Agenda Item Wording:
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Ordinance Adoption - Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2026-01 for Prezone and Change of Zone No. 2025-06, a request by Tulare County Office of Education to change the zoning designation on APN: 122-480-004 from C-MU (Mixed-Use Commercial) to QP (Quasi-Public) and to prezone APNs: 122-470-003, 122-480-008 and 122-480-018 to QP (Quasi-Public) (Ordinance No. 2026-01, required).
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Agenda Date: 04/20/2026
Prepared by:
Josh Dan, Senior Planner, (559) 713-4003, josh.dan@visalia.city
Paul Bernal, Planning and Community Preservation Director, (559) 713-4025, paul.bernal@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 2026-01 for Prezone and Change of Zone No. 2025-06.
Summary:
On April 6, 2026, the City Council held a public hearing to consider General Plan Amendment (GPA) No. 2025-05, Prezone and Change of Zone No. 2025-06, and Annexation No. 2025-03. The project was a request by the Tulare County Office of Education (TCOE) to change the zoning designation on APN: 122-480-004 from C-MU (Mixed-Use Commercial) to QP (Quasi-Public) and to prezone APNs: 122-470-003, 122-480-008 and -018 to QP (Quasi-Public) (Ordinance No. 2026-06, required).
The recommendation to support changes to land use and zoning designations for this project is to facilitate TCOE's proposed campus expansion with additional facilities to its existing administrative office and conference center located at 6200 South Mooney Boulevard. TCOE has acquired portions of adjacent properties which will be merged with the existing site, expanding their overall campus site by approximately 12.54 acres.
No persons spoke in opposition at the City Council meeting, and Council voted (4-0) to conduct the First Reading of Ordinance No. 2026-06 for Prezone and Change of Zone No. 2025-06, along with approving the other entitlements heard at that meeting.
The second reading of the Ordinances ar...
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