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Attachment B - Zone Use Matrix

Visalia City Council
August 17, 2026

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Attachment B - Zone Use Matrix
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August 17, 2026
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USE C-N C-R C-S C-MU D-MU O-PA O-C BRP I-L I

17.08 A1 Farmers’ Market P P
A2 Greenhouses (commercial growers) P
A3 Raising of Field, Truck or Orchard Crop & Horticultural Specialties P P P P A4 Riding Academies/Stables C C
A5 Roadside Stands Selling Produce Grown on Site T T T T T T T T T T A6 Animal Day Care Facility P C P P C
A7 Animal Shelters/Humane Societies C C
A8 Auto Leasing/Renting P C C
A9 Auto Dismantling/Wrecking/Salvage Yards C 17.32.070
A10 Auto Machine Shops P P
A11 Auto Oil, Lube & Smog Test Shops C C P P C
A12 Auto Repairs, Major-Overhauling, Rebuilding, Painting C P C C A13 Automotive Supplies, Parts & Accessories C P P P P
A14 Automotive Upholsterers P
A15 Boat Sales/Service P
A16 Car Washing - self service C C P C C
A17 Car Washing - automated - Meeting All Standards in Section 17.32.168 C P P P C C 17.32.168 A18 Car Washing - automated - Not Meeting All Standards in Section 17.32.168 C C C C C C 17.32.168 A19 Car Sales – New & Used, More than four (4) vehicles on display P C A20 Car Sales – New & Used, one (1) to four (4) vehicles on display P P P P A21 Motorcycles, Sales and Service P
A22 RV/Boat Storage Yards P P
A23 Recreational Vehicle Sales and Service P P
A24 Tire Sales & Service (excluding major repairs) – stand alone C P P P C A25 Tire Sales & Service (excluding major repairs) – located within the primary permitted use on the site P P P A26 Towing/Road Service P P
A27 Truck/Trailer Sales and/or Service P C
A28 Truck Rental/Leasing P
B1 Stand-Alone Automatic Teller (ATM) P P P P P P P P P P B2 Office P P P P P P P
B3 Traditional C C 17.32.150
B4 Inns C C 17.32.150
B5 Boarding/Rooming Houses C
Commercial, Mixed Use, Office, and Industrial Zones Use Matrix P = Use is Permitted by Right               C = Use Requires Conditional Use Permit T = Use Requires Temporary Use Permit         Blank = Use is Not Allowed Commercial and Mixed Use Zones Office Zones Industrial Zones Special Use
Standards (See
identified Chapter
or Section)

BED & BREAKFAST ACCOMMODATIONS

BUS DEPOTS
A

AGRICULTURAL - FARMING
AUDITORIUMS (see THEATERS)
AUTOMOTIVE (for gas stations see SERVICE STATIONS)
B

BANKS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

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B6 Station (passenger services) C C C
B7 Repair Yard & Shops P P P
B8 Public & Private Transfer Point C C C C C C C
C1 Catering Services P P P P P
C2 Cemeteries & Mausoleums 17.52
C3 Christmas Tree Sales Lots/Other Seasonal Commercial Uses/Special Events T T T T T C4 Up to 200 Seats C C C C C C
C5 More than 200 Seats C C C
C6 Communications Equipment Building C P P C C C P P
C7 Media Studio P P P P
C8 Radio and TV Broadcasting Studios – with antenna off-site P P P P C P P C9 Radio and TV Broadcasting Studios – with antenna on-site C C P P C10 Wireless telecommunication facilities – more than 100 feet away from property planned/zoned residential C C C C C C C P P 17.32.163
C11 Wireless telecommunication facilities – within 100-ft of property planned/zoned residential C C C C C C C C 17.32.163 D1 Adult – 12 or fewer adults P P P P P P P P P P
D2 Adult – 13 or more adults C C C C C C C C C C
D3 Children– 14 or fewer P P P P P P P P P P
D4 Children – 15 or more C C C C C C C C C C
D5 In Conjunction with Primary Use P P P P P P P P P

DRIVE-THRU LANES
D6 Drive-Thru Lanes Meeting All Standards in Sect. 17.32.162 P P P P P P 17.32.162 D7 Drive-Thru Lanes Not Meeting All Standards in Sect. 17.32.162 C C C C C P 17.32.162 D8 Drive-Thru Lanes in Industrial Zone P P 17.32.161
E1 Bars/Taverns– within 300 feet of any residence/public use C C C Bars/Taverns – not within 300 feet of any residence/
public use
E3 Micro-breweries/micro-wineries (with or without restaurants) C P C C C C C C 17.63 Micro-breweries/micro-wineries (with or without restaurants) (with or without entertainment) C P C C C C C C E4 Craft distilleries P C C C C
Craft distilleries
Permitted
in 17.63 Overlay
District
E5 Cafeterias P P P P P C P C C
E6 Quick Service/Fast Food Restaurants P P P P P C P
See Lines D8 and D9
of Table 17.25.030 for
Drive-thru lane zoning
requirements.

