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Acknowledgements
Mayor
Jerry Dyer
City Manager
Georgeanne White
Thomas Esqueda (former)
Planning and Development Department
Director
Jennifer Clark
Project Team
Sophia Pagoulatos, Planning Manager
Michelle Zumwalt, Architect
Kara Hammerschmidt, Graphics Technician
Karlo Guillermo,
GIS Specialist
Maeketah Sayasane, GIS Specialist
T
alia Kolluri, Assistant City Attorney
Kristi Costa, Senior Deputy City Attorney
Marisela Martinez, Planner (former)
Summer Rooks, Projects Admin. (former)
Amber Piona, Planner (former)
Contributions from City Staff
Casey Lauderdale, Supervising Planner
Drew Wilson, FAX Planning Manager
Maya Mubarak, Planner II
Preston Her, Planner II
Jeff Long FAX, Senior Regional Planner
Paul Zhoa, ISD Program Administrator (former)
Jill Gormley, Public Works Assistant Director
Andreina Aguilar, Chief Engineering T
ech
Peter Maraccini, Licensed Engineer Manager
Ann Kloose, Public Works Manager
Ted Semonious, Fire Deputy Chief
Robert Beckwith. Police Captain
Ed Chinevere, PARCS Assistant Director
Lance Lippincott, Economic Dev. Director (former)
Phillip Weathers, Street Maint. Supervisor Lorenzo
Nadora, Solid Waste Manager
City Council
Annalisa Perea, District 1
Mike Karbassi, District 2
Miguel Arias, District 3
Tyler Maxwell, District 4
Luis Chavez, District 5
Garry Bredefeld, District 6
Nelson Esparza, District 7
Planning Commission
Gurdeep Singh Shergill
Haley M Wagner
David Criner
Monica Diaz
Peter Vang
Linda M Calandra
Brad Hardie
Kathy Bray
Jaqueline Lyday
Advisory Committee
Steven Brock Nick Audino
Courtney Smittcamp Mike Betts
Ethan Smith James Hinojosa
Romana Campos Debra Raco
Rosa DePew Daniel Macias
Naomi Dias Terry Hirshfield
Charles Garabedian
Hydraulic Analysis (Akel
Engineering)
Tony Akel
Brad Kooiman
Non-Residential
Market Analysis (EPS)
Amy Lapin
Emilio Balingit
Victoria Allensworth
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05 Introduction

1.1 Purpose

1.2 Plan Area and Boundarie s

1.3 History of Development in the Plan Area

1.4 Population and Projections

1.5 Economic Vitality and Job Creation

1.6 Community Health

1.7 General Plan Consistency

1.8 Planning Cont ext

1.9 Statutory Authority

1.10 Plan Structur e
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Planning Process & Community
Engagement

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Public Participation Pr ocess

2.3 Community Input

2.4 South Central Specific Plan Advisory
Committee

2.5 Selection of Preferred Alternative
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1 Vision, Guiding Principles & Policies

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Vision

3.3 Guiding Principles

3.4 Policies
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42 Land Use

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Land Use Planning in Plan Area

4.3 Current G eography

4.4 Planned Land Use
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57 Development Standards

5.1 Development Regulations
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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07 Circulation

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Transportation Improvements
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80 Public Facilities & Infrastructure

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Infrastructure- Wet Utilities

7.3 Infrastructure- Dry Utilities

7.4 Solid Wast e

7.5 Public Facilities

7.6 Communications
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8.1 Introduction

8.2 California Environmental Quality Act

8.3 Implementing Policies

8.4 Funding
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Appendix A- Market Study
Appendix B- Community Outreach Summaries
Appendix C- City Council Resolution
Appendix D- Alternatives
Appendix E- Truck Reroute Study and HIA
Appendix FE- Hydraulic Analysis
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Introduction Figures:

Figure 1-1: Regional Context
Figure 1-2: Sphere of Influence
Figure 1-3: Plan Area
Figure 1-4: Historic Growth Pattern
Figure 1-5: Disadvataged Unincorporated Communities and Calenvir oscreen 4.0
Figure 1-6: Fresno General Plan, Figure IM-1 Priority Incentive Areas Figure 1-7: Planning Context
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Figure 4-1: Existing Land Use
Figure 4-2: Aerial
Figure 4-3: Developed and Undeveloped Land
Figure 4-4: Farmland
Figure 4-5:

Specific Plan
Proposed Planned Land Use
Figur
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Figure 4-7: Adopted General Plan Parcels Changing Under the Specific Plan Proposed Planned Land Use
Figur
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T able 1-1: Market Demand, T arget Buildout, and Assumed Developmen t for Specific Plan Alternatives 2022-2040
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T able 4-1: Existing Land Use Acreages in the Plan Area in September 2022
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T able 4-3: General Plan Land Use Designations
T able 4-4: Planned Land Use Acreages in September 2022 51 54
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5 1.1 Purpose
South Central Fresno is an area with ample
land for development and is prime for grow th
due to its central location in California
and the San Joaquin Valley as well as its
proximity to Fresno’s Downtown, railways,
and two highways (State Routes 41 and
99). Beginning as early as 19181, the City of
Fresno has recognized the area’s economic
importance and from 1956 onward has
planned for industrial development through
several iterations of the Fresno General Plan
(General Plan). In the current General Plan,
South Central Fresno is identified as the
South Industrial Priority Area (see Figure
1-6) and as such it will require infrastructure
in
vestment to meet the needs of a variety of
major job-crea
ting industrial sectors, as w ell
as improvements to enhance the current
business operations.

Industry
in South Central Fresno shares the
Plan Area with rural residents and a few
neighborhoods such as Daleville and the
southern part Calwa and Daleville. Residents
and engaged community groups have long
advocated for equitable consideration in the
development of
1 Cheney, Charles Henry. “Pr ogress of a City Plan for Fresno.” June 1, 1918. 2 Taub, David. “In Fresno, CA Attorney General Pushes ‘Blueprint’ for Industrial, Neighborhood Balance.” GV Wire, 9 Aug. Web Article.
the area and implementation of improvements
that would enhance their overall quality of
life. New development will need to take into
consideration the needs of these residents and
mitigate negativ
e health impacts.

As stated by the Attorney General of California
Rob Bonta, “Economic in
vestment and
economic prosperity can live side-by-side with
justice”2. The purpose of this Plan is to serve as
a policy and regulatory document that seeks
to balance economic benefit, environmental
impacts, and quality of life.

1.2 Plan Area and Boundaries
The area addressed by the South Central
Specific Plan (Plan) lies within Fresno County,
in the southernmost part of the city of Fresno,
within the county of Fresno (see Figure 1-1),
and located just southeast of Downtown
Fresno (see Figure 1-2). The South Central
Specific Plan Area
(Plan
Area), as depicted in Figure 1-3, covers
5,567 acres (8.7 square miles). The Plan Area is
generally located south of California Avenue,
north of American Avenue, and between Fig
and Peach Avenues.

It includes the area within
the Fresno city limits and the area outside
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of the city currently located in the county of
Fresno and within Fresno’s planning sphere
of influence (SOI). The county land in the SOI is
anticipated to be voluntarily annexed into the
city over time as development is proposed.
become part of
the city of Fresno in the future.

For more discussion on the Sphere of
Influence in the Plan Area see Chapter 4.

The Plan Area has a range of property types
including industrial, warehouse, commercial,
public facilities, educational, religious, and
residential. Major transportation networks
such as State Routes (SR) 41 and 99,
Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNSF) and
Union Pacific (UP) rail lines and irrigations
canals
traverse the Plan Area. Land has been
cleared and structures underway for the future
alignment of the California state high speed rail
line.

1.3 History of Development in
Until 1945 much of the Plan Area was in the
county of Fresno. Annexation of land into
the city of Fresno began in 1945 and has
continued
through 2021 as shown in Figure 1-4.

The land located in the county of Fresno,
outside of Fresno’s city limits and within
it’s sphere of influence, is anticipa ted to be
annexed into the city over time.

Prior to 1945, the Plan Area was primarily
agricultural with some rural homes and flat
vacant prairie with natural grasses. After the
city of Fresno was founded in 18
72, investors
purchased large agricultural subdivisions
known as colonies. The large colonies were
subdivided into smaller parcels (typically 20
and 40 acres), advertised, and individually
sold for the development of agriculture.

The Central California Colony (3,840 acres)
was
the first to form in the Plan Area in 187 5
followed by the Fresno Colony in 1875. A
big selling point for these parcels was the
newly built canals, constructed between
1870 and 1880 by the Fresno Canal and
Irrigation Company. These canals diverted
and conveyed Kings River water to irrigate
every parcel in the two colonies and are still
in use today. Typically, homes and agricultural
buildings were developed on the parcels as
well. The Fresno Colony was situated just
south of the growing Downtown Fresno, so
close that residents of this colony could send
their children to schools in the Fresno school
district. Easy access to city amenities was
also a key selling point for potential buyers.

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These new highways and industrial
development replaced existing residential
neighborhoods and rural residential
properties. There are a few residential
communities within Fresno’s SOI, such as
Calwa and Daleville, that have expressed
a desire to remain intact with safeguards
put in place to protect them from impacts
associated with new industrial development
nearby. These small communities and a few
rural residential properties are all that remain
today of the rural residential development
patterns prior to the City’s focus on industrial
zoning in the Plan Area as solidified in the
City’s first General Plan in 1956.

Calwa
Calwa Townsite was established in 1911 by
Speed B. Leas as a community for employees
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
switching yard. Calwa was named after the
California Wine Association’s winery located
Along with irrigation w ater, the Central Pacific
Railroad (now the Union Pacific Railroad)
developed in the Plan Area and opened for
service in the spring of 1872. This allowed the
agriculture industry to expand its markets by
transporting goods for purchase to regions
bey
ond Fresno County.

Historically, the location of industrial
development in Fresno has coincided with
the
transportation networks in place at
the time they were built. When Downtown
Fresno was founded, cottage industries
such as warehouses, lumber yards, livery
stables, blacksmiths, fruit packing, granaries,
soap works, laundries, breweries, and
food manufacturing developed alongside
residential neighborhoods and adjacent to the
r
ailroad. In 1922, with the development of the
Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe Railroad (now
Burlington Northern and Sante Fe Railroad)
and railway station in the Plan Area, industrial
development soon expanded from Downtown
Fresno into
the Plan Area, along the railways.

With the invention of the automobile, followed
by mass production starting in 1913, Fresno
residents began purchasing vehicles for
convenience and to transport goods. This
led to the need to increase the quantity, size,
and quality of the road network from Fresno
to outlying rural residents and neighboring
communities. By the 1920s and 30s the major
roadways in the Plan Area developed on a
north/south and east/west grid generally
spaced a half mile to a mile apart. The Golden
State Highway was an exception when it
developed diagonally adjacent to the Central
Pacific
Railroad railway. Following historical
patterns, industrial and commercial
businesses developed along these major
corridors. In 1961, SR-99 came into the Plan
Area followed by SR-41 in 1997. New industrial
clusters developed
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Calwa neighborhood, May 2024, from
intersection of Cedar and Vine Avenues

just outside the Plan Area on the west side
of the railroad tracks. The California Wine
Associa
tion (1894-1936) was an organization of
winemakers and dealers who came together
af
ter the 1893 economic depression to
collectively set prices for the industry. Many of
the vineyards in the Fresno area came under
the association’s control in the early 1900s.

The Calwa Townsite w as originally located
between Jensen and Vine and Cedar and the
railroad tracks, but quickly expanded to the
north with the North Calwa A ddition (1913),
Esperanza Tract (1913), and Sequoia Village
(1914
) subdivisions. The Santa Fe Depot,
visible at the corner of V ine and Sunset, was
developed in 1922 when the railroad moved
its main line to the north side of the yard. Also
nearby were two large industrial buildings,
the Sunland Sulfur Company (later the Food,
Machinery and Chemical fertilizer company)
and Roma Vineyards Winery. One last small
residential subdivision came in the late 1940’s
and after that industrial and some commercial
continued to expand to this day.

Dale
ville
Daleville is a small, unincorporat ed community,
approximately 26 acres in size. It is located
at the southern edge of Fresno’s SOI at the
northeast and northwest corner of Cherry and
Central Avenues. Development in Daleville
began in the 1950s and now includes 42
homes, a church, and a small corner market.

The community is served by the Orange
Center School District and the Orange Center
Elementary School was built within walking
distance in 1952

80. Daleville shares some regional history with
the Central California Colony, one of the first
3 Thickens, Pioneer Agricultural Colonies of Fresno County successful agricultural colonies in the Central
Valley. The colony was renowned for the lush
assortment of trees that accompanied the
roads, “Nine Varieties of cherry trees were
planted along Cherry Avenue; cork elms on
Elm Avenue; a variety of fruit trees on Fruit
Avenue; and West Avenue was to be planted
later with eucalyptus trees… all were young
trees of the finest known varieties, and were
planted as part of the project, rather than
being left to the colonists.”
3 Daleville remained
a rural community in the county of Fresno
surrounded by agriculture up until the 21st
century when Fresno’s city limits expanded
to the edge of Daleville and industry followed.

