (LBNC) as defined in Section 18.24.030, shall be enumerated as permitted use by right in areas zoned for mixed use, and nonresidential zones permitting multifamily uses, if they meet specified requirements.

11. Common barriers preventing individuals from entering emergency shelters should be reduced to the greatest extent, such as allowing partners, pets, storage of personal items, and privacy.

D. Residential Development Standards. In order to streamline review of housing proposals, the following standards shall apply to residential development in the MXU district. Residential uses (including ADUs) shall be permitted by right in the MXU district, subject to administrative (nondiscretionary) site plan review. Construction of ADUs are limited to the residential areas of a mixed-use development, and not the areas used for commercial or other activities and must be in accordance with Section 18.14.060. The parking and storage areas for these non-residential uses would also be excluded from potential ADU development. The following standards are intended to: a) encourage flexible development of high-density affordable housing; b) provide exceptional amenity and design quality that is human-scaled and non-institutional; and c) encourage sustainable development practices, based on neighborhood design principles. Residential development in the MXU district shall be subject to the following standards:

MXU District Development Standards
Development Standard RA Zone Additional Regulations
Minimum Site Area One acre
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Density 10 units per acre – 30 units per
acre
Minimum Frontage, Width, and
Depth
No limitation
Maximum Lot Coverage No limitation Subject to open space requirements of this section.

Minimum Distance Between
Structures
No limitation
Maximum Building Height 3 stories or 35 feet, whichever is greater
Signs No sign or outdoor advertising
structure of any character shall
be permitted.

See exceptions prescribed in
Chapter 18.14.

Setbacks
Front Minimum: 5 feet
Maximum: 10 feet
Accessory structures, including
detached garages, shall be
located behind primary
structures.

Rear and Side No limitations A minimum side yard of five feet per building story is required
adjacent to residential zoning
districts.

1. .

A. Parking and Loading Facilities. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall comply with Article 13 of this chapter, and the following standards:

1. The total number of off-street parking spaces for a residential development shall not exceed one hundred ten percent of the minimum number of off-street parking spaces required by Article 13.

2. Covered parking shall be located in entirely enclosed garages which are consistent with or exceed the architectural quality of dwelling units in the same development. Carports or partially enclosed parking structures shall not be permitted.

3. At least fifty percent of required parking spaces shall be located in enclosed garages, located with direct interior access from dwelling units. Garages shall not provide direct access to adjacent public streets, but shall face interior drive areas. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 66

4. Uncovered parking spaces shall be located to the rear of dwelling units and dispersed throughout the project area, in order to provide convenient resident access and to preclude large pavement areas. Uncovered parking shall not be located in any front or corner side yards.

5. Uncovered parking areas shall contain no more than six contiguous parking spaces in any single location. One shade tree planter shall be located after every sixth open parking space, and at the end of every row of open parking spaces.

6. Driveways and vehicle backing areas shall not exceed the minimum width or depth standards provided in Article 13, in order to preclude large pavement areas.

B. Architecture.

1. Compatibility. Structures shall reflect the general architectural character of neighboring residences through use of related building features including scale/mass, height, proportion, windows, doorways, color, materials, and shapes.

2. Orientation. Dwelling units may be located adjacent to or detached from other dwelling units, or may be located above non-residential uses such as retail or office uses. However, dwelling units shall not be located above or beneath other dwelling units.

3. Facades.
a. Exterior building materials shall be consistent with or exceed the quality of residential buildings in the neighborhood.
b. Exterior stairways shall not serve more than one unit and shall not be visible from public rights-of-way.

4. Roofing.
a. Roofing forms and materials shall be consistent with or exceed the quality of residential structures in the neighborhood.
b. Roofing on building perimeter segments shall be stepped to transition between a proposed taller building and existing adjacent residential structures. c. Adjoining dwelling units shall incorporate differing roof forms.

5. Windows.
a. Window forms and materials shall be consistent with or exceed the quality of windows found on existing residential structures in the neighborhood. b. Windows shall incorporate architectural detailing which visually differentiates windows from walls and minimizes generic and/or utilitarian appearances. Examples of appropriate detailing may include: bays; projecting frames, casings, and sills; shutters; muntin bars; awnings; dormers; transoms; and/or pilasters. Unadorned windows shall not be permitted on any exterior elevation.
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c. All exposed exterior walls of units shall incorporate windows consistent with this subsection.

6. Doorways.
a. Dwelling units shall have first-story individual entrances providing direct and convenient access to the public right-of-way or common open space. Entrances shall have vestibules, canopies, or porches to provide weather protection. Each entrance shall be contiguous to a porch and/or patio that provide a usable outdoor transition area between public and private space.
b. Units adjacent to a public street shall face and access the street. c. Adjoining dwelling units shall not share covered entrance areas. d. Doorways shall be clearly visible from streets or common areas, except that sliding glass doorways shall not be visible from public rights-of-way.

7. Mechanical Equipment. Mechanical equipment shall not be visible from any public rights-ofway or common recreational areas.

C. Common Area. A minimum of twenty percent of net site area shall be provided as common open area, exclusive of driveways and parking areas. Within this area, a minimum common area of five feet in width shall be provided adjacent to all groups of units except where the groups front or abut a public street. At least one hundred square feet per dwelling unit shall be provided in the form of recreational amenities, such as walking trails, playgrounds, swimming pools, etc.

D. Landscaping.

1. Prior to building permit approval, a landscaping and irrigation plan shall be submitted to the city for review and approval. This plan shall provide:
a. Native and drought-tolerant plant species.
b. Groundcovers for areas that are not hardscaped.
c. Foundation plantings of low-growing evergreen shrubs that will not obstruct visibility of windows or doorways at plant maturity.
d. Shade trees for perimeter walkways and common recreational areas. Trees shall be double-staked and have a minimum trunk caliper of at least two inches at planting. e. Planter areas shall be planted at a density to achieve groundcover and shrub coverage of at least seventy-five percent at plant maturity.
f. Water conservation features including automatic rain shut-offs, drip irrigation, limited turf, and mulched beds.

2. Landscaping shall be installed and inspected by the city for compliance with this subsection prior to issuance of a final certificate of occupancy.
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3. The developer shall provide the city with a maintenance bond and documentation of a landscape maintenance contract that provides for removal of tree staking one year after planting or at longer intervals as approved by a licensed arborist; replacement of dead or diseased plants; and long-term plant maintenance.

E. Fences, Walls and Hedges. Permitted in accordance with Section 18.06.050(A).

F. Signs. Permitted in accordance with Section 18.14.040(C).

G. Trash Enclosures. Screened trash enclosures shall be provided at convenient locations throughout each development, in accordance with the following standards:

1. Enclosures shall be constructed of split-faced decorative concrete masonry units, to a height exceeding the height of trash containers.

2. Enclosures shall utilize a solid and durable screening door that is completely opaque and screens the view of trash storage from the outside.

3. Enclosures shall be located a minimum distance of twenty-five feet from any residential structure in the development, and from adjoining property lines of a residential zoning district.

4. Enclosures shall be located adjacent to a driveway constructed to the approval of the city services director, to insure that driveway construction will withstand the weight of service vehicles and will provide sufficient turning radii.
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18.13 Off-Street Parking And Off-Street Loading Facilities

18.13.010 Purposes And Application

18.13.020 Off-Street Parking Facilities Required

18.13.030 Standards For Off-Street Parking Facilities

18.13.040 Off-Street Loading Facilities Required

18.13.050 Standards For Off-Street Loading Facilities

18.13.060 Location Of Off-Street Parking And Off-Street Loading Facilities

18.13.070 Screening, Fencing And Landscaping

18.13.080 Existing Uses

18.13.090 Reduction Of Off-Street Parking And Off-Street Loading Facilities

18.13.100 Exceptions To Off-Street Parking And Off-Street Loading Requirements

18.13.010 Purposes And Application
In order to alleviate progressively or to prevent traffic congestion and shortage of curb spaces, off street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided incidental to new land uses and major alterations and enlargements of existing land uses. The number of parking spaces and loading berths shall be in proportion to the need for such facilities as created by the particular type of land use. Off-street parking and loading areas are to be laid out in a manner which will ensure their usefulness, protect the public safety and, where appropriate, insulate surrounding uses from their impact.

Provisions of this chapter are also intended to deal with problems, conditions and needs which are apparent in attempting to provide sufficient off-street parking facilities in areas of intense commercial development, including:

A. The difficulty in assembling land by private means, including the often excessive time required; B. The varying financial capabilities and traffic generating characteristics among varying types of commercial enterprise;
C. The importance of avoiding fragmented patterns of off-street parking facilities which may bear little relation to the needs of a commercial area as a whole; D. The importance of having regulations which will not inadvertently discourage private investment while alleviating or preventing traffic congestion; and E. The importance of achieving a reasonable distribution of financial burden among private interests and the public at large consistent with their individual and collective responsibilities to provide off-street parking facilities.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.13.020 Off-Street Parking Facilities Required
A. Parking Space Definition. A "parking space" shall be an area for the parking of a motor vehicle, plus those additional areas and facilities required to provide for safe access to and from said space.

The area set aside to meet these provisions must be usable and accessible for the type of parking need that must be satisfied.
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B. Special Parking Standards in Residential Districts. The following standards shall apply to vehicle parking in all residential zone districts. Vehicles parked on a property shall be parked only within an enclosed yard, garage, or carport, or on a driveway, subject to the following specific standards and limitations:

1. Recreational Vehicles. Recreational vehicles parked for longer than seventy-two hours shall be parked only within an enclosed yard, garage, or carport. Boats and trailers parked in carports shall be covered. A maximum of one recreational vehicle designed primarily for temporary residential occupancy (including, but not limited to, motor homes, cab-over campers, fifth wheel campers, and tent trailers) may be parked on a property at any one time. Recreational vehicles shall not be used for residential occupancy.

2. Commercial Vehicles. Commercial vehicles shall not be parked within any residential district, unless they are actively providing direct temporary service to a specific residential property and parked for less than twenty-four hours.

3. Trailers. Trailers shall be parked only within an enclosed yard, garage or carport. Trailers parked in carports shall be covered.

4. Inoperable Vehicles. Any vehicle incapable of movement under its own power shall be parked only within an enclosed yard, garage or carport. Inoperable vehicles parked in carports shall be covered. In cases of emergency, accident or breakdown, such vehicles shall be parked within an enclosed yard, garage or carport within twenty-four hours of the incident. A maximum of one inoperable motor vehicle may be parked on a residentially zoned property.

5. Residential Parking Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to parking standards in residential districts:
a. "Vehicle" means any device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a street or highway (except devices moved exclusively by human power).

Vehicles specifically include passenger, recreational and commercial vehicles, vans, trucks, and trailers of any type.
b. "Park" means the standing of a vehicle while it is not actively engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers, vehicle cleaning or vehicle repair. c. "Enclosed yard" means the area located interior to front, side, street side, and rear yard building setbacks, which is completely screened from public view by a solid screening fence with a minimum height of six feet.
d. "Driveway" means an all-weather driving and parking surface such as concrete, asphalt or decomposed granite, which provides direct street or alley access through an approved drive approach.
e. "Recreational vehicles" include motor homes, campers, tent trailers, boats, fifth wheel campers, and other similar vehicles or trailers intended primarily for recreational use. f. "Commercial vehicle" includes:
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ii. Truck-tractors (as defined by Vehicle Code Section 655); iii. Trailers (excluding recreational vehicles) exceeding twenty feet in length; iv. Trailers or semitrailers used for storage or transport of ladders, portable toilets, or other related agricultural service equipment.

6. "Trailer" includes all types of nonmotorized vehicles designed primarily for storage and transport of property, including, but not limited to, trailers, semitrailers, utility trailers, flatbed trailers and storage trailers.

C. Time When Off-Street Parking is Required. Except as provided in subsection J of this section or in Section 18.13.100 of this chapter, there shall be provided off-street parking facilities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter when any of the following shall occur:

1. Initial occupancy of a site;

2. A major alteration or enlargement of a use, site or building (see subsection F of this section);

3. A change in use that requires additional parking.

D. Parking Space Schedule.

1. Residential uses.
a. Single-family dwellings: two spaces for each primary dwelling unit, with at least one space within a garage or carport.
b. Duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and multifamily dwellings - in accordance with the following schedule:

Number of Bedrooms Number of Spaces
Studio (no bedrooms) 1.5
1 bedroom 1.5
2 bedrooms 2.0
3 or more bedrooms 2.0
c. Except for driveways allowed in the front setback area of a garage or carport, or by variance, all additional parking for two to four unit structures and multifamily units shall be to the rear or side of such units, if practicably feasible. d. Housing for the elderly and persons with disabilities: one space for each dwelling unit; provided, however, that sufficient space shall be set aside and incorporated into the site plan for the number of spaces prescribed under subsection (D)(l)(b) of this section, in the event of a change of use to housing for the nonelderly. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 72
e. Housing for agricultural employees: At least one parking space per unit or one space per three beds, whichever is more, as well as one space per farmworker housing complex employees shall be provided.
f. Group home (6 or fewer residents): None in addition to what is required for residential use.
g. Group home (7 or more residents): 2 spaces for the owner-manager plus 1 for every 5 beds and 1 for each nonresident employee.
h. Supportive housing: Same as dwelling type, plus 1 space for every two employees providing on-site services to residents.
i. Single room occupancy units: One space per employee or resident manager, and one space per unit.
j. Emergency shelters: One off-street parking space for every two beds and one parking space per employee.
k. Private clubs, fraternity or sorority houses, lodging and rooming houses: one space for each two beds.
l. Motels, hotels, inns and bed and breakfast establishments: one space for each guest room, plus one space for each employee.
m. Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units: Adequate parking area must be available on the streets adjacent to the accessory dwelling unit. If adequate onstreet parking is not available in the immediate vicinity, or in the case of all second units located on cul-de-sac lots, one additional off-street parking space must be provided. The additional parking space shall be waived if in any of the following instances:
i. The accessory dwelling unit is located within one-half (0.5) miles of public transit. ii. The accessory dwelling unit is located within an architecturally and historically significant historic district.
iii. The accessory dwelling unit is part of the existing primary residence or an existing accessory structure.
iv. When a garage, carport, or covered parking structure is demolished in conjunction with the construction of an ADU, or converted to an ADU, the local agency shall not require that those off-street parking spaces for the primary unit be replaced. (Gov.

