On the agenda: Dinuba Planning Commission — Data Center (Oct 6)

PLANNING COMMISSION
AGENDA
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 / 6:30 PM / City Hall / 405 East El Monte Way,
Dinuba
District 1
Sergio Alvarado
Chair

District 2
Albert Cendejas
Commissioner

District 3
Vacant
Commissioner

District 4
Estevan Benavides
Commissioner

District 5
Tim Conklin
Vice Chair

All attendees are advised that electronic devices should be placed on silent
upon entering the Council Chambers.
The Board will take action on all items listed on the agenda.

1.

OPENING CEREMONIES
1.1. Welcome and Call to Order
1.2. Invocation
1.3. Pledge of Allegiance

2.

ROLL CALL

3.

AGENDA CHANGES OR DELETIONS
To better accommodate members of the public or convenience in the order of
presentation, items on the agenda may not be presented or acted upon in the order
listed. Additions to Agenda may be added only pursuant to California Government
Code section 54954.2(b).

4.

REQUEST TO ADDRESS COMMISSION
This portion of the meeting is reserved for any person who would like to address
the Planning Commission on any item that is not on the agenda. Please be advised
that State law does not allow the Planning Commission to discuss or take any
action on any issue not on the agenda. The Planning Commission may direct staff
to follow up on such item(s). Speakers may be limited to three (3) minutes. If there
is any person wishing to address the Planning Commission at this time please
approach the podium and state your name and nature of the request.

5.

CONSENT CALENDAR
Matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be

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enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these
items. If discussion is desired, a member of the audience or a Commission
Member may request an item be removed from the Consent Calendar and it will be
considered separately.
5.1. SUBJECT
Planning Commission Meeting Minutes August 4,2026
RECOMMENDATION
Planning Commission approve the Planning Commission meeting minutes for
August 4, 2026.
6.

PUBLIC HEARING
6.1. SUBJECT
Zoning Ordinance Amendment to Prohibit Data Centers in All Zones
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended the Commission conduct a public hearing and consider
adoption of Resolution No. 1178 (Attachment “A”) recommending approval to
the City Council of an amendment to the Dinuba Zoning Ordinance to prohibit
the establishment of Data Centers in all zones and to establish a definition of
the term “Data Center”.
6.2. SUBJECT
Amendment to Dinuba Zoning Ordinance to adopt a color palette for
commercial buildings.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended the Commission conduct a public hearing and consider
adoption of Resolution No. 1179 (Attachment “A”) recommending approval to
the City Council of an amendment to the Dinuba Zoning Ordinance to establish
a city-approved palette of colors to be used for new and existing commercial
buildings.

7.

COMMISSION REPORTS

8.

STAFF COMMUNICATIONS

9.

ADJOURNMENT

This agenda was posted at least 72 hours prior to the regular meeting per GC Section
54954.2(a). A Citizens' Packet regarding this meeting is available at the City Clerk's
Office located at City Hall, 405 East El Monte Way, Dinuba CA 93618.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if special assistance is needed to
participate in the meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 559-591-5900.

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Please provide at least 48 hours notification prior to the meeting to allow staff to make
reasonable arrangements. (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II)
559.591.5900 / FAX 559.591.5902 . e-mail address: [email protected].
www.dinuba.org

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Planning Commission Staff Report
Department: PUBLIC WORKS
To:

Planning Commission

From:

George Avila, Public Works Director

By:

Lesli Vasquez

Subject:

Planning Commission Meeting Minutes August 4,2026

October 6, 2026

RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission approve the Planning Commission meeting minutes for August 4,
2026.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Planning Commission (PC) held a meeting on August 4 2026, and minutes for said
meeting are attached for approval by the PC.
OUTSTANDING ISSUES:
None.
DISCUSSION:
None.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
PUBLIC HEARING:
None.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Planning Commission Minutes August 4, 2026

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August 4, 2026
MINUTES
COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT:
Alvarado, Conklin, Benavides, Cendejas
COMMISSION MEMBERS ABSENT:

STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT:
Vasquez, Shoettler
1.

OPENING CEREMONIES
1.1. Welcome and Call to Order

Chair Alvarado called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm
1.2. Invocation
1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
Commissioner Benavides led the flag salute.
2.

ROLL CALL

Alvarado, Cendejas, Benavides and Conklin all present.
3.

AGENDA CHANGES OR DELETIONS
To better accommodate members of the public or convenience in the order of
presentation, items on the agenda may not be presented or acted upon in the order
listed. Additions to Agenda may be added only pursuant to California Government
Code section 54954.2(b).

There were no agenda changes or deletions.
4.

REQUEST TO ADDRESS COMMISSION
This portion of the meeting is reserved for any person who would like to address
the Planning Commission on any item that is not on the agenda. Please be advised
that State law does not allow the Planning Commission to discuss or take any
action on any issue not on the agenda. The Planning Commission may direct staff
to follow up on such item(s). Speakers may be limited to three (3) minutes. If there
is any person wishing to address the Planning Commission at this time please
approach the podium and state your name and nature of the request.

There were no requests to address the Commission.
5.

CONSENT CALENDAR
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Matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be
enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these
items. If discussion is desired, a member of the audience or a Commission
Member may request an item be removed from the Consent Calendar and it will be
considered separately.
5.1. SUBJECT
Planning Commission Meeting Minutes May 5,2026
RECOMMENDATION
Planning Commission approve the Planning Commission meeting minutes for
May 5, 2026.
5.2. SUBJECT
Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 2, 2026
RECOMMENDATION
Planning Commission approve the Planning Commission meeting minutes for
June 2, 2026.
A motion was made by Commissioner Benavides, seconded by Commissioner
Cendejas to approve the minutes for May 5, 2026 and June 2,2026.
Ayes: Cendejas, Benavides, Conklin, Alvarado
6. PUBLIC HEARING
6.1. SUBJECT
Public Hearing to consider Application 2026-06 - an application for
annexation and prezoning of a 38.7±-acre site generally located on the
west side of Road 92, south of Saginaw Avenue, east of the existing city
limit boundary.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended the Commission conduct a public hearing and adopt the
following:
Resolution No. 1176 (Attachment “A”) recommending approval of the
environmental finding for the project.
Resolution No. 1177 (Attachment “B”) recommending approval of prezoning of
the site.
Resolution No. 1178 (Attachment “C”) recommending initiation of annexation
of the site.
Schoettler presented an application for the annexation and prezoning of a 38.7±-acre
site located on the west side of Road 92. The site is currently developed with orchards
and a few residential homes. One one-acre residential property owner elected not to
participate in the annexation. The Los Prados East subdivision which was approved
earlier this year, is located west of the site. The area is designated for Medium-High
Density Residential use. The majority of the site is proposed to be pre-zoned R-1-6, with
a smaller portion proposed to be RM-2. The applicant is not proposing any development
plans at this time but may submit them in the near future. Based on preliminary
estimates, the R-1-6 portion could accommodate approximately 145–150 lots, while the
RM-2 portion could accommodate approximately 46 units. An environmental analysis
was completed for the project, and no new significant environmental impacts were
identified.
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Public Hearing Opened: Chair Alvarado opened the hearing for public comment.
Darleen Moda, representing the Mittry Family and Brockman Farms approached the
podium to answer any questions commissioners may have.
Public Hearing Closed: Chair Alvarado closed the hearing for public comment.
A motion was made by Commissioner Conklin, seconded by Commissioner Cendejas,
to approve adoption of Resolution No. 1176, 1177, 1178 recommendation to move
forward for approval to City Council.
Ayes: Benavides, Cendejas, Conklin, Alvarado
7.

