File #: 25-0771   
On agenda: 8/19/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Recommended Action(s)
 		1. Adopt Addendum to Fresno County General Plan Final Program Environmental Impact Report No. 2018031066 pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Section 15164(a); and 2. Adopt Resolution approving General Plan Amendment Application No. 578 updating the Biola Community Plan; and 3. Adopt Ordinance approving Amendment Application No. 3782, thereby rezoning eight parcels from AE (Exclusive Agricultural) Zone Districts to AL (Limited Agricultural) Zone District and six parcels from C-4 (Central Trading) and M-1 (Light Industrial) Zone Districts to R-1 (Single-Family Residential Medium Density) District parcels within the Biola Community Plan; and 4. Designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed Ordinance and direct the Clerk of the Board to post and publish the required summary in accordance with Government Code, Section 25124(b)(1).
Attachments: 1. Agenda Item, 2. Attachment A - Planning Commission Resolution and Staff Report, 3. Attachment B - Biola Community Plan, 4. On file with Clerk - Exhibits 1, and 3-7 of the Planning Commission Staff Report, 5. On file with Clerk - Resolution, 6. On file with Clerk - Ordinance, 7. On file with Clerk - Summary of Ordinance, 8. On file with Clerk - Presentation
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DATE: August 19, 2025

TO: Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White Director
Department of Public Works and Planning

SUBJECT: General Plan Amendment Application No. 578 and Amendment Application No. 3782 (Updating the Biola Community Plan)

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Adopt Addendum to Fresno County General Plan Final Program Environmental Impact Report No. 2018031066 pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Section 15164(a); and

2. Adopt Resolution approving General Plan Amendment Application No. 578 updating the Biola Community Plan; and

3. Adopt Ordinance approving Amendment Application No. 3782, thereby rezoning eight parcels from AE (Exclusive Agricultural) Zone Districts to AL (Limited Agricultural) Zone District and six parcels from C-4 (Central Trading) and M-1 (Light Industrial) Zone Districts to R-1 (Single-Family Residential Medium Density) District parcels within the Biola Community Plan; and

4. Designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed Ordinance and direct the Clerk of the Board to post and publish the required summary in accordance with Government Code, Section 25124(b)(1).
REPORT
Approval of the Recommended Action constitutes approval of the Biola Community Plan Update, and the related Ordinance would amend the zoning for respective parcels to ensure consistency with the Biola Community Plan. This item comes to your Board with a recommendation for approval by the Planning Commission on a unanimous vote. This item pertains to locations within District 1.

Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65358, a General Plan cannot be amended more frequently than four times during the calendar year. If approved, this project represents one of two applications proposed to be included in the Second General Plan Cycle Adoption for 2025. A separate agenda item has been prepared to address the Cycle Adoption requirement and will follow this item. If this item is not approved, no action rel...

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