Agenda Item Wording:
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Appeal - A Public Hearing to consider an appeal of the Planning Commission's approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 2024-17: A request by Derek Finnegan / Lars Anderson & Associates to amend Conditional Use Permit No. 2019-31, for the establishment of a 172,000 square foot commercial building for the sale of general retail merchandise with a fuel dispensing service station and a car wash, within the Commons at Visalia Parkway Shopping Center, located in the C-R (Regional Commercial) Zone. The project site is located on the southwest corner of South Mooney Boulevard and West Visalia Parkway (APNs: 121-620-004, 005, 006, 007, 008, 013, 014).
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Deadline for Action: 11/18/2024
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Cristobal Carrillo, Associate Planner, (559) 713-4443, cristobal.carrillo@visalia.city
Paul Bernal, Planning and Community Preservation Director, (559) 713-4025, paul.bernal@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council continue the public hearing item from the November 18, 2024, agenda to the December 3, 2024, meeting. Staff will re-notice the item for the December 3, 2024, City Council Meeting.
Summary
On October 14, 2024, the Visalia Planning Commission approved Conditional Use Permit No. 2024-17, a request to establish a fuel dispensing service station and car wash within the Commons at Visalia Parkway Shopping Center, at the southwest corner of West Visalia Parkway and South Mooney Boulevard. Following approval of the request, two appeals were filed on October 24, 2024, requesting the City Council review and rescind the approval given by the Planning Commission. Per Visalia Municipal Code requirements, the appeal public hearing date was scheduled for November 18, 2024.
On November 5, 2024, staff received correspondence from Jim Shehadey, the property owner and project proponent, requesting the Visalia City Council continue the public hearin...
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