Goshen Fire Station #7
Summary
SCH Number
2025040712
Public Agency
Tulare County
Document Title
Goshen Fire Station #7
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/15/2025
Document Description
Tulare County General Services will be constructing a new fire station for the Tulare County Fire Department in Goshen, CA.
Tulare County Fire Station #7 provides critical emergency services for the Goshen, CA area. The new Fire Station #7 facility will replace the existing Fire Station #7. The existing Fire Station #7 is undersized and no longer has sufficient access to main thoroughfares, which delays emergency service response time. The new Fire Station #7 will be constructed at the corner of Robinson Road and Betty Drive. Betty Drive is a main thoroughfare within the community of Goshen and will provide quicker access for responding to emergency service calls. The Project is to be constructed on property owned by the County of Tulare. The parcels the Project will be constructed on are 10.94 acres. The greater portion of the parcels serves as a ponding basin/park. Adjacent to the ponding basin/park there is vacant space that will allow for the Fire Station Project. The portion of the parcel to be developed for the fire station will be 313,632 square feet.
As a part of the Goshen Fire Station #7 Project, additional parking including ADA parking will be provided for community access to the park/ponding basin. The Fire Station Building will be 7,396 square feet with three fire engine garage bays that will be larger than the garage at the existing fire station. The new larger garage bays are needed to support the modern fire engine apparatus equipment. There are existing utility services in the area which will support the Project. The Goshen Community Service District has provided a will-serve letter for sewer service. Water Service will be provided by Cal Water; SoCalGas will provide natural gas service; and Southern California Edison will provide the electric service. Storm Drainage will be to the existing County owned ponding basin that also serves as a community park. The Fire Station #7 Project will be a benefit to the community in that it will enable the Tulare County Fire Department to provide enhanced emergency services to the surrounding community.
Contact Information
Name
Gary Mills
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Chief Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Jessica Wills
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Mark A Van Fossen
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Tulare County General Services Agency
Job Title
Capital Projects Coord III
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
unincorporated area, Goshen
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Unincorporated
Parcel #
075-440-003 & -004
Township
18S
Range
24E
Section
19
Other Location Info
31041 Robinson Rd. Goshen, CA 93291
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Ministerial
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(1); 15268
Reasons for Exemption
The reason this Project is exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15268 Ministerial
Projects [subsection (b)(1) Issuance of building permits] is because the property is in the R-2-MU (Two-Family Residential with a Mixed-Use Overlay Combining Zone). Section II.B of the Tulare County Zoning Ordinance (TCZO) allows Fire Stations
in the R-2 (Two-Family Zone) with the approval of a Special Use Permit. However, Section 18.9.C of the TCZO says that all conditional uses allowed in the R-2 zoning district shall be allowed by right in the Mixed-Use Overlay Combining Zone, with the exception of the combination of uses:
County Clerk
Tulare
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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