COMMISSION REPORTS

Commissioners had questions on previous projects brought to the Planning
Commission.
8.

STAFF COMMUNICATIONS

There were no staff communications.
9.

ADJOURNMENT

Chair Alvarado adjourned the meeting at 6:45 PM.
[MIN_SIGNATURES]

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Planning Commission Staff Report
Department: PLANNING
To:

Planning Commission

From:

Schoettler Karl, City Planner

October 6, 2026

By:
Subject:

Zoning Ordinance Amendment to Prohibit Data Centers in All Zones

RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Commission conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of
Resolution No. 1178 (Attachment “A”) recommending approval to the City Council of an
amendment to the Dinuba Zoning Ordinance to prohibit the establishment of Data
Centers in all zones and to establish a definition of the term “Data Center”.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Public Hearing to amend the Dinuba Zoning Ordinance to prohibit the establishment of
Data Centers within the City of Dinuba.
OUTSTANDING ISSUES:
None.
DISCUSSION:
Data Centers are a type of facility used to house computing equipment that performs
various functions including but not limited to data processing, offsite storage, website
hosting and artificial intelligence functions, among others. These facilities have been
much in the news in recent years with significant concern expressed about their
operational aspects, including:
• Significant consumption of water supplies (primarily for cooling computer
equipment);
• Significant use of energy;
• Consumption of land that generates very little employment for the community.
• Emergency backup power supplies along with associated fuel storage

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• Risk of fire
• Aesthetic concerns about the appearance of facilities
• Potential for noise generation
• Operating hours are normally 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.
Given these concerns, some cities and counties are considering banning future data
centers, or are enacting temporary moratoriums to give those agencies time to
establish regulations that will effectively regulate and mitigate operational concerns of
data centers. As an example, Tulare County and the City of Visalia have both recently
enacted a moratorium. There is even discussion at the State level of enacting a
Statewide prohibition of Data Centers in California.
Dinuba’s Zoning Ordinance does not currently list Data Centers as a permitted use, but
in discussing the issue and foregoing concerns, staff believes it would be prudent to
amend the ordinance to clearly state that Data Centers are not a permitted use. To do
so, it is proposed that the ordinance simply be amended to list Data Centers in the
various Permitted Uses chapters of the Zoning Ordinance, but leave the box in the land
use matrix unchecked, indicating the use is not permitted (see Resolution 1178).
The ordinance also adds a definition of the term “Data Centers” to Chapter 67
(Definitions) of the zoning code (see Resolution). It is important to note that the
definition does not include server rooms (that typically exist as an ancillary component
of another permitted use), telecommunications facilities that are separately regulated
under the City Zoning Ordinance, government emergency communications facilities, or
facilities owned or operated by public utilities that are primarily used for public utility
operations, not commercial purposes.
It should be noted that if the City does formally prohibit Data Centers, it is
recommended that trends in this type of use be monitored over time, in case the City
decides to reconsider allowing them at some point where impacts are eliminated or can
be reduced.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
PUBLIC HEARING:
A public hearing notice was published and posted at least ten days before the Planning
Commission's hearing.
ATTACHMENTS:

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1. PC Reso Data Centers 10-6-26

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ATTACHMENT “A”
DINUBA PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. 1178
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DINUBA
Zoning Text Amendments of Dinuba Municipal Code (Title 17) to Prohibit the
Establishment of Data Centers

WHEREAS, at a regularly held meeting on October 6, 2026, the Dinuba Planning
Commission conducted a public hearing to consider amendments to the Dinuba Zoning
Ordinance (Title 17 of the Dinuba Municipal Code), to prohibit the establishment of Data Centers
in all zones within the City; and
WHEREAS, Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution authorizes cities to adopt
and enforce ordinances and regulations to protect the public health, safety and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City possesses broad police powers to regulate land uses and
development within its jurisdiction in order to protect public health, safety, welfare and the
environment; and
WHEREAS, the action is covered by the general rule that the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) applies only to projects and actions which have the potential for causing a
significant effect on the environment, and since it can be seen with certainty that there is no
possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not
subject to CEQA. [Reference: State CEQA Guidelines sec. 15061(b)(3), General Rule
Exemption]; and
WHEREAS, advances in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital
storage and related technologies have resulted in a substantial increase in proposals for largescale Data Centers throughout the nation; and
WHEREAS,, Data Centers differ substantially from traditional office, industrial,
warehouse, research and development uses because they typically operate continuously on a
24-hour basis and require extensive electrical, cooling and utility infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, Data Centers typically consume significant quanties of water and electricity
and have the potential to generate noise and consume significant amounts of land; and
WHEREAS, Data Centers may create substantial demands on local electrical
infrastructure and utility systems and may affect future utility planning, infrastructure capacity and
long term electrical reliability within the City; and
WHEREAS, Data Centers may require substantial quantities of potable and recycled water
for cooling and operational purposes; and
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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)
WHEREAS, Dinuba is located within a region subject to long-term water supply
constraints, groundwater sustainability requirements, recurring drought conditions, climaterelated water resource challenges and increasing demands upon limited water resources; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that the preservation of available water supplies for residential
neighborhoods, schools, parks, public facilities, businesses, emergency services, agricultural
operations and future community development constitutes a significant public purpose; and
WHEREAS, Data Centers typically use cooling systems, transformers, emergency
generators, battery storage systems, fuel storage systems, ventilation equipment and related
infrastructure that may generate noise, vibration, heat, emissions, hazardous materials concerns
and other operational impacts; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that such operational characteristics may create public health,
environmental, emergency response and land use compatibility concerns that differ substantially
from those associated with traditional commercial and industrial development; and
WHEREAS, Data Centers may require specialized fire protection measures, hazardous
materials response capabilities, electrical infrastructure protection measures and emergency
response resources due to the nature of equipment, operational characteristics and infrastructure
associated with such facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that industrial and employment-designated land within the City
constitutes a limited and valuable public resource; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that Data Centers generally provide substantially fewer longterm employment opportunities relative to the amount of land area, electrical infrastructure
capacity, water resources and public services required to support such facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to preserve available industrial and employment lands for
uses that generate greater employment opportunities, workforce development, economic
diversification, tax revenue generation and community-serving benefits; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that Data Centers are not compatible with the City’s long-term
planning objectives, infrastructure planning assumptions, environmental sustainability goals,
economic development priorities and community vision; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that prohibiting Data Centers throughout the City is necessary
to protect the public health, safety, welfare, natural resources, infrastructure capacity and
community character, and;
WHEREAS, the City also finds that adoption of this Ordinance will promote the orderly
development of the City and serves the best interests of the residents
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, having considered the staff report and all
testimony presented in this matter, was of the opinion that the proposed text amendments should
be approved as presented; and

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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission of the City of
Dinuba does hereby affirm in its entirety and adopts Resolution No. 1178 recommending approval
of amendments to the text of the Zoning Ordinance to the Dinuba City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 6th day of October, 2026 by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

ATTEST:

_____________________________
Lesli Vasquez, Secretary
Dinuba Planning Commission

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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)
EXHIBIT “1”
ORDINANCE NO. ________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DINUBA AMENDING TITLE 17
OF THE DINUBA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA
CENTERS IN THE CITY
The City Council of the City of Dinuba does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1.
Subsection 17.21.020 (Permitted Uses in Residential and Public Zones (Permitted
Uses Table)) of the Dinuba Municipal Code is amended as shown below (additions are bold
underline and deletions are shown with a strike-thru):

17.21.020

Permitted Uses Table

Table 21-1 lists uses that are permitted in Dinuba’s residential and public zones. Permitted uses
are listed in the left column and the residential and public zones are listed across the top. To
determine whether a particular use is permitted (and whether it is subject to any special
requirements) each box is marked with one of the following:
•
•
•
•

“P”
Permitted
“C”
Permitted by Conditional Use Permit
“-(S)” Where the use is listed as permitted (or Conditionally Permitted) along with the
letter “(S)”, the use is permitted subject to special standards contained in Chapter 17.45
(Special Uses).
A box in the table with no letter indicates that the use is not permitted in this
zone.

Any use that is judged by the City Planner to be reasonably similar in nature to other permitted
uses may be considered a permitted use. Further, any use judged by the City Planner to be
reasonably similar in nature to a Conditionally Permitted use may be considered as such
(permitted by Conditional Use Permit).
For ease of use, the uses in Table 21-1 are grouped into similar categories, as follows:
A. Residential Uses
B. Accessory Uses
C. Agricultural Uses
D. Public and Quasi-Public Uses
E. Other Uses

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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)
Table 21-1: Permitted Uses in Residential and Other Zones

Zones
Residential Uses,
including:

R

RM

RA

AN

P(S)

P(S)

P(S)

P(S)

Bed and breakfast inns

C

C

C

C

Duplex

P

P

P

Accessory
(ADU’s)

Dwelling

Units

Emergency shelter

P

Employee housing (seven or
more employees)

C

C

C

C

Employee housing (six or
fewer employees)

P

P

P

P

Farm employee housing
(seven or more employees)
up to thirty-six beds in a
group quarters or up to
twelve units or spaces
designed for use by a single
family or household

C

C

P

P

Farm employee housing (six
or fewer employees)

C

C

P

P

P

P

Farm employee housing over
thirty-six beds in a group
quarters or over twelve units
or spaces designed for use
by a single family or
household
Licensed family day care
centers for 15 or more
children as an accessory use

RCO

C

C

C

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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)

Zones
Residential Uses,
including:
Licensed family day care
centers for up to 14 children
as an accessory use
Low
Barrier
Centers (LBNC)

R

RM

RA

P

P

P

Navigation

Mobile home parks

AN

P

C(S)

Multi-Family Dwellings

C(S)

C(S)

P

Planned unit development
subject to provisions of
Chapter 17.41

C

C

Residential care facilities (six
or fewer patients)

P

P

P

P

Residential care facilities
(seven or more patients)

P

P

P

P

Single Family Dwelling

P

P

P

P

P(S)

P(S)

Single
units

Room

Occupancy

Swimming pool

RCO

P

P(S)

P(S)

Supportive Housing

P

Transitional housing

P

P

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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)

Zones
Accessory Uses,
including:

R

RM

RA

AN

RCO

Accessory structures and
uses located on the same
site as a conditional use

C

C

C

C

C

Accessory structures and
uses located on the same
site as a permitted use

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P(S)

P(S)

Flower
and
vegetable
gardens, agricultural crops,
orchards and vineyards,
horticultural
collections,
nursery stock (but excluding
the following: any sign or
structure for the purpose of
sale
of
any
product,
commercial
greenhouses
and commercial farming
buildings)
Home occupations

P(S)

P(S)

P(S)

Marijuana
cultivation
(medical and nonmedical) in
accordance
with
Section 5.86.040

P

P

P

Swimming pools provided,
that no swimming pool shall
be located in a required front
or side yard; and further
provided, that all fencing
comply with the Uniform
Building Code or city
standards

P

P

P

P

P

Temporary
construction
materials storage yards
required in connection with a
development project

P

P

P

P

P

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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)

Zones
Accessory Uses,
including:
Tennis courts, including
related fencing over seven
feet in height located on the
same site as a permitted or
conditional use

R

RM

RA

AN

RCO

P

P

P

P

P

RA

AN

RCO

P

P

Zones

R

Agricultural Uses,
including:

RM

Agricultural crops raised for
commercial purposes
Agricultural
products
processing produced on the
premises
(except
commercial
animal
slaughter)

P

Farm equipment service and
repair establishments

C

Fertilizer plants and yards

C

Fruit and nut trees raising,
vegetables and horticultural
specialties

P

P

P

Grain elevators
Livestock
raising
slaughtering)

P

P

C
(no

P

P

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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)
Stand (“fruit stand”) for the
sale of agricultural produce
grown on the site

C

Zones

Public and QuasiPublic Uses, including:

R

RM

RA

Cemeteries, crematories and
columbariums
Churches, parsonages, and
other religious institutions

AN

RCO

C

C

C

C

Communication and wireless
facilities, with stealthing

C

Communication and wireless
facilities, without stealthing
Communications equipment
buildings

C

Electric transmission lines,
transmission substations and
distribution substations

C

C

C

Flood
control
channels,
water pumping stations and
reservoirs, irrigation ditches
and canals, settling and
water conservation recharge
basins, drainage ponds and
streets and roads necessary
for access to permitted uses
Gas
and
electric
transmission lines, electrical
transmission and distribution
substations, gas regulator

P

P

P

P

P

P

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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)

Zones

Public and QuasiPublic Uses, including:

R

RM

RA

AN

RCO

stations,
communications
equipment buildings, public
service pumping stations and
elevated pressure tanks
Gas and oil wells

C

Health
care
facilities,
including
hospitals
and
sanitariums

C

Public
uses
of
an
administrative, recreational,
public service or cultural type
including city, county, state or
federal
administrative
centers and courts, libraries,
museums,
art
galleries,
police and fire stations and
other
public
buildings,
structures and facilities,
public playgrounds, parks
and community centers

C

Pumping
service)

stations

(public

Recreation areas, parks,
playgrounds
and
such
buildings, structures and
facilities as are appropriately
related thereto

P

P

Recreational
facilities
(operated for profit or
otherwise), including golf
courses, golf driving ranges,
swimming
pools,
riding
academies, drive-in theaters,
playgrounds,
parks,

C

C

P

P

P

C

C

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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)

Zones

Public and QuasiPublic Uses, including:
community
stadiums.

centers

R

RM

RA

AN

RCO

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

AN

RCO

and

Schools,
colleges,
and
similar educational facilities.
Stormwater ponding basins

Zones
Miscellaneous Uses,
including:

R

RM

RA

Data Centers
Kennels and animal hospitals

C

Medical
buildings,
professional
medical
buildings, including dentists,
physicians,
podiatrists,
ophthalmologists, and similar
practitioners
Planned unit development
subject to provisions of
Chapter 17.41

C

C

C

Solar electricity generating
plant
Solar energy system
Veterinarians’ offices

C

P

P

P

P

P

C

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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)

Zones
Miscellaneous Uses,
including:

R

RM

RA

AN

RCO

Other uses determined to be
reasonably similar in nature
and intensity to those that are
permitted in that particular
zone, as determined by the
City Planner.

