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Visalia council authorizes $12,000 contract amendment to study cannabis fees and advances regulatory framework

Visalia City Council · March 16, 2026
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Summary

Council authorized amending a sole-source consulting contract and appropriated $12,000 to fund a fee nexus (Phoenix) study to set fees for a proposed cannabis business program; staff outlined zoning, buffers and application rules and said license counts would initially be set to zero.

The Visalia City Council authorized staff to amend an existing sole-source contract to hire consultants to complete a fee-nexus (Phoenix) study and appropriated $12,000 from the general fund for the contract amendment as the city advances a local cannabis business ordinance framework.

Devin Jones, economic development manager, presented elements of a draft cannabis business ordinance and related zoning updates, describing…

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