E7 Quick Service/Fast Food Restaurants (Industrial Zone) P P 17.32.161 E8 Live Entertainment C C C 17.04
Entertainment till 10:00 P.M. P P P
Entertainment past 10:00 P.M. C C C
E9 Sit-Down Restaurant/Café P P P P P P P P P
E10 EVENT CENTERS C C C C
C

CHURCHES & OTHER RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS

COMMUNICATIONS
D

DAYCARE, LICENSED
E

EATING & DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS
E2 P C

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F1 Florist P P P P P C
F2 Fortunetelling/Palm Reader P 5.2
F3 Propane/Butane P P P
F4 Propane/Butane (maximum 2000 gallons) P P
F5 Propane/Butane within 50 feet of Planned/zoned Residential C C C F6 Propane/Butane within 50 feet of Planned/zoned Residential (maximum 2000 gallons) C C F7 Above Ground Tanks dispensing Class I, II, and III-A liquids– within 100 feet of a residential use or residential zoned property C C C C C C C C 17.32.025
F8 Above Ground Tanks dispensing Class I, II, and III-A liquids– more than 100 feet from a residential use or residential zoned property P P P P P P P P 17.32.025 F9 Pump & Underground Storage Tank – 500 gallons or less P P F10 Pump & Underground Storage Tank – more than 500 gallons P P F11 Petroleum & Petroleum Products Storage C C
Public Fuel Dispensing (see Service Stations)
F12 Funeral Home/Mortuary C C C C
G1 Galleries– Art/Photography/Crafts P P P P P
H1 Home Occupation Businesses P P P P P P P P P P 17.32.030

HOTELS AND MOTELS
H2 Hotels and Motels, located 250 feet or more from an existing residence P P C P C H3 Hotels and Motels, located less than 250 feet from an existing residence C C C C C K1 Kennels (located 500 feet or more from a residential zone) P C P P L1 Dry Cleaners (cleaning plant) P P P P P P
L2 Dry Cleaners (cleaning plant including carpet/rug cleaning and dyeing) P P P L3 Diaper Supply Service P P P
L4 Linen & Uniform Supply Service P P P
L5 Self service P P P P P
Building & Construction Trade
M1 – building materials yards (storage & distribution) P P P M2 – cabinetmaker/carpenter shops P P P
M3 – concrete & ready-mix manufacture & distribution C C M4 – contractor’s equipment storage yards P P P
M5 – drilling/dredging/ditching service P P
M6 – sheet metal shop P P
Chemical Products, except as more specifically described below (manufacturing, blending, compounding, packaging, bottling)
M7 – laboratories (i.e., organic/inorganic) P P P
M8 – paint, dye & glue manufacturers C P
M9 – pharmaceuticals C C P P
M10 – manufacture of raw plastic materials, colorants, liquids, powders, resins C P M11 – soap detergent & other cleaning preparations C P
Food & Beverage – Preparation & Bottling/Packaging & Distribution F