P

P

P

P

P

Other uses determined to be
reasonably similar in nature
and intensity to those that are
conditionally permitted in that
particular
zone,
as
determined by the City
Planner.

C

C

C

C

C

Section 2.
Subsection 17.33.020 (Permitted Uses in Commercial Zones (Permitted Uses
Table)) of the Dinuba Municipal Code is amended as shown below (additions are bold underline
and deletions are shown with a strike-thru):
17.33.020

Permitted Uses Table

Table 33-1 lists uses that are permitted in Dinuba’s commercial zones. Permitted uses are listed
in the left column and the City’s commercial zones are listed across the top. To determine whether
a particular use is permitted (and whether it is subject to any special requirements) each box is
marked with one of the following:
• “P”
• “C”
• “(S)”

Permitted
Permitted by Conditional Use Permit
Where the use is listed as permitted (or Conditionally Permitted) along with the
letter “(S)”, the use is permitted subject to special standards contained in Chapter
17.45

•

A box in the table with no letter indicates that the use is not permitted in this
zone.

Note: For projects involving new construction, Site Plan Review is required consistent with
procedures in Chapter 17.51 (Site Plan Review).

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Dinuba Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1178 (Data Centers)
Any use that is judged by the City Planner to be reasonably similar in nature to other permitted
uses may be considered a permitted use. Further, any use judged by the City Planner to be
reasonably similar in nature to a Conditionally Permitted use may be considered as such
(permitted by Conditional Use Permit).
For ease of use, the uses in Table 33-1 are grouped into similar categories, as follows:
F. Educational facilities and schools
G. Automotive and vehicular uses
H. Entertainment and Recreational facilities and uses
I. Restaurants, cafes, eating and drinking establishments and related facilities
J. Offices and related uses
K. Personal Services
L. Public and Semi-Public Uses
M. Residential Uses
N. Retail Stores and related uses
O. Service Commercial, minor manufacturing, processing and related uses
P. Utilities and related activities
Q. Other Uses
Table 33-1: Permitted Uses in Commercial Zones
Zones

Educational facilities
and schools,
including:

C-1

C-2

Art and craft schools and
colleges

P

Beauty colleges

P

Business, professional, and
trade schools and colleges

P

C-3

C-4

PO

P
P

P
P

Day care centers (adults, up
to 12 attendees)

P

P

P

P

P

Day care centers (adults,
more than 12 attendees)

C

C

C

C

C

Day care centers (children,
up to 14 attendees)

P

P

P

P

P

Day care centers (children,
more than 14 attendees)

C

C

C

C

C

Music and dance studios

P

P

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Zones

Automotive
and
vehicular
uses
including
vehicle
sales, servicing repair
and
parts,
etc.,
including:
Automobile parts stores

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

P

P

P

P

Automobile
audio
and
security installations within
an enclosed structure

P(S)

P(S)

Automobile detailing, hand
car wash within an enclosed
building

P(S)

P(S)

Automobile oil and lube shop

P

Automobile repair, body and
fender repair

P(S)

Automobile sales, new,
including service and repair
within an enclosed building

P

P

P

Automobile sales, used,
including service and repair
within an enclosed building

P

P

P

Automobile upholstery and
top shops

P(S)

P

P
P(S)

P(S)

Boat sales and service

P(S)

Car wash (self-service)

P

Car wash, including use of
mechanical
conveyors,
blowers and steam cleaning

PO

P

P

Equipment rental yards

P

Farm equipment sales and
service

P

Gasoline service stations,
including dispensing of
diesel and liquid petroleum

P(S)

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Zones

Automotive
and
vehicular
uses
including
vehicle
sales, servicing repair
and
parts,
etc.,
including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

PO

gas fuels and complete truck
service
Mobile home, recreational
vehicle and trailer sales and
servicing
Motorcycle
service

sales

P

and

Muffler shop

P(S)

P(S)

P(S)

P(S)

Rental equipment, including
trailers, trucks and cars

P

Service stations, gasoline
sales including convenience
store with sales of alcoholic
beverages

C(S)

Tire
shops,
including
rebuilding, recapping and
retreading

P(S)

C(S)

C(S)

P(S)

Zones

Entertainment
and
Recreational Facilities
and Uses, including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

Adult bookstores and adult
movie theaters as provided for
in Title 17
Arcades
Bowling alleys

C-4

PO

C
P

P

P

P

P

P

P

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Zones

Entertainment
and
Recreational Facilities
and Uses, including:

C-1

C-2

Card rooms

C

Dance halls

C

Health clubs

P

C-3

C-4

C
P

P

Pool and billiards, including in
conjunction with a restaurant

C

Shooting range, indoor

C

Theaters and auditoriums

P

PO

P

P

Zones

Restaurants,
cafes,
eating and drinking
establishments
and
related facilities where
products are typically
consumed onsite, or
prepared for offsite
consumption,
including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

P

P

P

P

Bars and cocktail lounges

C

C

C

Breweries, micro

C

Bakeries, retail and wholesale

C

Candy store

P

P

P

P

Delicatessens

P

P

P

P

P

P

Drive-thru restaurants
Mobile food vehicles parked
on private property (permitted
subject
to
standards

P

PO

P

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Zones

Restaurants,
cafes,
eating and drinking
establishments
and
related facilities where
products are typically
consumed onsite, or
prepared for offsite
consumption,
including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

P

P

P

P

C

C

C

PO

contained in Dinuba Municipal
Code section 7.28.
Restaurants , including those
serving alcoholic beverages
Restaurants,
including
restaurant with bar/lounge

NOTE: New businesses featuring drive-thru lanes are not permitted in the downtown (C-2 zone) in an effort to
strengthen the pedestrian-oriented shopping character of the downtown

Zones
Offices and related
uses, including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Clinics (medical)

P

P

P

P

P

Employment agencies

P

P

P

P

P

Medical
and
dental
laboratories and clinics
including
out-patient
facilities and prescription

P

P

P

P

P

Banks, including drive-in
banks and other savings and
lending agencies
Blueprint
shops

and

photocopy

PO

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Zones
Offices and related
uses, including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

PO

Medical
buildings,
professional
medical
buildings, including dentists,
physicians,
podiatrists,
opthamologists, and similar
practitioners

P

P

P

P

P

Offices, general

P

P

P

P

P

PO

pharmacies in conjunction
therewith, or with a hospital

Zones

C-2

C-3

C-4

P

P

P

P

P

P

Body piercing shops

C

C

C

Cleaning, pressing and
dyeing shops (retail only, dry
cleaning, cleaning clothes in
enclosed
machines,
noninflammable
cleaning
compounds)

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Locksmiths

P

P

P

Massage therapy

C

C

C

Personal Services,
including

C-1

Banks, including drive-in
banks and other savings and
lending agencies
Barber shops and beauty
shops

Copy and blueprint shops

P

P

Dry cleaning service
Laundries and laundromats

P

P

P

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Zones

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

PO

P

P

P

P

P

C

C

C

C

P

P

P

P

Tattoo shops

P

P

P

Tattoo shops that also
provide
body
piercing
services

C

C

C

Personal Services,
including
Pet grooming business, no
overnight stay for pets
Pet grooming business, with
overnight stay for pets for a
maximum of five nights
Photography studios