Ulta Warehouse, built in 2018, established a tall
landscape berm along its property border with
Daleville. The berm with its trees and plantings
serve as an effective visually buffer between
the operations at Ulta and the community of
Daleville. See photo opposite Chapter 5 cover
page.

1.4 Population and Projections
The City contracted with Economic & Planning
Systems, Inc. (EPS) to conduct a Market
Study for the Plan Area which can be found
in Appendix A. Portions of that study are
included here to provide an understanding
of the current and projected population and
development in the Plan Area.

The Plan Area contains a small residential
population comprising approximately
400 housing units and an estimated 1,130
residents. Residential uses in the Plan Area
are largely characterized by rural residential
and a few small subdivisions. The Plan Area
is directly adjacent to two neighborhoods
in the unincorporated County – Calwa and
Malaga - comprising about 720 dwelling units
Chapter 1: Introduction |
9 conducted for the South Central Fresno
Assembly Bill (AB) 617 boundary area. The Plan
Area lies within this boundary
(see Figure 1-7).

See Section 1.8 Planning Context for a brief
description of the HIA and Truck Reroute Study.

Appendix E for the Public Review Draft HIA
and Truck Reroute Study.

Disadvantaged Unincorporated
Communities
California Senate Bill 244 (Wolk, 2011; SB 244)

requires local municipalities to identify
Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities
(DUCs) within or adjacent to their SOI, analyze
the infrastructure needs of the DUCs

(including water, wastewater, stormwater
drainage, and structural fire protection), and
evaluate potential funding mechanisms to
make service extension feasible. This analysis
was completed in Chapter 3 of the General
Plan.

DUCs are defined as settled places not within
city
limits where the median household
income is 80 percent or less than the
statewide median household income. Under
the policy set forth by the Fresno Local Agency
Formation Commission (Fresno LAFCo), a DUC
must also have at least 15 residences with
a
density of one unit per acre or greater.

On February 12, 2020, Fresno LAFCo
comprehensively updated its DUC database
based upon new demographic datasets and
median household income levels within the
County of
Fresno. In 2020, Fresno LAFCo
identified a total of six DUCs located within or
proximate to Fresno’s SOI (See Figure 1-5)
including Calwa and Daleville.
5 The General Plan Goals are numbered as they are in the General Plan and are not intended to be numerically consistent in this section.

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13 1.7 General Plan Consistency
The General Plan envisioned that the Plan
Area would be prioritized for industrial
development, fulfilling several General Plan
goals related to attracting and retaining
industrial firms needed to implement the
City’s economic development strategy.

The General Plan identifies the Plan Area as
a priority area for industrial development
incentives in Figure 1-6. The Plan is consistent
with the following General Plan goals,
objectives, and implementing policies:

General Plan Goals5

1. Increase opportunity, economic
development, business and job creation.

9. Promote a city of healthy communities
and improve quality of life in established
neighborhoods.
• Emphasize supporting established
neighborhoods in Fresno with safe,
well maintained, and accessible
streets, public utilities, education
and job training, proximity to jobs,
retail services, and health care,
affordable housing, youth development
opportunities, open space and
parks, transportation options, and
opportunities for home grown
businesses.

12. Resolve existing public infrastructure
and service deficiencies, make full use
of existing infrastructure, and invest in
improvements to increase competitiveness
and promote economic growth.

13. Emphasize the City as a role model for
investments by the City and initiate
implementation programs to
encourage development of targeted
industries as identified under Policy
ED-3-c, in employment land use areas
designated on Figure LU-1: Land Use
Diagram.

Business and Industrial Parks. Promote
business and industrial park sites that
are of sufficient size, unified in design,
and diversified in activity to attract a
full range of business types needed for
economic growth.

Efficiency of Industrial Uses. Promote
industrial land use clusters to
maximize the operational efficiency of
similar activities.
• Provide access to a range of
transportation modes through plans
and incentives, ensuring that local,
regional, and national connections
are available to industrial uses;
• Develop a strategy to promote rail-
accessible sites for industries that
need such capability; and
• Ensure timely access to the
full range of urban services
for industrial development by
coordinating proposed plans with
the annual and long-range City
infrastructure planning.

Integrate Land Use and Transportation
Planning. Plan for and maintain a
coordinated and well integrated
land use pattern, local circulation
network and transportation system
that accommodates planned growth,
reduces impacts on adjacent land
uses, and preserves the integrity of
established neighborhoods.

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1.8 Planning Context
Ov
er the years the City has invested heavily
in planning for future development within
the city, including areas where it intends
to gr
ow. Planning for that growth helps the
City anticipate the needs of its residents
and businesses as well as foster sustainable
management of man-made and natural
resources for future generations. The Plan
Area is within the Fresno General Plan plan
area and
was considered under that plan.

Many other planning efforts have occurred
within or adjacent to the Plan Area, or have
included the Plan Area. All have implications
for the future development of South Central
Fresno. The planning areas for many of
these plans can be seen in Figure 1-7
. Full
implementation of this Plan will require the
North Avenue Industrial Triangle Specific Plan
to be r
epealed and the overlapping portion of
the Roosevelt Community Plan to be replaced
with this Plan to allow for consistency.

In this section are descriptions of eight previous
planning efforts that have been adopted and two
planning efforts that are still underway as of
October 2024. The eight planning efforts that
have been adopted are as follows:

1. North Avenue Industrial Triangle Specific
Plan (1973)

2. Roosevelt Community Plan (1992)

3. Fresno General Plan (2014)

4. Downtown Neighborhoods Community
Plan (2016)

5. Fresno Active Transportation Plan (2017)

6. Southwest Fresno Specific Plan (2017)

7. Elm Avenue Revitalization Strategy (2019)

8. Transformative Climate Communities
Program (2019)
The two planning efforts that are underway
and not adopted are:

9. South Central Fresno AB617 Community
Truck Reroute Study and Fresno
Community Environmental Health Impact
Assessment

10. Central Southeast Area Specific Plan
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entire Planning Area and SOI of the city.

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17 Figure 1-7: Planning Context
Chapter 1: Introduction |
21 2019
Elm Avenue Revitalization
Strategy
The Elm Avenue Revitalization Strategy
is a brownfield area-wide planning
effort that was funded through the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Grant. Its purpose is to serve as a
playbook for development which could
lead to the revitalization of the Elm
Avenue Corridor in Southwest Fresno.

The Strategy describes the vision for
the Elm Avenue Corridor, describes the
existing conditions of the area, as well
as current conditions of 12 study sites
and 3 community-identified catalyst
sites that are currently vacant and
considered brownfields. The Strategy
befitted greatly from the collaborative
effort of property owners, developers,
community members and leaders,
regulatory agencies, and industry
experts. The City Council adopted the
Elm Avenue Revitalization Strategy
on October 10, 2019 (Resolution No.
2019-207) and it is currently being
implemented by the Fresno EPA
Brownfields Coalition.
2017
Transformative Climate
Communities Program
The California Strategic Growth Council
(SGC) Transformative Climate
Communities Program (TCC) is a
community-driven initiative to transform
the 4.9-square mile project area through
a suite of projects and plans that will
reduce GHG emissions while also
providing local environmental, health,
economic, and social equity benefits. In
early 2018, SGC awarded Transform
Fresno a TCC grant of $66.5 million
to fund 17 projects and Transform Fresno
is leveraging $117.3 million to fund 4
projects. The 21 projects were
determined through a 164-member
Community Steering Committee who
met regularly in 2017. After mandatory
changes made by the Strategic Growth
Council, the final Master Grant
Agreement award was signed by all
parties on April 3, 2019.
• Incorporates the upon adoption, the
reduction of truck routes in the Plan Area
from the South Central Fresno AB 617
Community T
ruck Reroute Study. and
Fresno Community Health Impact
Assessment (HIA) into
the Plan. The Truck
Reroute Study removes future planned
truck routes, identifies improvement
strategies, and partially establishes a truck
regulating area in the Plan Area. The
improvement strategies are prioritized by
seven categories including potential
reduction in vehicle miles traveled and
traffic congestion, and improvement
to air quality. The HIA recommends
transitioning to zero-emission
commercial trucks. (See Appendix E)
• Proposes balancing anticipated
groundwater use with sufficient recharge
of imported surface water. (See Section

7.3)
•
Establishes development standards that
reduce air quality impacts by reducing
truck emissions (truck idling and queuing
time), fossil fuel use (zero-net energy, zero
emission equipment, solar power, EV
charging stations and parking, and
electric plug-in for transport refrigeration
units), heat-island effect (solar-reflective
roof and pavement), and requiring a
recycling program, environmentally
responsible practices during construction
(highest rated CARB-tier technology, and
electric powered tools and equipment),
and facility operators to enroll in US EPA
SmartWay Program. (See Chapter 5)
• Establishes avoidance of environmental
and neighborhood impacts as a guiding
principle. (See Sections 3.3 and 8.3)
• Prioritizes Air Quality, Vehicle/Equipment
and Operation Standards, Light and Glare,
Green Barriers/Tree Coverage/
Beautification, Energy and Green
Building, Water, and Solid Waste and
Illegal D
umping as implementing policy
strategies supported by policies AQ-1
through AQ-11, N-1 through N-5, GB-1
though GB-8, EGB-1 through EGB-3, W-1
through W-6, and SW-1. (See Sections 3.4
and 8.3)
Improve Quality of Life
This Plan seeks to improve the quality of life
for sensitive uses in the Plan Area. Sensitive
uses in the Plan Area currently consist of
approximately 400 households with an
estimated population of 1,130 residents,
three education centers including one K-8
school, and five religious institutions. As new
development continues in the Plan Area,
this Plan strives to balance the needs of new
development with those of sensitive uses. This
Plan concurs with the Attorney General of
California, Rob Bonta, statement, “Economic
investment and economic prosperity can live
side-by-side with justice.”
This P
lan improves quality of life for sensitive
uses in the Plan Area in the following ways:
• Aligns with City Council Resolution 2019-
235 to incorporate reductions in the
zoning intensity of undeveloped lands
near sensitive uses to provide buffers
to protect sensitive uses from adverse
impacts from more intense land uses
in a manner that reflects stakeholder
input. (See Sections 2.1, 2.2, and 2.5, and
Appendix B)
• Decreases land use intensity of
undeveloped parcels surrounding
sensitive uses. (See Sections 2.5 and 4.4)
• Establishes development standards that
prohibit certain new industrial uses in
the Plan Area and prohibits some and
conditions other new industrial uses
within 1,000 feet of a sensitive use. (See
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standards for new businesses and
industry, especially next to existing
neighborhoods.

GB-8: Transform Highways 99 and 41 into
gateways into the Plan Area through
landscaping and architectural design.

Energy and Green Building
EGB-1: Require the reduction of energy
consumption and promote energy
efficiency through education,
conservation programs, building
design/operation standards, and
incentive programs.

EGB-2: Incentivize private solar installations by
providing information about financing
and by expediting the permit process.

EGB-3:Encourage installation of solar panels,
battery storage, and zero-emission
backup electricity generators at
distribution centers.

Water
W-1: Protect groundwater and surface
water by regulating sewage disposal
facilities and preventing contaminating
uses.

W-2: Implement a periodic water quality
testing program in areas where
contamination has been an issue.

W-3: Provide supplemental water
resources to areas already impacted
by groundwater quality and quantity
degradation.

W-4: Identify funding tools to expand water
system access in and near the Plan
Area.

W-5: Require new development to
implement water conservation
measures and to contribute towards
expanded and upgraded facilities.

W-5: Reduce water consumption through
education, conservation standards,
landscaping standards, retrofit
programs, and incentive programs.

W-6: Seek funding to expand water facilities
to neighbors within the Plan Area.

Solid Waste and Illegal Dumping
SW-1: Establish community sanitation
programs to address litter clean-up
and illegal dumping.

C. Employment/Community
Development Policies
Economic Development
E-1: Coordinate a regional economic
development strategy and monitor
trends, emerging markets, and new
technologies, and the region’s
workforce preparedness programs.

E-2: Implement programs to attract diverse
new businesses and industries.

E-3: Consider establishing a funding/grant
program for small businesses.
emission and greener industries.
energy-powered eco-industrial/
circular manufacturing industry parks
with advanced and value-added
manufacturing, fabrication, assembly,
technology, and logistics.

E-6: Pursue opportunities to attract new
manufacturing sectors into the Plan
Area, particularly renewable energy and
zero and near-zero emission vehicle
components.

Job Training and Employment
E-57: Promote job training programs such
as Career Technical Education, adult
education, internships, mentoring, and
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E-4: Develop incentives to attract lower
E-5: Promote the development of renewable
apprenticeships including local, state,
and federally approved apprenticeship
programs.

E-68: Connect businesses with training,
education, and local community
partners.

E-79: Connect residents to existing
training programs and to jobs in their
neighborhoods.

E-810:

E-911:
and local education institutions to
establish a job training program that
can serve as a source of readily-
employable persons for surrounding
businesses.

