DATE: December 9, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Fourth Amendment to Extend Creek Fire Disaster Recovery Temporary Housing Urgency Ordinance
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt Fourth Amendment to extend the Interim Urgency Ordinance pursuant to Government Code Section 25123(d) and 25131 authorizing the occupation of temporary housing (including recreational vehicles, travel trailers, and tiny houses) by individuals displaced as a result of Creek Fire disaster from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2026 (4/5 vote).
REPORT
The Creek Fire Disaster Recovery Temporary Housing Urgency Ordinance was adopted by the Board on October 6, 2020, to temporarily modify or suspend various Zoning Ordinance Regulations to provide on-site interim housing for affected Creek Fire residences. The adopted Ordinance was originally set to expire on December 31, 2021, but was extended for an additional year by the Board on December 14, 2021 to December 31, 2022, and then extended again on December 13, 2022 with an expiration of December 31, 2023, unless extended. Subsequently your Board extended the Ordinance by two years on November 7, 2023, with an expiration of December 31, 2025. This proposed fourth amendment extends the Ordinance for one year (December 31, 2026) from the current specified expiration date to allow additional time for those who have not been able to move forward with rebuilding a permanent residence. This item relates to locations in District 5.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may determine not to adopt the proposed fourth amendment to the Urgency Ordinance in which case residents could not occupy their properties until permanent residences were repaired or reconstructed.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action.
DISCUSSION:
The Board declared a local emergency and the Governor proclaimed a state of emergency to exist in Fresno ...
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