P

Taxidermists

P

Zones
Public and SemiPublic Uses,
including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

Ambulance service
Churches
and
religious institutions

C-4

PO

P
other

C

C

C

C

C

City, county, state and
federal
administrative
offices, libraries and police
and fire stations

P

P

Mortuaries, crematoriums
and columbariums

P

P

C

P

P

Public parking
structures

lots

or

P

P

Public parks, playgrounds
and other public recreation
facilities
Public uses of a cultural
type, including museums
and art galleries

P

P

P

P

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Zones
Public and SemiPublic Uses,
including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

Public utility service yards,
electrical
and
gas
transmission stations

PO

P

Wedding chapels

P

P

Zones

Residential Uses,
including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

Dwellings for a caretaker or
watchman
and
his
immediate family, necessary
and incidental to a use
located in such zone
P

Hotel and motels

P
Navigation

Mixed
land
use
in
conformance with Chapter
17.45.3

PO

C

Emergency shelter, up to six
persons

Low Barrier
Center

C-4

P

P

P

P

P(S)

C(S)

Residential drug treatment
recovery homes

C

Single-family
residential
structures used as dwelling
units constructed prior to
January 1, 2010.

P

Single family dwelling that is
being converted from an
office or commercial use to a
residence.

C

Single
Units

Room

Occupancy

P

P

P

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Zones

Residential Uses,
including:

C-1

C-2

Supportive housing

C

Transitional housing

C

C-3

C-4

PO

Zones
Retail Stores and
related uses,
including:
Apparel stores

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Appliance sales

PO

Antique stores

P

P

P

P

P

Art galleries

P

P

P

P

P

Book stores

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Convenience
stores,
including
the
sale
of
alcoholic beverages

C

C

C

Department stores

P

P

P

Drug stores

P

P

P

Carpet stores
Cell phone stores

P

Feed and seed stores

P

Florists

P

P

P

P

Furniture stores

P

P

P

Garden supplies

P

P

P

P

P

P

Gift, novelty or souvenir
shops
Gunsmith shops
Hardware
and
improvement stores

P

P
home

P

P

P

P
P

P

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Zones
Retail Stores and
related uses,
including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

Health food stores

P

P

P

Hobby supply stores

P

P

P

Hydroponic stores

C

C

C

Jewelry stores, including
clock and watch repairing

P

P

P

Liquor stores

C

C

C

Machinery sales and rentals

P

Manufacturing and repair
activities incidental to a
permitted or conditionallypermitted retail use, where
the manufacturing function
occupies no more than 25%
of the building or site.

P

P

P

Medical and orthopedic
appliance stores

P

P

P

Music stores

P

P

P

Paint and wallpaper stores

P

P

P

Pawn shops

P

Pet shops

P

P

P

P

P

P

Sporting goods stores

P

P

P

Supermarkets
sales
of
beverages)

P

P

P

Shoe stores

P

(including
alcoholic

Thrift
shops
secondhand stores

and

Tobacco
stores
smokeshops

and

PO

P

P

P
C

C

Toy stores

P

P

P

Variety stores

P

P

P

Wholesale establishments

P

P

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Zones

Service Commercial,
minor manufacturing,
processing and
related uses,
including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

Animal
hospitals
and
kennels and veterinarians

C

Building materials, sales and
storage

P

Cabinet shops

P

Catering
Ceramics
studios

and

pottery

P

P

P

P

Contractor’s storage yards

C

Diaper supply services

P

Electrical appliance and
incidental repair shops

P

P

Electrical shops

P

Electroplating shops

C

Exterminators

P

Food
lockers
(no
slaughtering, handling of
dressed meats only)

P

P-O

P

Glass shops

P

Heating and ventilating or air
conditioning
shops,
including incidental sheet
metal

P

Laboratories, experimental
and testing

C

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Zones

Service Commercial,
minor manufacturing,
processing and
related uses,
including:

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

Lumber yards, not including
planing mills or saw mills

P

Machine shops

C

Petroleum products storage;
provided, that gasoline,
kerosene and similar highly
inflammable products shall
be stored underground

C

Plumbing and sheet metal
shops

P

Recycling collection centers

P(S)

P(S)

P(S)

P(S)

Rug and carpet cleaning and
dyeing

P

Stone monument works

C

Upholstery shops

P

Veterinarian offices and
small animal hospitals or
clinics including short-term
boarding of animals and
incidental care such as
bathing
and
trimming;
provided, that all operations
are conducted entirely within
a
completely
enclosed
structure which complies
with
specifications
of
soundproof
construction
prescribed by the Uniform
Building Code

C

P-O

C

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Zones

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

P-O

Utilities and related
activities, including:
Communication
wireless
facilities,
stealthing

and
with

P

Communication
and
wireless facilities, without
stealthing

C

Communications equipment
buildings

P

Electrical
distribution
substations, communication
equipment buildings, gas
regulator stations and utility
pumping
stations
and
elevated pressure tanks

P

P

P

Gas
and
electric
transmission lines, electrical
transmission and distribution
substations, gas regulator
stations,
communications
equipment buildings, public
service pumping stations
and elevated pressure tanks

P

P

P

P

Microwave relay stations
Solar energy system

C
P

Water pump stations

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Zones
C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

PO

Other Uses, including:
Auction rooms

P

P

C

C

Data Centers
Hookah bar

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Zones
C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

P

P

P

P

PO

Other Uses, including:
Ice
dispensers
operated)

(coin-

Kennels located not closer
than five hundred feet to any
residential or PO district

P

Meeting or social halls

P

P

Meeting or social halls with
fewer than four thousand
square feet of floor space
that do not operate after
twelve a.m.

P

P

Mini-storage facilities

P

Parking lots improved in
conformity
with
the
standards prescribed for
required off-street parking
facilities in Chapter 17.49

P

P

P

Planned unit development
subject to provisions of
Chapter 17.41

C

C

C

Private clubs and lodges
Storage buildings incidental
to a permitted use (including
the use of cargo containers)

P
P(S)

P(S)

P

C

P

C
P

P(S)

Swap meets

P(S)

P(S)

P

Temporary uses

P(S)

P(S)

P(S)

P(S)

P(S)

Other uses determined by
the City Planner to be
reasonably similar in nature
and
operational
characterists to a permitted
use in the zone

P

P

P

P

P

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Zones
C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

PO

C

C

C

C

C

Other Uses, including:
Other uses determined by
the City Planner to be
reasonably similar in nature
and
operational
characterists
to
a
Conditionally-permitted use
in the zone

Section 3.
Subsection 17.39.020 (Permitted Uses in Industrial Zones (Permitted Uses
Table)) of the Dinuba Municipal Code is amended as shown below (additions are bold underline
and deletions are shown with a strike-thru):
17.39.020

Permitted Uses Table

Table 39-1 lists uses that are permitted in Dinuba’s industrial zones. Permitted uses are listed in
the left column and the City’s two industrial zones are listed across the top. To determine whether
a particular use is permitted (and whether it is subject to any special requirements) each box is
marked with one of the following:
•
•
•
•

“P”
Permitted
“C”
Permitted by Conditional Use Permit
“(S)” Where the use is listed as permitted (or Conditionally Permitted) along with the
letter “(S)”, the use is permitted subject to special standards contained in Chapter 17.45.
A box in the table with no letter indicates that the use is not permitted in this
zone.

