Votes at a glance: Commission approves multiple parcel maps, variances and special-use permits
January 15, 2026 | Tulare County, California
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The Tulare County Planning Commission on Jan. 14 approved a slate of routine land-use items, including special-use permits, tentative parcel maps and zone variances, and pulled one tenant parcel map to a date uncertain.
Key outcomes
- PSP25-074 (special use permit to allow a third residence, manufactured home, on a 19.6-acre AE-20 parcel near Lindsay): approved; commission found a CEQA categorical exemption and conditionally approved the permit (motion by Gil Aguilar; second Matthew Stahl; vote 6-0).
- PSP25-078 (public utility structure and fiber‑optic work proposed in the Exeter area, property owned by the Exeter Public Cemetery District): approved; staff cited CEQA categorical exemption (Title 14, CCR §15303); vote 6-0.
- PSP25-090 (agricultural service establishment for storage of packaged agricultural chemicals at 6111 Avenue 252, near Tulare; applicant: Darren Vandenberg): approved as a CEQA categorical exemption and conditionally approved special-use permit; vote 6-0.
- PZV25-048 / PPM25-045 (zone variance and tentative parcel map to divide ~19.63 acres into two parcels in AE-40): approved; conditions include a private vehicular access easement; vote 6-0.
- PZV25-054 / PPM25-053 (tentative parcel map and associated variance for a 2.01-acre division in AE-20): approved; vote carried without opposition.
- PZV25-045 / PPM25-041 (zone variance with tentative parcel map involving creation of a home-site parcel in the AE-40 zone): approved; vote 6-0.
- Tenant parcel map PPM25-024: staff requested the item be pulled to "date uncertain" and the commission acknowledged the request.
Commission votes were recorded on the public audio record; most items passed unanimously or with routine abstentions where noted. Commissioners asked clarifying questions on water service letters, required access easements and CEQA classification before voting; staff confirmed will‑serve letters and department consultations would be required at building-permit or final-map stages.
What this means
Most items were routine land-use and subdivision matters routed through normal CEQA exemptions and findings. The commission’s approvals advance multiple tentative parcel maps and variance requests to the next administrative steps (final maps, building permits and, where applicable, Board of Supervisors review). One tenant parcel map was pulled for a later hearing.
Procedural note: The commission also recommended the Board of Supervisors approve development agreement DEV25-002 (see separate item) related to TSM 19-003 Phase 3.
Key outcomes
- PSP25-074 (special use permit to allow a third residence, manufactured home, on a 19.6-acre AE-20 parcel near Lindsay): approved; commission found a CEQA categorical exemption and conditionally approved the permit (motion by Gil Aguilar; second Matthew Stahl; vote 6-0).
- PSP25-078 (public utility structure and fiber‑optic work proposed in the Exeter area, property owned by the Exeter Public Cemetery District): approved; staff cited CEQA categorical exemption (Title 14, CCR §15303); vote 6-0.
- PSP25-090 (agricultural service establishment for storage of packaged agricultural chemicals at 6111 Avenue 252, near Tulare; applicant: Darren Vandenberg): approved as a CEQA categorical exemption and conditionally approved special-use permit; vote 6-0.
- PZV25-048 / PPM25-045 (zone variance and tentative parcel map to divide ~19.63 acres into two parcels in AE-40): approved; conditions include a private vehicular access easement; vote 6-0.
- PZV25-054 / PPM25-053 (tentative parcel map and associated variance for a 2.01-acre division in AE-20): approved; vote carried without opposition.
- PZV25-045 / PPM25-041 (zone variance with tentative parcel map involving creation of a home-site parcel in the AE-40 zone): approved; vote 6-0.
- Tenant parcel map PPM25-024: staff requested the item be pulled to "date uncertain" and the commission acknowledged the request.
Commission votes were recorded on the public audio record; most items passed unanimously or with routine abstentions where noted. Commissioners asked clarifying questions on water service letters, required access easements and CEQA classification before voting; staff confirmed will‑serve letters and department consultations would be required at building-permit or final-map stages.
What this means
Most items were routine land-use and subdivision matters routed through normal CEQA exemptions and findings. The commission’s approvals advance multiple tentative parcel maps and variance requests to the next administrative steps (final maps, building permits and, where applicable, Board of Supervisors review). One tenant parcel map was pulled for a later hearing.
Procedural note: The commission also recommended the Board of Supervisors approve development agreement DEV25-002 (see separate item) related to TSM 19-003 Phase 3.
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