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Tulare City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 10

08: LAND USE TABLES

§ 10.08.010 Land use restriction.

   No structure, or any part thereof, shall be erected or enlarged, nor shall any site or structure be used, designated, or intended to be used for any purpose or in any manner other than is included among the uses listed in the land use tables in this chapter as permitted, administratively permitted, or conditionally permitted in the zone district in which such structure, land, or site is located, except as otherwise authorized by this title.
(Ord. 2025-01, passed 1-7-2025)

§ 10.08.020 Residential land use table.

   (A)   The following table identifies which land uses are permitted by right, require a conditional use permit, or are not allowed in the R-1, R-M, and R-H zones.
   (B)   A "P" means that the use is permitted by right in that zone. A "C" means the use requires a conditional use permit in that zone. An "A" means the use requires an administrative use permit in that zone. A "T" means the use requires a temporary use permit in that zone. A blank box means the use is not allowed in that zone.
   (C)   Land uses are grouped generally by type of use, and then listed alphabetically. The land use groups are Residential Uses; Accessory and Support Uses; and Other Uses. The use of the word "or" can mean either or both uses.
   (D)   Land uses with specific land use standards shall meet the requirements found in the identified section in the last column of the table.
   (E)   If two or more land uses are permitted in the same zone, those land uses may coexist on the same site.
Table 10.08.020-1
Residential Zone Use Table
P = Use is Permitted by Right
C = Use Requires Conditional Use Permit
A = Use Requires Administrative Use Permit
T = Use Requires Temporary Use Permit
Blank = Use is Not Allowed
Land Uses
Residential Zones
Specific Land Use Standards (See identified Section)
R-1-20
R-1-12. 5
R-1-4 & R-1-6
R-M
R-H-1 4 & R-H-2 0
Table 10.08.020-1
Residential Zone Use Table
P = Use is Permitted by Right
C = Use Requires Conditional Use Permit
A = Use Requires Administrative Use Permit
T = Use Requires Temporary Use Permit
Blank = Use is Not Allowed
Land Uses
Residential Zones
Specific Land Use Standards (See identified Section)
R-1-20
R-1-12. 5
R-1-4 & R-1-6
R-M
R-H-1 4 & R-H-2 0
 
Residential Uses
 
1
Assisted living, skilled nursing, or hospice facility (6 or fewer residents)
P
P
P
P
P
 
2
Assisted living, skilled nursing, or hospice facility (more than 6 residents)
C
C
C
P
P
 
3
Bed and breakfast inn
C
C
C
C
C
10.60.070
4
Boarding house or rooming house
P
 
5
Emergency shelter
P
P
 
6
Employee housing, small (6 or fewer employees)
P
P
P
P
P
 
7
Employee housing, large (more than 6 employees)
C
C
C
C
C
 
8
Hotel or motel
C
C
Only as part of a mixed-use development
9
Low Barrier Navigation Center
P
P
 
10
Manufactured home not within a mobile home park, more than 10 years old
P
10.60.120
11
Manufactured home not within a mobile home park, less than 10 years old
P
P
P
10.60.120
12
Mobile home or manufactured home park
C
C
C
C
10.60.130
13
Multi-family dwelling, 2 units per building (duplex)
P
P
 
14
Multi-family dwelling, 3 or 4 units per building (triplex or fourplex)
P
P
 
15
Multi-family dwelling, 5 or more units per building
P
P
 
16
Recreational vehicle park
C
 
17
Residential care facility, 6 or fewer residents
P
P
P
P
P
 
18
Residential care facility, more than 6 residents
C
C
C
C
C
 
19
Single-family dwelling, attached
C
C
P
P
 
20
Single-family dwelling, detached
P
P
P
C
 
21
Single-family dwelling or duplex that meets the requirements of Cal. Gov t Code 65852.21 (SB 9)
P
P
P
 
22
Single-room occupancy (SRO)
P
P
 
23
Supportive housing
P
P
P
P
P
 
24
Transitional housing
P
P
P
P
P
 
 
Residential Accessory and Support Uses
 
30
Accessory dwelling unit
P
P
P
P
P
10.60.030
31
Junior accessory dwelling unit
P
P
P
P
P
10.60.040
32
Building ancillary to the main residential use
P
P
P
P
P
 
33
Cottage food operation
A
A
A
A
A
10.60.080
34
Expansion of existing non-conforming residential use
A
A
A
A
A
 
35
Home occupation
A
A
A
A
A
Chapter 10.78
36
Keeping of household pets
P
P
P
P
P
Title 6
Chapter 6.12
37
Raising of fruit, vegetables, and horticultural specialties for personal use
P
P
P
P
P
 