Code, § 65852.2, subd. (a)(1)(D)(xi).)

2. Uses Within the Central Commercial District.
a. Commercial and office uses, excluding conditional uses, within the area designated as the central business district by the general plan: one space for each eight hundred square feet of floor area.
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b. Uses within an integrated shopping center involving a combination of three or more retail uses permitted within the CC District for which building area, off-street parking, off-street loading, landscaping, lighting and other features are developed, managed and maintained as if a single unit: three spaces for each one thousand square feet of gross leasable area, or four spaces for each one thousand square feet of gross leasable area if the center includes a supermarket.
c. Other uses within the central commercial district within or outside of the central business district: The number of spaces otherwise required by this chapter for the type of use.

3. Other Commercial Use—Industrial Use.
a. Banks: one space for each three hundred square feet of floor area. b. Offices (not including medically related or public administrative offices): one space for each four hundred square feet of floor area.
c. Retail stores, food: one space for each one hundred fifty square feet of floor area; minimarket food stores, one space for each three hundred square feet of floor area for stores under two thousand square feet of gross floor area.
d. Retail stores, other than food, and personal service establishments: one space for each two hundred square feet of floor space.
e. Retail stores which handle primarily bulky merchandise such as furniture, household appliances, motor vehicles, farm implements, machinery and bulk supplies: one space for each six hundred square feet of floor area.
f. Service commercial uses, repair shops and wholesale establishments: one space for each eight hundred square feet of floor area, plus one space for each employee. g. Commercial and industrial uses conducted primarily outside of buildings: one space for each employee of the maximum working shift.
h. Manufacturing, indoor storage and other industrial uses: one space for each employee of the maximum working shift.

4. Utility Uses. Electrical distribution and transmission substations, gas regulator stations, public utility pumping stations, reservoirs, water or gas storage tank farms, sewage treatment plants and other public utility buildings and uses: one space for each two employees of the maximum working shift, plus one space for each vehicle stored at the site. Where the use is unmanned, one space for each service vehicle to be parked at the site.

5. Health Uses.
a. Medical and dental offices and clinics, including (but not limited to) surgeons, general practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, medical specialists, opthomologists, dentists, optometrists and similar medically-related professions: three spaces for each practitioner, plus one space for each employee, or one space for each two hundred fifty square feet of floor area, whichever is greater.
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b. Rest homes, nursing homes, convalescent homes, homes for the aged: one space for each employee of the daytime shift, plus one space for each four beds. c. Charitable and religious institutions providing sleeping accommodations: one space for each employee and one space for each four beds.
d. Hospitals: one space for each four beds and one space for each two employees of the maximum working shift, plus one space for each staff doctor.

6. Places of Assembly.
a. Cafe, restaurant or other establishment for the sale and consumption of food and beverages on the premises: one space for each four seats. b. Drive-in and fast food restaurants: one space for each two seats, one space for each employee on the maximum working shift.
c. Auditoriums (except school auditoriums), churches, mortuaries, sports arenas and stadiums, dance halls, private clubs and lodges: one space for each fifty square feet of floor area used for seating if seats are not fixed or one space for each four seats, plus one space for each employee. School classrooms associated with a church do not require parking in addition to that required for church seating. d. Theaters (indoor): one space for each four seats.
e. Bowling alleys: four spaces for each alley, plus one space for each four seats devoted to restaurant and/or cocktail lounge, plus one space for each employee on the maximum working shift.
f. Other places of assembly without fixed seats: one space for each fifty square feet of floor areas used for assembly, plus one space for each employee on the maximum working shift.

7. Educational Uses.
a. Public and private elementary and junior high schools: one space for each employee, plus sufficient space for safe and convenient bus loading and unloading of students. b. High schools: one space for each employee, one space for each ten students, plus sufficient space for safe and convenient bus loading and unloading of students. c. Colleges: one space for each employee, plus one space for each five students enrolled. d. Nursery schools and day care centers: one space for each employee, plus sufficient space for safe and convenient loading and unloading of students enrolled. e. Business, professional and trade schools and colleges, and art, craft, music and dancing schools: one space for each employee, plus one space for each three adult students.

8. Public Uses.
a. City, County, special district, State and Federal administrative offices: one space for each employee, plus one space for each one thousand square feet of floor area. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 75
b. Public buildings and grounds other than offices and educational uses: one space for each employee of the maximum working shift, plus the number of additional spaces prescribed by the city council.

9. Transportation Terminals and Facilities. Airports, heliports, bus depots, taxi stations, railroad stations and yards: one space for each employee on the maximum working shift, plus sufficient space for the loading and unloading of passengers.

10. Miscellaneous Uses. For a use not specified or covered by the above parking schedule, the same number of spaces shall be provided, as determined by the planning department, as are required for the most similar use.

11. Recreation Vehicle Parking Within Multifamily Developments. Recreation vehicle parking shall not be permitted within multifamily developments unless confined to an area designed for the purpose enclosed by a security fence, and located where it will have the least visual impact on the site as a whole. RV parking within yard spaces of individual dwelling units or multifamily structures shall be prohibited.

12. Demonstrated Alternative Parking Requirements. Notwithstanding the parking requirements of subsections (D)(2) and (3) of the above schedule, an applicant shall be entitled to submit a parking formula for consideration and approval by the city council which is based on a demonstrated satisfaction of parking requirements for the same or similar use at another location. Such alternative demonstration shall be submitted in writing, together with photographic and other evidence as may be necessary in support of the request. Evidence from a location outside of the city shall include a letter from the planning official having jurisdiction corroborating that the evidence supports the alternative formula.

E. Units of Measurement.

1. For purposes of this chapter, "floor area" shall mean that floor area used, or intended to be used, for direct service to the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients, or as tenants, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment for the display and sale of merchandise.

It shall not include areas used principally for nonpublic use, including storage or administrative offices incidental to a commercial use.

2. In outdoor or indoor places of assembly, in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each twenty-four lineal inches of each seating facility shall be counted as one seat for purposes of calculating off-street parking requirements.

3. If, in the application of the requirements of this section, a fractional number of seats are obtained, one parking space shall be provided for a fraction of one-half or more, and no parking space shall be required for a fraction of less than one-half.

F. Change in Use, Additions and Enlargements. Whenever there is a change in use or increase in floor area, or change in other unit of measurement specified herein, and such change of increase creates a need for an increase in the number of off-street parking spaces by twenty percent or more, such increase in parking facilities shall be provided on the basis of the increased requirements of the new or enlarged use; provided, however, that in the event a change in use 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 76
creates a need for an increase of two or less off-street parking spaces, no additional parking facilities shall be required.

G. Remodeling. No additional off-street parking facilities shall be required solely because of the remodeling of an existing use or building, unless there is a change in use, addition or enlargement for which additional facilities are required in accordance with subsection F of this section.

H. Mixed Uses. In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements for the several uses computed separately. Off-street parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any other use except as herein specified for joint use and uses within integrated shopping centers and the Central Business District.

I. Joint Use. The city services director may, upon written application by the owner or lessee of any property, authorize the joint use of parking facilities by the following uses and activities, and under the conditions specified herein:

1. Seventy-five percent of the parking facilities required for a use considered to be primarily a daytime use may be provided by the parking facilities of a use considered to be primarily a nighttime use, or the reciprocal; provided, however, that such parking area shall meet the conditions set forth for in-lieu payments in subsection (K)(3) of this section.

2. The following uses are typical daytime uses: banks, business offices, retail stores, personal services, manufacturing or wholesale uses and similar uses. The following uses are typical nighttime uses: dance halls, theaters, bars, auditorium and restaurants that only serve dinners.

3. The following are conditions required for joint use:
a. The building or use for which application is made for authority to utilize the existing offstreet parking facilities provided by another building or use shall be located within two hundred feet from such parking facility.
b. The applicant shall show that there is no substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the building or uses for which the joint use of off-street parking facilities is proposed.
c. If the building, structure or improvement requiring parking space is in one ownership and the required parking space provided is in another ownership, partially or wholly, there shall be a recording in the office of the county recorder of a covenant by such owners for the benefit of the city, in a form approved by the city, that such owner or owners will continue to maintain such parking space so long as said building structure or improvement is maintained by said owner within said city.
d. The covenant herein required shall stipulate that the title to and right to use the parcel or parcels upon which the parking space is to be provided will be subservient to the title to the premises upon which the building is to be erected and that said parcel or parcels are not and will not be made subject to any other covenant or contract for use without prior written consent of the city.
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J. Common Facilities. Common parking facilities may be provided in lieu of the individual requirements contained herein, but such facilities shall be approved by the city council as to size, shape and relationship to sites to be served. The total of such off-street parking spaces, when used together, shall not be less than the sum required for the various uses computed separately, except as follows:

1. Where joint use is allowed.

2. When such common parking facility is to occupy a site three thousand square feet or more, a fifteen percent reduction in the total number of spaces shall be permitted.

3. Where the provisions of subsection (D)(2) of this section apply.

K. In-lieu Payments for Uses within the Central Business District. In lieu of furnishing the parking spaces and facilities required by the provisions of this section for uses within the central business district, the requirements thereof may be satisfied by electing one of the following options:

1. Payment to the City. Payment to the city of an amount of money, per parking space, for each parking space required by the provisions of this chapter, equal to fifty percent of the value of a parking space, which value shall be fixed annually by the city council based on the city's experience in the cost of developing municipal off-street parking facilities. The payments of such money shall constitute full compliance with the provisions of this section, and the city shall provide such spaces for the benefit of the public as part of, and through the expansion of, the city's municipal off-street parking program. The city shall construct, maintain and manage such spaces at such locations and at such times as will best benefit the public-at-large in accordance with the policies and programs of the off-street parking plan of the city as adopted by the council.

2. Construction of Parking. Construction of such off-street parking spaces and facilities as reasonably may be provided in view of the physical limitations of the property available for such purpose and the deposit of money with the city in accordance with the provisions, and under the terms of subsection (K)(1) of this section, for the remainder of the off-street parking spaces and facilities required by this section; or

3. Deposit of Money.
a. With the consent of the council, the owner of the property or use for which twenty or more off-street parking spaces are required may deposit with the city an amount of money, per parking space for each parking space required by the provisions of this chapter, equal to seventy-five percent of the value of a parking space, which value shall be fixed annually by the council based on the city's experience in the cost of developing municipal off-street parking facilities.
b. The payment of such money shall constitute full compliance with the provisions of this section, and the city shall provide such spaces for the benefit of the public as a part of, and as an expansion of, the city's municipal off-street parking program. The city shall construct, maintain and manage such spaces within four hundred feet of the exterior 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 78
boundaries of the property or use for which the spaces were originally required and within a time period determined by the mutual agreement of the depositor and the council. c. Whenever a payment of money is made to the city in lieu of the provision of parking spaces and facilities required by this section, such money shall be deposited in a special fund and shall be used and expended exclusively for the purpose of acquiring and developing off-street parking facilities as an expansion of the city's municipal off-street parking program. The value of an off-street parking space, to be fixed annually by the council, shall be determined in such a manner that it will reflect reasonably the actual unit parking space costs to the city for the acquisition and development of parking facilities. d. Whenever a payment of money is made to the city in lieu of the provision of parking spaces and facilities required by this section, the payment may be made in equal monthly installments, with interest, over the maximum period of time possible consistent with attaining the objectives of the city's municipal off-street parking program. The time period for such payment shall be stated in an agreement with the city for payment, with the first installment due and payable upon execution of the agreement with the city for such payment. No use permit shall become effective, nor shall any building permit be approved, where in-lieu payments are required, until such agreement has been duly executed.
(Ord. 489 § 1 (part), 1999; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.13.030 Standards For Off-Street Parking Facilities
Off-street parking facilities shall conform to the following standards:

A. All parking areas shall have adequate ingress and egress to and from a street or alley. Sufficient room for turning and maneuvering vehicles shall be provided on the site. Bumper rails or other barriers shall be provided where needed for safety or to protect property, as determined by the city services director.

