Visalia
Zoning districts
16 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
1Other
3Business Research Park Zone
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 45 ft
- Permitted uses
- 64
Office Conversion Zone
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 66
Professional/Administrative Office Zone
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 65
Mixed use
2Commercial
3Neighborhood Commercial Zone
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 65
Regional Commercial Zone
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 85
Service Commercial Zone
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 60 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 141
Overlay
2Open space
1General provisions
53 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
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.
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.
Blocks shall not exceed fifteen hundred (1,500) feet in length unless existing adjacent property alignment, topographic, or traffic conditions justify a variation.
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.
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
Permanent detention or retention ponds shall be a minimum of five (5) acres and dedicated to the city for maintenance.
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
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.
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...
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.
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: ...
Street lights shall be installed by the subdivider, at locations consistent with the adopted development improvement 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.
The subdivider shall grade the entire area of the subdivision so that all lots drain to grades approved by the city engineer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
- Chapter 16.04 GENERAL PROVISIONS13K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.08 DEFINITIONS7.2K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.12 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS11.1K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.16 TENTATIVE MAPS15.8K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.20 VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS6.1K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.24 FINAL MAPS20.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.28 PARCEL MAPS21.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.32 LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS9.8K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.36 IMPROVEMENTS17.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.40 DRAINAGE FEES32.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.44 TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES41K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.46 PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT FEES11.3K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.48 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MITIGATION24K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.50 GENERAL FACILITIES IMPACT FEES10.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.52 AREA OF BENEFIT10.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 16.54 GROUNDWATER OVERDRAFT MITIGATION11.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.02 GENERAL PROVISIONS30.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.04 DEFINITIONS47.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.06 ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS13.8K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.08 AGRICULTURAL ZONE8K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.10 OPEN SPACE ZONE6.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.12 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE21.3K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.14 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS27.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.16 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES15.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.18 COMMERCIAL ZONES10.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.19 MIXED USE ZONES7K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.20 OFFICE ZONES7.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.22 INDUSTRIAL ZONES7.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.24 BUSINESS RESEARCH PARK ZONE5.2K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.25 USES IN THE COMMERCIAL, MIXED USE, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES43.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.26 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT17.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 17.28 SITE PLAN REVIEW PERMIT17.8K charsRead →