38
Temporary caretaker's dwelling
T
T
T
T
T
 
39
Temporary materials storage yard
T
T
T
T
T
 
40
Temporary residential sales office
T
T
T
T
T
 
41
Other accessory or ancillary use or structure that the Director determines is customarily associated with, and subordinate to, a primary permitted use.
P
P
P
P
P
 
 
Other Uses
 
50
Assembly facility (e.g. meeting facilities, churches, community centers)
C
C
C
C
C
 
51
Cannabis Cultivation for Personal Use per Proposition 64 Guidelines (Indoor)
P
P
P
P
P
 
52
Cannabis Cultivation for Personal Use per Proposition 64 Guidelines (Outdoor)
P
P
P
 
53
Cannabis deliveries (Receiving)
P
P
P
P
P
 
54
Community center or facility (5,000 square feet or less)
P
P
P
P
P
 
55
Community center or facility (over 5,000 square feet)
C
C
C
C
C
 
56
Daycare, adult
P
P
P
P
P
 
57
Daycare, small family
P
P
P
P
P
 
58
Daycare, large family
P
P
P
P
P
 
59
Daycare center
C
C
C
C
C
 
60
Electrical transmission and distribution substation, gas regulator station, communications equipment building, public service pumping station, or elevated pressure tank
C
C
C
C
C
 
61
Golf Course
C
C
 
62
Kennel
C
 
63
Mixed-Use
C
C
10.46
64
Mobile vendor or food truck
 
65
Outdoor Assembly
C
10.60.150
66
Outdoor storage that is visible from a public right-of-way
 
67
Park or playground
P
P
P
P
P
 
68
School, private (kindergarten to 12th grade)
C
C
C
C
C
 
69
School, public (kindergarten to 12th grade)
P
P
P
P
P
 
70
School; charter, trade, vocational, art, business, or professional
 
71
Self-storage facility or mini-warehouse
 
72
Storm drainage basin, with or without a park
P
P
P
P
P
 
73
Land uses listed in the Commercial, Office, and Industrial Zone Use Table (§ 10.08.030) that are not listed in this Residential Zone Use Table
 
 
(Ord. 2025-01, passed 1-7-2025)

§ 10.08.030 Commercial, industrial, public, and open space zone use table.

   (A)   The following table identifies which land uses are permitted by right, require a use permit, or are not allowed in the C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, M-1, M-2, PL, PR, and A zones.
   (B)   A "P" means that the use is permitted by right in that zone. A "C" means the use requires a conditional use permit in that zone. An "A" means the use requires an administrative use permit in that zone. A "T" means the use requires a temporary use permit in that zone. A blank box means the use is not allowed in that zone.
   (C)   Land uses are grouped generally by type of use, and then listed alphabetically. The land use groups are Accessory and Support Uses; Eating and Drinking Establishment Uses; Education and Assembly Uses; Manufacturing and Processing Uses; Office and Medical Uses; Public and Quasi-Public Uses; Recreation Uses; Residential Uses; Retail Uses; Service Uses; Transportation and Storage Uses; and Other Uses.
   (D)   Land uses with specific land use standards shall meet the requirements found in the identified section in the last column of the table.
   (E)   If two or more land uses are permitted in the same zone, those land uses may coexist on the same site.
Table 10.08.030-1
Commercial, Industrial, Public, and Open Space Zone Use Table
Table 10.08.030-1
Commercial, Industrial, Public, and Open Space Zone Use Table
P = Use is Permitted by Right   
C = Use Requires Conditional Use Permit
A = Use Requires Administrative Use Permit
T = Use Requires Temporary Use Permit
Blank = Use is Not Allowed
Land Uses
Commercial Zones
Industrial, Public, and Open Space Zones
Specific Land Use Standards (See identified Section)
C-1
C-2
C-3
C-4
M- 1
M- 2
PF
PR
A
 
Accessory and Support Uses
 
A1
Automated teller machine (ATM)
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
A2
Caretaker residence or quarters
C
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
A3
Cottage food operation
A
A
A
A
10.60.080
A4
Daycare primarily for children of employees on the same site as a permitted use
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
A5
Drive-thru pick-up window meeting all standards of 10.60.090
C
C
P
P
P
C
10.60.090
A6
Drive-thru pick-up window not meeting all standards of 10.60.090
C
C
C
C
C
C
10.60.090
A7
Electric vehicle recharging facility
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
A8
Food service primarily for employees on the same site as a permitted use
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
A9
Home occupation
A
A
A
A
A
Chapter 10.78
A10
Keeping of household pets
P
P
P
P
P
Title 6 Chapter 6.12
A11
Mobile vendor or food truck
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Title 5 Chapter 5.92
A13
Outdoor storage ancillary to and on the same site as a permitted use
P
P
P
P
P
P
10.60.180
A14
Solar that is placed upon an existing structure or carport with energy produces only being used for offset.
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
A15
Ground-mounted Solar energy system, less than 10,000 sq. ft.
C
P
P
P
P
 