FUEL STORAGE
G
H
I
J
K
L

LAUNDRY/DRY CLEANERS
M

MANUFACTURING/ASSEMBLING

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M12 – animal & marine fats & oils (refining & rendering) C M13 – beer & ale distributors P P P
M14 – breweries and wineries producing 60,000 barrels or less per year P P M15 – breweries and wineries producing more than 60,000 barrels per year C M16 – commercial bakeries P C P P
M17 – commercial kitchens C C P C C P P
M18 – dairy products processing & packaging C C
M19 – fruit & vegetable brokers & shippers P P
M20 – grain, feed & flour mills P
M21 – ice manufacturers & storage P P P
M22 – meat & poultry product processing including butchering/slaughtering C M23 – meat and food locker, packaging P P P
M24 – nut processing (dehydrating, hulling & drying) P
M25 – packaging of previously prepared food items P P P P P M26 – processing, canning & packing food products P
M27 – refinery for food products, i.e. sugar C
M28 – snack food preparation, packaging P P
M29 – beverage distribution P P
M30 – beverage manufacturing C
M31 – vegetable oil mills P
M32 Flammable/Combustible Liquids C 13.32.027
M33 Heavy Equipment/Machine Manufacturing (i.e., agricultural equipment, aircraft equipment parts & supplies, large appliances, auto/truck manufacturing, industrial machinery) C M34 Kiln works for clay and pottery products P P
M35 Light Manufacturing/Assembly (i.e., computer hardware & parts, electric supplies, consumer goods, etc.) C P P
M36 Hobby/Craft Manufacturing P P P
M37 Prototype Manufacturing, non-production scale, Makerspace C P P Printing & Publishing Industry
M38 – desktop, blueprint & photocopy P P P P P
M39 – publishing, printing &/or binding (newspapers, magazines, brochures, books, etc.) P P P P Products Manufactured/Assembled from Previously Prepared Materials M40 – manufacture of paper & plastic packaging & cartons C P P M41 – clothing assembly/imprinting P P P P P
M42 – metal fabrication & die cutting P P P
M43 – rubber & plastic product manufacturing C P
M44 – textile mills (dyeing, weaving, knitting, cutting) P M45 – packaging/distribution of prepared materials (non-food items) P P P M46 Raw Materials Manufacture C 17.04
M47 Stone mills/monument yards C P
Trucking, Warehousing, and Internet Fulfillment Centers M48 – combined office/warehouse-type buildings (not exceeding 25% of total building area) P P P

17.32.167,

5.66,

8.64 M50 – general warehousing & storage P P P
M51 – local bus charter P P
M52 – moving companies/trucking/storage P P P
M53 – refrigerated warehouses/storage P P P
M54 – school bus yards P P
M55 – trucking & freight forwarding terminal C P P
M49 Delivery only medical marijuana retail P P

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M56 Massage Therapist C C C C C C (emergency
ordinance)
M57 Hospitals, Acute Care (general medical/surgical) C C M58 Ambulance Services/Medical Transport C C C C C C
M59 Convalescent Hospitals/Senior Care Facilities/Nursing Homes C C C M60 Clinics C P P C P C C
M61 Dialysis Centers and Blood Donation Centers C C P C C C M62 Laboratories (medical testing & diagnostic) P C C P M63 Medical Equipment/supplies (oxygen, prosthetics, walkers, etc.) P P P P P M64 Psychiatric Hospitals, including Treatment or Substance Abuse C M65 Rehabilitation Hospitals C C C
M66 Museums P P P
General Business and Professional (i.e., data processing services, employment agencies, insurance agencies, etc.)
O1 – less than 2,000 sq. ft. P P P P P P P P
O2 – 2,000 sq. ft. to 6,000 sq. ft. C P C P P P P P
O3 – more than 6,000 sq. ft. C C C P P P P P
O4 – up to 25% of total leased area for center P P P P P O5 – more than 25% of total leased area for center C C C C C O6 Medical P P P P P P P
O7 Professional office with social services C C P C P C O8 Offices Associated with Industrial Uses (not exceeding 25% of total building area) P P P P P1 Parcel Delivery Services/Parcel Distribution (UPS, Federal Express, etc.) P P C P P P2 Parking Facilities For Off-Site Uses C P P C C C C C 17.34.060 P3 Park & Ride C C C P P
P4 Stand Alone P P P P P P P
P5 Located within the Primary Permitted Use on the Site P P P P P P P P6 Tattooist P P P P P P P
P7 With Printing Press P P C C C P P
P8 Without Printing Press P P P P P P P P P
P9 Photography Studio P P C P P C P
P10 Photography Labs/Blue Printing/Microfilming (developing, printing – no retail on site) P P C C P P P11 Photography labs (developing, printing – no retail on site) P P C P P P12 Photography Labs with Retail on Site P P P P P
P13 Planned Unit Developments C C C C C C C C C C 17.26 P14 Private Clubs and Lodges C C C 17.32.115
P15 Private Postal Service (Mail Boxes, Mailing Service) (See Also Parcel Delivery Services) P P P P16 Community & Recreation Centers C C C
P17 Community Gardens C C C
P18 Fire Stations C P P P P P C P P
P19 Police Stations & Substations C P P P P P P P P
P20 Post Offices P P P
P21 Public Buildings, Offices & Grounds C P C P C C
MEDICAL FACILITIES/SERVICES (for medical/dental offices see OFFICES) N

PHOTOGRAPHY/PHOTO SERVICES

PUBLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES
O

OFFICES
P

PERSONAL SERVICES

PHOTOCOPY SERVICES/DESKTOP PUBLISHING

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P22 Public Libraries C C P C C
P23 Public Parks/Playgrounds C C C P
P24 Post Office Substations C P P P P P P

