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HEARING to Consider Plan Amendment and Rezone Application No. P21-01960, Conditional Use Permit Application No. P21-01959, Conditional Use Permit Application No. P21-03251, Planned Development Permit Application No. P21-03252 and related 2026 Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH) No. 2021100443 pertaining to ±22.4 acres of property located on the northeast corner of West Herndon Avenue and North Riverside Drive (Council District 2) - Planning & Development Department. 1. RECOMMEND CERTIFICATION (to the City Council) of the 2026 Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2021100443), for the proposed Costco Commercial Center Project; a. Recommend adoption of the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15091; and, b. Recommend adoption of the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15097; and, 2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application No. P21-01960, requesting authorization to amend the Fresno General Plan and Bullard Community Plan to change the planned land use designation for the subject property from Community Commercial to General Commercial, and reclassify West Herndon Avenue, from North Riverside to North Hayes Avenue, from an Expressway to a Super Arterial; and, 3. RECOMMEND BILL (to the City Council for introduction and adoption) to approve Rezone Application No. P21-01960, requesting authorization to amend the Official Zoning Map of the City of Fresno to rezone the subject property from the CC/EA/UGM/cz (Community Commercial/Expressway Overlay/Urban Growth Management/conditions of zoning) zone district to the CG/UGM/cz (Commercial General/Urban Growth Management/conditions of zoning) zone district in accordance with the Plan Amendment Application; and 4. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Conditional Use Permit Application No. P21-01959, requesting authorization to construct a ±219,216 square-foot Costco warehouse retail building, with a ±4,800 square-foot carwash and a ±13,000 square-foot fuel canopy with 32 fuel pumps, subject to compliance with Draft Conditions of Approval (Exhibit H). 5. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Conditional Use Permit Application No. P21-03251, requesting authorization to establish a State of California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Type 21 alcohol license that will allow the sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits for consumption off the premises where sold, subject to compliance with Draft Conditions of Approval (Exhibit H). 6. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Planned Development Permit Application No. P21-03252, requesting authorization to modify parking lot development standards to allow for 36.5-foot-tall parking lot light fixtures rather than 25-foot-tall fixtures. 7. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of the Fresno Municipal Code Findings pertaining to P21-01959, P21-01960, P21-03251, and P21-03252 attached as Exhibit G

Action Item Agenda Ready Introduced April 1, 2026
Committee
Pending Approval
Requested by
Planning and Development Department
Introduced
April 1, 2026
On agenda
May 6, 2026
Passed
May 6, 2026

Where it was heard

Planning Commission May 6, 2026 APPROVED Pass