A16
Ground-mounted Solar energy system, more than 10,000 sq. ft.
C
C
C
 
A17
Temporary materials and/or equipment storage yard
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
 
A18
Temporary outdoor sales (including parking lot)
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
10.60.170
A19
Vending machines
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
10.60.240
 
Eating and Drinking Establishment Uses
 
B1
Artisan food and beverage production and sales
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
B2
Bar, nightclub, or lounge
C
C
C
C
10.60.050
B3
Brewpub
C
C
C
C
C
C
10.60.050
B4
Microbrewery
C
C
C
C
C
C
10.60.050
B5
Restaurant, full service
P
P
P
P
C
C
 
B6
Restaurant, limited service with drive-thru pickup window meeting all standards of 10.60.090
C
P
P
P
C
C
10.60.090
B7
Restaurant, limited service with drive-thru pickup window not meeting all standards of 10.60.090
C
C
C
C
C
C
10.60.090
B8
Restaurant, limited service without drive-thru pickup window
P
P
P
P
C
C
 
 
Education and Assembly Uses
 
C1
Assembly facility (e.g., meeting facilities, churches, community centers)
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
 
C2
Auditorium or theater (live or movie) capacity up to 2,500 persons
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
C3
Auditorium or theater (live or movie) capacity over 2,500 persons
C
C
C
C
P
P
 
C4
Card room
C
C
C
 
C5
Club, lodge, or private meeting hall
P
P
C
P
 
C6
Carnival or circus
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
 
C7
College or university, public or private
C
C
C
C
C
C
P
 
C8
Convention or conference center
P
P
P
C
C
C
 
C9
Funeral home or mortuary
C
C
P
 
C10
Library, museum, or cultural facility
P
P
P
P
C
C
P
C
C
 
C11
Pool hall or billiard parlor
C
P
P
 
C12
School, private (kindergarten to 12th grade)
C
P
P
C
C
 
C13
School, public (kindergarten to 12th grade)
P
P
P
P
P
 
C14
School; charter, trade, vocational, art, business, or professional
C
P
P
P
P
C
P
 
C15
Studio for martial arts, music, dance, yoga, exercise, gymnastics, or similar
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
 
Manufacturing and Processing Uses
 
D1
Agricultural crop production
C
C
A
C
P
 
D2
Agricultural products packing, packaging, preparing, or processing
C
P
P
 
D3
Animal raising
A
P
 
D4
Brewery, winery, or distillery
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
10.60.050
D5
Hazardous waste facility
 
D6
Assembling, cleaning, manufacturing, processing, repairing or testing products primarily outdoors. (Unless otherwise listed)
C
C
 
D7
Assembling, cleaning, manufacturing, processing, repairing or testing of products primarily within an enclosed structure. (Unless otherwise listed)
C
P
P
 
D8
Drop forges
C
 
D9
Explosives storage, manufacturing, and processing, including fireworks
C
 
D10
Fertilizer Manufacturing
C
 
D11
Petroleum products manufacturing, processing and storage, including oils, gasoline, paints, and tar
C
 
D12
Incinerators
C
 
D13
Metal industries (ores reduction, refining, smelting, and alloying)
C
 
D14
Paper Mills
C
 
D15
Textile Mills
C
 
D16
Chemical Manufacturing
C
 
D17
Rubber Manufacturing
C
 
D18
Meat packing or slaughterhouse
C
 
D19
Mining, quarry, or sand and gravel excavation
C
C
 
D20
Research and development facility
P
C
P
P
P
P
P
 
 
Office and Medical Uses
 
E1
Call center
P
P
P
 
E2
Communications broadcasting or media studio
P
P
P
P
P
C
 
E3
Laboratory; general, medical, or dental
P
P
P
P
C
P
 
E4
Hospital, general, or psychiatric
C
C
C
P
 
E5
Office; medical, dental, or optometry
P
P
P
P
 
E6
Office; professional or commercial
P
P
P
P
 
E7
Pharmacy
P
P
P
P
 
E8
Urgent care center or other walk-in clinic
P
P
P
P
 
 
Public and Quasi-Public Uses
 
F1
Cemetery
C
 
F2
Community center or facility
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
F3
Community garden
P
P
P
P
A
A
P
P
P
 