B. Entrances and exits to parking lots and other parking facilities shall be provided only at locations approved under site plan review procedures of this code*.

C. Each parking space shall be not less than twenty feet in length and nine feet in width, exclusive of aisles and access drives, except that up to forty percent of all spaces may be provided for compact cars with such spaces not less than seventeen feet in length and eight feet in width, and marked for compact cars. Spaces for the handicapped shall meet state standards.

D. Parking lot lighting shall be deflected away from abutting sites so as not to cause annoying glare to such sites.

E. No commercial repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted on a parking site.

F. The parking area, aisles and access drives shall be paved so as to provide a durable, dustless surface and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of surface water, with the design and specifications of such work subject to city standards and the approval of the city services director. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 79
G. The requirements of this section shall apply to all uses for which a site plan must be approved in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 18.17 and 18.18. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
* See Chapter 18.18 of this title.

18.13.040 Off-Street Loading Facilities Required
In any district, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of ten thousand square feet or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same parcel with such building, at least one off-street loading space, plus one additional off-street loading space for each twenty thousand square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.13.050 Standards For Off-Street Loading Facilities
Off-street loading facilities provided in compliance with Section 18.13.040 shall conform with the following standards:

A. Each loading berth shall be of a length and width, and shall have an overhead clearance sufficient to accommodate fully the maximum size of vehicles used in loading or unloading operations.

B. Sufficient room for the turning and maneuvering of vehicles shall be provided on the site.

C. Entrances and exits shall be provided at locations approved under site plan review procedures of this code.

D. The loading area, access drives and aisles shall be paved so as to provide a durable, dustless surface and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of surface water, with the design and specifications of such work subject to city standards and approval of the city services director.

E. Bumper rails or other barriers shall be provided where needed for safety or to protect property, as determined by the city services director.

F. If the loading area is illuminated, lighting shall be deflected away from abutting sites so as not to cause annoying glare to such sites.

G. A loading area shall not be located in a required front yard. A loading area may be located in a required side or rear yard.

H. No commercial repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted in an off-street loading area. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

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Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be located on the same site with the use for which the berths are required or on an adjoining site, except that within the central business district as located within the CC district, off-street parking facilities may be located within four hundred feet of the use for which the spaces are required, measured by the shortest route of pedestrian access. No off-street loading space shall be required where buildings are served by a public alley. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.13.070 Screening, Fencing And Landscaping
A. Where an off-street parking area in a C district adjoins a UR, RA, R, RM or PO district, an ornamental solid wall or fence, vine-covered open fence, or compact screening device, as may be required under "Site Plan Review", Chapter 18.18 of this title, shall be located on the property line common to such districts, except in a required front yard.

B. In an RM, PO, C or I district, not less than five percent of the interior of a parking area shall be landscaped with trees and other plant materials suitable for ornamentation.

Landscaped areas shall be distributed throughout the parking area to the extent practical in consideration of the size and design of the parking area. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.13.080 Existing Uses
No existing use of land or structure shall be deemed to be a nonconforming use solely because of the lack of off-street parking facilities or off-street loading facilities prescribed in this chapter; provided, however, that facilities being used for off-street parking and off-street loading at the time of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title shall not be reduced in capacity to less than the number of spaces or berths or reduced to less than the minimum standards prescribed in this chapter. Where an existing use is expanded, the parking requirements of this chapter shall apply only to the addition. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.13.090 Reduction Of Off-Street Parking And Off-Street Loading Facilities No off-street parking or off-street loading facilities provided for a use of land or structure in compliance with this chapter shall be reduced in capacity or in area without sufficient additional capacity or additional area being provided to comply with the regulations of this chapter. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.13.100 Exceptions To Off-Street Parking And Off-Street Loading Requirements None of the provisions of this title which require the provisions of off-street parking and off-street loading spaces in connection with the use of property for commercial or industrial purposes shall apply to any parcel of property which is located within any vehicle parking district hereafter formed and existing under the provisions of any parking district act approved by the city council, and where parking and loading facilities provided by such district are determined by the city council to be adequate to serve the district. (Ord 437 § 1 (part), 1989)
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18.14 ingle room Miscellaneous Development Standards

18.14.010 Home Occupations

18.14.020 Temporary Subdivision Signs And Sales Offices

18.14.030 Mobile Home Parks

18.14.040 Regulation of signs and outdoor advertising.

18.14.050 Regulation Of Manufactured Housing Within Residential Districts

18.14.060 Accessory Dwelling Units

18.14.070 Single-Room Occupancy Unit

18.14.080 Group Care Homes

18.14.090 Supportive Housing

18.14.100 Employee Housing

18.14.110 Signage Regulations

18.14.120 Applicability And Severability

18.14.130 No Discrimination Against Noncommercial Speech

18.14.140 Exempt Signs

18.14.150 Prohibited Signs

18.14.160 Permits Required

18.14.170 Rules For Sign Measurement

18.14.180 Sign Regulations On Developed Sites By Zone District

18.14.190 Sign Regulations On Undeveloped Or Developing Sites

18.14.200 Offsite Temporary Signs For Residential Subdivisions

18.14.210 Flags And Flagpoles

18.14.220 Search Lights And Klieg Lights

18.14.230 Signs In Public Rights-Of-Way

18.14.240 Temporary Sign Standards

18.14.250 Size Of Signs On Windows

18.14.260 Signs With Non-Electronic Changeable Copy

18.14.270 Signs With Electronic Changeable Copy

18.14.280 Illumination Of Signs

18.14.290 Concealed Electrical Systems

18.14.300 Master Sign Program

18.14.310 Variances And Administrative Adjustments

18.14.320 Wall Mural Placement And Design Criteria

18.14.330 Nonconforming Signs

18.14.340 Maintenance Of Signs

18.14.350 Hazardous Signs

18.14.360 Abandoned Or Obsolete Signs

18.14.370 Illegal Signs

18.14.380 Enforcement

18.14.390 Definitions

18.14.010 Home Occupations
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A. Procedure. Home occupations shall be permitted only in accordance with the regulations in Chapter 18.16 and this section.

B. Standards. Before approving an application for a home occupation in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.16 and this section, the city services director shall determine that the proposed home occupation will comply with the following standards:

1. A home occupation within a dwelling unit shall be clearly incidental to the use of the structure as a dwelling.

2. A home occupation shall not be conducted in any accessory structure, other than a garage, and there shall be no storage of equipment or supplies in any accessory structure, other than a garage or outside the dwelling.

3. No one other than a resident of the dwelling shall be employed in the conduct of the home occupation.

4. Sales of goods on the premises shall be limited to the products of the home occupation, and no merchandise or goods shall be sold, kept or displayed for the purposes of sale on the premises.

5. Merchandise not produced on the premises may be kept and stored for purposes of sale at locations off the premises; provided, that such merchandise is limited to small articles such as jewelry, cosmetics and similar items of merchandise which can be carried by one person in a case. For purposes of this standard, contracting services such as plumbing, heating, air conditioning, electrical, carpentry and landscaping are not included within the meaning of the phrase "small articles."

6. A home occupation may involve the performance of business and professional services in which goods, wares and merchandise are not commercially created, sold or exchanged, but shall not include beauty salons, barber shops, medical offices, tattoo parlors, fortunetellers, palm readers or similar services.

7. A home occupation shall not involve the performance of any repair services on the premises other than the repair of small appliances and equipment or other small objects which normally are capable of being carried by one person without the aid of mechanical equipment or devices.

8. A home occupation shall not involve the use of any material or mechanical equipment not recognized as being part of normal household or hobby uses.

9. No motor power other than electrically operated motors shall be used in connection with a home occupation.

10. A home occupation shall not create any radio or television interference or noise audible beyond the walls of the dwelling.

11. There shall be no external alteration of the appearance of a dwelling in which a home occupation is conducted.
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12. The existence of a home occupation shall not be apparent beyond the boundaries of the site except for one nonilluminated nameplate affixed to the dwelling not exceeding two square feet in area.

13. The number of customers of a home occupation who must travel to the site of the home occupation shall not exceed four persons per day.

14. Not more than one truck of not more than one ton capacity and no semitrailers incidental to a home occupation shall be kept on the site.

15. A home occupation shall not be permitted until an application for administrative approval shall be made in the manner prescribed under Chapter 18.16.

16. The city council may also place other conditions deemed necessary to make the home occupation compatible with the neighborhood. Upon approval of a permit for a home occupation, the community development department shall attach the above standards to the notice of approval as conditions which must, in all cases, be met by the applicant, together with such additional conditions as may be prescribed under the administrative approval process of Chapter 18.16.

C. Modification and Revocation. A permit for a home occupation may be modified in the same manner as originally applied for by the applicant. A permit for a home occupation may be revoked in the manner prescribed under Section 18.16.060.
(Ord. 486 § 8, 1997; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.14.020 Temporary Subdivision Signs And Sales Offices Temporary subdivision signs and sales offices may be located within subdivisions for a period not to exceed two years from the date of recording of the subdivision. Subdivision signs and sales offices shall be removed at the expense of the owner, unless, prior to the expiration of two years, a renewal of time is granted by the city council. Upon expiration of such renewal period, subdivision signs and sales offices shall be removed at the expense of the owner. Subdivision signs shall be governed by the regulations prescribed in Section 18.14.040 of this chapter. A temporary subdivision sales office shall not be permitted until an application for a subdivision sales office permit shall be made to and approved by the city council in the manner prescribed in Chapter 18.17.
(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.14.030 Mobile Home Parks
A. Occupancy. No mobile home shall be occupied or used for living or sleeping purposes, or be parked, other than in a mobile home sales yard or in an approved storage area within a CS, CH or I district, unless it is located within a licensed mobile home park; provided, that a mobile home may also be used as follows: as an office for a construction project, circus or carnival; as a residence of a watchman on the site of a construction project or an industrial use; or to provide temporary living quarters for circus or carnival personnel in accordance with the provisions of an approved conditional use permit; or as a single-family dwelling when set on a permanent foundation within any RA, R, RM or PO district.
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B. Location and Access. For purposes of this title, mobile home parks are considered to require the same considerations in their location as do other types of multifamily dwellings under medium density policies of the general plan. Mobile home parks shall be located only within RM districts, with access from elements of the arterial or collector street system to be considered as a condition of approval.

C. Development Standards—Mobile Home Parks.

1. Park Area, Density and Site Area.
a. The minimum area of a mobile home park shall be five acres. The first phase of mobile home park development shall be not less than five acres and shall include all required recreational and service amenities.
b. The maximum density shall be eight mobile home sites per gross acre. c. Each mobile home site shall be not less than three thousand square feet in area, including pad, parking, private access, landscaping and private storage areas. d. No mobile home site shall be less than thirty feet in width.

2. Clearances, Setbacks and Yard Spaces.
a. Mobile home park:

Front yard 20 ft.

Interior side yard 10 ft.

Street side yard 10 ft.

Interior rear yard 10 ft.

Street rear yard 20 ft.
b. Mobile home sites within the park:

Front yard 10 ft.

Side yard 5 ft.

Rear yard 10 ft.
c. No mobile home shall be located in any required yard space, except that tow bars may extend into such yard space, and other incidental structures may be located in accordance with the provisions of Section 18.08.050(F).

3. Patios and Pads.
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a. Each mobile home site shall have a hard surfaced patio area of not less than two hundred square feet. A permanent porch greater than twenty square feet in area may be counted as part of the required patio area.
b. Each mobile home site shall have a support pad of concrete or asphalt concrete laid over a compacted surface base which, in combination, will be adequate to support the mobile home on a level plane.

4. Parking.
a. Not less than two off-street parking spaces shall be provided within each mobile home site, one of which may be tandem to the other.
b. Not less than one guest parking space shall be provided for each mobile home site at a location central to each four contiguous mobile home sites; provided, that guest parking shall not be required for mobile home sites along a collector street constructed to the width prescribed under subsection (C)(5), of this section. c. Parking shall be provided for central recreation buildings, park offices and other similar buildings at a ratio of one parking space for each four hundred square feet of gross floor space.
d. Supplemental parking for pleasure boats, recreation vehicles and nonoccupied travel trailers shall be provided at a ratio of one parking occupied travel trailers shall be provided at a ratio of one parking space for each ten mobile home sites, and shall be used only by mobile home park tenants. Said parking shall be clustered, easily accessible via interior drives, and shall be screened from view by means of a solid ornamental fence or wall and landscaping.
e. All parking areas and spaces shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.13 of this title.

5. Streets.
a. Entrance streets shall be located to assure safe access to and from the public street system.
b. Minor streets within the mobile home park shall be a minimum of thirty feet of paved width; collector streets shall be a minimum of thirty-six feet of paved width. Paving shall be to city standards.
c. Streets shall be constructed to effect positive drainage, including concrete curbs and gutters constructed to city standards.
d. Parallel parking shall be permitted on both sides of a collector street and on only one side of a minor street. Such on-street parking shall be in addition to off-street parking requirements of this Section.
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6. Driveways, Street Signs, Lighting, Storm Drainage, Water and Sewer Systems. Driveways for individual mobile home sites, street signs, interior street lighting, storm drainage facilities and water and sewer systems shall be installed subject to approval of the city services director.

