Fresno Central Southeast Area Specific Plan
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023020138
Lead Agency
City of Fresno
Document Title
Fresno Central Southeast Area Specific Plan
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Existing uses in the Specific Plan Area include a mix of suburban housing developments, public facilities, strip shopping centers, industrial uses, and vacant land. The General Plan includes the following key land use designations for the Specific Plan Area: Residential–Medium Density (approximately 27.68 percent of the total acreage); Public Facilities (approximately 24.05 percent of the total acreage); Residential–Medium High Density (approximately 17.51 percent of the total acreage); and Corridor/Center Mixed Use (approximately 10.50 percent of the total acreage)
Document Description
The proposed Specific Plan would address community needs and guide future public and private development to create a more vibrant, attractive, equitable, and healthy community in a way that builds upon the social and cultural strengths of the existing Community Plan Area. The proposed land use designations of the Specific Plan are consistent with the General Plan; however, the Specific Plan proposes changing the land use designation for some of the Specific Plan Area’s parcels, which would require the General Plan Land Use map to be amended. The proposed Specific Plan includes land use changes that would reclassify some parcels to match uses currently on the ground that are likely to remain for the foreseeable future. These changes would also change concentrations of vacant lands or facilities along the Cesar Chavez Boulevard Corridor, reduce oversized parking lots near the Maple Avenue and Butler Avenue intersection and develop underutilized land near the Cedar Avenue and Butler Avenue intersection. The Specific Plan would also create higher intensity mixed-use infill opportunities along priority corridors and at key opportunity sites, strengthen neighborhoods that provide a range of office types, and include office, clean tech, and other non-nuisance employment generating uses that provide a buffer between industrial neighborhoods. Overall, development consistent with the proposed project would reduce the total amount of the development in the Specific Plan Area compared to what was contemplated by the General Plan.
Contact Information
Name
Sophia Pagoulatos
Agency Name
City of Fresno, Planning and Development Department
Job Title
Planning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Laura Campion
Agency Name
FirstCarbon Solutions
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Fresno
Counties
Fresno
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Bounded by Belmont Avenue to the north, Fourth St to the west, Church Avenue to the south, and
Zip
93727
Total Acres
2,200
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
State Route 180, 44, 99
Railways
San Joaquin Valley Railroad;
Airports
Fresno Yosemite, Fresno Chandler
Schools
Eight schools within FUSD; Fresno Pacific University
Waterways
Braley Canal
Township
13S,
Range
20E,
Section
1,2,5,
Base
Clovis,
Other Location Info
The Specific Plan Area is located on the Clovis, Fresno South, and Malaga, California USGS 7.5-minute Topographic Quadrangle Map Range 20 East, Township 13 South, Section 36; Range 21 East, Township 13 South, Section 31; Range 20 East, Township 14 South, Sections 1, 2, 11, 13, 14, 23, 24; and Range 21 East, Township 14 South, Sections 5,6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19
Cross Streets CONT: Peach Avenue to the east
Zip CONT: 93702, 93725, 93888
Rail CONT: California Avenue Railroad
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 12, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 23, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance
Development Types
Residential (Units 18849, Acres 936), Office (Sq. Ft. 7755840, Acres 89, Employees 44319), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 784080, Acres 16, Employees 3920), Recreational (Park: 51 acres), Other (Public Facilities: 402 ac; Mixed Use: 204 ac; Open Space: 53 ac)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Rezone
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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