Note: For projects involving new construction, Site Plan Review is required consistent with
procedures in Chapter 17.55 (Site Plan Review).
Any use that is judged by the City Planner to be reasonably similar in nature to other permitted
uses may be considered a permitted use. Further, any use judged by the City Planner to be
reasonably similar in nature to a Conditionally Permitted use may be considered as such
(permitted by Conditional Use Permit).
For ease of use, the land uses in Table 39-1 are grouped into similar categories, as follows:
R. Automotive and motor vehicle uses
S. Industrial Yard uses
T. Manufacturing, Assembly and Processing
U. Public and Semi-Public/Institutional Uses, including:
V. Sales Uses and related activities
W. Service, Repair and Related businesses
X. Storage and Warehousing
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Y. Miscellaneous Uses
Table 39-1: Permitted Uses in Commercial Zones
Zones
A. Automotive and motor vehicle uses,
including:

M-1

M-2

Car wash (automated) including use of mechanical
conveyors, blowers and steam cleaning

P

P

Automobile and tractor parts and equipment stores

P

Automobile detailing, hand car wash within an
enclosed building

P

Automobile oil and lube shop

P

Automobile repair, body and fender repair

P

Automobile upholstery shops

P

Automobile, truck and trailer accessories and parts
manufacture

P

Boat servicing

P

Zones

M-1

B. Industrial Yard Uses, including:

M-2

Building materials yards

P

Bulk storage and delivery of fuel, including liquefied petroleum
gas

C

C

Gravel, rock and cement yards

C

P

Lumber yards, not including planing mills or saw

P

Petroleum products storage; provided, that gasoline, kerosene
and similar highly inflammable products shall be stored
underground

P

P

Rock, sand and gravel storage and distribution

C

P

Vehicle wrecking yards

C

C

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Zones

M-1

M-2

C

P

C. Manufacturing, Assembly and Processing activities,
including:

Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacturing
Asphalt and asphalt products manufacture

C

Bakeries, wholesale

P

Candy, dairy products, food products, including fruits and
vegetables (but not including fish and meat products, pickles,
sauerkraut, vinegar or yeast, or refining or rendering of fats and
oils)

P

Battery manufacture

C

Blacksmith shops

P

Bottling works

P

Box manufacturing

C

P

Breweries

C

P

Building materials manufacture and assembly including
composition wallboards, partitions, panels and prefabricated
structures

C

P

Cabinet shops

P

Can and metal container manufacture

C

P

Candle manufacture, not including rendering

C

P

Cement and concrete products and manufacture, provided no
hazard of fire or explosion is created, including adhesives,
bleaching products, bluing, calcimine, dyestuffs (except aniline
dyes), essential oils, soda and soda compounds and vegetable
gelatin, glue and size

C

P

Ceramic and pottery

P

Charcoal, lampblack and fuel briquettes manufacture

P

C

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Zones

M-1

M-2

C. Manufacturing, Assembly and Processing activities,
including:

Chemical products manufacture including acetylene, aniline dyes,
carbide, caustic soda, cellulose, chlorine, cleaning and polishing
preparations, creosote, exterminating agents, hydrogen and
oxygen, industrial alcohol, nitrating of cotton or other materials,
nitrates of an explosive nature, potash, pyroxylin, rayon yarn, and
carbolic, hydrochloric, picric and sulphuric acids
Clay products manufacture including brick, fire brick, tile and pipe

C

C

Coal, coke and tar products manufacture

P
C

Cosmetics, drugs, pharmaceuticals, and toiletries (not including
refining or rendering of fats or oils)

P

P

Cotton ginning, cotton wadding, cotton seed processing and lint
manufacture

C

P

Dairy products plants

P

Detergent manufacture

C

Drop forges

P
C

Electrical supplies such as coils, condensers, insulation, lamps,
switches and wire and cable assembly

P

P

Electroplating shops

C

C

Explosives manufacture and storage

C

Fertilizer manufacture and storage

C

Firearms manufacture

C

P

Fireworks manufacture and storage

C

Fish products processing and packaging

C

Food products manufacture including such processing as
cooking, dehydrating, roasting, refining, pasteurization and
extracting involved in the preparation of such products as casein,
cereal, chocolate and cocoa products, cider and vinegar, coffee,
fruits and vegetable, glucose, milk and dairy products, molasses

C

P

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Zones

M-1

M-2

P

P

C. Manufacturing, Assembly and Processing activities,
including:
and syrups, oleo/margarine, pickles, sauerkraut, sugar, vegetable
oils and yeast

Frozen food processing, storage and accessory sales
Gas manufacture or storage

C

Gelatin, glue and size manufacture from animal or fish refuse

C

Glass and glass products manufacture

C

Grain rolling and storage

P
C

Graphite and graphite products manufacture

C

P

Ink manufacture

C

P

Insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, disinfectants and similar
agricultural, industrial and household chemical compounds
manufacture

C

P

Jute, hemp, sisal and oakum products manufacture

C

P

Lard manufacture

C

Leather and fur finishing and dyeing, not including tanning and
curing

C

P

Linoleum and oil cloth manufacture

C

Lumber processing and woodworking including planing mills and
saw mills, excelsior, plywood, veneer and wood-preserving
treatment

C

Machine shops

P

P

Machine tools manufacture

C

P

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Zones

M-1

M-2

Machinery manufacture, including heavy electrical, agricultural,
construction and mining machinery, and light machinery and
equipment such as air conditioning, commercial motion picture
equipment, dishwashers, dryers, furnaces, heaters, refrigerators,
stoves, washing machines and business machine manufacture
including accounting machines, calculators, card counting
equipment and typewriters (combine with manufacturing)

C

P

Meat products processing and packaging, not including
slaughtering and glue and size manufacture

C

P

Metal alloys and foil manufacture including solder, pewter, brass,
bronze and tin, lead and gold foil

C

P

C. Manufacturing, Assembly and Processing activities,
including:

Metal and metal ores reduction, refining, smelting and alloying

C

Metal casting and foundries not including magnesium foundries

C

P

Motor and generator manufacture and testing

C

P

Paint manufacture including enamel, lacquer, shellac, turpentine
and varnish

C

Paper products manufacture including shipping containers, pump
goods, carbon paper and coated paper stencils

C

P

Paraffin products manufacture

C

P

Planing mill, excluding refuse burning combine with lumber milling

P

P

Plastic manufacture

C

P

Porcelain products manufacture including bathroom and kitchen
fixtures and equipment

C

P

Poultry and rabbit processing

P

P

Precious metals reduction, smelting and refining

C

P

Prefabricated buildings manufacture

P

P

Rubber manufacture or processing including natural or synthetic
rubber

P

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Zones

M-1

M-2

Scientific, medical, dental, and drafting instruments, orthopedic
and medical appliances, cameras and photographic equipment,
electronic equipment, musical instruments, precision instruments,
optical goods, watches and clocks

P

P

Sheet metal shops

P

Shoe polish manufacture

C

Sign manufacture

P

C. Manufacturing, Assembly and Processing activities,
including:

Soap manufacture including fat rendering

P

C

Soda and compound manufacture

C

P

Steel products manufacture and assembly including steel
cabinets and lockers, doors, fencing and furniture