E-102:

E-13: Encourage the use of local workforce
and business development sourcing in
the Plan Area to generate quality
construction and service jobs, provide
career pathways and job-training
opportunities for the local workforce,
and pay area standard wages for
construction so that expenditures
used in the construction of these
developments are reinvested into the
local economy.

E-14: Maximize the City’s public
financing tools and opportunities
for enhancement to fund various
economic development initiatives.

Internet Access and Computer Literacy
E-115:

E-126:

E-137:
and assist with online job applications.

Community Benefit District
CBD-1: Consider a Community Benefit
Fund to pay for measures such as
air filtration systems, dual-paned
windows, parks, job training programs,
and job fairs near the Plan Area.

CBD-2: Encourage business and residential
partnerships to assist in increasing
communication and transparency
and to provide a mechanism to raise
concerns.

CBD-3: Investigate opportunities to develop
resilient green buffers between
existing industrial and residential uses.

CBD-4: Seek out funding to pay for dual-use
ponding basins and green areas.

CBD-5: Research community benefit
agreements around the country to
determine how they could work and
be funded in this Plan Area.

Public Noticing
PN-1: Establish new noticing requirements
for all project types.

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Locate a new job training center
accessible to job seekers.

Increase public access to quality
internet service.

Prioritize fiber connectivity in the Plan
Area.

Develop computer literacy programs
Prioritize hiring local residents.

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4.1 Introduction
This chapter describes the basis for planning
in the Plan Area, existing land use conditions,
and proposed planned land uses that
seek to achieve the Plan’s vision, guiding
principles, and policies.

Upon adoption, this
Plan will amend the General Plan to provide
consistency and any land within the city limits
will be r
ezoned to match the new planned
land use designation.

T
his Land Use chapter, along with the
Development Standards in Chapter 5,
provide a regulating framework that governs
the land uses and types of development
within the Plan Area, as well as the interface
conditions between
the private and public
realm. The land use plan is supplemented by
the a regulating plan overlay zone (South
Central). The South Central Overlay Zone
imposes additional regulatory requirements
to continue with development in the Plan
Area in a way that is thoughtful to sensitive
uses. Upon adoption of
this Plan, a concurrent
amendment to the Development Code will
be presented for consideration to provide
consistency with this Plan. Within 60 days of
the effective date of the Plan, a rezone to apply
the SCSP Overlay Zone District to all parcels
within the Plan Area and a text amendment
reflecting the Plan as adopted will be brought
for City Council consideration.

4.2 Land Use Planning in the
Plan Area
As the population in Fresno grows, the need to
create more job opportunities increases, and
land must be identified and available to meet
these demands.

Planning Area
The City’s General Plan Planning Area is the
overall geographic area for which the General
Plan and all subsequent plans, including this
Plan, establishes policies about future urban
growth, and natural resource conservation.

Policies for future growth include adopted
planned land uses for every property in the
city and are displayed in a planned land use
map.

As stated in the General Plan, the boundary
of the Planning Area was determined by City
staff, and initiated by City Council, in response
to State law requiring each City to include
in its General Plan all territory within the
boundaries of the incorporated area as well as
“any land outside its boundaries which in the
planning agency’s judgment bears relation
to its planning” (California Government Code
Section 65300).

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The Planning Area, as it pertains to this Plan, is
contiguous with Fresno’s sphere of influence
(SOI). Fresno’s SOI is a geographic boundary
that encompasses land within Fresno’s city
limits and land outside the city limits in the
county of Fresno. The land outside the city
limits is anticipated to be annexed into the city
limits over time, although until annexed it falls
under the jurisdiction of the County of Fresno.

Fresno’s SOI is determined by the Fresno
Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo),
which is an entity empowered to review and
appro
ve proposed boundary changes and
annexations by incorporated municipalities.

In the Plan Area the SOI encompasses 8.7
square miles in total, of which 5 square miles
are within city limits, and 3.7 square miles are
within the county of Fresno. See Figure 1-2.

4.3 Current Geography
Existing Land Use
Before planning land uses, it is important to
understand how the land has been developed
thus far in this Plan Area. Existing land uses
in the Plan Area include a mix of industrial
and commercial developments, dispersed
residential, public facilities, open space, and
vacant land (see Figure 4-1). Heavy industrial
(42%), open space (27%), vacant land (11%), and
light industrial (9%) are the predominant
existing land uses in
the Plan Area (see Table
4-1). Agriculture makes up 85% of the open
space with the rest consisting of ponding
basins for surface water runoff and recharge
to the aquifer and canals. The remaining 11% of
the Plan Area is comprised of residential,
commercial, and public facility land uses.

For a better understanding of the developable
land potential in the Plan Area see Figures 4-2
and 4-3 and Table 4.2. These figures provide
information as of September 2022. Figure 4.2
is an aerial image of the Plan Area showing
land that has been developed on and land that
is vacant or agricultural. Figure 4-3 represents
land that has been developed and land that
is undeveloped in the Fresno city limits and
in the county of Fresno. Undeveloped land
is comprised of vacant and agricultural
open space parcels. Table 4.2 clarifies the
development potential for this undeveloped
land based on planned land use designations
and offers a comparison between the Specific
Plan and the adopted General Plan. There are
609 acres of land within Fresno’s city limits,
1,065 acres within the county of Fresno, and
a total of 1,674 acres within the Plan Area.

The Specific Plan offers a balance between
Business and Regional Business Park and Light
and Heavy Industrial as well as provides for
necessary commercial growth.

Image of commercial buildings along North Ave. in
the Plan Area.

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Planned Land Uses
The following section describes the proposed
planned land uses for the Plan
Area are
depicted in Figure 4-5. Figure 4-6 is the
adopted General Plan planned land use map
for comparison. Figure 4-7 shows the parcels
with planned land use designations under this
Plan that are proposed
to change the adopted
General Plan. Table 4-4 provides a comparison
between the planned land designation acres
for the adopted General Plan with this Plan.

See, Sections 2.5 and 3.2 for descriptions of
the positive effects of the proposed Plan land
use changes.

Dual Planned Land Uses
Consistent with the Fresno General Plan,
planned parks,
open space, and public
facilities on vacant land carry dual land
use designations. The dual land use allows
for an alternative land use to develop if it
is determined that parks, open space, and
public facilities are not needed. Development
consistent
with zoning and development
standards may be approved.

The dual land use designations for the Plan
Area are shown in Figure 4-8. There are no
changes proposed to the Dd
ual Pplanned
Lland Uuse designations mapped in the
General Plan.

Planned Land Use
Designation
Adopted
General Plan Specific Plan
Acres % Acres %
Heavy Industrial 3,486 71 2,650 54
General Commercial 10 <1 47 <1
Light Industrial 685 14 715 14
Business Park 144 3 653 13
Single Family Residential 30 <1 270 5
Regional Business Park 350 7 333 7
Public 42 <1 78 2
Open Space – Ponding Basin 158 3 158 3
Rail 32 <1 32 <1
Open Space – Neighborhood Park 3 <1 3 <1
Neighborhood Mixed-Use 0.25 <1 0.25 <1
T otal 4,940 100 4,940 100
Table 4-4: Planned Land Use Acreages in September 2022
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STANDARDS
Image of North Pointe Business Park industrial
landscaping setback in Plan Area.

5.1 Development Regulations
This chapter describes the use regulations,
permit requirements, and development
standards proposed by this Plan. Upon
adoption of this Plan, an concurrent
amendment to
the Development Code will be
presented for consideration to provide
consistency with this Plan. The amendment to
the Development Code will include the overlay
zone and the development standards and
regulations as outlined in this chapter. These
regulations, requirements, and standards will
govern all future private development actions
in the Plan Area, including new construction,
additions, and renovations to existing
structures and/or new land uses proposed for
existing facilities as described in Fresno
Municipal Code Section 15-104. These
regulations do not supersede regulations for
legal non-conforming uses, structures, site
features or lots,
as described in Chapter 15,
Article 4 of the Fresno Municipal Code.

South Central Overlay Zone
One overlay zone will be used to ensure
development compatibility with the sensitive
uses in the Plan Area. The proposed South
Central Overlay Zone is to be applied over
each zoning district in the Plan Area, adding
a layer of development standards and use
regulations within the defined overlay
boundary (see Figure 5-1).

The SCSP Overlay Zone utilizes a buffer as
represented in Figure 5-2, to separate certain
industrial uses from sensitive uses by a 1,000
foot distance to reduce conflicts. For the
purpose of
this Plan, sensitive uses are defined
as residences, schools, religious institutions,
playgrounds, child-care centers, hospitals,
retirement homes, and convalescent homes.

Figure 5-2 represents sensitive uses as of
October 25, 2024. For new development,
buffers
will be applied to sensitive uses
existing at the time the application is deemed
complete.

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71 Development Regulations
This Plan proposes the following for
parcels within the SCSP Overlay Zone
District (see Figure 5-1):

1. Prohibit of the following use classifications:
• Rendering
• Sales Lot, Feed Lot, Stockyard
• Slaughterhouse

2. Prohibit the following use classifications
within 1,000 feet of a sensitive use (sSee
Figure 5-2):
• Shooting/Archery Range
• Service Station
• Intensive Industrial
• Salvage and Wrecking
• Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution:

Chemical and Mineral Storage
• Freight/Truck Terminals and
Warehouses
• Waste Transfer Facility
• Agricultural Processing
•
Mining and Quarrying
If any portion of a parcel is within the 1,000
foot buffer of a sensitive use, the entire
parcel will be subject to this requirement.

3. Require a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for
the following use classifications that fall
within 1,000 feet of a sensitive use (sSee
Figure 5-2):
• Motorcycle/Riding Club
• Construction and Material Y
ards
• Limited Industrial
○ Dry cleaning plants would not be
permitted
• General Industrial
• Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution:

Indoor Warehousing and Storage*
• Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution:

Outdoor Storage*
• Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution:

Wholesaling and Distribution*
* Must meet CARB criteria for zero or near
zero emission facilities vehicles6 as defined
in CA Sustainable Freight Action Plan (July
2016) and zero- or near zero-emission
facilities as
defined in the SCSP Glossary.

If any portion of a parcel is within the 1,000
foot buffer of a sensitive use, the entire
parcel will be subject to this requirement.

4. Apply bBuilding setback standards to
industrial shall apply to all of the following
uses
that adjoin a sensitive uses (see Figure
5-3) In this circumstance, the following
standards shall apply: all uses within the 1)
Industrial Use Classifications; 2)
Transportation,
Communication, and
Utilities Use
Classifications; 3) Agricultural
and Extraction Use Classifications
excluding Agricultural Labor Housing, Crop
Cultivation (without buildings), Produce
Stand, and Urban Farm (without buildings);
and 4) Motorcycle/ Riding Club. The
building setback standards will only apply
to that portion of the adjoining parcel that
is within the 1,000-foot buffer of a sensitive
use (see Figure 5-2). The following are
the
building setback standards:
a. The buildings should be setback a
minimum of
100 feet when sharing the
same property line.
b. A
wall or screen should be placed on
the property line that is a minimum of
10 feet
tall and be opaque for visual
obscurity.

Blank concrete or CMU
walls without piers, caps and finishes
are not allowed.
c. The minimum 50-foot landscape
buffer
should include a tree canopy
6 California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC Section 44258 Chapter 5: Development Standards |
73 density canopy that covers 100
percent of the buffer area within 10
years of planting. Native trees, shrubs,
and groundcovers should be selected
over ornamental species. The
property owner and any successors in
interest shall maintain these trees for
the duration of ownership, ensuring
any unhealthy or dead trees are
replaced timely as needed.
d. All landscaping shall be drought
tolerant, and to the extent feasible,
species with low biogenic emissions.

Palm trees shall not be utilized.
e. All landscaping areas shall be properly
irrigated for the life of the facility to
allow for plants and trees to maintain
growth.
f. Uses within the 100-foot setback
and outside of the landscape buffer
area can include a fire lane and if
necessary, limited employee parking,
but no visitor parking or public entries,
loading docks, service yards, trash
areas/disposal, or truck parking and
idling.

5. Buildings that face major public access
collector and arterial streets and require
employee and visitor parking and entries,
shall be setback a
minimum of 150 feet
from the curb line of the adjoining street
(see Figure 5-4). In
this circumstance, the
following standards should apply:
a. A 45-foot minimum landscape buffer
shall be provided from the back of the
public sidewalk to a low wall or fence
screen that hides the car parking lot.

The height of the wall or fence should
be no less than 3 feet. Company
signage can be incorporated into the
wall as it f
aces the public right of way.
b. The landscaped buffer area should
include 100 percent tree canopy
coverage within 10 years of planting.

Native trees, shrubs and groundcovers
should be selected over ornamental
species.
c. No loading docks, service yards,
trash areas, truck parking or idling is
permitted.

