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Planning commission approves zone variance and tentative parcel map to create 1.16-acre home parcel from a 28.18-acre AE-20 property near Kingsburg
Summary
The commission granted a zone variance and approved a tentative parcel map to split a 28.18-acre parcel in the AE-20 zone into a 1.16-acre parcel for a future home and a 27.02-acre remainder; staff said the split is consistent with the Kings River plan and previous home-site approvals.
The Tulare County Planning Commission on Jan. 22 approved a zone variance (PZV24-068) and tentative parcel map (PPM24-047) to divide a 28.18-acre property in the AE-20 (exclusive agricultural 20-acre minimum) zone into a 1.16-acre parcel and a 27.02-acre remainder to allow a future home site for a family member.
Planner Nibiru Minkern (staff project planner) said the parcel is at 44100 Road 36, about a half-mile south of Avenue 408 east of Kingsburg (APN 028-050-053). The applicant, property owner Alfred Preseka, requests the smaller parcel so a daughter and grandchildren can build a home adjacent to the farmland the owner will retain.
Staff said the request meets the findings required under Tulare County Code section 7-1912.015 because the surrounding area already contains parcels smaller than the zone minimum and the proposed division would not change existing agricultural uses. The staff report noted an earlier home-site parcel map (PPM99-017) and said the site is within the Kings River Plan and the County’s Flood Insurance Rate Map zone X, which requires no special flood mitigation measures.
Commissioners asked about potential impacts to sensitive species maps; staff clarified the county uses the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s CNDDB as a broad indicator and that the nearest database record is about 1.5 miles away so no immediate species mitigation was required.
Commissioner Gil Aguilar made the motions to approve the CEQA common-sense exemption and the zone variance; both motions passed with seven yeses and one absent. Aguilar subsequently moved and the commission approved the tentative parcel map in a second motion by the same recorded vote.
The county will require standard conditions of approval and the project will proceed to final map and permit processing as applicable.