C

P

Structural steel products manufacture including bars, girders, rail
and wire rope

C

P

Tallow manufacture

C

Tanneries and curing and storage of rawhides

C

Tire manufacturing, rebuilding, recapping and retreading

P

P

Wire and cable manufacturing

C

P

Wood pulp and fiber reduction and processing

C

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Zones

M-1

M-2

Communication and wireless facilities, with or without stealthing

P(S)

P(S)

Communications equipment buildings

P

P

Electrical distribution substations, communication equipment
buildings, gas regulator stations and utility pumping stations

P

P

Fire and police stations

P

Public buildings and grounds

P

P

Public utility service yards, electrical and gas transmission
stations

P

P

D. Public and Semi-Public/Institutional Uses, including:

Zones

M-1

M-2

E. Sales Uses and related activities, including:
Equipment rental yard

P

Farm equipment sales and service

P

Feed and seed stores

P

Garden supply stores and nurseries; provided, that all equipment,
supplies and merchandise, other than plants, shall be kept within
a completely enclosed building or under lath structure; and further
provided, that fertilizer of any type shall be stored and sold in
packaged form only

P

Gasoline service stations, including dispensing of diesel and
liquid petroleum gas fuels and complete truck service. Note:
Sales of alcoholic beverages requires a Conditional Use Permit

P

Glass shops

P

Hardware stores

P

Hydroponic stores

P

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Zones

M-1

M-2

E. Sales Uses and related activities, including:
Machinery sales and rentals

P

Rental equipment, including trailers, trucks, and cars

P

Retail sales on the grounds of a manufacturing facility, where the
retail function does not occupy more than 25% of the floor space
or active use area.

P

Wholesale establishments

P

Zones

M-1

M-2

F. Service, Repair and Related businesses
Carpenters’ shops and incidental sales

P

Cleaning, pressing and dyeing establishments
noninflammable and nonexplosive cleaning fluid)

(using

P

Diaper supply services

P

Electrical appliance and incidental repair shops

P

Electrical shops

P

Exterminators

P

Heating and ventilating or air conditioning shops, including
incidental sheet metal

P

Household and office equipment and machinery repair shops

P

Household appliance and repair shops

P

Laundries and laundromats (industrial scale)

P

Linen supply services

P

Printing, blueprint processing, lithographing and engraving

P

Plumbing and sheet metal shops

P

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Zones

M-1

M-2

F. Service, Repair and Related businesses
Rug and carpet cleaning and dyeing

P

Sand blasting

C

P

Recycling, including processing of recycled materials

C

P

Taxidermists

P

Towing: tow and store; tow and repair; tow and sales

P

Welding and blacksmithing shops, excepting drop hammers

P

Zones

M-1

M-2

G. Storage and Warehousing
Cold storage plants

P

Contractor’s storage yards

P

Food lockers (no slaughtering, handling of dressed meats only)

P

Freight forwarding terminals

P

Ice and cold storage plant

P

Manure, peat and topsoil processing and storage

P
C

Mini-storage facilities

P

Petroleum gas bulk storage and delivery

C

Storage of inflammable liquids

C

Warehouses except for the storage of fuel oil or flammable liquids
and explosives

P

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Zones

M-1

M-2

Accessory buildings and uses (including storage buildings)
customarily incidental to any permitted or conditionally-permitted
use

P

P

Animal hospitals and kennels and veterinarians

P

P

Auction rooms

P

Crematoriums and columbariums

P

H. Miscellaneous uses, including:

Data Centers
Dwellings for a caretaker or watchman and his immediate family,
necessary and incidental to a use located in such zone

P

Gas and oil wells

P
C

Gymnasiums

P

Hatcheries

P

Junk yards/landfills

P
C

Laboratories, experimental and testing

P

P

Offices (freestanding and as part of a permitted use)

P

P

Parcel and package delivery services

P

Parking lots improved in conformity with the standards prescribed
for required off-street parking facilities in Chapter 17.64

P

P

Planned unit development subject to provisions of Chapter 17.92

C

C

Radio and television broadcasting studios

P

Recreation sales and service, including indoor commercial
recreation

P

Shooting range, indoor

C

C

Solar electricity generating plant

P

P

Solar energy system

P

P

Trucking terminals

P

P

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Section 4.
Subsection 17.67.030 (Definitions (Definitions)) of the Dinuba Municipal Code is
amended as shown below (additions are bold underline and deletions are shown with a strikethru):
17.67.030

Definitions

“Data Center” shall mean a principal or accessory use consisting of a building, structure,
or group of buildings or structures designed and used primarily for the installation and
operation of computer servers, data-storage systems, networking equipment, and related
information-technology equipment for the purpose of processing, storing, managing, or
transmitting digital information. A data center may include associated electrical
substations and equipment, transformers, generators, uninterruptible power supplies,
batteries and energy-storage systems, cooling and ventilation equipment,
telecommunications infrastructure, security systems, fire protection systems, and other
mechanical, electrical, or utility infrastructure that directly supports the operation of the
data center. Data centers include, but are not limited to, enterprise data centers, colocation
facilities, cloud-computing facilities, and hyperscale data centers. A data center does not
include a telecommunications facility or a server room or computer room that is clearly
accessory and incidental to a different principal use of the premises.

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Planning Commission Staff Report
Department: PLANNING
To:

Planning Commission

From:

Schoettler Karl, City Planner

October 6, 2026

By:
Subject:

Amendment to Dinuba Zoning Ordinance to adopt a color palette for
commercial buildings.

RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Commission conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of
Resolution No. 1179 (Attachment “A”) recommending approval to the City Council of an
amendment to the Dinuba Zoning Ordinance to establish a city-approved palette of
colors to be used for new and existing commercial buildings.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Public Hearing to consider adoption of a City-approved color palette for the painting of
new commercial structures and repainting of existing commercial structures in Dinuba.
OUTSTANDING ISSUES:
None
DISCUSSION:
Cities regulate many aspects of new and existing development, including the size of
buildings, setbacks, building height, landscaping, parking, signage, and use of land,
among others. Some cities also regulate the color of buildings, either through an
ordinance or through guidelines. Commercial color regulations are generally intended
to:
• Improve the visual quality of commercial areas.
• Maintain compatibility with surrounding buildings.
• Protect community character.
• Prevent highly intense or reflective colors from dominating the streetscape.
• Reduce visual clutter.
• Encourage consistent development along major commercial corridors.
• Prevent large corporate buildings from becoming oversized advertising devices.

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Dinuba does not currently regulate the exterior color of commercial buildings, however,
staff does provide advice and input on color and materials used in proposed new
buildings (and for existing buildings being repainted, when asked). However, concern
and complaints were voiced when the market at 217 S. L Street was repainted in 2025
using very bright, intense colors, out of character with the surrounding neighborhood.
At that time staff and Council became concerned that the City does not regulate
building colors, and that other buildings could be painted in similar fashion, and that this
could ultimately have negative impacts on neighborhoods and areas around such
buildings.
Based on the foregoing concerns, the proposal being considered is the establishment
of a palette of paint colors that can be used on commercial buildings in Dinuba. The
proposed palette is shown in Exhibit "B" and is already used by several cities in
California. If adopted, this would require building owners (and businesses) adhere to
the range of colors displayed in the palette whenever a new building is proposed, or
when an existing building is being repainted.
Color is a highly subjective issue and what may be attractive to one person may not be
to another. Staff has researched the perception of building color and determined the
following general principles that are recognized as being attractive in color schemes for
buildings:
Main wall colors: Muted earthtones or neutral colors
Secondary wall colors: Limited complementary colors
Trim: Broader color range
Doors: Greater flexibility
Architectural accents: Higher-intensity colors permitted in limited amounts
Colors that should generally be avoided include:
• Fluorescent/neon colors.
• Extremely bright or saturated colors.
• Highly reflective finishes.
• Metallic finishes that create glare.
• Colors that visually dominate the building or site.