6. Additional development standards apply
to all Warehouse, Storage, and Distribution
use classifications:

Buffering & Screening
a. A solid decorative wall(s) of at least 10’
in height between warehouses & all
sensitive uses.
b. Unless physically impossible, loading
docks and truck entries shall be
oriented away from abutting sensitive
uses.
c. To the greatest extent feasible, loading
docks, truck entries, and truck drive
aisles shall be located away from nearby
sensitive uses. In making feasibility
decisions, the City must comply with
existing laws and regulations and
balance public safety and the site
development’s potential impacts
to nearby sensitive uses. Therefore,
loading docks, truck entries, and drive
aisles may be located near sensitive
uses at the discretion of the Planning
Director, but any such site design shall
include measures designed to minimize
overall impacts to nearby sensitive uses.
d. For any Warehouse building larger
than 400,000 square feet in size, the
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75 the SJVAPCD’s complaint call-line:
1-800-870-1037. Any complaints made
to the facility operator’s designee shall
be answered within 72 hours of receipt.
m. Prior to issuance of a business license,
the City shall ensure for any facility
with a building or buildings larger than
400,000 total square feet, that the
facility shall include a truck operator
lounge equipped with clean and
accessible amenities such as restrooms,
vending machines, television, and air
conditioning.

Alternative Energy
n. On-site motorized operational
equipment shall be ZE (zero emission).
o. All building roofs shall be solar-
ready, which includes designing and
constructing buildings in a manner that
facilitates and optimizes the installation
of a rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV)
system at some point after the building
has been constructed.
p. The office portion of a building’s rooftop
that is not covered
with solar panels or
other utilities shall be constructed with
light colored roofing material
with a
solar reflective index (“SRI”) of not less
than 78. This material shall be the
minimum solar reflective rating of the
roof material for the life of the building.
q. On buildings over 400,000 square feet,
prior to issuance of a business license,
the City shall ensure rooftop solar,
above
parking structure, or ground level
solar panels are installed and operated
in such a manner that they will supply
100% of the power needed to operate all
non-refrigerated portions of
the facility
including the parking areas.
r. At least 10% of all passenger vehicle
parking spaces shall be electric vehicle
(EV) ready, with all necessary conduit
and related appurtenances installed. At
least 5% of all passenger vehicle parking
spaces shall be equipped with working
Level 2 Quick charge EV charging

stations installed and operational, prior
to building occupancy. Signage shall be
installed indicating EV charging stations
and specifying that spaces are reserved
for
clean air/EV vehicles. Unless
superior
technology is developed that
would replace
the EV charging units,
the facility operator and any
successors-in-interest shall be
responsible for maintaining the EV
charging stations in working order for
the life of the facility.
s. Unless the owner of the facility records
a covenant on the title of the underlying
property ensuring that the property
cannot be used to provide chilled,
cooled, or freezer warehouse space,
a conduit shall be installed during
construction of the building shell from
the electrical room to 100% of the
loading dock doors that have potential
to serve the refrigerated space. When
tenant improvement building
permits
are issued for any refrigerated

warehouse space, electric plug-in units
shall be installed at every dock door
servicing the refrigerated space to
allow
transport refrigeration units
(TRUs) to plug in. Truck operators with
TRUs shall be required to utilize electric
plug-in units when at loading docks.
t. Bicycle racks are required per Section
15-2429 of the Fresno Municipal Code.

The racks shall include locks and
electric plugs to charge electric bikes
and shall be located as close as possible
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the program.
aa. Property owner shall require all facility
operators to enroll in the United States
Environmental Protection Agency’s
SmartWay Program.

Any differences between subsections 5.1.4
and 5.1.5 with subsection 5.1.6 will be resolved
in the Text Amendment for the SCSP Overlay
Zone development code standards submitted
for consideration at time of adoption. Within
60 days of the effective date of the Plan, a
rezone to apply the SCSP Overlay Zone District
to all parcels within the Plan Area and a text
amendment reflecting the Plan as adopted will
be brought for City Council consideration.

6.1 Introduction
This chapter describes the existing
transportation network within the Plan Area
as well as the planned and recommended
improvements. Significant planning efforts

have already been completed by the City and
the Fresno Council of Governments (FCOG)
t
o address multiple infrastructure needs
for the circulation of people and goods
into, around, and out of the Plan Area. This
chapter acknowledges that work by including
relevant portions that apply to the Plan Area
from completed plans. These include the
Fresno General Plan, and the Fresno Active
Transportation Plan (ATP ) , and FCOG’s Reverse
Triangle Transportation Area Plan (RTTAP)
and Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). Once
completed, the Proposed Truck Routes Map in
the South Central Fresno AB617 Community
Truck Reroute Study will replace the 2005
City of Fresno Designa
ted Truck Routes
Map shown in Figure 6-8 and
the Study will
incorporate into this Plan by reference. The
South Central Fresno AB617 Community Truck
Reroute Study has been completed. When the
official list of designated truck routes under the
provisions of Section 14-1303 of the Fresno
Municipal Code are amended then Figure 6-8
will be updated to reflect those changes.
67 City of Fr esno. Department of Public Works. (2019). Complete Streets Policy. https://www.fresno. gov/ publicworks/wp-cont ent/uploads/sites/17/2019/10/Complete-Streets-091119.pdf Exceptions to this policy must meet cer tain criteria and be approved by either the Public Works Director or City Council.

6.2 Transportation
I
mprovements
Complete Streets
The Fresno City Council adopted the
Complete Streets Policy on October 10, 2019,
codifying the City’s commitment to designing
safe and convenient transportation projects
that are accessible to all users.67 A complete
street is a transportation facility that is
planned, designed, operated, and maintained
to provide safe mobility for all users – including
bicyclists,
pedestrians, transit vehicles, trucks,
and motorists – as appropriate to the function
and context of the facility while connecting
to a larger transportation network. Every
complete street looks different, according to
its context, community preferences, the types
of road users, and their needs. All complete
s
treets are designed to balance safety, access,
and mobility for ev eryone using the street and
are necessary to create connected networks
citywide. The City recognizes the need for
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complete streets and will accommodate
elements that create a complete street
wherever it is feasible.

Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities
The Plan Area has an incomplete bicycle and
pedestrian network. There are many locations
that lack bikeways and sidewalks or that
have sidewalk gaps between developments.

Inconsistent bicycle and pedestrian networks
contribute to an unsafe and uninviting
environment for pedestrians and cyclists. The
ATP, adopted in 2017, proposes a long-term,
comprehensive network of citywide bikeways,
trails, and sidewalks that connect all parts of
Fresno. The existing and planned bikeways,
trails, and sidewalks within the Plan Area are
identified in Figures 6-1 and 6-3. Descriptions
of the different classes of bikeways can be
found in Figure 6-2. An update to the ATP is
underway and, once updated, will supersede
the networks shown in Figures 6-1 and 6-3.

Safe Routes to School
Safe Routes to School programs aim to make
it safer for students to use active modes of
transportation to school such as walking
and biking. In
January 2020, the Fresno
City Council approved a Safer Sidewalks
to School Resolution, which was one of the
recommendations of the ATP . The resolution
acknowledged that many parts of the City
lack complete sidewalks, creating hazards to
pedestrians, particularly to children around
neighborhood schools and that a more
complete system of sidewalks would improve
safety, walkability, bikeability, and community
health.

Orange Center Elementary School, the
only K-12 public school in the Plan Area, is
located on Cherry Avenue, between North
and Central Avenues, and is outside of City of
Fresno limits (see Figure 7-7). As discussed in
the RTTAP, potential safety improvements for
students could include Class IV protected
bikeways and sidewalks along Cherry Avenue,
when annexed into the city.

Image of bus stop located in the Calwa neighborhood with industrial nearby.

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81 Transit
Transit service within the Plan Area (see Figure
6-4) is provided by Fresno Area Express (FAX).

F
our of the 18 fixed routes provided by FAX
ar
e located immediately adjacent to and
within
the Plan Area. These include Routes 32
(North Avenue), 34 (Cherry, North, Orange, and
Central), 38 (Jensen Avenue), and 41 (Maple
and North Avenues). In addition, FAX Handy
Ride provides door-to-door transit services for
eligible persons with disabilities who cannot
functionally use the FAX buses.

As described in the FCOG 2020/2021 Unmet
T
ransit Needs Assessment, FAX identified a
lack of service to the North Pointe Business
Park as an unmet transit need that is
reasonable to meet. In 2023, F
funding was has
been secured for the purchase and operation
of four electric buses for a three-year period.

FAX extended Route 34 into the Plan Area in
August 2023, establishing it as the 4th high
frequency route with 15-minute headways to
serve the major employment centers in the
Plan Area.

Sponsored by California Vanpool Authority, a public
transit agency, CalVans supplies qualified drivers
with late model vans to drive themselves and
others to work or school.

In addition to services offered by FAX, Fresno
County voters passed the Measure C ½-cent
transportation sales tax in November 2006,
providing the resources needed to create
the Measure C Commuter Vanpool Subsidy
Program, Farm Worker Vanpool Program, and
Carpool Incentive Program. These programs
were created to encourage commuters in
Fresno County to share a ride with other
commuters for a cost-effective way of getting
to and from work with the added benefit of
reducing exhaust emissions that come from
vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and improving air
quality.

Employers are able to partner with these
programs to comply with the eTRIP Rule
that was adopted by the San Joaquin Valley
Air Pollution Control District to reduce VMT
from private vehicles used by employees
commuting to and from work. The trip
reduction and administrative requirements
of this rule apply to each employer in the
San Joaquin Valley Air Basin with at least 100
eligible employees.

Clean Shared Mobility Network
The Clean Shared Mobility Network (CSMN) is
a Transformative Climate Communities (TCC)
Program project. The project includes the
following low- or no-cost services throughout
the TCC project area which adjoins the Plan
Area (see Figure 1-7):

1. Electric Vehicle (EV) carsharing
program for checking out cars hourly;

2. Volunteer driver program providing
electric vehicle rides to underserved
residents;

3. Electric vanpools for accessing
employment centers;

4. Electric bikeshare program for checking
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89 Traffic Calming
Policy T-8 calls for the consideration of
traffic calming studies. According to the
Federal Highway Administration Traffic
Calming ePrimer: “The primary purpose of
traffic calming is to support the livability and
vitality of residential and commercial areas
through improvements in non-motorist safety,
mobility, and comfort. These objectives are
typically achieved by reducing vehicle speeds
or volumes on a single street or a street
network.” Traffic calming measures consist of
horizontal and vertical deflection, street width
narrowing, roadside improvements, and other
features that use self-enforcing physical or
psycho-perception means to produce desired
effects.

The best way to determine the traffic calming
strategies needed for the Plan Area is to do a
traffic calming study. Traffic calming studies
consist of data collection efforts to gather
traffic volume and classification information,
accident statistics, and vehicle speeds.

Following data collection, the collected
information is summarized and analyzed to
draw out the relevant data and to establish
any patterns. Once the analysis is completed,
recommendations for the Plan Area can be
established. The City could pursue grant
funding to do a traffic calming study.

In September 2020, the City completed the
citywide Systematic Local Roadway Safety
Plan. In it, an analysis of transportation safety
data was conducted, roadway improvements
to reduce collision risk were identified, and
a vision and goals for transportation safety
were established. Based on an annualized
collision severity score, the top 20 high risk
corridors and intersections in Fresno were
determined, and none were in the Plan Area.

However, there were half mile segments and
intersections in the Plan Area that scored high
for vehicle crash severity. The Safety Plan also
provides a summary of prioritized systematic
treatments/proposed countermeasures that
could be useful for improvements in the Plan
Area. Of the measures provided, the following
pertain to traffic calming and pedestrian
safety:
• Road diet (reduce travel lanes from 4 to
3 and add a two-way left-turn and bike
lanes)
• Install high-visibility crosswalk markings
• Install raised medians (refuge islands)
• Install pedestrian crossings at
uncontrolled locations (signs and
markings only)
• Install advanced yield signs
• Install intersection lighting
The Draft South Central Fresno AB 617
Community Truck Reroute Study includes a
strategy for traffic calming. The purpose of this
strategy is to implement measures to reduce
truck speeds or divert trucks altogether
through roadway narrowing, speed bumps,
and roundabouts. The Study identifies 12
roadway segments (approximate combined
length of 26.6 miles) in need of traffic calming
improvements, many of which are in the Plan
Area.

Street Sweeping
The City provides residential and non-
residential street sweeping within Fresno’s
city limits of the Plan Area. Residential areas
are swept once every month and non-
residential areas are swept once a week. As
land in the SOI is annexed into the city limits
service will be extended to those areas. Some
areas looking to annex into the city, such as
existing neighborhoods that were developed
in the county, may require the installation of
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97 conducted a community-based health survey
to explore residents’ concerns, behaviors,
health outcomes, and health needs relevant to
air pollution in the region.

The HIA has a city-wide assessment
containing SJVAPCD data, birth data,
emergency department visits, and all Fresno
patient discharge data. It also has the South
Fresno Community Survey, which is a
representative, community-based survey of
South Fresno residents’ health, wellbeing, and
concerns with local environmental issues. The
results of the HIA informed the Truck Reroute
Study.

The Draft T
ruck Reroute Study and HIA were
published for public review on May 10, 2024.

See Appendix E. Recommendations resulting
from the Truck Reroute Study will be adopted by
reference in this Plan.