7. Underground Utilities. All public utilities shall be installed underground, including electrical, telephone, street lighting cable, community television antenna connections and ducts for cable television. A community television antenna with underground ducts and connections to each mobile home site shall be provided.

8. Recreation Areas and Pedestrian Ways.
a. Common recreation area in an aggregate total equal to ten percent of the gross area of the mobile home park shall be provided at a location or locations which are easily accessible and convenient to park residents.
b. Recreation areas shall be landscaped and maintained, with all landscaped areas to be irrigated by an automatic underground system.
c. Pedestrian ways shall be provided throughout the mobile home park, connecting all mobile home sites with each other and with common recreation areas. Such pedestrian ways shall be provided where possible at locations away from the interior street system to avoid conflict in pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
d. The calculation of common recreation areas shall not include yard areas, pedestrian ways, management offices, laundry and tenant storage areas and parking areas.

9. Signs. No more than one identification sign shall be erected displaying the name of the mobile home park. Such signs shall be located near the park entrance drive and shall not exceed thirty-two square feet in total readable surface area, or eight feet in height. Such sign shall be installed within the front yard area of the mobile home park, parallel to the abutting street, with landscaping at its base. Additional directional and identification signs may be installed within the mobile home park subject to the approval of the city services director.

10. Landscaping and Screening. Mobile home parks shall provide permanently maintained landscaped areas and site screening as follows:
a. A landscaped border along the entire street frontage yard area and along the rear yard if such yard is adjacent to a public street.
b. Ornamental screen wall or fencing, seven feet in height, along all interior side property lines, along all rear property lines which do not abut a public street, and along street side yard and street front yard setback lines.

11. Other Requirements.
a. Each mobile home park shall provide: (1) a laundry building equipped for clothes washing and drying; (2) an outdoor clothes drying area screened from view from other areas of the mobile home park by an ornamental screen fence or wall and landscaped area; and (3) trash enclosures at locations along the interior street system which are convenient to all residents and to municipal refuse trucks, integrated with parking areas. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 87
b. Applications for mobile home parks shall he subject to site plan review under the provisions of Chapter 18.18.

12. Placement and Sale of Mobile Homes.
a. At the time of placement on the site, all mobile homes shall be fitted with appropriate skirts to obscure stands, pads, and under-carriage equipment. b. Mobile homes may be displayed and sold within a mobile home park similar to the sale of model homes within a residential subdivision; provided, that such mobile homes are not sold for delivery to any location other than within the mobile home park in which sold, and that all mobile homes are placed on mobile home sites and connected to all utility services. No more than four mobile homes shall be offered for sale at any one time, and advertising for sale shall be limited to one nonilluminated sign not exceeding eight square feet in area on the site of each mobile home offered for sale. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.14.040 Regulation of signs and outdoor advertising.

A. Purposes and Application. In order to maintain and enhance the attractiveness and orderliness of the city's appearance, and to protect the public safety and general welfare, the location, size, height, illumination and maintenance of signs and outdoor advertising structures are regulated as set forth herein.

B. General Provisions and Exceptions.

1. Application. The provisions set forth in this section shall be applicable to all signs permitted by this Title.

2. Computation of Sign Area or Display Surface. For purposes of this section, measurements for computing the areas of a given sign shall be made as follows:
a. For signs comprised of individual letters attached to the business structure, including module letters and logo graphic symbols, the effective sign area shall mean any area(s) enclosed by the minimum imaginary rectangle or parallelogram of vertical and horizontal lines which fully contains all extremities of each word and/or logo graphic symbol of the sign. Each word and/or logo graphic symbol shall be measured separately in computing total sign area. Shadow box borders and other border trims which are an intrinsic part of the building, either architecturally or structurally, shall not be included in such area computations.
b. Where the sign consists of module letters only, and such letters are separated a minimum distance of one and one-half times the width of the individual module, the space between such letters shall not be included when computing sign area. c. For single unit signs containing letters or logo graphic symbols on cabinets or panels, the effective sign area shall mean the area enclosed by the minimum imaginary rectangle or parallelogram of vertical and horizontal lines which fully contains the perimeter of the cabinet or panel sign.
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d. For projecting signs and freestanding detached signs containing letters and/or logo graphic symbols, the "effective sign area" means the area enclosed by the minimum imaginary rectangle of vertical and horizontal lines which fully contains all extremities of the sign, exclusive of its supports and/or ornamental and decorative trim on cabinets or support columns.
e. For freestanding and projecting signs in- tended to be read from either side along a single frontage, both sides of the sign shall be counted in computing the total sign area for that frontage.
f. The effective sign area of a ball or sphere shall be seventy-five percent of the surface area of the ball or sphere.

3. Projection and Height.
a. No sign shall project more than fourteen inches beyond the property line, except that a freestanding sign shall not extend beyond the property line. The minimum height clearance for any freestanding sign, projecting building sign or sign located on a building marquee shall be not less than eight feet as measured from ground level to the lowest portion of the sign display area.
b. No sign other than a directional sign shall project more than twelve inches into a required rear yard or interior side yard.
c. In an RCO, UR, RA, R, RM or PO district, a sign attached to a building shall not project above the parapet or roof line, whichever is higher.

4. Number of Freestanding Signs. Not more than one freestanding on-premises sign, or free-standing outdoor advertising structure, may be located on each parcel of property within a zoning district in which a freestanding sign or freestanding outdoor advertising structure is permitted.

5. Traffic Hazards.
a. No sign or outdoor advertising structure shall be placed within thirty feet of the intersecting curb lines of a street intersection, unless placed on a single pole with a ground clearance of at least ten feet, or unless placed so that the top of the sign and its supporting structure is a maximum of two and one-half feet above the ground. b. No red, green or amber lights or illuminated signs or outdoor advertising structures illuminated by or including flashing lights, shall be placed in such position that they reasonably could be expected to interfere with or be confused with any official trafficcontrol device, traffic signal or official directional guide sign.

6. Movement. A moving sign shall be permitted only in C or I districts; provided, that movement shall be slow (not to exceed ten r.p.m.) and shall not simulate effects obtained by varying the intensity, color, pattern or illumination.

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clearance from communication lines or energized electric power lines as required by laws, rules and regulations of the state and agencies thereof.

8. Special Signs-Exceptions. The following types of signs shall be exempt from the provisions of this section:
a. Signs for the posting or display of official notices by a public agency or official, or by a person giving legal notice;
b. Signs erected or maintained by a public agency or official, or signs required by law to be dis- played by a public utility for directional, warning or informational purposes; c. Temporary signs or displays of an emergency, patriotic, religious, or community nature.

Such signs shall be removed within seven calendar days after the date of an advertised event.
d. Signs announcing garage or yard sales. Such signs shall be removed immediately after the completion of the sale.

9. Special Signs-Prohibition. Animated signs, the movement of which is simulated by variations in the intensity, color, pattern or illumination of the sign, and flashing signs, shall be prohibited in all districts, subject to the following exceptions:
a. A sign changing so as to show time and/or temperature. b. An on-premises barber pole.

10. Area Identification Signs. Area identification signs intended to identify a neighborhood, subdivisions, shopping or industrial district, complex or other area composed of multiple ownerships, shall be limited to a maximum single surface area of twenty-five square feet, and total sign area not exceeding fifty square feet.

11. Outdoor Advertising Signs. Outdoor advertising signs are signs having part or all of their area devoted to directing attention to a business, profession, commodity, product or service that is not the primary business, profession, commodity, product or service sold, manufactured, conducted or offered on the site on which the sign is located, and shall be subject to the following conditions:
a. Outdoor advertising signs shall not be permitted in the RCO, UR, R, RM, PO or C districts. b. The maximum single surface area per site of an outdoor advertising structure in the I district shall be five hundred square feet; the maximum aggregate area per site of outdoor advertising signs in the I district shall be one thousand square feet. No outdoor advertising signs shall be placed within two hundred feet of another such sign on the same side of a street or highway.

12. Sign Permit Requirement.
a. Except as otherwise noted within this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to erect, relocate or alter electrically or structurally, any sign in the city without first obtaining a valid sign permit or building permit, if required.
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b. No permit is required for the following signs:
i. Permitted temporary or portable signs;
ii. Address numbers;
iii. Window letters not exceeding twenty-five percent of total window surface area for business identification (name of business, hours of operation, address, phone); iv. Public safety signs.
c. Sign permit applications shall be made upon forms provided by the city and shall be filed with the community development department. Should the community development department determine that the proposed sign does not comply with provisions of this chapter, the applicant shall be promptly notified. Upon a finding by the community development department that the proposed sign is in total compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all applicable codes, the city shall issue a sign permit.

13. Murals. Murals are painted wall signs which have a majority of the sign area comprised of non-commercial content, and which generally have artistic, historic or cultural themes. New murals shall require the prior review and approval of the mural review committee (hereafter "committee") and the city council. The council may approve a new mural if it finds that the proposed mural is consistent with applicable city policies and ordinances, and that the mural would not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare. Commercial content of murals shall be subject to all applicable sign limitations of the underlying zone district. Murals shall be subject to the following standards and review process:
a. Murals may be located on the sides of buildings or walls within any zone district, except residential zoning districts.
b. Prior to painting or installation of a new mural, or the modification of an existing mural, an application must be submitted for the review and approval by the committee. All applications for new or modified murals shall be referred to the committee for review. c. Approval of a mural design shall occur only after public notice and an opportunity to comment has been provided to any interested party. Interested parties may provide comment on proposed murals in writing or in person to the committee or city council. The city council shall consider any public comments during their review of proposed murals. d. The committee shall apply the following design criteria in reviewing proposed murals:
i. The subject matter shall be of historical significance regarding the growth and development of the city and its surrounding region. The mural may also contain other subject matter deemed by the committee to be significant and of high quality. ii. Paints and other materials used for murals shall be appropriate for outdoor use and artistic rendition, and shall be permanent and long-lasting. Super-bright or fluorescent colors shall be discouraged.
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iii. Murals shall be designed and painted by professional mural artists who possess demonstrated knowledge and expertise in the design, materials, and execution of murals.
iv. To the extent feasible, the mural shall be vandal and graffiti resistant. v. To the extent possible, trompe l'oiel shall be the method of choice for mural creation. e. The city council may, from time to time, by resolution, adopt additional mural design criteria and guidelines.
f. The city council may set, by resolution, a fee for the application and/or mural permit issuance.

14. Quality of sign construction, design, fabrication and installation of signs shall reflect standards of high quality and professional workmanship.
a. Signs that are generally considered consistent with this standard include:
i. Signs constructed of durable, all-weather materials such as metal, glass, Plexiglas, or redwood.
ii. Individual lettered or cabinet signs with machine, laser, or die cut components. iii. Proportional letter and word sizes and spacing.
iv. Sign placement that is proportional to and centered upon the building surface. v. Integrated sign borders that define the sign copy area. vi. Professionally carved or routed redwood signs.
vii. Other professionally prefabricated signs.
b. Signs that are generally not considered to be consistent with this standard include:
i. Signs constructed of nondurable materials such as paper, cardboard or plywood. ii. Hand-stenciled painted signs with broken line segments. iii. Hand painted plywood signs.
iv. Mass-manufactured dimensional molded plastic signs. v. Changeable copy signs, except changeable copy signs for:
• Quasi-public announcement and bulletin boards;
• Time and temperature devices; or
• Theater marquees.
c. These standards shall be applied by the community development department in the review of any sign permit.
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15. Temporary Commercial Signs. Temporary commercial signs are defined as outdoor advertising signs visible from the public right-of-way which are made of nondurable materials, such as paper, canvas, plastic or cloth. Such signs shall be permitted, subject to the following limitations:
a. A maximum of one temporary commercial sign may be displayed at a time, on developed non-residential properties located in commercial or industrial districts. b. Temporary commercial signs advertising grand openings of new businesses may be displayed for a maximum of thirty days in any single calendar year. c. Temporary commercial signs for all other promotions may be displayed a consecutive maximum of thirty days and a cumulative maximum of sixty days in any single calendar year.
d. Temporary commercial signs shall not exceed thirty-two square feet in total sign area. e. Temporary commercial signs shall be located entirely within the property lines of the subject property, and shall not encroach into the public right-of-way. f. Temporary commercial signs shall be mounted, flush against the surface plane of the building wall, and shall not extend above the plane of the building roof. Temporary commercial signs shall not be mounted on freestanding or portable signs, outdoor advertising structures, light poles, utility poles, or landscaping features. g. Temporary commercial signs shall be maintained and kept in a high-quality state of appearance at all times. Temporary commercial signs which are visibly faded, torn, stained, illegible, or damaged shall not be displayed.

