Municipality · California

Visalia

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
16
Districts
69
Extracted rules
336
Standards
32
Chapters read

Zoning districts

16 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

53 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

16.12.01010 standards

No cul-de-sac or dead end street shall be more than eight hundred (800) feet in length. ... Grades of streets shall not be less than two-tenths (0.2) percent and not greater than seven (7) percent.

16.12.0204 standards

Residential alleys shall have a minimum dedicated width of twenty (20) feet. ... Alleys shall be provided where needed to serve existing or proposed commercial or industrial subdivisions and shall have a minimum dedicated width of thirty (30) feet.

16.12.0401 standards

Blocks shall not exceed fifteen hundred (1,500) feet in length unless existing adjacent property alignment, topographic, or traffic conditions justify a variation.

16.12.0502 standards

Lots shall have a single frontage on a street; new double frontage lots or lots without street frontage will not be permitted except where, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, topographic or unusual physical conditions justify a deviation from this rule.

16.12.0601 standards

A one-foot reserve strip shall be provided at the dead end of a stubbed street or at the edge of a partial width street

16.12.0901 standards

Permanent detention or retention ponds shall be a minimum of five (5) acres and dedicated to the city for maintenance.

16.12.1001 standards

For proposed residential subdivisions, security walls or fences that are proposed for residential developments along arterial or collector streets shall provide pedestrian access between the arterial or collector and the development

16.36.0601 standards

All underground utilities, sanitary sewers, and storm drains installed in streets, service roads, alleys or highways shall be constructed prior to the surfacing of such streets.

16.36.0901 standards

Sidewalks shall be required as a condition of building permits, except as follows: A. Double fronting lots... B. A corner lot where a fence or wall is constructed along the street-side lot line...

16.36.1001 standards

Sanitary sewer facilities connecting with the existing city sewer system shall be installed to serve each lot and to grades, locations, design and size approved by the city engineer.

16.36.1209 standards

The minimum water main line size to serve any fire hydrant shall be six (6) inches in diameter. Fire hydrant spacing shall comply with the following requirements: ...

16.36.1401 standards

Street lights shall be installed by the subdivider, at locations consistent with the adopted development improvement standards.

16.36.1602 standards

Permanent monuments ... shall be set at all angle and curve points on the exterior boundaries of the subdivision, at all street intersections, at all angle points of street lines, and at all simple and compound curve points of street centerlines.

16.36.1801 standards

The subdivider shall grade the entire area of the subdivision so that all lots drain to grades approved by the city engineer.

16.36.1902 standards

All irrigation ditches traversing, abutting, or adjoining property to be subdivided, shall be permanently abandoned, permanently pipelined, fenced with chain link fencing of minimum six (6) feet height, or otherwise totally enclosed in a manner satisfactory to the city and the irrigation company.

16.48.0308 standards

This chapter shall apply in the incorporated area of the city to the extent permitted by Article XI of Section 7 of the Constitution of the state of California.

17.02.0601 standards

No structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered or enlarged, nor shall any site or structure be used, designated or intended for use other than the uses hereinafter listed as permitted or conditional in the zone in which such structure, land or premises is located.

17.02.0701 standards

No structure shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit hereinafter designated for the zones in which such structure is located.

17.02.0801 standards

No structure shall be erected, nor shall any existing structure be altered, enlarged, rebuilt or moved into any zone, nor shall any open space be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the yard, site area and building location regulations hereinafter designated for the zone in which such structure or open space is located.

17.02.0901 standards

No yard or other open space provided about any structure for the purpose of complying with provisions of this title shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other structure, and no yard or other open space on one site shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for a structure on any other site.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.