Parking
In addition to truck routes, truck parking
was
also a topic of discussion throughout the
community engagement process. As the
movement of goods by trucks has increased
so has the associated need for truck parking.

The California Statewide Truck Parking Study
(2022), commissioned by Caltrans, identifies
statewide unmet demand for truck parking,
existing truck parking challenges, and
optimum size, layout,
and amenities for
publicly owned truck parking facilities. The
Study also considers the feasibility for possible
zero emissions fueling at truck parking lots and
includes an action and implementation plan.

As new development is proposed in the Plan
Area, the City will utilize this study for
guidance to mitigate the impact of truck
parking and illegal truck parking in residential
areas in addition to adopted regulations.

Idling
The California Air Resources Board (CARB)
states: “Emissions from on-road medium and
heavy-duty vehicles are major contributors
to poor air quality in California. In particular,
these
diesel vehicles produce emissions in
amounts highly disproportionate to the total
population
of these vehicles. The problem is
complicated by
the large number of heavy-
duty vehicles, like line haul trucks, registered
in other states that travel on California’s
highways and roads, while bringing goods and
commerce into and out of our state.”8
California law prohibits commercial diesel
trucks from idling more than five minutes
within the State, with few
exceptions (13
CCR § 2485). In 2023, the SVJAPCD staff
performed quarterly anti-idling surveillance
of heavy-duty trucks and spoke directly with
businesses who rely on heavy-duty trucking
to provide compliance assistance and
education regarding the state’s anti-idling
requirements. Although only one
violation
has been discovered during the surveillance
performed, the SJVAPCD believes that the
outr
each efforts provided to businesses will
contribute to increased compliance with state
requirements.9
The City is also making efforts
to reduce truck
and vehicle idling especially near sensitive
uses with children. In Chapter 15, Part III,
Article 24, Section 15-2403.J.3 of the Fresno
Municipal Code, loading bays shall have
signage requiring drivers to limit idling to five
minutes or less. In the summer of 2023, the
City installed 30 bilingual, English and Spanish,
“no idling” signs at many school sites in the
AB617 boundary area. The signs were installed
to help the SJVAPCD reach their goal to
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April 23, 2021, Revised Draft 2020 Mobile Source Strategy by the California Air Resources Board, p.124.

San Joaquin Air Pollution Control District Community Emissions Reduction Program South Central Fresno 2023 Annual Report, December 14, 2023. p. 16. flood control and the drainage of flood and
s
torm waters, and for the conservation of
those waters. The FMFCD is a member of the
North Kings GSA and provides flood control
within a 399-square mile watershed in Fresno
County. The FMFCD provides urban storm
drainage, groundwater recharge, recreation
space in dual use ponding basins, and Clean
Water Act pollution prevention compliance
assistance to businesses and industries. The
fl
ood control and urban drainage systems
work in concert to protect lives and property
from floodwater originating in the foothill
streams and creeks, and from rain that falls
onto the urban area.

After the FMFCD was established, a new
system was designed to capture and store
stormwater, and standards for future
development were created to ensure the
construction of a comprehensive system over
time.

As the urban area grows, more storm
runoff is generated by structures that cover
once-open-land, including streets, highways,
buildings, and parking lots. St ormwat er flow s
from street gutters to drainage inlets, and
through underground pipelines to a network
of stormwater detention ponding basins. Each
ponding basin collects and stores stormwater
for an upstream area of
about 1-4 square miles.

The stormwater basins allow large amounts of
water to be stored and percolated through the
soil
to replenish the groundwater aquifer.

The Plan Area has eleven ten existing FMFCD
ponding basins and one planned ponding
basin to be located on the east side of Fig
Avenue,
between North and Central Avenues.

See Figure 7-5. These storm drainage facilities
are documented in the Storm Drainage and
Flood Control Master Plan (SDFCMP), which
is developed and updated by FMFCD. The
size and location of the ponding basins are
determined by using the acreages by of

planned
land use designations from the Fresno General
Plan, adopted in December 2014.

In areas that already have existing storm
drainage facilities, any increased densities
may require mitigation. Because the
storm drainage system has already been
constructed, a study would be required for
increased densities or changed zoning on
existing land. Increased density creates
additional runoff that would potentially
produce flooding in locations where the
FMF
CD Master Plan storm drainage system is
complete. Therefore, such proposals must be
reviewed and approved by the FMFCD on a
case-by-case basis to determine the ability to
accommodate
the proposal. Mitigation could
be in the form of constructing an additional
off-site pipeline or storing the difference
between the 2-year and 10-year storm event
on-site. The 480 372
acres outside of the
Fresno city limits but in the SOI at the
southernmost edge of the Plan Area boundary
is not within a planned drainage boundary and
so will need to be accommodated with future
Master Planning.

Recycled Water
Water recycling is the reuse of treated
wastewater for beneficial non-potable
purposes such as agricultural and landscape
irrigation, industrial processing, and
replenishing a groundwater basin. A common
type o
f recycled water is water that has been
reclaimed from municipal wastewater. Using
recycled water reduces the need to use
drinking water for non-potable uses.

In 2009, the State of California adopted a
Recycled Water Policy establishing a mandate
to increase the use of recycled water by
200,000 acre-feet per year by 2020 and by
an additional 300,000 acre-feet per year
by 2030. In support of these goals, the City
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Mosqueda
Almy
Mary Ella
Brown
Mosqueda
Bigby Villa
Maxie
L. Parks
Hinton
Frank
H. Ball
South Peach
Church & MLK
Church &
Orangewood
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Existing FID ponding basin
Planned FMFCD ponding basin
Existing FMFCD ponding basin
Planned Park
Existing Park
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MUSCAT
Mosqueda
Almy
Mary Ella
Brown
Mosqueda
Bigby Villa
Maxie
L. Parks
Hinton
Frank
H. Ball
South Peach
Church & MLK
Church &
Orangewood
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Existing FID ponding basin
Fresno Sphere of Influence
Fresno City Limits
Existing FMFCD ponding basin
Planned Park
Existing Park
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prepared a Recycled Water Master Plan (2010)
that identifies potential recycled water use
opportunities within the city limits and SOI.

The expansion of the recycled water system
enables the City to offset potable water use,
enhance the sustainability of the water supply,
and lessen the burden on the wastewater
treatment plant percolation ponds that are
currently used for effluent discharge.

The City of Fresno has constructed recycled
water mains using purple pipes to deliver
recycled water to certain areas of our
community for specific purposes. In a
separate recycled
water delivery system,
purple pipe is used to distinguish it for the
distribution and delivery of recycled water in
order to protect the potable drinking water
supply. Implementing the use of purple pipe
is intended to prevent cross connection
between potable drinking water and recycled
water. The use of recycled water for non-
potable applications allows the City to
effectively supply water for parks, schools, car
washes, golf courses, and other landscape
irrigation uses, while reserving potable
drinking water for uses like cooking,
showering, laundry, and of course, drinking.

Figure 3 in the Citywide Recycling Water
Demand and Southwest Recycling Water
System Analysis (2019) shows the extension of
recycled water into the Plan Area, as needed.

The extension is identified as the Southwest
(SW) Industrial Segments. Since this is as
needed, there are no projected start and
completion dates set to expand recycled
water to the Plan Area.

Irrigation
The FID was formed in 1920 as the successor
to the privately owned Fresno Canal and Land
Company. The District FID purchased all the
rights and property of the company which
included over 800 miles of canals and
distribution
works constructed between
1850 and 1880 and the extensive water rights
on the Kings River. Their purpose since the
beginning has been to focus on the delivery of
surface water to customers in the agricultural,
municipal, industrial, and environmental
sectors of the Central Valley. The main
headquarters for the FID is in the Plan Area
(see the Regional and State Agencies section
discussed earlier in Section 7.2 for more
information).

The FID serves over 200,000 acres of prime
agricultural farmland and the metropolitan
area of Fresno and Clovis. They deliver
surface water to the cities’ respective water
treatment plants and divert storm water
flood flows. These operations occur in FID
canals and pipelines throughout its District.

They also import Kings River water and some
San Joaquin River water into the region for
groundwater recharge and banking in ponding
basins. Over the years, the FID has built about
870 acres of groundwater recharge facilities
which have recharged over 500,000 acre-
feet of water into the aquifer since 2005. In
the Plan Area, the FID has one recharge basin,
North Central No. 180, located on the east side
of Elm Avenue midway between North and
Central Avenues.

The FID also has many canals within the Plan
Area as shown in Figure 7-6. The facilities
include: Braly No. 14, Washington Colony No.
15, Oleander N. Br. No. 17, Washington Colony
N. Br. No. 20, Washington Colony S. Br. No. 22,
Central No. 23, Fresno Colony No. 24, Viau No.
25, North Central No. 26, American Colony No.
27, Wilson No. 230, Storey No. 237, Benefield
No. 239, and Wilder No. 289. Most, if not all,
of these facilities precede City development
and/or roads. The FID canals range from
smaller diameter pipelines to large open
canals. In most cases, the existing facilities
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Fuerza Del Calvario
Pentecostal Church
La Casa de Oracion of Fresno
Asamblea of Dios
Gurdwara Nanaksar
Sahib Sikh temple
Wat Ratanak Modol
Department of Motor Vehicles
Commercial Test Center
Kings River Conservation District (KRCD)
Fresno Irrigation District (FID) Headquarters
PG&E Substation
- Malaga
Planned PG&E Substation
PG&E Substation - California Ave
Deliverance Temple
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South Central Specific Plan (SCSP)
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Fresno City Limits
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Fuerza Del Calvario
Pentecostal Church
La Casa de Oracion of Fresno
Asamblea of Dios
Gurdwara Nanaksar
Sahib Sikh temple
Wat Ratanak Modol
Department of Motor Vehicles
Commercial Test Center
Kings River Conservation District (KRCD)
Fresno Irrigation District (FID) Headquarters
PG&E Substation
- Malaga
Planned PG&E Substation
PG&E Substation - California Ave
Deliverance Temple
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Existing Religious Institutions
Existing Public Facilities
Planned PG&E Substations
Fresno Sphere of Influence Fresno
City Limits
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lines will need to be added underground.

It is important to note that PG&E is
committed to achieving a net-zero energy
system by 2040. To deliver on this goal it
will need to evolve the natural gas system to
integrate cleaner fuels and increase future
development reliability on electric energy
wherever possible. Also, PG&E is committed
to reducing methane emissions from the gas
system by 45% by 2030 which will require
highly effective leak detection and repair
technologies. In April 2023, two years ahead
of schedule, PG&E has already achieved
their 2025 goal of 20% emission reduction
from natural gas operations. PG&E’s net-zero
energy system goal by 2040 aligns with the
2040-year life of this Plan. PG&E envisions
that in the years to come new building
development and operations will utilize
electricity wherever possible, necessary gas
lines (existing and new) will deliver cleaner
fuels rather than fossil fuel, and gas pipelines
(existing and new) will have reduced or no
methane emission leaks.

7.4 Solid Waste
Commercial and Industrial
In 2011, the City of Fresno granted franchises
for non-exclusive roll off services to 16 roll off
companies for bins which were capacities of 10
cubic yards or greater. The City also granted
exclusive franchise agreements for the
collection of commercial solid waste,
recyclables, and green waste to two
franchises. Allied Waste
Services (formally
Republic) is responsible for all commercial
services north of Ashlan Avenue. Mid V
alley
has all commercial locations south of Ashlan.

Both
haulers are responsible for Commercial,
and Industrial up to capacities of 8 cubic yards

or less, which fall
into City of Fresno
jurisdiction.

Garbage disposed of is taken to Cedar Avenue
Recycling and Transfer Station (CARTS).

Once trash has been off-loaded at the transfer
station, it is sorted and non-recyclable solid
waste is loaded onto large trucks and taken to
the American Avenue Landfill. Commercial
green waste and organics are delivered to Elm
Avenue Recycling, transferred to the Kerman
facility, and then composted with organic
compost, which is then used by organic farms
in the region. Recycling is delivered to Elm
Avenue Recycling.

Within the Plan Area, if existing commercial,
and industrial land in Fresno’s SOI is annexed
into the city limits or new commercial and
industrial sites are built, the franchises will
expand their service area to cover the solid
waste disposal needs of these new customers.

Residential
The City of Fresno Department of Public
Utilities (DPU) - Solid Waste Management
Division is responsible for the collection
of municipal solid waste, recyclables,
green waste, and Operation Clean Up for
approximately 121,000 residential customers.

The Division also has oversight of litter
collection and solid waste-related FresGO
customer service responses for 103 square
miles
within the Fresno city limits. These
collection activities produce approximately
5,300
tons of material each week. Once a year,
residents are allowed to place items too large
for regular trash collection at the curb for
pickup through Operation Clean Up.

The City provides residents with three
96-gallon bins carts as a basic level of service:
one
cart bin for trash (gray), one for recyclables
(blue), and one for green waste (green). All
carts bins are emptied on the same day by
collection trucks.

The Plan Area is divided into
two service zones. The majority is served on
Fridays and the portion north of Golden State
Blvd and east of Orange Ave is served on
Thursdays.