16. Political Campaign Signs. Political campaign signs are defined as temporary outdoor advertising signs visible from the public right-of-way, which are intended for political or political campaign purposes.
a. Political campaign signs may be erected after the final campaign filing date for an election, typically eighty-eight days prior to the election, and shall be removed within fifteen days after such election.
b. Political campaign signs may not be attached to trees, fence posts, or utility poles. Political campaign signs may be ground-mounted or attached to a building. c. Political campaign signs may not be attached or erected on public property or within the public right-of-way. Political campaign signs may not be located within thirty feet of the intersecting curb lines of a street intersection or obstruct sight line visibility at intersections.
d. In cases where political campaign signs are not removed within fifteen days after an election, the city shall cause to be removed those signs which remain. The expense of sign removal shall be paid by the candidate.
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e. Political campaign signs in violation of this section shall be removed immediately upon notice of violation by the city.

17. Temporary Construction Signs. One nonilluminated temporary construction sign shall be permitted on the site of a permitted construction project. Temporary construction signs may have a single surface area of not more than sixteen square feet in the RCO, UR, RA, R, RM and PO districts, and thirty-two square feet in all other districts. Temporary construction signs shall be removed at the owner's expense at the time of project completion.

C. Signs in the RCO, UR, RA, R, RM and PO districts. No sign of any character shall be permitted in the RCO, UR, RA, R, RM or PO districts, except as follows:

1. One nameplate, not directly illuminated, with a maximum of two square feet in area, containing the name or names of occupants of a residence or office.

2. One identification sign, not directly illuminated, located flat against a wall and not projecting above the roof line, with a single surface area of not more than sixteen square feet pertaining to a permitted or conditional use conducted on the site.

3. One nonilluminated sign, with a single sur¬ face area of not more than eight square feet, pertaining to the sale, lease, rental or display of a structure or site.

4. Nonilluminated directional signs, with a single surface area of not more than six square feet, pertaining to vehicular or pedestrian traffic directions and located along a driveway or within a parking lot. Arrows painted on pavement are not included in this regulation.

5. One bulletin board, not directly illuminated, with a single surface area of not more than twenty square feet, located on the site of a church, school, auditorium or other similar place of public assembly.

6. One nonilluminated temporary construction sign, with a single surface area of not more than sixteen square feet, on the site of a construction project, which shall be removed at the owner's expense at the time of project completion.

7. One temporary subdivision sales sign, not directly illuminated, with a single surface area of not more than thirty-two square feet, on the site of a residential subdivision.

8. Freestanding Signs. In the PO district only, on improved commercial or office sites, one free standing sign shall be permitted. Permitted free standing signs shall not have an area exceeding sixteen square feet per sign face and thirty-two square feet in total sign area and shall not exceed six feet in height. Permitted freestanding signs may be externally illuminated and shall not be internally illuminated.

D. Regulation of Signs Within the C Districts.

1. Purposes and Application. The purpose of sign regulation within the C districts is to avoid unsightly, inharmonious, competing, cluttered and hazardous location and appearance of signs, and to encourage the replacement of existing non-conforming signs. Sign regulations of this section shall apply to any permitted or conditional use listed within a C district. 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 94

2. Maximum Total Aggregate Area in the CN and CC Districts. a. Primary Frontage. An allowable minimum sign area of up to fifty square feet shall be permit ted for each primary building frontage (portion of building occupied by the business and facing a street), regardless of the width of such primary building frontage. A maximum total sign area, not to exceed three hundred fifty square feet, shall be permitted for each primary building frontage based on two square feet of sign area for each lineal foot of primary building frontage occupied by the business. b. Secondary Frontage. An allowable minimum sign area of up to thirty-five square feet shall be permitted for each secondary building frontage (portion of building occupied by the business and facing an alley, an adjacent building, parking lot or the like), regardless of the width of such secondary frontage. A maximum total sign area, not to exceed two hundred square feet, shall be permitted for each secondary frontage based on one square foot of secondary building frontage occupied by the business.

3. Maximum Total Aggregate Area in the CS and CH Districts. a. Primary Frontage. An allowable minimum sign area of up to one hundred square feet shall be permitted for each primary business frontage along a street, regardless of the width of such primary business frontage. A maximum total sign area, not to exceed five hundred square feet, shall be permit ted for each primary building frontage based on two square feet of sign area for each lineal foot of primary business frontage occupied by the business. b. Secondary Frontage. An allowable minimum sign area of up to fifty square feet shall be permitted for each secondary business frontage, regardless of the width of such secondary frontage occupied by the business. A maximum total sign area, not to exceed two hundred square feet shall be permitted for each secondary business frontage based on two square feet of sign area for each linear foot of secondary business frontage occupied by the business.

4. Directional Signs. Directional signs for off street parking and off-street loading facilities shall not exceed six square feet for each sign; parking lot identification signs shall not exceed six square feet per face of sign.

5. Sale, Lease and Rental Signs. Signs pertaining to the sale, lease, rental or display of a structure or land shall not exceed thirty-two square feet per single face of sign.

6. Projecting Signs. No sign, other than a directional sign, shall project more than twenty-four inches into a required rear yard or required interior side yard. No sign, other than a sign required by law or a marquee sign, shall project more than fourteen inches into a public rightof-way.

7. Signs Attached to Buildings. Signs attached to buildings shall be installed parallel with the building, with no more than a fourteen-inch projection from the wall except where permitted under subsection (D)(8) of this section, and/or attached directly to the vertical or sloped face of the marquee.
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8. Marquee or Canopy Signs. Signs attached below the marquee or canopy shall not exceed six square feet per face of sign and shall have a mini- mum ground clearance of seven feet above the sidewalk grade in order not to impede or interfere with pedestrian traffic and safety.

Where the marquee or canopy is attached at an angle from a building, signs may be affixed to the sloped portion above the horizontal extension of the marquee or canopy as an integral part of the facade.

9. Painted Wall Signs. Within each of the C districts, signs painted upon a wall exterior surface shall be included when computing the allowable sign area.

10. Freestanding Signs.
a. New freestanding signs shall have a permanently landscaped area at their bases, and shall be maintained with live plant materials around the base of such signs equal to at least ten percent of the total sign area, and with a minimum landscaped area of ten square feet. b. Freestanding area identification signs displaying the name and/or logo graphic symbol of a shopping center and/or the names of other groupings of businesses, offices, services or combinations thereof, shall not exceed a total sign area of three hundred fifty square feet.

11. Temporary Signs. Temporary commercial signs shall be subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection (B)(15) of this section.

12. Announcement and Bulletin Boards. Announcement and bulletin boards or structures for any public, philanthropic, civic, religious or charitable organization or agency, nonilluminated or illuminated by indirect lighting only, may not exceed thirty-two square feet in area in any district when appurtenant to the premises on which they are located.

13. Public Service Signs. Electronic public service signs displaying such information as time of day, temperature or events of community interest, with the purpose of augmenting on premises identification shall be permitted. The area of such signs shall be included when computing the total sign area of a business or site.

14. Portable Signs. A maximum of one portable sign not exceeding a total height of six feet and total sign area of thirty-two square feet per face, shall be permitted per property. Portable signs shall not be placed in the public right-of-way (e.g. public streets, alleys, curbs, or sidewalks) or within thirty feet of a street intersection. Portable signs shall not encroach upon or obstruct any pedestrian walkway, fire lane, or paved parking space. Port- able signs are defined as signs which are not attached to a building or freestanding base with a permanent foundation.

15. Public Utility Signs. Nonadvertising signs of public utility companies shall be permitted as required in their operation, providing service for the health, safety and welfare of the general public, including but not limited to the following: informational signs for public telephone facilities or marking the location of underground facilities, directional signs for public utility services, signs notifying the public of "danger," "emergency," "construction" and similar conditions. No sign or other item shall be attached to private utility company poles and/or 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 96
light standards or supports without prior written approval from the utility company to which such poles belong.

16. Sight Distance at Intersections. No sign per- mitted by this section shall be placed within thirty feet of a street intersection (intersecting curb lines) unless placed so that the top of the sign is at a maximum of three feet above the ground or unless the bottom of the sign is a minimum of ten feet above the ground level.

17. Height of Signs. The height of signs within the CN and CC districts shall not exceed the height of the structure which houses the business being advertised, and in no case shall such sign exceed the height limitations of the district in which it is located.

18. Signs Expressly Prohibited.
a. No red, green or amber light or illuminated sign may be placed in such a position that it could reasonably be expected to interfere with, or be confused with, any official trafficcontrol device, traffic signal or official directional guide sign. b. Outdoor advertising structures shall not be permitted. c. Glaring, flashing and scintillating signs shall not be permitted. d. Open letter signs which may be viewed from the reverse shall not be permitted. e. Except in the CS and CH districts, canvas, plastic, cloth, paper or other types of banners or streamers suspended across public or private property, buildings or structures shall not be permitted, except temporary banners announcing civic events such as parades and homecomings which extend over or across a street.

19. Brand Name Advertising. Up to thirty per- cent of the sign area on any frontage may be devoted to advertising or identification of an individual brand or brands of products. This provision shall not apply to the identification of one primary brand name identifying a service station.

20. Design of Signs. All signs shall be designed in scale and harmony with the architectural design of the buildings and uses they are intended to relate to or identify, and shall be consistent with the criteria of subsection (B)(14) of this section.

21. Alteration and Removal. Achieving the alteration or removal of dangerous, obsolete and nonconforming signs is a major policy of this section. To this end, certain signs are declared to be dangerous, obsolete or nonconforming, and shall be removed or altered to conform as follows:
a. A dangerous sign is defined as any sign which is an immediate peril or a potential menace to the safety of persons or property. The building inspector shall give a written order for the repair or removal of any unsafe or dangerous sign to the owner of the real property upon which such sign is located. If such owner shall fail to remove or repair such sign or advertising structure, within thirty days of notification by the building inspector, the building inspector may cause the removal of such sign and may enter upon such property for such purpose. Any cost accrued by the city in the removal of such sign shall be charged 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 97
to the owner of the real property upon which such sign is located and added to the real taxes thereon for the ensuing tax year or be collected in civil action at the option of the city.
b. Any sign hereafter existing which no longer advertises a bona fide business conducted or product sold on the premises where such sign exists shall be removed or made to conform by the owner of the building, structure or property upon which such sign is located within ninety days after written notification by the building inspector, or the building inspector may cause the removal of such sign. Any cost accrued by the city shall be treated in the same manner as provided above, for dangerous or unsafe signs. c. Signs which are nonconforming because of their lighting, movement or animation shall be made to conform or be removed within one hundred twenty days after written notification by the building inspector.

22. Appeals Procedure.
a. If, because of any ambiguity, inadvertent omission or error, the interpretation of the provisions and/or intent of this section by the city services director is disputed, the applicant or any aggrieved person may appeal, in writing, setting forth his reason for such appeal to the city council. The appeal shall be filed with the city services director within fifteen days after an adverse decision of the city services director. The appeal shall be placed on the regular meeting agenda of the city council at the first opportunity. b. The council shall review the sign proposal and shall approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove it, based on the findings set forth in Section 18.21.060 of this code.

E. Regulation of Signs within the I Districts. No sign, outdoor advertising structure or display of any character shall be permitted in the I districts, except as follows:

1. Outdoor advertising signs in accordance with the district limitations and standards prescribed in subsection (B)(l l) of this section.

2. Regulation of Signs Within the I District. The maximum permissible area of all faces of all signs pertaining to a permitted use or conditional use, excluding outdoor advertising signs, directional signs and signs identifying products within a window display area, shall be as follows: one square foot of sign area per lineal foot of property line adjoining a street, or one hundred square feet per acre of site area in use, whichever is greater, to a maximum of six hundred square feet of sign area.

3. Temporary Signs. Temporary signs shall be subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection (B)(15) of this section.

4. One non-illuminated sign, not exceeding a single surface area of thirty-two square feet, pertaining to the sale, lease, rental or display of a structure or site.

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6. One bulletin board not directly illuminated, not exceeding a single surface area of twenty square feet located on the site of a place of public assembly.

7. One non-illuminated temporary construction sign, not exceeding a single surface area of thirty-two square feet, on the site of a construction project, to be removed at the owner's expense at the time of project completion.

F. Nonconforming Signs and Nonconforming Outdoor Advertising Structures. Nonconforming signs and nonconfom1ing outdoor advertising structures shall be subject to the regulations prescribed in Chapter 18.15.

G. Abandoned and Dilapidated Signs. No person shall maintain or permit to be maintained on any premises owned or controlled by him, any sign which has been abandoned or which is physically dilapidated. Any such sign shall be promptly removed by the owner or such other person. Any sign located on property which becomes vacant and unoccupied for a period of six months or more, or any sign which was erected for an occupant or business unrelated to the present occupant or his business, or any sign which pertains to a time, event or purpose which no longer is applied, shall be presumed to have been abandoned. A sign shall be considered to be "physically dilapidated" if the sign copy is removed or obscured so that it is substantially illegible from the public right-ofway, or if the sign is in a state of visibly obvious structural disrepair affecting at least twenty-five percent of the sign area.

H. Authority to Modify Sign Regulations. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the city council has the authority to modify or adjust regulations of this chapter in order to prevent or lessen practical difficulties or unnecessary physical hardships inconsistent with the objectives of the zoning code and the purpose of this section as would result from a strict or literal interpretation and enforcement of certain of the regulations of this chapter.

