Tulare
Zoning districts
22 districts, grouped by category.
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2Commercial
4Neighborhood Commercial Zone
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 5 ft
- Permitted uses
- 51
Office Commercial Zone
- Min lot
- 3,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 74
Retail Commercial Zone
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 74
Service Commercial Zone
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Mixed use
2Industrial
2Public
2Residential
8- Front setback
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 26
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 124
High Density Residential zone
R-M
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 28
Small Lot Residential PUD
- Min lot
- 3,200 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 7 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
General provisions
84 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
When measuring a required distance, such as the minimum distance between a structure and a lot line, the measurement shall be made at the closest or shortest distance between the two objects.
The minimum lot area shall be 12,500 square feet. Maximum coverage 50%. Front setback 20 ft, rear 10-15 ft, side 7.5 ft.
The purpose of the R-1 zone is to provide residential neighborhoods of mostly, but not exclusively, single-family homes at a density of three and one-tenth to seven dwellings per gross acre.
The purpose of the R-1 zone is to provide residential neighborhoods of mostly, but not exclusively, single-family homes at a density of three and one-tenth to seven dwellings per gross acre.
The minimum site area per dwelling unit shall be 2,000 square feet for the R-H-14 district.
The minimum site area per dwelling unit shall be 1,500 square feet for the R-H-20 district.
Minimum lot area ten acres; front setback 35 ft; rear 15 ft; side 15 ft; max height 35 ft; max coverage 10% for permitted uses.
It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, association, partnership, or other legal entity to directly or indirectly alter, remodel, demolish, grade, remove, construct, reconstruct, or restore any historic cultural landmark without first obtaining a city permit and the approval of the Planning Commission.
This chapter shall apply to all areas of special flood hazards within the jurisdiction of the City of Tulare.
Standards that apply in all Commercial zones: site design, parking, landscaping, walls, building design, lighting, driveways.
Standards that apply in all Industrial zones: site design, parking, loading, building design, lighting, driveways, monitored electrified security fences.
Standards that apply in all zones: air pollution, combustibles, discharge, vibration, odors, infrastructure, rooftop equipment, trash screening, fences, lighting, setback exceptions, height exceptions.
Water-efficient landscape ordinance for the City of Tulare.
The parking and loading standards in this chapter shall apply to all zone districts unless otherwise specified.
Sidewalk vending requirements including minimum sidewalk width, sign size, hours, and prohibitions.
No person shall cause or permit the establishment of any sexually oriented businesses, as defined above, within 1,000 feet of any sensitive land use, as defined above.
No agricultural operation, conducted or maintained for commercial purposes, and in a manner consistent with the property and accepted customs and standards established and followed by similar agricultural operations in the same locality, shall be or shall become a nuisance, private or public, due to any changed condition in or about the locality, after the same has been in operation for more than three years, if it was not a nuisance at the time it began.
As mitigation for the conversion of critical farmland, the applicant shall arrange for the imposition of an agricultural conservation easement on no less than one acre of mitigation land for each acre of land proposed for conversion.
Wireless communications facilities that are not exempt per § 10.68.080 shall be either permitted or conditional uses in accordance with this section.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any new, expanded or remodeled use/development.
Source documents
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- CHAPTER 10.02: GENERAL PROVISIONS13.9K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.04: CONSTRUCTION AND TERMINOLOGY6.4K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.06: ZONE DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAP6.4K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.08: LAND USE TABLES33.1K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.10: RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE14.9K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.12: RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ZONE17K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.14: LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE18.9K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.16: MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE20.3K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.18: HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE19.5K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.20: NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE8.4K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.22: OFFICE COMMERCIAL ZONE9.5K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.24: RETAIL COMMERCIAL ZONE9.3K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.26: SERVICE COMMERCIAL ZONE9.6K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.28: LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE9.6K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.30: HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONE9K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.32: PUBLIC LANDS ZONE5.9K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.34: PARKS AND RECREATION ZONE4.7K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.36: AGRICULTURE/OPEN SPACE ZONE6.3K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.38: HISTORIC SITE AND HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY ZONE65.3K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.40: PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY ZONE18.2K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.42: DOWNTOWN OVERLAY ZONE10.4K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.44: AIRPORT OVERLAY ZONE15.7K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.46: MIXED-USE OVERLAY ZONE19.3K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.48: FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT52.9K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.50: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS32.7K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.52: LANDSCAPE STANDARDS85.7K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.54: PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS26.1K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.56: SIGNS AND OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES92.7K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.58: SIDEWALK VENDING AND STATIONARY MOBILE VENDORS26.9K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.60: SPECIFIC LAND USE STANDARDS56.5K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.62: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS20.9K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.64: RIGHT TO FARM4.8K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.66: FARMLAND MITIGATION37.2K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.68: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND TOWERS28.2K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.70: PERMITS AND APPLICATIONS22.3K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.72: SITE PLAN REVIEW14.8K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.74: ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMITS2.5K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.76: TEMPORARY USE PERMITS7.6K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.78: HOME OCCUPATION PERMITS7.6K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.80: CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS4.8K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.82: DENSITY BONUS30.5K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.84: VARIANCES AND MINOR DEVIATIONS5.4K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.86: ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS5K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.88: GENERAL PLAN AND SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS3.1K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.89: DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS6.8K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.90: NON-CONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES, AND LOTS9.1K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.92: REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION11.7K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.94: ANNEXATIONS14.5K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.96: DEFINITION OF LAND USES64.6K charsRead →
- CHAPTER 10.98: DEFINITION OF TERMS35.9K charsRead →