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Planning Commission recommends council adopt revisions to farmland‑mitigation ordinance, expands in‑lieu fee and allows city to hold conservation easements
Summary
The Tulare Planning Commission on Jan. 13 recommended that City Council adopt amendments to Section 10.222 (farmland mitigation) to expand in‑lieu fee eligibility and allow the city to serve as a qualified holder of conservation easements.
The Tulare Planning Commission on Jan. 13 voted to recommend that the City Council adopt amendments to Section 10.222 of the Tulare Municipal Code that revise the city’s farmland mitigation program.
Staff said the proposed amendments, prepared in response to direction from council, are intended to clarify the ordinance and add flexibility for applicants seeking entitlements that convert agricultural land within the city’s urban development boundary. Two principal changes presented by staff were: removing the ordinance’s existing in‑lieu fee limit for parcels over 20 acres so larger projects may elect to pay a fee instead of placing a…
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