I. Public Utility Signs. Nonadvertising signs of public utility companies shall be permitted as required in their operation, providing service for the health, safety and welfare of the general public, including but not limited to the following: the location of underground facilities, directional signs for public utility services, signs notifying the public of "danger," "emergency," "construction" and similar conditions. No signs or other items shall be attached to private utility company poles and/or light standards or supports, without prior written approval from the affected utility company.
(Ord. 509 § 1, 2003; Ord.1 (part), 2 (part), 1998; Ord. 486 §§ 9-16, 1997; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.14.050 Regulation Of Manufactured Housing Within Residential Districts A. Application. The provisions of this section shall apply to all single-family dwellings and mobile homes on permanent foundations listed as permitted uses within all residential districts with administrative approval.

B. Developmental/Architectural Standards. All manufactured housing must comply with local ordinances including use zone requirements, wind pressure requirements, fire zones, building setback, side and rear yard requirements, site development and property line requirements, as well as the review and regulation of architectural and aesthetic requirements. All single-family 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 99
dwellings and mobile homes on permanent foundations shall meet the following developmental/architectural standards:

1. Garages or Carports. A garage or carport shall be provided for every dwelling located on a lot which is not a part of a mobile home subdivision.

2. Minimum Floor Area. The minimum floor area for every dwelling located which is not a part of a mobile home subdivision, shall be eight hundred square feet, excluding the area of the garage or carport.

3. Roof Overhang. All main buildings shall have a pitched roof with a minimum twelve-inch roof overhang on each of the dwelling's perimeter walls such that the overhang is architecturally integrated into the design of the dwelling unit.

4. Roofing Material. All main buildings, and all detached garages and carports located on the front half of the lot shall have a roof constituted of either wood shakes, asphalt, composition or wood shingles, clay, tile, concrete or metal tile, slate or built-up asphalted-gravel materials.

5. Siding Material. All main buildings and all detached garages located on the front half of the lot shall have exterior siding material consisting of either wood, masonry, concrete, stucco, Masonite or metal lap. The exterior siding material shall extend to ground level, except that when a solid concrete or masonry perimeter foundation is used, the siding material need not extend below the top of the foundation.

6. Foundations. All main buildings shall be placed on a permanent foundation which meets applicable building code requirements and/or the provisions of Section 18551 of the California Health and Safety Code, such that the floor elevation of the dwelling is reasonably compatible with the floor elevations of the surrounding dwelling units.

7. Utility Connections. All manufactured home utility connections pertaining to electrical, gas, water, mechanical and sewer shall be installed in a permanent manner applicable to a permanent single-family residential structure in the existing district. Location of water meters and gas meters shall conform to adopted standards of the city.

8. Minimum Width. The minimum width of a dwelling located on a lot outside of a mobile home subdivision shall be twenty feet.

9. Surrender of Registration. Subsequent to applying for a building permit, and prior to occupancy of a mobile home on a permanent foundation, the owner shall request a certification of occupancy be issued by the building official pursuant to Section 18557(a)(2) of the California Health and Safety Code. Thereafter, any vehicle license plate, certificate of ownership and certificate of registration issued by a state agency is to be surrendered to the issuing state agency. Any mobile home on a permanent foundation must bear a California insignia or Federal label pursuant to Section 18550(b) of the California Health and Safety Code.

10. Tow Bars, Wheels and Axles. All mobile home tow bars, wheels and axles shall be removed when the dwelling is installed on a residential lot.
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11. Deviations. The city services director may approve deviations from one or more of the standards of this section on the basis of a finding that the architectural style proposed provides compensating design features and that the proposed dwelling will be compatible and harmonious with existing structures in the vicinity. The determination of the city services director may be appealed to the city council in accordance with the provisions of Section

18.16.050 of this code.

12. Residential Use. All manufactured homes shall be occupied only as a single-family residential unit.

13. Zone Requirements. All manufactured homes shall meet all requirements for the zone in which they are located.

14. Modifications. No modifications shall be granted to a manufactured home unless approved by the Department of Housing and Community Development and the building official for the city. (Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

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18.14.060 Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units A. Purpose and intent. The purpose of this chapter is to prescribe development and site regulations that apply, except where specifically stated, to accessory dwelling units (“ADUs”) and junior accessory dwelling units (“JADUs”), as required by and in compliance with Government Code Sections 65852.2 and 65852.22, as either may be amended from time to time. The standards established by this section shall be interpreted and applied consistent with the standards set forth in Government Code Sections 65852.2 and 65852.22. Implementation of this section is meant to expand housing opportunities by increasing the number of smaller units available within existing neighborhoods.

This section is not intended to regulate multigenerational dwelling units, which are dwelling units that do not include a kitchen, contained entirely within the walls of a proposed or existing singlefamily residence where access is not restricted between areas of the residence.

B. Applicability. The provisions of this section shall apply to all accessory dwelling units approved on or after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section. This section provides standards by which the city shall evaluate building permit applications for permitted accessory dwelling units in the UR, RA, R, RM, MXU, and PO zoning districts. For CN and CC districts, a Conditional Use Permit is required.

No ADU may be established in a commercial district unless all of the following conditions have been met:

1. The ADU is part of an approved mixed-use development;

2. The ADU is built above the ground floor; and

3. The ADU is within a mixed-use development that has reached its maximum allowable residential density.
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C. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms are defined in this section:
"Principal dwelling unit" means a single- or multi-family dwelling unit situated on a residential lot in the UR, RA, R, RM, MXU, and PO zones to which an accessory dwelling unit as defined by this article has been or is proposed to be added.
"Accessory dwelling unit" means an additional dwelling unit no more than twelve hundred (1200) square feet for a new detached ADU and up to 50 percent of the floor area of the existing primary dwelling for an attached ADU (at least 800 square feet) in size that has separate kitchen, sleeping, and sanitation facilities constructed or adopted within, onto, or detached from a primary dwelling on a residential lot in the UR, RA, R, RM, MXU, and PO zones. “Junior accessory dwelling unit” or “JADU” means a dwelling unit that is no more than five hundred (500) square feet in size and contained entirely within a single-family residence that includes a separate entrance from the main entrance to the single-family residence, separate sanitation facilities, and an efficiency kitchen consisting of a cooking facility with appliances, a food preparation counter, and storage cabinets of reasonable size in relation to the size of the unit. "Living area" means the interior habitable area of a dwelling unit including basements and attics but does not include a garage or an accessory structure.

D. Lot Requirements. An accessory dwelling unit shall be permitted on a lot or parcel that meets the following:

1. Contains an existing or proposed single-family or multi-family dwelling.

2. Is served by municipal water and sewer service.

3. Does not currently contain an accessory dwelling unit.

E. Development Standards. An accessory dwelling unit may be established by the conversion of an attic, basement, garage (if alternative parking area is provided for the principal dwelling unit), or other portion of a principal dwelling unit. A detached accessory dwelling unit may be established by the conversion of an accessory structure or may be new construction. Accessory dwelling units may be mobile homes, provided that such units are subject to all applicable standards of Section

18.14.030 and 18.14.050, governing the placement of mobile homes on single-family lots. All applications for accessory dwelling units, whether processed as a permitted use or an exception, must comply with the following standards:

1. Parcel Size. Accessory dwelling units may only be constructed on lots or parcels that are at least five thousand (5,000) square feet in area.

2. Floor Area. Detached ADUs shall not exceed one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet of floor area if separated from the existing main dwelling. If attached to the existing main dwelling, the floor area of the accessory dwelling unit also shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) or less of the existing living area of the existing primary dwelling or one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet, whichever is greater. A manufactured home shall not be less than 20 feet wide by 40 feet long and 800 square feet in floor area. ADUs and JADUs shall be at least two hundred twenty (220) square feet. JADUs may not be more than five hundred (500) square feet in size.
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3. Quantity. In single-family residential districts, one attached or detached accessory dwelling unit is permitted per lot. In multifamily residential districts, one attached or two detached accessory dwelling units are permitted.

4. Setbacks. A setback of four (4) feet from the side and rear lot lines is required for an ADU, unless the ADU is constructed within an existing primary dwelling or permitted accessory structure, or in the same location and to the same dimensions as an existing permitted accessory structure.

5. ADUs and JADUs shall not exceed a single story and sixteen feet (16') in height, unless constructed above an attached or detached garage, in which case the ADU/JADU shall not exceed the height limit of the applicable zoning district.

6. Appearance. The accessory dwelling unit shall be clearly subordinate to the principal dwelling unit by size, location and appearance. The second unit's scale, appearance and character shall be similar to and compatible in architectural design with the principal dwelling unit and adjacent residences.

7. Safety. Accessory dwelling units shall be subject to all applicable building, fire, health and safety codes and may not have adverse impacts on any real property that is listed in the California Register of Historic Places.

8. Access. Doorway access shall be provided either to the side or rear of the second housing unit.

9. Parking. Adequate parking area must be available on the streets adjacent to the accessory dwelling unit. If adequate on-street parking is not available in the immediate vicinity, or in the case of all second units located on cul-de-sac lots, one additional off-street parking space must be provided. The additional parking space shall be waived if in any of the following instances:
a. The accessory dwelling unit is located within one-half (0.5) miles of public transit. b. The accessory dwelling unit is located within an architecturally and historically significant historic district.
c. The accessory dwelling unit is part of the existing primary residence or an existing accessory structure.
d. When a garage, carport, or covered parking structure is demolished in conjunction with the construction of an ADU, or converted to an ADU, the local agency shall not require that those off-street parking spaces for the primary unit be replaced. (Gov. Code, § 65852.2, subd. (a)(1)(D)(xi).)
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10. Utility Services. Accessory dwelling units shall be provided with water, sewer, and other utilities as determined by the building official. A separate connection from the main dwelling is not required.

Example ADU Design Standards for Various Lot Sizes
Lot Square Footage: 5,000 ft²
Primary Dwelling Unit Square Footage: 1,400 ft²
Minimum ADU Square Footage: 220 ft²
Maximum ADU Square Footage: 50% of the primary
dwelling unit or 1,200 ft², whichever is greater.

Minimum Front Setback: 15 ft
Minimum Side Setback: 5 ft
Minimum Rear Setback: 4 ft
Maximum ADU Height: 16 ft
Lot Square Footage: 5,000 ft²
Primary Dwelling Unit Square Footage: 1,400 ft²
Minimum ADU Square Footage: 220 ft²
Maximum ADU Square Footage: 1,200 ft²
Minimum Front Setback: 15 ft
Minimum Side Setback: 5 ft
Minimum Rear Setback: 4 ft
Maximum ADU Height: 16 ft
Lot Square Footage: 7,000 ft²
Primary Dwelling Unit Square Footage: 2,000 ft²
Minimum ADU Square Footage: 220 ft²
Maximum ADU Square Footage: 50% of the primary
dwelling unit or 1,200 ft², whichever is greater.

Minimum Front Setback: 20 ft (15 ft without garage)
Minimum Side Setback: 5 ft
Minimum Rear Setback: 4 ft
Maximum ADU Height: 16 ft
Lot Square Footage: 7,000 ft²
Primary Dwelling Unit Square Footage: 2,000 ft²
Minimum ADU Square Footage: 220 ft²
Maximum ADU Square Footage: 1,200 ft²
Minimum Front Setback: 20 ft (15 ft without garage)
Minimum Side Setback: 5 ft
Minimum Rear Setback: 4 ft
Maximum ADU Height: 16 ft
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11. Process. The city planner shall approve or deny accessory dwelling unit requests based upon the specified requirements. The applicant may appeal the decision of the city planner to the planning commission, setting forth the reason for such appeal to the commission. Such appeal shall be filed with the city planner, in writing, within ten (10) days after notification of such decision. The appeal shall be placed on the agenda of the commission's next regular meeting.

If the appeal is filed within five (5) days of the next regular meeting of the commission, the appeal shall be placed on the agenda of the commission's second regular meeting following the filing of the appeal. The planning commission's review shall be limited to compliance with the specified requirements.

12. A permit must be obtained for the construction or installation of an ADU or JADU. An application, together with the required fee in compliance with the City’s fee schedule, shall be filed with the Planning Department and accompanied by detailed and fully dimensioned plans, architectural drawings/sketches, elevations, floor plans, landscape plans, and/or any other data/materials identified in the Department handout for ADU/JADU applications. Following receipt of a completed application, the city services director shall make an investigation of the facts bearing on the case to determine compliance with this section and ministerially approve a compliant application.

If the permit application to create an ADU or a JADU is submitted with a permit application to create a new single-family dwelling on the lot, the City may delay acting on the permit application for the ADU or the JADU until the City acts on the permit application to create the new single-family dwelling. The applicant may request a delay in the time available for the City to act on the application, as provided by State law.
(Ord. 514 § 13, 2004: Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

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18.14.070 Single-Room Occupancy Unit
A. Purpose. Single-room occupancy units (SRO) aim to offer housing options in specific residential, commercial, or mixed-use areas for low-income households of one or two individuals who may not be able to afford conventional apartments. Their development standards prioritize affordability while addressing concerns around neighborhood compatibility and facility management.