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• Large expanses of corporate "brand" colors.

Based on the foregoing information, the palette shown in Attachment “A” is
recommended for adoption. The palette provides many choices for colors. Property
owners and businesses can select and propose colors for their projects from the
palette, or they can propose colors that are reasonably similar.
Once adopted, the Color Palette can be modified by the City if desired, from time to
time. Addition or deletions from the palette must be approved by Council ordinance.
Permit process
For proposed new buildings, colors will be reviewed as part of the Site Plan Review (or
Conditional Use Permit) process.
For existing commercial buildings that are being repainted, it will be the responsibility of
the owner or business to comply by selecting colors from the palette (or reasonably
close to the palette colors). No permit is required, but when requested, staff will
perform a no-cost “courtesy review” of proposed color schemes.
Conclusion
Staff recognizes that color choices and the regulation of color can be somewhat
controversial. In this spirit, it is staff’s intent to interpret color regulations as broadly as
possible with as much flexibility as possible, while maintaining the intent of the intended
regulation. That said, the ordinance may need to be revisited from time to time to
ensure that it is functioning well.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
PUBLIC HEARING:
A public hearing notice was published and posted at least ten days before the Planning
Commission's hearing.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. PC Reso Color Regs 10-6-26
2. B. Color Palette

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ATTACHMENT “A”
DINUBA PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. 1179
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DINUBA
Zoning Text Amendments of Dinuba Municipal Code (Title 17) to Establish Regulations
Pertaining to Exterior Colors of Commercial Buildings in Dinuba

WHEREAS, at a regularly held meeting on October 6, 2026, the Dinuba Planning
Commission conducted a public hearing to consider amendments to the Dinuba Zoning
Ordinance (Title 17 of the Dinuba Municipal Code), to establish regulations pertaining to exterior
colors of commercial buildings in Dinuba; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of regulating the exterior color of commercial buildings is
intended to:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Improve the visual quality of commercial areas of Dinuba;
Maintain compatibility and harmony with surrounding buildings;
Protect Dinuba’s community character;
Prevent highly intense or reflective colors from dominating the streetscape;
Reduce visual clutter;
Encourage consistent development along major commercial corridors; and
Prevent large corporate buildings from becoming oversized advertising devices.

WHEREAS, in order to implement said regulations, a Commercial Color Palette is hereby
established (and maintained on file at the Dinuba Public Works Department); and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, having considered the staff report and all
testimony presented in this matter, was of the opinion that the proposed text amendments should
be approved as presented; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission of the City of
Dinuba does hereby affirm in its entirety and adopts Resolution No. 1179 recommending approval
of amendments to the text of the Zoning Ordinance to the Dinuba City Council.

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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 6th day of October, 2026 by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

ATTEST:

_____________________________
Lesli Vasquez, Secretary
Dinuba Planning Commission

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EXHIBIT “1”
ORDINANCE NO. ________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DINUBA AMENDING TITLE 17
OF THE DINUBA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO
EXTERIOR COLORS OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
The City Council of the City of Dinuba does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1.
Subsection 17.45.270 (Permitted Uses in Residential and Public Zones (Permitted
Uses Table)) of the Dinuba Municipal Code is amended as shown below (additions are bold
underline and deletions are shown with a strike-thru):
17.45.270
A.

Commercial Color Regulations

Purpose
In order to create and maintain a harmonious and attractive urban environment, a
palette of colors is adopted that will apply to exterior wall surfaces of all new
commercial buildings, and also existing commercial buildings that are proposed to
be repainted. All commercial buildings shall utilize colors selected from the palette
(or colors that are reasonably close in tone). The purpose of color regulations are
to:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

1.

Improve the visual quality of commercial areas of Dinuba;
Maintain compatibility with surrounding buildings;
Protect Dinuba’s community character;
Prevent highly intense or reflective colors from dominating the
streetscape;
Reduce visual clutter;
Encourage consistent development along major commercial corridors; and
Prevent large corporate buildings from becoming oversized advertising
devices.
Color selection.
a.

Exterior façade colors of structures developed within commercial
zones shall be low reflectance, subtle, neutral or natural colors and in
accordance with the city's approved color palette. The use of bright
or fluorescent colors is prohibited. The city-approved color palette is
maintained at the Public Works Department and on the City’s website.

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2.

3.

b.

In general, trim and accent areas of the building façade may feature
brighter or more intense colors, as approved by the city planner.

c.

In general, the transition between base and accent colors shall relate
to changes in building materials or the change of building surface
planes. Colors should not meet or change without some physical
change or definition to the surface plane.

Permit required.
a.

For new buildings and developments, City review of building colors
will be conducted as part of the Site Plan Review or Conditional Use
Permit for the project.

b.

For existing buildings that are proposed to be repainted, no permit
is required, however the City will provide a courtesy review of
proposed building colors if requested. Whether or not a courtesy
review if requested, it is the property owner’s responsibility to
ensure that colors are consistent with the adopted Commercial
Color Palette.

Compliance. The provisions of this section shall apply to all new
construction and repainting of commercial structures proposed after the
adopted ordinance.

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Exhibit “B”
COMMERCIAL BUILDING COLOR PALETTE
In an effort to enhance the appearance of commercial neighborhoods of the City of Dinuba, the has approved Ordinance ####
establishing an exterior paint color palette for all commercial buildings within the City limits. This effort will enhance the look of the
city and contribute to attracting consumers and new businesses alike.
The adopted palette covers a broad range of earthtones and muted colors. Brighter, more intense colors are to be used only in a limited
fashion for building trim and accent areas.
Attached you will find the list of accepted colors. Should you have any questions, you may contact the Planning Department at 559591-5924.

EXTERIOR COLOR PALETTE

E25

E26

E27

E28

E29

E30

E31

E32

E33

E34

E35

E36

E37

E38

E39

E40

E41

E42

E43

E44

E45

E46

E47

E48

E61

E62

E63

E64

E65

E66

E67

E68

E69

E70

E71

E72

E73

E74

E75

E76

E77

E78

E79

E80

E81

E82

E83

E84

E85

E86

E87

E88

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TRIM COLOR PALETTE

T25

T26

T27

T28

T29

T30

T31

T32

T33

T34

T35

T36

T37

T38

T39

T40

T41

T42

T43

T44

T45

T46

T47

T48

T49

VT50

T51

T52

T53

T54

T55

T56

T57

T58

T59

T60

TGI

T62

T63

T64

T65

T66

T67

T68

T69

T70

T71

T72

T73

T74

T75

T76

T77

T78

T79

T80

T81

T82

T83

T84

T85

T86

T87

T88

T89

T90

T91

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