January 25, 2024-PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Agenda Action Summary - Planning Commission - January 25, 2024(PDF, 204KB)
CONSENT - AGENDA
No Consent Agenda Items for January 25, 2024
REGULAR - AGENDA
Item 1 - PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the Planning Commission on any matter within the Commission's jurisdiction and not on this Agenda.
Item 2 - Unclassified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3709, Variance Application No. 4112, and Environmental Impact Report No. 8077 filed by OPA PISTACHIOS proposing to allow a pistachio processing facility comprised of a four-phase project consisting of 2 drive-over dumping pits, 2 pre-cleaning areas, 2 huller buildings, 40 dyers with a height of 29 feet, 48 silos with a height of 50 feet and a processing building in the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District, and a Variance to allow the 48 proposed silos to be 50-feet in height and the 2 proposed huller buildings to be 42.5-feet in height (maximum 35-foot allowed) in the AE-20 Zone District, and allow processed water from the proposed facility conveyed via existing subsurface piping to irrigate approximately 3,740 acres of agricultural land owned by the owner. The project site is proposed to be located on a 98-acre portion of a 316.22-acre parcel which contains the 98-acre processing facilities portion of the project is located at the northwest corner of W. Muscat Avenue and S. Newcomb Avenues approximately 9.7 miles south of the City of Firebaugh (APN 019-150-64S), and the 3,760 acres of agricultural land is located approximately two to six miles to the northeast of the project site.
Staff Report(PDF, 9MB)
Presentation(PDF, 4MB)
Item 3 - VARIANCE NO. 4160 and ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW NO. 8524 filed by STEVEN SESOCTI proposing to waive the building height requirements to permit an 89-foot-tall tomato evaporator (35-feet maximum height) for an existing 56.26-acre tomato processing facility in the AE 20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District. The subject parcel is located on the northeast corner of S. Butte Ave. and W. Gale Ave, approximately 2.15-miles southwest from the Unincorporated community of Huron (APN: 075-040-61s) (19800 W. Gale Ave.) (Sup. Dist. 4).
Staff Report(PDF, 3MB)
Presentation(PDF, 1MB)
Item 4 - VARIANCE NO. 4149, DIRECTOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL NO. 4734, and ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW NO. 8364 file by JOHN JENSEN proposing to a Variance to waive road frontage requirements (165-foot minimum) and lot depth ratio requirements necessary to allow a property lot line adjustment reducing APN: 335-090-93 by 1.82-acres (from 17.08-acres to 15.26-acres) and enlarging APN: 335-090-14 by 1.82-acres (from 0.29-acres to 2.11-acres) and consider a Directors Review and Approval to allow an existing 1,248 square feet second residence and an existing 1,412 square feet primary residence on APN: 335-090-14 within the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District. The subject parcels are located on the west side of Maple Avenue, approximately 680 feet north of Sumner Avenue, 2.8-miles south from the City of Fresno (APNs: 335-090-93 and 335-090-14) (7349 S. Maple Ave.) (Sup. Dist. 1).
Staff Report(PDF, 959KB)
Presentation(PDF, 1MB)
Item 5 - Fresno County General Plan Review (General Plan Amendment No. 529 and Amendment Application No. 3862), Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Update (Amendment to Text No 385), Final Program Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2018031066) and Related Documents. The General Plan Review and Zoning Ordinance Update is a County-wide matter.
Staff Report(PDF, 190KB)
Presentation(PDF, 5MB)
Item 6 - POSTPONED VARIANCE NO. 4157 and ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW NO. 8153 filed by JOSE LEON-BARRAZA proposing to allow the creation of a 2.5-acre parcel and a 17.5-acre parcel from an existing 20-acre parcel in the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District. The subject parcel is located east side of S. Temperance Avenue, 0.17-miles south of E. Jensen Avenue, approximately 0.63-miles southwest from the nearest city limits of the City of Fresno (APN: 316-062-02) (2250 S. Temperance Ave.) (Sup. Dist. 4).
This item has been postponed to the February 8, 2024 Fresno County Planning Commission Hearing.
Item 7 - POSTPONED VARIANCE NO. 4099 and INITIAL STUDY NO. 7949 filed by DALE MELL proposing to allow for the reduction of the minimum parcel size requirements to create a 2.18-acre parcel and a 27.76-acre parcel from an existing 29.94-acre parcel in the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District. The subject parcel is located on the northeast corner of E. American Avenue and Navelencia Avenue approximately 3.9 miles west of the city limits of the City of Orange Cove (APN 185-161-47) (22756 E. American Avenue) (Sup. Dist. 4).
This item has been postponed to the February 8, 2024 Fresno County Planning Commission Hearing.
Item 8 - POSTPONED VARIANCE NO. 4141 and INITIAL STUDY NO. 8324 filed by DIRK POESCHEL proposing to allow for the reduction of the minimum parcel size requirements to create a 2.30-acre and a 117.4-acre parcel from an existing 119.7-acre parcel in the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District. The subject parcel is located on the north-east corner of McKinley and Mendocino Avenue., approximately three miles north of the City of Sanger. (APN: 309-070-19) (13948 E. McKinley Ave.) (Sup Dist. 5).
This item has been postponed to the February 8, 2024 Fresno County Planning Commission Hearing.
Item 9 - INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEM:
Report from staff on prior Agenda Items, status of upcoming Agenda, and miscellaneous matters.
-Contact, David Randall (559) 600-4052, email: drandall@fresnocountyca.gov