B. Single-room occupancy units shall be permitted as follows:

1. A “small SRO” (four or fewer units) is a permitted use in RM-1.5, RM-3, and RM-MH8 multifamily residential zones and would be subject to the same district requirements applicable to multi-family residential or apartment uses in that zoning district.

2. A “large SRO” (five or more units) may be permitted with a conditional use permit in in RM1.5, RM-3, RM-MH8, CC, and MXU zoning districts.

C. Development Standards. All single-room occupancy units shall meet the following standards:

1. All SRO Facilities
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a. Each SRO is occupied by no more than two persons.
b. Minimum unit size of 150 square feet for single person occupancy and 220 square feet for two-person occupancy.
c. Laundry facilities are required to be on-site, unless there are public facilities located nearby.
d. Adequate parking and storage must be provided for residents. e. Requires a kitchen and a full bathroom.

2. Small SRO Facilities (four or fewer units)
a. Maximum unit size: 400 square feet
b. Bathrooms and kitchens may be individual or shared.

3. Large SRO Facilities (five or more units)
a. Maximum unit size: 300 square feet
b. Private bathroom facilities are required, but shower or bathtub facilities may be shared. c. The kitchen space in individual rooms is limited to 50 percent.

18.14.080 Group Care Homes
A. Purpose. Group care homes are an especially important type of housing for persons with disabilities. By supporting their residents’ individualized needs while providing flexible and affordable housing options, group homes help persons with disabilities live in deinstitutionalized settings that facilitate their integration into local communities.

B. Group care homes shall be allowed as follows:

1. Six (6) or fewer persons with a State license permitted in any residential zone district. Site plan review and approval is required for all residential zone districts except single-family.

2. A residential group home that serves six or fewer persons shall comply with the development standards for one-family or multiple family dwellings, as applicable, located within the same zone.

3. A residential group home that serves six or fewer persons shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and all applicable federal, state and local health and safety regulations including, but not limited to, Fire and Building Code regulations.

4. Seven (7) or more persons and non-State licensed, permitted in the RM-3 or RM-MH8 Residential Districts with a conditional use permit.

5. A residential group home facility that serves seven or more persons shall conform to the development standards for the zoning classification in which it is located.

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18.14.090 Supportive Housing
A. Purpose. Supportive housing is defined as housing that has no restrictions on the length of stay and is occupied by individuals from the target population. It is linked to onsite or offsite services that assist the residents in maintaining their housing, improving their health, and maximizing their ability to live and work in the community. Supportive housing is considered a residential use of property and is subject only to the same restrictions as other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zone. It is a permitted use in all zoning districts that permit residential units.

B. Supportive housing shall be allowed as follows:

1. Permitted in any residential zone district subject to the same permit requirements of other residential uses of the same type in the same zone district. Permitted uses in single-family zone districts shall not change the residential character of the single-family zone district.

2. Supportive housing facilities providing accommodations for six (6) or fewer individuals are allowed in all residential zoning districts, in the CC (central commercial), CN (neighborhood commercial), CH (highway commercial) zoning districts as part of a mixed-use developments, and in the MXU (mixed-use) zoning district as a permitted use without a conditional use or other discretionary permit.

3. Supportive housing facilities providing accommodations for six (6) or more individuals are allowed in the RM (multi-family residential) zoning districts, in the CC (central commercial), CN (neighborhood commercial), CH (highway commercial) zoning districts as part of a mixeduse developments, and in the MXU (mixed-use) zoning district as a permitted use without a conditional use or other discretionary permit.

C. Development and Operational Standards. All supportive housing units shall meet the following standards:

1. Length of Stay: There is no limit on how long residents can stay at the transitional housing facility.

2. Living Areas: The facility must provide sufficient living space, including shower and toilet facilities, laundry facilities with washers and dryers, and secure storage areas for residents.

The facility should make every effort to house family members together, regardless of age or gender. If there is no space for children to play or engage in activities within the family sleeping or living area, a separate day, play, or activity room must be provided that is separate from any common area used by other residents.

3. Support Services: Supportive services provided by the facility should include a combination of subsidized, permanent housing, intensive case management, medical and mental health care, substance abuse treatment, employment services, and benefits advocacy. The facility must offer at least the following minimum support services:
a. If the program includes drug or alcohol abuse counseling, it must have appropriate state and/or federal licensing.
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b. The program must provide transportation options for clients to access social services, housing, and employment opportunities.
c. The program must have specific mechanisms in place for residents to contact social services.
d. The program must provide clear and acceptable arrangements for facility residents regarding meal preparations or food provision and disbursement. e. The program, if applicable, must offer childcare services and ensure school-age children are enrolled in school during their stay at the facility.

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18.14.100 Employee Housing
A. Purpose. Employee housing pertains to the construction, maintenance, use, and occupancy of housing facilities that accommodate employees. The purpose of this section is to ensure compliance with the Employee Housing Act, Sections 17000 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code. This section aims to facilitate the development and management of employee housing within the City of Lindsay, ensuring it meets state standards. By aligning local regulations with state requirements, this section provides guidelines for developing safe and regulated housing accommodations for employees.

B. Employee housing shall be classified and permitted as followed:

1. Employee housing serving six or fewer employees, in accordance with Section 17021.5 of the Employee Housing Act, is classified as a single-family dwelling and permitted in residential zones. Such housing must comply with all relevant regulations and standards that apply to residential dwellings within the same zone. No conditional use permit, zoning variance, or other zoning clearance shall be required of employee housing that serves six or fewer employees.

2. Employee housing that accommodates 7 or more employees and provides no more than 36 beds in group quarters or 12 units/spaces for single families or households, is classified as an agricultural land use pursuant to the Employee Housing Act Section 17021.6. Aside from conditions specified in the Employee Housing Act Section 17021.8, this type of employee housing is not to be considered distinct from any other agricultural use. No conditional use permit, zoning variance, or other zoning clearance is required beyond what is demanded of standard agricultural activities within the same zones. Additionally, employee housing in agriculturally zoned areas is authorized to house agricultural workers regardless of whether they are employed on the site of the housing.

18.14.110 Signage Regulations
A. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to regulate signs as an information system that preserves and enhances the aesthetic character and environmental values of the City of Lindsay. Specifically, these regulations are intended to implement the General Plan and to:
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1. Provide minimum standards to safeguard life, health, property, public welfare, and traffic safety by controlling the design, quality of materials, construction, illumination, size, location, and maintenance of signs and sign structures;

2. Preserve and enhance the visual attractiveness of the city;

3. Protect and enhance property values and community appearance by encouraging signs that are compatible with the architectural style, character, and scale of the building to which they relate and with adjacent buildings and businesses;

4. Restrict signs that may create visual clutter or a nuisance to nearby properties, violate privacy, create hazards or unreasonable distractions for pedestrians and drivers, or interfere with vehicular ingress and egress;

5. Provide adequate opportunity for the exercise of the free speech by display of a message or image on a sign, while balancing that opportunity with other community and public interests;

6. Ensure that commercial signs are accessory or auxiliary to a principal business or establishment on the same premises, rather than functioning as general advertising for hire.

B. It is the City’s policy to regulate signs in a constitutional manner that is content neutral as to noncommercial messages which are within the protections of the First Amendment to the U.S.

Constitution and the corollary provisions of the California Constitution. (Ord 579, 2019)

18.14.120 Applicability And Severability
This chapter regulates signs that are located or mounted on private property within the jurisdictional boundaries of Lindsay. The provisions in this Chapter apply in all Zoning Districts within the city. No sign within the regulatory scope of this Chapter shall be erected or maintained anywhere in the city except in conformance with this Chapter. If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, phrase, clause, term, or word in this chapter is declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the chapter. (Ord. 579, 2019)

18.14.130 No Discrimination Against Noncommercial Speech Subject to the property owner’s consent, a noncommercial message of any type may be substituted, in whole or in part, for any commercial message or any other noncommercial message provided that the sign structure or mounting device is legal without consideration of message content. Such substitution of message may be made without any additional approval or permitting. This provision prevails over any more specific provision to the contrary within this title. The purpose of this provision is to prevent any inadvertent favoring of commercial speech over noncommercial speech or favoring of any particular noncommercial message over any other noncommercial message. This provision does not create a right to increase the total amount of signage on a parcel, nor does it affect the requirement that a sign structure or mounting device be properly permitted.
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(Ord. 579, 2019)

18.14.140 Exempt Signs
A. The following signs are exempt from the permit requirements of this chapter and do not count toward the total sign area limit for a site, if they conform to applicable standards:

1. One nameplate per residence or business premises, not exceeding two (2) square feet in area, identifying the owner, address and/or business hours of the property.

2. Barber poles, not exceeding 18 inches in height, located in a non-residential zone district and containing no lettering.

3. Signs on vehicles, provided that the message pertains to the establishment of which the vehicle is an instrument or tool, and the sign does not utilize changeable copy or special illumination.

4. Holiday and cultural observance decorations on private property that do not include commercial advertising. This exemption includes strings of lights associated with a holiday decoration.

5. Official notices issued by a court or public agency and posted in the performance of a public duty; notices posted by a utility or other quasi-public agency; signs erected by a governmental agency to direct or regulate pedestrian or vehicular traffic; noncommercial bus stop signs erected by a public transit agency, or other signs required or authorized by law. This exemption also covers signs and banners for special civic events erected by the City, which may be displayed in public rights-of-way.

6. Signs that are located entirely within a building or enclosed structure and are not visible from the public right-of-way.

7. Signs located on a private area of a lot that is not accessible by the general public, such as a backyard, and are not visible from the public right-of-way.

8. Signs and menu display boards fixed to mobile vending carts, up to a maximum of eight (8) square feet of sign area, plus a menu display board.

9. Signs that are part of a vending machine, gas pump, or similar device.

10. Signs mounted on carrier vehicles such as buses, taxicabs, and limousines that legally pass through the city.

11. Window signs that conform to the standards of Chapter 18.14.

B. Exempt signs that have electrical connections or engineered supports shall obtain the appropriate building permit, as required by the California Building Code. (Ord. 579, 2019)

18.14.150 Prohibited Signs
A. The following signs shall be prohibited in all zones:
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1. Signs that it could reasonably be perceived to interfere with, or be confused with any official traffic control device, traffic signal, or official directional guide sign.

2. Signs placed within 30 feet of the intersecting curb lines of a street, except for signs erected by a governmental agency to direct or regulate pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

3. Signs so located as to prevent free ingress and egress from any door or fire escape.

4. Signs extending above or beyond the face of the building, the fascia of the roof, the peak of a pitched roof, or the parapet line of a flat roof.

5. Glaring, flashing, sparkling, glittering, twinkling, or shimmering signs.

6. Signs with open letters that can be viewed from the reverse side.

7. Streamers, mylar balloons, and blimps secured with a rope or string, unless specifically permitted with a temporary use permit.

8. Signs located, placed, or erected in or upon any public right-of-way, except as specifically allowed by this chapter.

9. Signs located, placed or attached upon any tree, utility pole, or fence, except as specifically allowed by this chapter.

10. Signs placed on private property without permission of the property owner.

11. Nonconforming signs and sign structures associated with an activity, business, product, or service that has not been sold, produced, provided, or conducted on the premises for a period of 90 days.

12. Signs that revolve or are animated, except public service signs, such as time and temperature units and barber poles.

13. Signs containing statements, words, symbols, or characters of an obscene nature.

14. Signs emitting sound.

15. Murals that contain commercial speech or logos.

16. Signs located within five (5) feet of a fire hydrant, street sign, or traffic signal.

17. Signs on gas pump canopies facing residential zone districts shall not be illuminated. (Ord 579, 2019)

18.14.160 Permits Required
A. No permanent sign shall be erected, altered, reconstructed, or relocated without a sign permit unless the sign is specifically exempted from the permit requirements. A permit is not required for ordinary maintenance and repairs to signs and for temporary signs on private property that conform to the standards of this chapter. The City Manager, or designee will review all applications for sign permits for consistency with this chapter.
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B. Signs that have electrical connections or engineered supports shall obtain the appropriate building permit, as required by the California Building Code.

C. Signs that project over or extend into a public street or sidewalk shall also require approval of an encroachment permit by the City Engineer pursuant to the provisions of Title 12 of the Municipal Code.

D. Consent of the property owner and business owner is required before any sign permit may be approved.
(Ord. 579, 2019)

18.14.170 Rules For Sign Measurement
A. For the purposes of this chapter, lot frontage shall be calculated as follows:

1. If a lot fronts on two streets, both frontages may be used to determine the allowable sign area.

2. If a lot fronts on three or more streets, the length of only two contiguous sides shall be added together to determine allowable sign area.

B. The building frontage shall be the building facade in which main customer access is provided to the establishment. A building's frontage is considered continuous if projections or recesses in the building facade do not exceed 15 feet in any direction. For buildings with two or more frontages, the length of the wall and allowable sign area shall be calculated separately for each building frontage.

C. The area of an individual sign shall be calculated as follows.

1. Sign area shall include the entire area within a single continuous perimeter composed of squares or rectangles that enclose the extreme limits of all sign elements, including, but not limited to, sign structures or borders, written copy, logos, symbols, illustrations, and color.

Supporting structures such as sign bases and columns are not included in sign area if they contain no lettering or graphics.

