DATE: October 20, 2026
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: General Plan Amendment No. 511, Amendment Application No. 3751, Amendment to Text Application No. 363, Classified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3415 and associated Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2007101016) for the Friant Community Plan Update, Friant Ranch Specific Plan and Tertiary-level Wastewater Treatment Facility (Applicant: Friant Ranch, a Limited Partnership)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Adopt Resolution to:
Certify the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for the Friant Ranch Community Plan Update and Friant Ranch Specific Plan Project (Project) and adopt the Statement of Fact, Findings and Overriding Considerations and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan;
Approve the Friant Ranch Community Plan Update by expanding the boundary by adding the 942.2-acre Friant Ranch Specific Plan Area designating the Specific Plan Area (Alternative No. 3) for a variety of residential, commercial, and open space uses, including the alternative wastewater treatment plant location (General Plan Amendment No. 511) as the first amendment of the Fresno County General Plan of 2026; and
Adopt the Friant Ranch Specific Plan (Alternative No. 3) containing goals, policies, implementation measures and development standards for the Specific Plan Area (General Plan Amendment No. 511).
Approve Amendment Application No. 3751 and adopt Ordinance rezoning the Project site to various proposed zone districts, rezone the 7.19-acre “Depot Parcel” from Single-Family Residential Agricultural District (R-A) to General Commercial (C-6), rezone two parcels totaling 6.6 acres from R-A and C-6 to Open Space (OS), and rezone a 106-acre parcel from AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District to OS.
Approve Amendment to Text Application No. 363 - Friant Ranch Zoning Regulations and a...
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