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For residential customers with disabilities or
medical conditions that prevent them from
handling their bins carts , drivers will roll out
bins carts and return them to their original
location.

Garbage disposed is taken to Cedar Avenue
Recycling and Transfer Station (CARTS) which
is located in the Plan Area. Once trash has
been off-loaded at the transfer station, it is
sorted, and then non-recyclable solid waste is
loaded onto large trucks and
taken to the
American Avenue Landfill which is located
approximately 19 miles west of the Fresno city
limits in Fresno County. Green waste is
delivered to either Earthwise/Green Valley
Recycling or West Coast Waste located near
the Plan Area. Recycling is delivered to both
CARTS and Elm Avenue Recycling located in
and near the Plan Area respectively. The
American Avenue Landfill expected closure
date is November 15, 2044, four years beyond
the life of this Plan.

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW), which is
any product that is labeled as harmful, toxic,
poisonous,
combustible, corrosive, flammable,
or irritant, is not collected by the City. Many
household products are made of harmful
chemicals and
these products must be used
carefully and disposed of properly. Fresno
County provides HHW disposal services at the
Fresno HHW Facility and at approved drop-off
locations. The City of Fresno and Fresno
County
hold two (HHW) drop-off events each
year, one in the spring and one in the fall.

The City created the Beautify Fresno program
in 2021 to improve the City of Fresno’s “curb
appeal” through the coordinated delivery
of existing City resources
to eliminate
trash, graffiti, and blight, and by creating
community-based cleanup and beautification
projects. In FY 2023,
the Beautify Fresno
program hosted 118 cleanup and
beautification
events, with over 8,500
volunteers and 210
groups picking up more than 100,000 pounds
of trash, removing graffiti, and planting
hundreds of trees. Some of these events
occurred in the Plan Area.

Within the Plan Area, if existing residential
land in Fresno’s SOI is annexed into the city
limits or new residential homes are built, the
City’s Solid Waste Management Division
will expand it service area to cover the solid
waste disposal needs of these new residential
customers.

7.5 Public Facilities
Parks and Open Space
The City is dedicated to improving access to
parks and open spaces to enhance the health
and quality of life of the community. See
Figure 7-5 for all existing and planned parks
and open space in and adjacent to the Plan
Area. Currently, there are no parks within the
Plan Area. Outside the Plan Area
there are
three parks that are within 0.5 mile of the
Plan Area and they
are Almy Park, Mary Ella
Brown Park, and Mosqueda Park.

In December 2014, tThe adopted General Plan
set minimum level of service goals at three
acres per 1,000 residents for pocket,
neighborhood, and community parks, and
two acres per 1,000 residents for regional,
open space/natural areas,
and special use
parks. In December 2017, the City adopted
the Parks Master Plan,
which articulateds a
vision for improving Fresno’s parks and open
space system and identifieds park needs
through gap analysis mapping and population
estimates. In Table 6.3 of the Parks Master
Plan,
represents the Plan Area as having an
existing need for three acres of pocket,
neighborhood, and/or community parks, and
two acres of regional, open space, and/or
special parks.

Three acres of planned park
space is identified southwest of the Elm and
North Avenues intersection. Future
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planning for the park will follow the guidance
of the Parks Master Plan.

Schools
Fresno City College (FCC) has a Career and
Technology Center on the south side of
A
nnadale between East and Cherry Avenues.

This center provides hands-on education for
a career in auto collision repair, maintenance
mechanic, and or warehouse technician. See
Figure 7-8.

In January 2024, the State Center Community
College District (SCCCD) opened the new
First Responders Campus, bringing together
all Fresno City College first responder
certificate programs in
to one location. These
include the Fire and Police Academies,
Advanced Officer Tr aining, State Fir e Training
courses, the Probation Academy, the Juvenile
Corrections Academy, and the Emergency
Medical Technician program (EMT). There are
two three Associate Degree programs
currently offered in the Fire Technology
Department, and a third will be added in the
Fall of 2024. The 40-acre site is at 3300 East
North
Avenue (northwest corner of North and
Willow). The facility features state-of-the-art
training tools including training structures, a
scenario
village, simulation technology for
scenario-based training, a fitness room, a
running track, a mat room, clinical skills
training suites, and a driving pad.

Figure 7-8 also shows the K-12 school district
boundaries K
-12 school district boundaries
that intersect with the Plan Area. There is one
elementary/middle school in the Plan Area.

Orange Center Elementary School is located
on the east side of Cherry Avenue, between
Central and North Avenues. The school is
comprised of kindergarten through eighth
grade. For grades ninth through twelfth the
students attend Washington Union High
School. The
population in the Plan Area is projected to
increase very little, if at all, between 2022 and
2040, therefore there is no plan at this time for
a new K-12 school in the Plan Area.

The Orange Center School District, which
is comprised of this one school, is planning
renovation to and modernization of its existing
campus
to address new programs, such as
universal Kindergarten, which require new
facilities and updated technology. Additionally,
as mentioned in Chapter 6, there is a lack of
complete sidewalks, which results in hazards
to pedestrians, particularly to children around
neighborhood schools. Safety improvements
in the public right-of-way such as the addition
of sidewalks and bike lanes will help ensure
students in the Plan Area have a safe route
to
school.

Religious Institution
The Plan Area has five religious institutions
(
See Figure 7-7). There is the Fuerza Del
Calvario Pentecostal Church on Central
Avenue in the Daleville Neighborhood. La Casa
de Oracion of Fresno Asamblea of Dios at the
southeast corner of Calwa Avenue and 10th
Street in the Calwa neighborhood. Deliverance
Temple is located on North Avenue, just west
of Cherry Avenue.. Gurdwara Nanaksar Sahib
Sikh temple, a temple, multi-purpose center,
and dormitory, is located at the southeast
corner of North and Cherry Avenues. Wat
Ratanak Modol, a budhist temple, is located at
the northeast corner of North and Chestnut
Avenues. Though there are no new religious
institutions churches planned, they are
permitted in all of
the zone districts in the Plan
Area except Heavy Industrial.

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Balderas
Elementary
West Fresno
Elementary
Juan Felipe
Herrera
Elementary
Fresno
Pacific
University
Fresno USD -
Calwa (EOC)
Edison High
Kirk
Elementary
Vang Pao
ElementaryLincoln
Elementary
Malaga
Elementary
Sequoia Middle
King
Elementary
W.E.B. DuBois Public
Charter
Elizabeth
Terronez
Middle
West Fresno Middle
Aynesworth
Elementary
Rutherford
B. Gaston
Sr. Middle
Orange
Center
Elementary
Edith B.

Storey
Elementary
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Existing Schools
FCC Career & Technology Center
SCCCD First Responder Center
Fowler Unified
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SCCCD First Responder
Fowler
Fresno
Sanger
Washington Union
Orange Center School District
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Regional and State Agencies
There are three regional and State agency
facilities in the Plan Area (See Figure 7-7).

The State of California, Department of Motor
Vehicles, Commercial Test Center is located
on the south side of North Avenue between
Cherry and East Avenues. Built in 2012, this
facility provides commercial vehicle driver
testing, records retention, and license
issuance.

The Fresno Irrigation District (FID)
Headquarters is located on the east side of
Maple Avenue between North and Annandale
Avenues. This facility was originally built
in 1954 and in 2011 some buildings were
demolished, some were built, and landscaping
was improved. The FID protects and manages
surface and groundwater resources within
their District boundary which includes the Plan
Area.

The Kings River Conservation District (KRCD)
Office is located on the south side of Jensen
Avenue, just east of Chestnut Avenue.

Established in 1951, the KRCD is a regional
water resource management agency for the
Kings River servicing agriculture, business, and
residents. Their service area includes the Plan
Area.

No new land is allocated for future
government facilities and offices, but they are
allowed within Light and Heavy Industrial as
well as Business Park and Regional Business
Park zoning within the Plan Area.

Law Enforcement
Within the Plan Area, three agencies provide
police protection services: the City of Fresno
Police Department, the Fresno County
Sheriff’s Office and the California Highway
Patrol (CHP). See Figure 7-9 for service
boundaries and office locations.

The Fresno Police Department provides a
full range of services and consists of four
divisions: Support, Investigations, Patrol, and
Administration. The Patrol Division is divided
into fi
ve policing districts, two of which serve
the Plan Area: Southwest Policing District
and Southeast Policing District. The Fresno
Police Department has one headquarters in
Downtown Fresno and operates
five district
substations, none of which are in the Plan Area.

The nearest district substation to the Plan Area
is in Southwest Fresno, located at 1211 Fresno
Street and the other is in the southeast located
at 224 S. Argyle.

The Fresno Police Department has a target
staf
fing ratio of 1.5 unrestricted officers per
1,
000 residents. Infrastructure such as cars,
equipment, and office space are also needed
to support new services. As Fresno’s city limits
expand, so will the need for law enforcement
and crime prevention services. More calls
for service will lead to increased staffing and
in
frastructure needs.

The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office provides
la
w enforcement and crime prevention
services to the unincorporated portions of
Fresno County and is divided into four Patrol
Areas. The Plan Area is located within Patrol
Area 2. The Patrol Area 2 Sheriff’s Office is
located at 1129 N Armstrong Avenue, just off
SR-180 and Belmont Avenue in southeast
Fresno. As county of Fresno land is annexed
into the city of Fresno, more responsibility for
law enforcement in the Plan Area will shift to
the Fresno Police Department and away from
the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office. As this
happens, and so staffing and infrastructure
needs for the Sheriff’s Office within the Plan
Area will decrease.

Ventura
Jensen
Cedar
Ventura
Van Ness
Peach
Thorne
Chestnut
Tulare
Cherry
Fig
Annadale
Clovis
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Fresno
Tuolumne
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First
Fruit
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Maple
Malaga
California
Maple
Elm
Walnut
North
Church
Kings Canyon
East
Willow
Orange
Parkway
American
Central
Minnewawa
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Southwest
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a CHP Patrol Office in the Plan Area and it
is located at 1380 E Fortune Avenue on the
northwest corner of East Fortune and South
Orange Avenues.

Fire Protection
Within the Plan Area, two agencies provide
fire protection services: the Fresno City Fire
Department and the Fresno County Fire
Protection District. See Figure 7-10 for service
boundaries and office locations.

There are two fire stations located in the Plan
Area. The Fresno City Fire Department Station
7 is located at 2571 S. Cherry Avenue just north
of Jensen Avenue and the Fresno County
Fire Protection District Station 87 is located
at 4706 E Drummond Avenue just southeast
of the intersection of Jensen and Maple
Avenues. The Plan Area is serviced by both
Fire Stations 7 and 87. The City and cCounty
have a cooperative agreement to ensure fire
service to the entire Plan
Area.

The Fresno City Fire Department provides
fire suppression and prevention, hazardous
materials mitigation, and emergency medical
services. The Fresno City Department aims
to provide response to the scene of an
emer
gency within 4 minutes of the time the
station receives notification. In 2022, the
Fresno City Fire Department was able to
respond to structure fires within 4 minutes
76% of the time, and to calls for medical aid
within 4 minutes 6
1% of the time. Station 7 had
2,840 responses to calls for services making
them the 9th busiest fire station out of the 21
in the city.

The Fresno City Fire Department relies
on several factors to determine the need
for new fire facilities. In the Plan Area, the
Fresno City Fire Department has planned to
construct a new fire facility in the vicinity of
North and Orange Avenues. As new
development is constructed, fees will be
collected to ensure the fire facility is built to
serve the Plan Area.

The City has considered development of
a new fire station near North and Orange
Avenues; however, project level planning has
not begun.

As land in
the county of Fresno is annexed into
the city of
Fresno, more responsibility for
providing fire protection in
the Plan Area will
shift to the Fresno City Fire Department and
away from the Fresno County Fire Protection
District
. As this happens and so staffing and
infrastructure needs for the Fresno County
Fire Protection District within the Plan Area
will decrease.
7 .6 Communications
Telecommunications
AT&T, Comcast, and Xfinity (all AT&T
companies) provide telephone, fiber, and
cable services to the Plan Area. AT&T is the
largest provider of cellular and fixed
telephone services. Telephone lines are
located throughout the Plan Area.

Intelligent Transportation System
Fresno’s Intelligent T
ransportation System
(ITS) is a state-of-the-art technology that
monitors, models, and coordinates traffic. It
connects the City’s Traffic Operations Center
to a fiber optic network for efficient citywide
traffic coordination. In Fresno,
ITS has helped
to reduce commute
times up to 18% and
reduce the resulting emissions of Volatile
Organic Compounds (VOC), Nitrogen Oxide
(NOX), and Greenhouse Gasses (CO2). See
Figure 7-11 for the existing and planned ITS
fiber optic network in the Plan Area.

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The fiber optic network in Fresno includes
miles of fiber optic cable that connect to the
busiest intersections and are buried under the
ground. The Traffic Operation Center provides
a single location to manage the fiber optic
cable traffic routes. Computerized traffic
controllers control traffic signal timing to
optimize traffic flow at intersections and traffic
timing down major streets. Internet Protocol
Cameras are set up at major intersections to
receive “real” time traffic levels to help signal
coordination. Vehicle sensors are embedded
in the pavement or mounted above to provide
vehicle volume, speed, traffic counts, and
accurate time of traffic signals.