RAILROADS
R1 Freight Stations, Repair & Yards C C
R2 Passenger Stations C
R3 Athletic and Health Clubs (gymnasiums, fitness centers, racquet clubs) P P P C C C R4 Athletic and Health Clubs (gymnasiums, fitness centers, racquet clubs) less than 5,000 sq. ft. P P P P P P P P R5 Aquatic Centers C C C C C C
R6 Athletic/Playing Fields C
R7 Bowling Alleys P P C
R8 Circus, Carnivals, Fairs & Festivals, Revivals/Assemblies T T T T T T R9 Dance, Yoga & Music Studios P P P P P P P P
R10 Escape Rooms P P P P C
R11 Martial Arts P P P P P P P P
R12 Golf Courses & Driving Ranges C
R13 Miniature Golf Courses C C
R14 Ice & Roller Skating Rinks P P
R15 Indoor Playgrounds and Trampoline Parks P P P C
R16 Indoor Amusement Facilities P C C
R17 Pool Halls/Billiard Parlors P P P C
R18 Video Machines/Coin-Operated Games – 1 to 4 machines P P P P P 17.32.120 R19 Video Arcade P P P P 17.32.120
R20 Other Recreational Facilities C C C C C C C
R21 Rifle and Pistol Range, indoor C C C C C C C C
R22 Heavy Processing C C P 17.32.160
R23 Light Processing C P P 17.32.160
R24 Large Collection C P P 17.32.160
R25 Small Collection C C C C P P 17.32.160
R26 Reverse Vending Machines P P P P P P P P 17.32.160
R27 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center P P 17.32.160 R28 Residential Units, New or Expansions, which may or may not be associated with a commercial activity C C C C C C C C C C

17.32.164
R30 Existing single-family dwelling P P P P
R31 Group/Foster Homes, Licensed – 1 - 6 individuals in addition to residing family C R32 Group/Foster Homes, Licensed – more than 6 individuals in addition to residing family C R33 Emergency Shelters P 17.32.130
R34 Emergency/Temporary Housing C C C
R35 Single Room Occupancy (SRO) units C
R36 CUP P P P P P P P C C C

17.32.135
* In Micro-brewery /
Micro-winery Overlay
District Only
R29
Q
R

RECREATION FACILITIES

RECYCLING FACILITIES
RESIDENTIAL (see also Residential Zones)
Residential Units, including units for senior citizens, as a mixed use in an existing building containing one or more commercial or office uses P* P P

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*If meeting criteria
stated in Cal. GC
Sections 65660 -
65668
R38 Transitional Housing and Supportive Housing as those terms are defined in Section 17.04.030C C C P*/C P*/C C C C C C *If meeting criteria
stated in Cal. GC
Sections 65660 -
65668
R39 Senior Citizen Residential Developments C C C C C C C C C C R40 Accessory Dwelling Units C C C C C C C C C C 17.12 Article 2 R41 Employee Housing C C C C C C C C C C
General Merchandise
R42 – less than 4,000 sq. ft. P P P P C
R43 – 4,000 to 6,000 sq. ft. P P P P
R44 – 6,001 to 40,000 sq. ft. C P P P
R45 – 40,001 to 60,000 sq. ft. P P C 17.32.050
R46 – over 60,000 sq. ft. P C C
Building/
Landscape Materials
R47 – Lumberyards; fencing stores/yards P P
R48 Garden Centers/Nurseries – located within primary use P P P P R49 Garden Centers/Nurseries – stand alone C P C P
R50 Glass Stores (windows, etc. for auto, residential, commercial) P P R51 Home Improvement P P P P P
Drugstore/Pharmacy

17.32.050

17.32.055
R53 – not including general retail merchandise, 1,500 sq. ft. or more P P P P P P R54 – not including general retail merchandise, up to 1,500 sq. ft. P P P P R55 Farm Equipment Sales P P
R56 Feed Stores P C
Food Stores
R57 – convenience store P P C P P C C C
R58 – liquor store within 300 feet of residential/public use C C C R59 – liquor store not within 300 feet of residential/public use C C C P In C-R zone, 5,000
sq. ft. minimum
building area in per
Ordinance 2012-08
R60 – specialty food stores (bakery, delicatessen, butcher shop, meat market, health food, gourmet/imported food, etc.) P P P P C C 17.32.050
R61 – supermarkets/grocery stores P P P 17.32.050
R62 – wine tasting with sales C P C C C C C C
R63 Furniture & Furnishings – new P P P P
R64 Furniture & Furnishings– secondhand *up to 10,000 square feet P P P P P R65 Gun Shops – within primary use P P P P
R66 Gun Shops – stand alone P P P
Magazine/Newspaper Sales (Freestanding Booth/Stand/
Kiosk)
R67 – indoor C P P P P P P
R68 – outdoor C C C C C C C
R69 Pawnshops C C
R70 Pet Stores P P P P 17.32.050
C C
RETAIL
R52 – including general retail merchandise P P P
R37 Low Barrier Navigation Centers C C C P*/C P*/C C C C P C

