2025 Fresno General Plan

2025 Fresno General Plan, Air Quality Policy & the Housing Element

In short, 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. These planning strategies acknowledge the consequences of past land development patterns; consider present problems, assets, and community values; and recognize the critical significance of land use, development and resource allocation decisions (both governmental and private) in determining the quality of life experienced by Fresno’s residents in the future.

Based upon the consideration of these factors, 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. It is intended to accomplish this purpose through the use of both the map and text of the general plan itself as well as through the more direct guidance provided by the city’s adopted community and specific plans. The community and specific plans are tailored to the specialized needs and concerns of the identifiable Community Plan areas and Specific Plan areas within the existing Fresno Sphere of Influence.

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2025 Fresno General Plan

• 2025 Fresno General Plan (entire General Plan, including maps, tables, etc.)

For specific sections of the 2025 Fresno General Plan, click on the related icon:

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). In its efforts to comply with with the legislation, the City is collaborating with various agencies to ensure that the it adopts best practice standards and an aggressive plan to reduce GHG. The following are links to such efforts as well as pertinent information from other agencies.

Upcoming Meetings:
May 27, 2009: Public Information Meeting
June 3, 2009: Planning Commission Public Hearing
June 18, 2009: City Council Public Hearing

Documents:

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 Report
2008 Report

Housing Element
The City of Fresno has completed the 2008 Housing Element update. The Housing Element is 1 of 7 State mandated elements in the General Plan, however unlike the other elements, the Housing Element is reviewed by the Department of Housing and Community Development. The Housing Element is intended to address existing and future housing needs. The final 2008 Housing Element as submitted to the State HCD can be found below. If you have any questions contact Corrina Nunez at (559) 621-8506 or via e-mail at Corrina.Nunez@fresno.gov.

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 Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Housing Needs, Population
Chapter 3 - Land for Housing
Chapter 4 - Constraints to Housing Production
Chapter 5 - '02-'07 Housing Program Accomplishments
Chapter 6 - Goals, Policies and Programs (updated Mar. 23, 2009)
Chapter 7 - Public Participation
Appendices
Site Inventory