Fiber Optic Broadband
The term broadband commonly refers
to high-speed internet access that is always
on and faster than the traditional dial-up
access. Broadband provides internet access
via multiple types of technologies including
fiber optics, wireless, cable, and satellite. The
difference between traditional broadband and
fiber optic broadband is mainly that fiber optic
broadband is much more efficient, reliable,
and faster.

Fiber optics, or optical fiber, refers to the
technology that transmits information as light
pulses along a glass or plastic fiber. The fiber
optic broadband connection uses optical fiber
for transmission of data. Essentially WiFi is a
wireless connection in a home or business,
that connects a phone or computer to a
modem/router, while broadband is the actual
internet connection that a modem/router
uses to send and receive data from a home or
business to the wider world.

The fiber optic cables are deployed aerially
or underground, The preferred method is
in conduits underground where fiber optic
cable is protected from the above ground
elements. The City owns or has the right to
use a relatively large amount of infrastructure
that can be leveraged for advancing
broadband. As represented in Figure 7-12,
taken from the City of Fresno Broadband
Strategic Plan (2023), Fresno owns or has
access to approximately 93.2 miles of existing
ITS fiber optic cables
in underground conduits (shown in black) and
about 19.8 miles of existing underground
conduit placed as part of other projects
(shown in purple) that fiber optic cabling
could be added
to used to expand the
broadband network in Fresno.

Fresno’s Broadband Gaps
As part of the Broadband Strategic Plan, an
analysis was done on Fresno’s broadband
market and the results identified the following
four broadband-related gaps:

1. Lack of Competitive Broadband
Providers.

2. Lack of Data Centers and Interconnect
Facilities.

3. Lack of Digital Infrastructure in the South
Central Focus Area.

4. Lack of Internet Access Among a Portion
of Fresno Households.

GAP 3 – Lack of Digital Infrastructure in
South Central Focus Area
The Broadband Strategic Plan analysis shows
that the Plan Area is in need of requisite digital
infrastructure to facilitate the Plan’s goals of
improving quality of life, maximizing economic
benefit, and reducing environmental impact.

Economic viability can be supported with
high-speed broadband through a robust fiber
optic network that attracts and retains living-
wage employers in advanced manufacturing,
technology, logistics and other industries
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and should be a top priority equal to other
utilities (e.g., water, electricity and sanitation).

Businesses and residents will be less likely to
relocate to an area that lacks high speed
internet access,
and many businesses also
prefer redundant connections from two
separate service providers. Fiber optic
broadband should form
the foundation for the
Plan Area’s digital infrastructure.

In the Plan Area, the Broadband Strategic Plan
recommends that the City use three two
methods
to deploy broadband (see Figure 7-13):
existing underground ITS fiber optic cables
conduit structure (shown in blue) , and
proposed new underground fiber optic
broadband cables
(shown in orange). The 2022 estimated
cost for adding fiber cabling to the existing
conduit structure is $469,
150 and to add new
underground conduit structure with fiber optic
cabling is $4,541,400 for a total of
$5,010,550.

Internet Availability, Low Speeds, and Lack
of Fiber Optic Broadband Internet Access in
the Plan Area
The Broadband Strategic Plan notes that Fresno
residents lacking broadband access are not
constrained by service availability, as the
entirety of the city has access from either
Comcast or AT&T or through a wireless provider.

However, only 20% of the city has access to
direct fiber optic broadband and multi-gigabit
providers, and Federal and State resources
reveal internet speed deficits in parts of
Fresno
and especially within the Plan Area. The National
Technology and Information Administration
mapping of areas in Fresno reveal large portions
of
the Plan Area that are below the Federal
Communication Commission’s minimum 25
Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload speeds.

More critically,
the California Broadband Map710
shows the majority
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of the Plan Area does not meet the California
minimum standard of 100 Mbps download
and 100 Mbps upload speeds.

Middle-Mile Broadband
On the horizon, Fresno may also experience
broadband expansion efforts by the state
of California. The Middle-Mile Broadband
Initiative (MMBI), formerly called the Golden
State Middle Mile Network,
is a planned state-
owned network that is still in the design
stages. The MMBI will connect the State of
California allowing for municipalities to more
efficiently access points of presence and data
centers across the state, and ultimately
anywhere in the world. These connections will
give all areas of California the tools for
economic development to attract companies
and employers who can remain connected to
any network in the world through the internet.

Fresno is
well-positioned to leverage its
existing public assets, secure state and federal
broadband grants to expand its network, and
utilize the future MMBI in order to meet its
municipal and community needs in the 21st
Century. Expanding the City-owned fiber
optic broadband network is the linchpin to
connecting
the city and county of Fresno to
the state middle mile network. By focusing
efforts on implementing fiber-optic
broadband networks in the Plan Area the City
can
take the lead in addressing the digital
divide experienced within the Plan Area and
close the gap on the last mile of connectivity
that is still lacking in Fresno.

Digital Divide
The term Digital Divide describes how a
population’s lack of internet access often
results in a widening disparity gap of
opportunity and income within underserved
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CHAPTER 8:

IMPLEMENTATION
Fresno Municipal Code Section 15-104. These
regulations do not supersede regulations for
legal non-conforming uses, structures, site
features or lots, as described in Chapter 15,
Article 4 of the Fresno Municipal Code.

The North Ave Industrial
Triangle Specific Plan
(NAITSP), adopted in 1973, has a plan area
located within this Plan Area. Therefore, the
NAITSP, will be repealed with the adoption of
this Plan to avoid overlap and confusion. The
Roosevelt Community Plan (RCP), adopted
in 1992, overlaps with this Plan Area. Upon
adoption, this Plan will replace the overlapping
portion of the RCP.

8.2 California Environmental
Quality Act
The environmental analysis for the Plan is
contained in a separate document entitled,
“Final Environmental Impact Report for the
South Central Specific Plan.” This
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) includes
an assessment of the potentially significant
environmental impacts, measures for
mitigating the impacts, and analysis of
project
alternatives. Upon certification of the
Final EIR by resolution, the mitigation
measures identified in the Final EIR are
adopted and incorporated into this Plan. The
EIR will be presented with the Plan for
consideration of certification by resolution.

8.1 Introduction
This Plan is intended to serve as the primary
regulatory guide for preserving and enhancing
the 5,567-acre South Central Fresno Plan
Area.

It establishes the basic policies, land use
pattern, standards for development,
circulation network, infrastructure system,
environmental measures, and implementation
requirements for
the future. Upon adoption by
resolution, this Plan will amend the General
Plan to provide consistency and any land
within the city limits will be rezoned by
ordinance to match the new planned land use
designation. Upon adoption of the Plan, a
concurrent amendment to the Development
Code by ordinance will be presented for
consideration to provide consistency with
this Plan. Within 60 days of the effective date
of the Plan, a rezone to apply the SCSP
Overlay Zone District to all parcels within the
Plan Area and a text amendment reflecting the
Plan as adopted will be brought for City
Council consideration. The
text amendment
will include a new South Central Overlay Zone
with development regulations. These
regulations, requirements, and standards will
govern all future private development actions
in the Plan Area, including new construction,
additions, and renovations to existing
structures and/or new land uses proposed for
existing facilities as described in
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A The Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program (MMRP) has been developed as part
of the EIR and will be adopted by resolution
with the Plan. As the Lead Agency, the City of
Fresno will implement the program for the
identified mitigation measures. includes all
mitigation measures adopted with respect to
this Plan and explains how and by whom they
will be implemented and enforced. The MMRP
is included in the Final EIR and is incorporated
by reference.

8.3 Implementing Policies
All new
development projects in the Plan
Area will be reviewed through the lens of the
Plan’s Vision:

The South Central Specific Plan Area
is characterized by development that
maximizes economic benefit with job
growth for residents, while reducing
impacts on the environment, and
improving quality of life.

To achieve this Vision, the following Guiding
Principles have been established to guide new
development in the Plan Area:

1. Being a Good Neighbor

2. High Intensity Land Uses in the Core

3. Diverse Employment

4. Buffers for Existing Residents

5. Avoid Environmental and Neighborhood
impacts

6. Highways 99 and 41 as Gateways.

The Plan Policies serve as tools for
implementing the Plan’s Vision and Guiding
Principles. This section outlines four
approaches to policy implementation:

1. Policy Implementation through
Development Code Amendment

2. Policy Implementation that is Existing
or Underway

3. Policy Implementation to Pursue after
Adoption of the Plan

4. Policy Implementation through EIR
Mitigation Measures
All of the policies can be found in Chapter 3 of
this Plan. Not all of the policies are identified
under the four approaches.

This chapter provides a framework for
implementation. Even though parts of
it provide specific details, it is still just a
framework. It is fully expected that as
conditions and market forces change over
time, the City may adjust the details as needed
to keep working towards the vision for South
Central Fresno. Implementation of policies are
subject to available resources, staff capacity
and availability, funding, and priorities of
decision makers among other things.

1. Policy Implementation through
Development Code Amendment
The new South Central Overlay Zone and
development regulations for this Plan will
fully implement the following policies once
adopted.

Trucks
Establish and enforce truck routes to
avoid neighborhoods and consider
existing roadway capacities and
conditions.

Ensure truck routes are safe for
pedestrians and bicyclists.

Limit truck idling times.

Air Quality
Require the implementation of dust
reduction measures near sensitive
uses, including the installation of wind
barriers and regular street sweeping.

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Vehicle/Equipment and Operation
Standards
Increase electric vehicle charging
stations and alternative fuel stations.

Seek out funding sources to assist
warehouses and industrial uses to
transition to near-zero emissions
technology.

Ensure loading docks and emission-
generating equipment are located
away from homes and schools.

Incentivize all construction equipment
to follow the “Construction Clean
Fleet” standards as identified by
the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution
Control District under Rule 9510
Indirect Source Review (ISR).

Noise
Require the protection of noise-
impacted areas through effective
noise mitigation measures such as
barriers, berms, design and placement
of buildings, sound absorbing
materials, and vegetation.

Green Barriers/Tree Coverage/
Beautification
Require buffers between new
industrial development and existing
neighborhoods.

Require the installation of solid
barriers or vegetative buffers between
emissions sources and schools,
daycares, medical offices, and homes.

R
equire increased coverage of parking
lots to avoid the “heat island effect”.

Establish landscaping and site design
standards for new businesses and
industry, especially next to existing
neighborhoods.

Energy and Green Building
Require the reduction of energy
consumption and promote energy
efficiency through building design/
operation standards, and incentive
programs.

Encourage installation of solar panels,
battery storage, and zero-emission
backup electricity generators at
distribution centers.

2. Policy Implementation that is
Existing or Underway
Trucks
Establish and enforce truck routes to
avoid neighborhoods and consider
existing roadway capacities and
conditions.

Ensure truck routes are safe for
pedestrians and bicyclists.

Limit truck idling times.

Policies T-1, T-2, and T-3 will be implemented
by the Public Works Department through the
South Central Fresno AB617 Community
Truck Reroute Study, scheduled for adoption
in mid- 2024. Recommendations that result
from this Study shall be adopted by reference
in this Plan.

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The South Central Fresno AB617 Community
Truck Reroute Study has been completed and
the City plans to submit for consideration a
resolution
to the City Council for acceptance
in late 2024. At the same time the City plans to
submit for consideration an ordinance to the
City Council for approval of the addition and
removal of truck routes from the official list of
designated truck routes under provisions of
Section 14-1303 of the Fresno Municipal Code.

Approximately 39 net truck route miles are
recommended for removal. Within
the Plan
Area, planned truck routes along Elm, Cherry,
East, and Central Avenues are proposed to be
removed as well as existing truck routes on
Golden State Boulevard and Chestnut Avenue.
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Public Transit
Expand bus area service and
frequency.

Provide van shuttles, transit and
carpool incentives, and bicycle
parking for employees.

The FAX Department and Fresno COG have
already taken steps to implement policies T-4
and T-5 by extending Route 34 into the Plan
Area in August 2023, and establishing it as the
4th high frequency route with 15-minute
headways
through the city. Provisions for
bicycle parking are required in all new
developments per the Development Code,
California Building Code, and Cal-Green Code.

Fresno COG, through Measure-C funding,
provides commuter and farm
worker van
pool subsidies as well as carpool incentives.

The City will continue to support Measure
C, enforce California Code of Regulations,
and
work with Fresno COG, employers,
employees, and residents in the Plan Area to
improve public transit as the area expands
with new development.

Roadway Improvements
Help school districts implement a “safe
routes to school” program.

Build, repair and maintain roads in
good condition.

Consider traffic calming studies.

Install traffic control or traffic safety
measures to include bike lanes.

Install street lighting for public safety
and visibility.

Install crosswalks and traffic calming
measures near schools.

Improve and maintain sidewalks.

The Public Works Department along with
developers and schools will implement
roadway improvement policies T-6 through
T-13. T
hese policies will be addressed as new
land is annexed into the city, new development
is proposed
within the Plan Area, funding is
sought/granted, and ATP and Complete Street
improvements are implemented. Repair and
maintenance of roads will occur on a life-c ycle
basis and as funding is available.