F4
Electrical substation, gas regulator station, communications equipment building, public service pumping station, or elevated pressure tank
C
C
C
C
C
C
P
C
C
 
F5
Fairgrounds
C
C
C
C
P
P
C
 
F6
Government office; local, state, or federal
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
F7
Post office
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
F8
Public corporation yard, utility yard, or vehicle and heavy equipment maintenance and storage yard
C
P
P
P
C
 
F9
Public safety facility or station
C
C
C
P
P
P
P
 
F10
Social service office, assistance center, or guidance center
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
F11
Storm drainage basin, with or without a park
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
F12
Wireless communication facility (WCF)
C
C
C
C
P
P
P
C
Chapter 10.68
 
Recreation Uses
 
G1
Athletic complex or ball field
C
C
P
P
P
 
G2
Commercial recreation facility, indoor
C
P
P
P
C
C
 
G3
Commercial recreation facility, outdoor
C
P
P
C
C
C
 
G4
Golf course or country club
C
C
C
P
C
 
G5
Health or fitness facility, large
C
P
P
C
C
 
G6
Health or fitness facility, small
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
G7
Park or playground
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
 
Residential Uses
 
H1
Assisted living, skilled nursing, or hospice facility
C
C
P
 
H2
Bed and breakfast inn
C
C
C
10.60.070
H3
Boarding or rooming house
C
C
 
H4
Emergency shelter
P
P
P
 
H5
Employee housing (including farmworker housing), small (6 or fewer employees)
P
P
Chapter 10.14
H6
Employee housing, large (including farmworker housing) (more than 6 employees)
C
P
Chapter 10.14
H7
Hotel or motel
C
P
P
C
 
H8
Live/work facility
P
P
P
P
C
 
H9
Low Barrier Navigation Center
P
P
P
 
H10
Manufactured home not within a mobile home park, more than 10 years old
10.60.120
H11
Manufactured home not within a mobile home park, less than 10 years old
P
P
P
10.60.120
H12
Mobile home or manufactured home park
C
10.60.130
H13
Multi-family dwelling
C
C
C
Only as part of a mixed-use development . Chapter 10.16 or 10.18
H14
Recreational vehicle park
C
C
 
H15
Residential care facility, up to 6 persons
P
P
P
 
H16
Residential care facility, 7 or more persons
C
C
P
 
H17
Residential dwelling located in same building with office or commercial use
C
P
P
P
 
H18
Single-family dwelling, attached
C
 
H19
Single-family dwelling, detached
P
 
H20
Single-room occupancy (SRO)
P
C
 
H21
Supportive housing
C
P
P
P
 
H22
Transitional housing
P
P
P
 
 
Retail Uses
 
I1
Adult entertainment establishment
A
A
A
Chapter 10.62
I2
Auction or sales house
P
P
C
C
 
I3
Auction or sales yard
C
C
P
C
 
I4
Automobile and pick-up sales, new and used
C
P
C
C
10.60.200
I5
Automobile and pick-up sales, used only
C
P
C
C
10.60.200
I6
Boat, recreational vehicle (RV), and truck sales
C
C
P
C
 
I7
Building materials and supply or home improvement store
P
P
P
P
 
I8
Convenience store, with or without fuel sales
P
P
P
P
P
C
10.60.210
I9
Farm or construction equipment sales or service
C
C
P
P
C
 
I10
Farmers market
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
 
I11
Feed and seed store
C
P
P
P
C
P
 
I12
Food market
P
P
P
P
C
C
 
I13
Food produce stand
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
P
 
I14
Fuel sales, fleet or cardlock
C
P
P
P
P
C
10.60.210
I15
Fuel sales, retail
C
C
C
C
C
10.60.210
I16
Garden shop
P
P
P
C
C
P
 
I17
Landscape nursery
C
P
P
P
P
P
 
I18
Liquor store
C
C
C
C
C
 
I19
Manufactured home sales yard
C
C
C
 
I20
News, magazine or flower stand, outdoor
P
P
P
P
P
P
A
 
I21
Pawn shop
C
C
C
 
I22
Pet store
P
P
P
P
 
I23
Retail sales store, less than 10,000 square feet
P
P
P
P
P
 
I24
Retail sales store, more than 10,000 square feet
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
I25
Retail sales solely via internet, direct mail, or telephone
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
I26
Secondhand or thrift store
P
P
P
P
 