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R71 Pool/Spa Supplies/Equipment P P P P P P 17.32.050
R72 Smoke Shops (retail of cigarettes and smoke devices/paraphernalia) C C 17.32.165 S1 Preschool/After-School Care C C C C C
S2 Elementary Schools, K-6 or K-8 C C C C C C
S3 Middle Schools C C C C C C
S4 High Schools C C C C C C
S5 Colleges/Universities (academic) C C C C
S6 Vocational or other Specialized Schools - Non-industrial trades C C C C P P P S7 Vocational or other Specialized Schools - Industrial trades C P C C C P P P S8 After Hours Academic Education Facilities (After 6:00 p.m.) C C C P P S9 Tutoring Centers P C P P P
S10 Air Conditioning Shops P P
S11 Appliance, Electrical Equipment, Tools (disassemble & repair) P P P P S12 Check-Cashing Service P P P P
S13 Chemical Stripping/Powder Coating P P P
S14 Chrome & Anodizinig Shops P P P
S15 Courier Services P P P C P
S16 Auction House C C
S17 Bail Bonds P P P
S18 Equipment Rental – conducted outdoors P C P
S19 Equipment Rental – conducted indoors P P P P P
S20 Exterminators/Fumigators P P
S21 Gunsmith Shops, including incidental retail P P C P S22 Heavy Machinery and Equipment (welding, cutting, grinding, casting, etc.) P P P S23 Janitorial Service P
S24 Lawn Maintenance & Tree Trimming P P
S25 Locksmiths P P P P P
S26 Other Household & Maintenance Services P C
S27 Pet Grooming/Dog Training (conducted indoors) P P P P P S28 Repair Shops (tools, non-automotive, mechanical equipment) P P S29 Sharpening Service – tools, knives, saw blades, lawn mowers, etc. P P S30 Sharpening Service – small tools not including saw blades and lawn mowers P P P P S31 Sheltered Workshops C P C C P
S32 Shoe Repair Shops P P P P P
S33 Sign Painting & Fabrication P P
S34 Taxidermists P P
S35 Tailor, Dressmaking, & Alterations P P P P P
S36 Upholstering Shops (furniture only) P P P
S37 Upholstering Shops – Showroom with minimum 35% of gross receipts to be retail sales C S38 Fuel dispensing only – not including major auto repair services of any kind C C P C C C P S39 Also including major auto repair services C P C C
S40 Also including light servicing of trucks P C
S41 Storage Tanks, Non-Fuel P P
S42 Swap meets C
T1 Taxi/Limousine Service P P P P
S
SCHOOLS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE (see also Quasi-Public and Residential Zones)

SERVICE, COMMERCIAL

SERVICE STATIONS
T

THEATERS

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T2 Auditoriums C C
T3 Drive-in C
T4 Movie C C C
T5 Live Performance C C P
U1 Unenclosed Solid Waste Transfer Stations C
U2 Battery Energy Storage System C
U3 Business Offices P P P P P P
U4 Electric Distribution Substations C C C C C C C C P
U5 Elevated Pressure Tanks C C P P C C P P
U6 Gas Regulator Stations C C P C C C C P P
U7 Public Service Pumping Stations C C P C C C P P
U8 Payment Centers P P P P P P
U9 Public Utility Service Yards P C P
V1 Animal Hospitals (no boarding) P C P P C P P
V2 Animal Hospitals (including short term boarding of animals) C C C P P W1 Wholesale Commercial Establishment P P
W2 – primary use P P
W3 – not to exceed 20% of gross floor area of permitted use P P P P P P P P W4 – in excess of 20% of gross floor area of permitted use C C C C C C P C W5 Mini Storage Facilities P C P C
OT1 Other Uses Similar in Nature and Intensity as Determined by the City Planner P P P P P P P P P P OT2 Other Uses Similar in Nature and Intensity as Determined by the City Planner Subject to the Granting of a Conditional Use Permit C C C C C C C C C C
Z
OTHER
V

VETERINARY SERVICES
W

WAREHOUSING STORAGE
X
Y
U

UTILITIES

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