The City’s Safer Routes to School Resolution
(2020) will lead to prioritizing funding for
sidewalks where there are gaps between
neighborhoods and schools. Upon annexation
into the city, the In
the Plan Area, there is a land
gap between Orange Center Elementary
School and the Daleville neighborhood. When
the land in this gap is voluntarily annexed into
the city, it can be assessed for improvements
to include such as Class IV protected bikeways
and sidewalks.

The Draft South Central Fresno AB 617
Community Truck
Reroute Study developed a
toolkit of strategies to address roadway
improvements in the Plan Area which include
new sidewalks, crosswalks, bike
lanes, roadway
repaving, and traffic calming. It identifies
specific locations for these improvements,
provides a prioritization framework, and
includes funding strategies.

The City’s Systematic Local Roadway Safety
Plan (2020) analyzed transportation safety,
roadway improvements were identified to
reduce collisions, and a vision and goals for
transportation safety were established. Based
on an annualized collision severity score,
the
top 20 high risk corridors and intersections in
Fresno were determined, and none were in the
Plan
Area. There were half mile segments and
intersections in the Plan Area that scored high
for vehicle crash severity. The Safety Plan also
provides a summary of prioritized
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systematic treatments and proposed
countermeasures that could be useful to refer
to for improvements in the Plan Area. Of the
measures provided, the following pertain to
traffic calming and pedestrian and bike safety:
• Road diet (reduce travel lanes from 4 to
3 and add a two-way left-turn and bike
lanes).
• Install high-visibility crosswalk markings.
• Install raised medians (refuge islands).
• Install pedestrian crossings at uncontrolled
locations (signs and markings only).
• Install advanced yield signs.
• Install intersection lighting.

Vehicle/Equipment and Operation
Standards
Consider construction of near zero
fueling stations (i.e. CNG/Hydrogen).

The City has three CNG Public Fueling
Stations open for public use in the city of
Fresno and one is located adjacent to the Plan
Area at the PG&E Fresno Service Center at
3754 E California Ave.

Light and Glare
Require the incorporation of measures
such as shielding or dimming to reduce
outdoor lighting impacts.

Coordinate with Tree Fresno on a
Community Landscapes Plan.

The Public Works Department is currently
working on an Urban Forest Management
Plan. The Urban Forest Management Plan will
help guide the city for the next 40 years on
the maintenance and management of
Fresno’s urban forest. The urban forest is all of
the trees that grow on private property, streets,
parks, and other natural areas.

The City of Fresno Urban Forest Management
Plan (UFMP) was adopted in May 2024. The
UFMP provides a framework to track and
effectively manage the urban forest in Fresno
over the long term. It includes existing tree
inventory analysis, canopy cover assessment,
guiding principles, strategies and actions.

Planting 3,447 new trees per year over 20
years to achieve 20% canopy cover goals is
one key action identified.

In Spring 2023, the SJVAPCD awarded Tree
Fresno with $2 million in grant funding to
implement urban greening and vegetative
barrier projects throughout the South Central
Fresno AB 617 boundary area which includes
the Plan Area (see Figure 1-7). The greening
project is part of the California Climate
Investments, a statewide initiative that puts
Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing
greenhouse gas, strengthening the economy,
and improving public health – particularly in
disadvantaged communities. The project will
fund 1,200 trees for private residents, 500
trees for public areas, and additional trees for
vegetative barriers.

Founded in 1985, T
ree Fresno is a 501 (c)
(3) non-profit organization that has planted
over 53,000 trees throughout the central San
Joaquin Valley. Trees have been planted by a
variety of community partnerships including
grants from Cal Fire, the California High-
Speed Rail Authority, the California Air
Resources Board, the San Joaquin Valley Air
Pollution Control District, and many individual
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All new development in the Plan Area must
be consistent with sSections 15-2508,
Lighting and Glare and 15-2015, Outdoor
Lighting and Illumination of the Fresno
Municipal Code.

Additional requirements can
be found in the EIR mitigation measures.

Green Barriers/Tree Coverage/
Beautification
Create a Green Street Tree Planting
Program, prioritizing areas with few trees.

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donors and volunteers. The majority of Tree
Fresno’s planting work currently is targeted
in South Central Fresno.

Energy and Green Building
Incentivize private solar installations
by providing information about
financing and by expediting the
permit process.

The Planning and Development Department
has expedited plan review and approval
process for solar panels. For residential
there is a three business day approval or
instantaneous approval through the third party
SolarAPP+ application. For multi-family and
non-residential solar panel projects the City
provides a fourteen business day approval.

Water
Protect groundwater and surface
water by regulating sewage disposal
facilities and preventing contaminating
uses.

Identify funding tools to expand water
system access in and near the plan
area.

Require new development to
implement water conservation
measures and to contribute towards
expanded and upgraded facilities.

The Public Utilities Department regulates the
City’s sewer disposal facilities, water mains
have been expanded into neighborhoods in
the Plan Area including those located in the
County, and developers’ fees pay for water
facility expansion.

Solid Waste and Illegal Dumping
Establish community sanitation
programs to address litter clean-up
and illegal dumping.

The Code Enforcement Division enforces
illegal dumping and the limits the Department
of Public Utilities has regularly scheduled litter
clean-up within the city limits. As land outside
of the city limits and within the Plan Area is
annexed into the city these programs will
expand to those areas.

Economic Development
Coordinate a regional economic
development strategy and monitor
trends, emerging markets, and new
technologies, and the region’s
workforce preparedness programs.

The City currently works regionally on
economic development at the county, Central
Valley, and state levels on these items.

Consider establishing a funding/
grant program for small businesses.

The City is constantly in the process of
examining funding streams to assist small
business.

Internet Access and Computer Literacy
Increase public access to quality
internet service.

Prioritize fiber connectivity in the
Plan Area.

Develop computer literacy programs
and assist with online job applications.

In September 2023, the Information Services
Department applied for funding to the
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Broadband Federal Funding Account Grants to
Support Closing the Digital Divide, a $2 billion
grant focused on building last-mile broadband
internet infrastructure for communities
without access to internet service at sufficient
and reliable speeds. Available The funding is
intended to serve unserved and underserved
areas in every county across California. The
program is an essential component of
delivering fast,
reliable, and affordable broadband
to every Californian.

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3. Policy Implementation to Pursue
After Adoption of the Plan
Noise
Establish noise standards that are
protective of residential and other
noise-sensitive uses.

Identify noise-impacted areas in the
plan area.

The City has noise standards in the Fresno
Municipal Code Section 15-2506, Noise that
all new development must comply with. The
Planning and Development Department will
review these standards for improvements as
part of the General Plan update as well as hire
a consultant
to identify noise-impacted areas
of the city.

Water
Implement a periodic water quality
testing program in areas where
contamination has been an issue.

Seek funding to expand water facilities
to neighbors within the Plan Area.

The Department of Public Utilities will take
responsibility for implementing these policies.

Water mains have been extended to all
neighborhoods in the Plan Area including
those outside the city limits though not all
property owners have chosen to hook up to
them.

Job Training and Employment
Promote job training programs such
as Career Technical Education, adult
education, internships, mentoring, and
apprenticeships including local, state,
and federally approved
apprenticeship programs.

The Economic Development Department is
already doing these activities in conjunction
with education and workforce training.

However, new utilizations in the area may need
new programming to prepare the workforce.

Connect businesses with training,
education, and local community
partners.

Connect residents to existing
training programs and to jobs in their
neighborhoods.

The Economic Development Department
will assist all incoming businesses, including
connections to services and will partner with
the Fresno Regional Workforce Development
Board who has a federally funded team that
works in this space as well.

Locate a new job training center
accessible to job seekers.

Collaborate with Fresno City College
local education institutions to establish
a job training program that can serve
as a source of readily-employable
persons for surrounding businesses.

The Economic Development Department will
take responsibility for implementing these
policies.

Public Noticing
Establish new noticing requirements
for all project types.

The City will evaluate advanced noticing
strategies.

4. Policy Implementation through EIR
Mitigation Measures
Mitigation Measures in the EIR will implement
the following policies once certified:

E-810:

E-911:

E-79:

E-68:

PN-1:

W-2:

W-6:

E-57:

N-1:

N-2:

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Appendix D - Alternatives
Appendix D contains the proposed
Blended, Community and Business
Plan Alternatives Planned Land Use
Maps, Buffer Maps, Acreage Tables, and
Development Standards. Also, included is
the adopted General Plan Planned Land
Use map for comparisons. The alternatives
propose changes to the adopted General
Plan.

Appendix E - Truck Reroute

Study and HIA
Appendix E contains a truck routes
analysis, truck routes map, toolkit,
strategies, regulated areas around
sensitive uses, and an implementation
prioritization framework and health impact
assessment for the AB 617 plan area.

Appendix EF - Hydraulic Analysis
Appendix EF contains a hydraulic analysis
that summarizes the water and sewer
system performance and design criteria,
projects future water demands and sewer
flows, evaluates the adequacy of capacity
for the water distribution and sewer
collection facilities to meet the existing
and projected demands and flows, and
recommends capacity improvements to
mitigate observed deficiencies and service
growth areas.
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GLOSSARY
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Annexation. Annexation is the legal
process of transferring parcels of land from
unincorporated areas of a county into the
service area and jurisdiction (City Limits) of a
city. It is one of the primary means by which
cities grow. Cities annex territory to provide
urbanizing areas with municipal services and
to exercise regulatory authority necessary to
protect public health and safety.

Buffer Standards.

A buffer area is a landscaped
or natural area intended to visibly separate and
screen one use from another to improve land
use compatibility and environmental quality
by reducing noise, lighting glare and other
nuisances, or that facilitates natural drainage
and wildlife movement.

California High-Speed Rail. High-speed rail
service being designed to connect the mega-
regions of California. The system is to run from
San Francisco to the Los Angeles basin in
under three hours at speeds capable of over
200 miles per hour. The system is to eventually
extend to Sacramento and San Diego, totaling
800 miles with up to 24 stations. Initial
operations in the Central Valley are scheduled
to begin between 2030 and 2033.

City (capitalized) and city (non-capitalized).

Capitalized “City” refers to the municipal
entity and its functions as a local government
entity which is also referred to as “City of
Fresno” while non-capitalized “city” refers to
the geographical area or the people of Fresno
which is also referred to as “city of Fresno.”
City Council. The City Council is the legislative
branch of government of the City of Fresno
and, except where expressly limited by the
City Charter, is vested with all legislative
powers in municipal affairs.

City Limits. The incorporated boundaries of
the city of Fresno.

Complete Streets. Streets which are designed
and operated to enable safe, attractive, and
comfortable access and travel for all users,
including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists,
children, seniors, individuals with disabilities,
and users of public transportation.

County (capitalized) and county (non-
capitalized). Non-capitalized county refers
to the geographical area or the people of the
county of Fresno. Capitalized County refers to
the local government which is also referred
to as either the County of Fresno or Fresno
County.

Development Code. Refers to the City of
Fresno Municipal Code, Chapter 15, Citywide
Development Code which contains the
City’s zoning and subdivision regulations and
is the planning, zoning, and development
implementing code.

Downtown. The area in the city of Fresno
bound by State Routes 99, 41 and 180.

Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities
(DUCs). Settled places not within city limits
with at least 15 dwelling units at a density not
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State Route (Officially Known as State
Highway Route). A number assigned to a
California state highway.

Stormwater Runoff. Surplus surface water
generated by rainfall that does not seep into
the earth but flows overland to a watercourse.

Stormwater Management. A coordinated
strategy to minimize the speed and volume
of stormwater runoff, control water pollution,
and maximize groundwater recharge.

Street, Local. Shall mean a street which is not
a major street.

Street, Major. Shall mean a roadway
designated by the General Plan Circulation
Diagram as a Connector, Collector, Arterial,
Super-arterial, Expressway, or State Route.

Traffic Calming. The combination of measures
that reduce the negative effects of motor
vehicle use, alter driver behavior, and improve
conditions for non-motorized street users.

Water Recycling. The reuse of tertiary-treated
wastewater for landscaping, industrial cooling,
irrigation, groundwater recharge, or other
uses.

Zoning Code and Zoning Regulations. See
Development Code.

Zero- or Near Zero-Emission Facilities.

Facilities that utilize and are equipped to
accommodate zero- or near zero-emission
vehicles.

Near-Zero-Emission Vehicle. A vehicle that
utilizes zero-emission technologies, enables
technologies that provide a pathway to zero-
emissions operations, or incorporates other
technologies that significantly reduce
criteria pollutants, toxic air contaminants, and
greenhouse gas emissions, as defined by the
state board in consultation with the State
Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission consistent with
meeting the state’s mid- and long-term air
quality standards and climate goals. California
Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC Section
44258
Zero-Emission V
ehicle. A vehicle that produces
no emissions of criteria pollutants, toxic air
contaminants, and greenhouse gases when
stationary or operating, as determined by the
state board. California Code, Health and Safety
Code - HSC Section 44258

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