I27
Swap meet or flea market (Outdoor)
C
C
C
C
C
 
I28
Tobacco, smoke, or vape shop
P
P
P
P
P
 
 
Service Uses
 
J1
Ambulance service
C
P
C
C
C
 
J2
Bank or credit union
P
P
P
P
P
 
J3
Barbershop, hair salon, nail care, or day spa
P
P
P
P
 
J4
Massage Therapy
A
A
A
A
Title 5 Chapter 5.104
J5
Car wash, automatic or full-service
C
P
P
P
C
 
J6
Car wash, self-service
C
P
P
P
 
J7
Carpet cleaning
P
P
P
 
J8
Construction materials recycling
C
 
J9
Copy, printing, or mailing service
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
J10
Crematorium
C
 
J11
Dry cleaning or laundromat
P
P
P
 
J12
Equipment rental yard
C
P
P
P
 
J13
Exterminator or pest control service
C
P
P
P
 
J14
Food catering
C
P
P
P
P
 
J15
Fortune telling
C
C
P
 
J16
Fuel distributing
P
P
P
 
J17
Kennel or animal boarding
C
C
C
P
C
P
P
 
J18
Linen, diaper, or uniform supply service
P
P
P
 
J19
Motor vehicle repair or service, major
C
P
P
P
 
J20
Motor vehicle repair or service, minor
C
P
P
P
P
 
J21
Payday lenders or check cashing establishment
P
P
P
P
 
J22
Pet grooming
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
J23
Photography studio
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
J24
Recycling, small collection facility (CRV only)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
10.60.190
J25
Recycling, large collection facility
C
P
P
10.60.190
J26
Recycling, processing, or sorting facility
C
P
 
J27
Repair shop, large appliance or equipment
P
P
P
 
J28
Repair shop, small appliance or equipment
C
P
P
P
P
P
 
J29
Shooting range, indoor
C
C
P
C
 
J30
Shooting range, outdoor
C
 
J31
Specialty construction or trade service
P
P
P
 
J32
Tailoring or clothing alterations
P
P
P
P
 
J33
Tattooing or body art
C
C
P
P
P
C
 
J34
Veterinary clinic or office
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
J35
Veterinary hospital
C
C
P
P
P
 
 
Transportation and Storage Uses
 
K1
Airport or heliport
P
C
 
K2
Bus, transit, or train station
C
P
P
P
P
 
K3
Cold storage or ice house
C
P
P
 
K4
Food locker
C
P
P
P
 
K5
Junk yard, wrecking yard, or salvage facility
C
 
K6
Mini-warehouse or self-storage facility
C
P
P
 
K7
Parking facility, off-site
C
C
C
C
P
P
 
K8
Truck stop or travel center
C
C
C
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K9
Trucking or transportation terminal
C
C
P
 
K10
Vehicle impound yard
P
P
P
P
 
K11
Warehouse or distribution center
P
P
 
 
Other Uses
 
L1
Cannabis Cultivation (Indoor)
 
L2
Cannabis Cultivation (Mixed Light)
 
L3
Cannabis deliveries (Receiving)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
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L4
Cannabis distribution
 
L5
Cannabis laboratory testing
 
L6
Cannabis manufacturing
 
L7
Cannabis processing
 
L8
Cannabis product labeling
 
L9
Cannabis retail
P
P
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L10
Daycare, adult
P
P
P
P
C
P
 
L11
Daycare, small family
P
P
P
P
P
 
L12
Daycare, large family
P
P
P
P
P
 
L13
Daycare center
C
P
P
P
P
P
 
L14
Other uses not listed that are determined by the Director to be similar in nature to a listed use that is permitted in the same zone
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
 
L15
Other uses not listed that are determined by the Director to be similar in nature to a listed use that requires an administrative use permit in the same zone
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
 
L16
Other uses not listed that are determined by the Director to be similar in nature to a listed use that requires a conditional use permit in the same zone
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
 
 
(Ord. 2025-01, passed 1-7-2025)

§ 10.08.040 Addition of a use to land use tables.

   Upon an application or on its own initiative and pursuant to Chapter 10.86, the City Council may add a use to the land use tables established in this chapter if the Council makes all the following findings:
   (A)   That the addition of the use to the land use table will be in accordance with the purposes of this title and of the zone district or districts in which the use will be permitted.
   (B)   That the zone district or districts in which the use is to be permitted has similar basic characteristics as the present uses allowed in the district or districts.
   (C)   That the use will not generate a noticeably greater amount of odor, dirt, smoke, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness, or any other objectionable influence or hazard than the amount normally created by any of the other uses permitted in the district or districts in which the use will be permitted.
   (D)   That the establishment of the use in the zone district or districts in which it will be permitted will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare.
(Ord. 2025-01, passed 1-7-2025)