2025 Fresno General Plan, Air Quality Policy & the Housing Element
The General Plan provides a blueprint of how the city anticipates directing and managing growth while minimizing potential impacts for existing and future generations. Adopted in November, 2002, the 2025 Fresno General Plan (General Plan) and accompanying Master Environmental Impact Report (MEIR) provide long-range planning strategies for the continued development, enhancement, and revitalization of the Fresno Metropolitan Area through the first two decades of the 21st century and beyond.
The General Plan is intended to serve as a guide to enable government at all levels, private enterprise, community groups, and individual citizens to make decisions and utilize community resources in a manner that will realize progress toward a common vision of a measurably enhanced physical, economic, and social environment.
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2025 Fresno General Plan
• 2025 Fresno General Plan (entire General Plan, including maps, tables, etc.)
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Preface and Table of Contents
Chapter 1, Purpose and Goals of the General Plan
Chapter 2, Need for the General Plan Update/Process
Chapter 3, Organization of the General Plan
Chapter 4, Plan Elements
A. Implementation Element
B. Regional Cooperation Element
C. Urban Form Element
D. Economic Development Element
E. Public Facilities Element
F. Open Space/Recreation Element
G. Resource Conservation Element
H. Noise Element
I. Safety Element
Appendices
Master Environmental Impact Report & Air Quality:Master Environmental Impact Report No. 10130 prepared for the 2025 Fresno General Plan (MEIR)Air Quality Update (updated on May 28, 2009)
As part of Assembly Bill 170, local governments are required to outline their efforts to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG). The following are links to such efforts as well as pertinent information from other agencies.
June 18, 2009: City Council Public Hearing Presentation
- Planning Commission Report for hearing on June 3, 2009
- Text of AB 170, Government Code Section 65302.1
- San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District comments re: the City's efforts
- Final Draft: Fresno General Plan Objectives, Policies, and Implementation Measures relating to Air Quality, includes Appendix I, Appendix J, and Attachments 1-3 (updated May 7, 2009)
- Environmental Assessment relating to Air Quality (May 2009) (updated on May 28, 2009)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Programs, Tools & Resources to Assist Local Governments Handbook
- Western Climate Initiative (WCI) Partners Work Plan
- Institute for Local Government (ILG) California Climate Action Network, Best Practices Framework
- California State Association of Counties Climate Change Policy Statements and Principles
For additional information on the City's efforts, please contact Darrell Unruh at (559) 621-8050 or via e-mail at Darrell.Unruh@fresno.gov.
Housing Element:
Housing Element Annual Progress Report2008 ReportHousing Element
Housing Element Adoption letter from the State of CA (Feb. 27, 2009)Housing Element Amendment I (Feb. 12, 2009)Housing Element (June 2008)
Table of ContentsChapter 1 - IntroductionChapter 2 - Housing Needs, PopulationChapter 3 - Land for HousingChapter 4 - Constraints to Housing ProductionChapter 5 - '02-'07 Housing Program AccomplishmentsChapter 6 - Goals, Policies and Programs (updated Mar. 23, 2009)
Chapter 7 - Public ParticipationAppendicesSite Inventory
2002 Housing Element