Porterville staff list conditions for preliminary parcel map at East Mulberry Avenue

City staff told applicant Ruby Lara on Feb. 19 that her proposal to divide 679 East Mulberry Avenue into two parcels will require a formal tentative parcel‑map application, public notice and possible future frontage and utility improvements if development occurs.

Assistant Planner Rocio Mejia said the applicant must file a tentative parcel map that complies with Porterville Development Ordinance sections 402.01 and 402.02 and that planning fees include a $1,500 tentative‑parcel‑map fee, a $79 environmental notice‑of‑exemption fee, a $58 Tulare County filing fee and an optional $26.50 radius‑map service for noticing. The tentative map will be reviewed at a public hearing before the parcel map committee; the final map must comply with section 405.01 and the final‑map fee of $955.

Engineering Director Javier Sanchez told the applicant that curb, gutter and sidewalk and a pave‑out to match curb and gutter could be required at the time of development and that existing sewer and water mains end at the property line; extending mains across the property frontage would be a developer cost. He said the city can offer a 10‑year reimbursement agreement in limited circumstances if subsequent developers pay into the improvement, but if no reimbursements occur the developer bears full cost.

Ruby Lara said she is not planning immediate development and intends first to record the parcel split: “I was just thinking of first getting it, parceled out, and then development would come later,” she told the committee. Fire staff had no objection to the split but noted compliance with applicable codes will be required when development occurs.

Mejia said staff will compile departmental comments in a letter and mail them to the applicant; Lara was instructed to submit the tentative parcel map application and required fees to begin formal review. No formal vote or committee action was taken at the meeting.