Agenda Item Wording:
title
Consideration of General Plan amendment, prezone ordinance adoption, and annexation - A public hearing and consideration for the following actions requested by D.R. Horton related to the project located on ?78.11 acres on the east side of South Lovers Lane Avenue, north of Caldwell Avenue (APN: 127-020-020 and -021):
1. Adoption of Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for General Plan Amendment No. 2025-04, and Annexation/Prezone No. 2025-04 (Resolution No. 2026-46);
2. Approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2025-04, a request to reconfigure the land use designations on the parcels, in addition to amending the Circulation Element to realign the "K" Avenue Collector alignment to follow the Sunnyside Avenue alignment between Lovers Lane and Road 148 (Resolution No. 2026-50);
3. Initiation of Proceedings for Annexation No. 2025-04, consisting of:
a. Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance No. 2026-07, a request to prezone the subject property to R-1 (Single-Family Residential zone), R-M-2 (Multi-family residential zone - 3,000 square foot minimum site area), R-M-3 (Multi-family residential zone - 1,200 square foot minimum site area), and QP (Quasi-public zone) to be consistent with the land use designation changes proposed in General Plan Amendment No. 2025-04; and,
b. A request to annex said parcels into the City limits of Visalia and detach from County Service Area No. 1 and the Consolidated Water District and authorizing the City Manager to sign and enter into a Pre-Annexation Agreement (Resolution No. 2026-51).
body
Agenda Date: 07/20/2026
Prepared by:
Jarred Olsen, Principal Planner, jarred.olsen@visalia.gov (559) 713-4449
Paul Bernal, Planning and Community Preservation Director, paul.bernal@visalia.gov, (559) 713-4025
Department Recommendation:
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council take the following actions, consistent with the staff recommendation made to Planning Commission on March...
Click here for full text