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Ordinance Adoption - Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-03, amending Visalia Municipal Code Section 5.68 "Massage Establishments" and Zoning Text Amendment No. 2025-02, amending Visalia Municipal Code Title 17 (Zoning), Chapter 17.04 Definitions and Chapter 17.25 Uses in the Mixed Use, Office and Industrial Zones.
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Prepared by:
Tracy Robertshaw, Neighborhood Preservation Manager, (559) 713-4187, tracy.robertshaw@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 the second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 2025-03 amending Visalia Municipal Code Section 5.68 "Massage Establishments" and adoption of Zoning Text Amendment No. 2025-02, amending Visalia Municipal Code Title 17 (Zoning), Chapter 17.04 Definitions and Chapter 17.25 Uses in the Mixed Use, Office and Industrial Zones designating Massage Establishments as a conditionally permitted use in the Regional Commercial (C-R) zone.
Summary:
On July 21, 2025, the City Council held a public hearing to introduce the first reading of Ordinance No. 2025-03, amending Visalia Municipal Code Section 5.68 "Massage Establishments" and Zoning Text Amendment No. 2025-02, amending Visalia Municipal Code Title 17 (Zoning), Chapter 17.04 Definitions and Chapter 17.25 Uses in the Mixed Use, Office and Industrial Zones designating Massage Establishments as a conditionally permitted use in the Regional Commercial (C-R) zone.
Background Discussion:
On May 19, 2025, a work session was held with the City Council to conduct a review of the current ordinance related to massage establishments. During the presentation, the City Council received a staff report, and a staff presentation on a number of changes necessary to the Massage Establishment Ordinance as well as the Zoning Ordinance that governs where massage establishments are permitted.
On July 21...
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