2. Where two faces of a double-faced sign are located two (2) feet or less from one another at all points or located at an interior angle of 45 degrees or less from one another, the sign area shall be calculated as the area of one (1) face. Where the two (2) faces are not equal in size, the larger sign face shall be used. Where two (2) faces of a double-faced sign are located more than two (2) feet or 45 degrees from one another, both sign faces shall be counted toward sign area.

3. On a three-faced sign, where at least one interior angle is 45 degrees or less, the sign area shall be calculated as the sum of the largest and the smallest face. In all other situations involving a sign with three or more sides, sign area shall be calculated as the sum of all faces.

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trademarks), shall be calculated as the sum of the square footage of the two adjacent sides of the smallest theoretical cube that would encompass the sign.

D. The height of a sign shall be calculated as follows.

1. The height of a sign that is not a freestanding sign shall be the vertical distance measured from the ground level directly beneath the sign to the highest point at the top of the sign including any structural or architectural components of the sign.

2. The height of a freestanding sign shall be measured as the vertical distance from grade at the edge of the right-of-way along which a freestanding sign is placed to the highest point of the freestanding sign, including any structural or architectural components of the sign. When the grade at the edge of the right-of-way is higher than the site on which the sign is placed, that portion of the sign below the grade at the edge of the right-of-way shall not be included in determining the freestanding sign's overall height. Freestanding signs oriented towards a freeway shall be measured from the site's finished grade or pad, whichever is lower.

E. Sign clearance shall be measured as the smallest vertical distance between finished grade and the lowest point of the sign, including any framework or other embellishments.

F. For the purpose of determining the allowed number and size of signs, an integrated shopping center shall be considered us one site.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 579 on 9/10/2019

18.14.180 Sign Regulations On Developed Sites By Zone District For the purpose of this section, signs are grouped into four types: building signs, freestanding signs, temporary building signs, and temporary freestanding signs.

This section establishes standards for the number of signs, size of signs, placement of signs, and illumination of signs for developed sites based on the zone district in which the signs are located. Table 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 113

18.14.180(A) establishes specific regulations by zone district for building signs, and freestanding signs.

Table 18.14.080(B) establishes specific regulations by zone district for temporary building signs and temporary freestanding signs. Signs shall not be placed on private property except in conformance with Table 18.14.180(A) and Table 18.14.080(B).

Table 18.14.180(A)
Number and Size of Permanent Signs by Zone
Zone District Permanent Building Signs Permanent Freestanding Signs R-A, R, and RM districts
with 4 or less
residences per site
1 sign per residence maximum.
4 sq.ft. maximum size per sign.

Placement a maximum 8 feet high.

External illumination only.

None allowed.

R-A, R, and RM districts
with 5 or more
residences per site or
with non-residential
uses on site
1 sign per street frontage maximum.
30 sq.ft. maximum size per sign.

Placement a minimum 5 feet below
roofline.

External illumination only.
1 sign per frontage maximum.
20 sq.ft. maximum size.
6 feet high maximum.

External illumination only.

PO districts 2 sq.ft. per 1 lineal foot of building
frontage up to 60 sq.ft. on primary
frontage.
1 sq.ft. per 1 lineal foot up to 30 sq.ft.
on secondary frontage.

1 monument sign per street frontage:

Less than 50 feet of frontage: 20 sq.ft.,
6 feet high maximum
50-150 feet of street frontage: 36
sq.ft., 6 feet high maximum
150-300 feet of street frontage: 64
sq.ft., 8 feet high maximum
5-foot minimum setback from
property line
CN, CS, and CH districts Number of signs per business
establishment limited to 6. Allowed
square footage per building frontage
is cumulative.
1 sign per establishment maximum.
60 sq.ft. maximum sign face size.
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Number and Size of Permanent Signs by Zone
Zone District Permanent Building Signs Permanent Freestanding Signs Primary building frontage: 2 sq.ft.
per 1 lineal foot up to a maximum
350 sq.ft. along primary frontage. 50
sq.ft. allowed regardless of frontage
length.

Secondary building frontage: 1 sq.ft.
per lineal foot up to a maximum 200
sq.ft. per secondary frontage. 35
sq.ft. allowed regardless of frontage
length.

20 feet high maximum if set back 10
feet of more from property line.
10 feet high maximum if set back 5 to
10 feet from property line.

Sites with an integrated shopping
center: 1 additional freestanding sign
up to 200 sq.ft. Maximum height not
greater than the average height of the
buildings.
5-foot setback minimum from front
lot line
15-foot setback minimum from side or
rear line
CC districts 2 sq.ft. per 1 lineal foot of building
frontage up to 60 sq.ft. on primary
frontage.
1 sq.ft. per 1 lineal foot up to 30 sq.ft.
on secondary frontage.

Shopping centers only: 1 freestanding
sign per frontage based on the
following:

Less than 50 feet of frontage: 20 sq.ft.,
10 feet high maximum
50-150 feet of street frontage: 40
sq.ft., 15 feet high maximum
150-300 feet of street frontage: 65
sq.ft., 20 feet high maximum
5-foot setback minimum from
property line
I district No limit to number of signs per
business establishment.
1 sq.ft. per lineal foot of property line
adjoining a street, or 100 sq.ft. per
acre of site area in use, whichever is
1 sign per frontage maximum.
60 sq.ft. maximum sign face size.
20 feet high maximum.
5-foot setback from front lot line
15-foot setback from side lot line
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Number and Size of Permanent Signs by Zone
Zone District Permanent Building Signs Permanent Freestanding Signs greater, to a maximum of 600 sq. ft.
of sign face.

RCO district 1 sign per street frontage maximum.
30 sq.ft. maximum size per sign.

External illumination only.
1 sign per site maximum.
20 sq.ft. maximum size.
6 feet high maximum.

External illumination only.
5-foot setback from all lot lines.

Table 18.14.180(B)
Number and Size of Temporary Signs by Zone
Zone District Temporary Building Signs Temporary Freestanding Signs R-A, R, and RM districts
with 4 or less residences
per site
1 sign per site
12 sq.ft. maximum per sign.

Placement a maximum 15 feet
high.

No illumination.

Up to 4 per site maximum.
32 cumulative sq.ft. maximum sign
size.

First sign maximum 5 feet high, all
other signs maximum 3 feet high.

No illumination.

R-A, R, and RM districts
with 5 or more residences
per site or with nonresidential uses on site
1 sign per street frontage.
32 sq.ft. maximum size per sign.

Placement a minimum 3 feet
below roofline.

No illumination.

Up to 4 per site maximum.
32 cumulative sq.ft. maximum sign
size.

First sign maximum 5 feet high, all
other signs maximum 3 feet high.

No illumination.

PO district 1 sign per establishment. 1 sign per site, plus 1 additional sign for every 300 lineal feet of street
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Number and Size of Temporary Signs by Zone
Zone District Temporary Building Signs Temporary Freestanding Signs 10 sq.ft. plus an additional 1 sq.ft.
per 2 lineal feet of primary building
frontage maximum size.

Placement a minimum 3 feet
below roofline.

No illumination.
frontage, rounded down to the
nearest whole number.
16 sq.ft. maximum sign size.
6 feet high maximum.

No illumination.

CN district 1 sign per establishment.
10 sq.ft. plus an additional 1 sq.ft.
per 2 lineal feet of primary building
frontage maximum size.

Placement a minimum 3 feet
below roofline.

No illumination.
1 sign per site, plus 1 additional sign
for every 300 lineal feet of street
frontage, rounded down to the
nearest whole number.

One half of signs, 32 sq.ft. maximum
sign size. Other
half of signs, 16 sq.ft. maximum sign
size.
6 feet high maximum.

No illumination.

CC, CS, and CH districts 1 sign per establishment.
10 sq.ft. per establishment, plus an
additional 1 sq.ft. per 2 lineal feet
of primary building frontage
maximum size.

No illumination.
1 sign per site.
10 sq.ft. maximum sign size.

If placed on sidewalk the sign shall
allow for a minimum 4-foot wide
path of travel.

No illumination.

Freestanding banners are not
allowed.

I district 1 sign per street frontage.
32 sq.ft. maximum size per sign.

Up to 4 per site maximum.
32 cumulative sq.ft. maximum sign
size.
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Number and Size of Temporary Signs by Zone
Zone District Temporary Building Signs Temporary Freestanding Signs Placement a minimum3 feet below
roofline.

No illumination.

First sign maximum 5 feet high, all
other signs maximum 2 feet high.

No illumination.

RCO district None allowed. Up to 4 per site maximum.
32 cumulative sq.ft. maximum sign
size.

No illumination.

18.14.190 Sign Regulations On Undeveloped Or Developing Sites A. Undeveloped sites shall be allowed a maximum one temporary freestanding sign of a maximum size of 32 square feet. Illumination of the sign is prohibited. The maximum height shall be 10 feet.

B. Developing sites, i.e. construction sites, shall be allowed a maximum two temporary freestanding signs of a maximum size of 32 square feet each. Illumination is prohibited. Temporary signs that are not visible from any public right-of-way shall not be counted in the maximum number or size of signs. The maximum height shall be 10 feet
C. Developing residential subdivision sites where ten (10) or more new residences will be offered for sale shall be allowed one temporary sign of a maximum size of 32 square feet. Illumination of the sign is prohibited. The sign may be mounted on a building or may be a freestanding temporary sign of a maximum height of 12 feet. Additional temporary signs, temporary freestanding signs, and flags may be maintained within the boundaries of a residential subdivision if they are not visible from outside the residential subdivision.
(Ord. 579, 2019)

18.14.200 Offsite Temporary Signs For Residential Subdivisions A. Residential subdivision sites where ten (10) or more new residences are offered for sale shall be allowed up to four (4) offsite temporary freestanding signs with a size not to exceed 32 square feet and a height not to exceed eight (8) feet per residential subdivision. Signs shall be located on private, non-residential zoned parcels, or on private, residential zoned parcels that are unoccupied, vacant and otherwise free from any structures or buildings. Signs shall not be made 2025 Zoning Ordinance Update 118
or constructed from cloth, bunting, plastic, paper or similar material. Banners and flags with or without an advertising message shall not be permitted offsite.

B. In addition to any sign permitted pursuant to Subsection A. above, up to four (4) nonilluminated offsite temporary freestanding signs in an A-frame configuration, with a size not to exceed 12 square feet per face or four (4) feet in height, may be permitted per residential subdivision. Aframe signs shall be located on private, non-residential property or on public property behind any existing sidewalks, and in such a manner to not to create a safety hazard by obstructing the clear view of, or otherwise hinder or impede, pedestrian and vehicular traffic. A-frame signs may only be displayed during the operating hours for the residential subdivision sales office and shall be located no further than 1,500 feet from the subject residential subdivision entry. (Ord. 579, 2019)

18.14.210 Flags And Flagpoles
A. Flags on flagpoles shall not count toward the maximum sign area.

B. Flagpoles shall not be located within any required side or rear building setback areas. Flagpoles may be mounted on the ground or on the roof or wall of a building.

C. The maximum height of a flagpole shall be as follows:

1. Flagpoles located in the C or I zones shall have a maximum height of 50 feet or a maximum height equal to twice the distance from the base of the pole to the closest lot line, to a maximum of 100 feet, whichever is greater.

2. Flagpoles located in the R-A, R, or RM zones shall have a maximum height of 30 feet. (Ord. 579, 2019)

18.14.220 Search Lights And Klieg Lights
Search lights and klieg lights are prohibited, except when used for public safety purposes or when specifically approved with a temporary use permit for a special event. (Ord. 579, 2019)

18.14.230 Signs In Public Rights-Of-Way
The following signs are allowed in the public right-of-way:

A. Building signs in the CC zone that project into the public right-of-way, provided that the projecting width of the projecting sign is a maximum of three (3) feet, and that the bottom of the sign is seven (7) feet above the finished grade.

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C. Temporary freestanding signs placed on the sidewalk in the CC zone that meet the provisions of this chapter and when a minimum 4-foot wide clear path of travel is provided.

D. Signs placed by a public agency for a public purpose, such as traffic signs.

E. Signs specifically authorized by the City Manager or the City Services Director that do not negatively impact public health or safety.

F. Temporary non-commercial signs that are placed at locations pre-specified by City Council with the size of sign, sign materials, and dates/times of posting approved by the City Manager.

G. Temporary freestanding signs not larger than 8 square feet when approved along with a temporary use permit.
(Ord. 579, 2019)

18.14.240 Temporary Sign Standards
A. Temporary signs shall require a temporary sign permit.

B. Temporary freestanding signs in non-residential zones shall not be located:

1. In any public right-of-way, except as provided in Section 18.14.130;

2. In parking lot driving lanes, aisles or spaces;

3. On multi-use trails or sidewalks if they would block a four-foot wide pedestrian path of travel;

4. At any location where they would block pedestrian access;

5. Within one 100 feet on either side, or in front of a permanent freestanding sign;

6. Within 20 feet from any other temporary freestanding sign; or

7. Within 30 feet from a drive approach (driveway entrance) or intersection of two streets.

Lindsay City CouncilJune 23, 2026

Lindsay City Council
June 23, 2026