Fresno layers specific plans and community plans atop the General Plan 2035 to set tailored zoning, design standards, and infrastructure financing for downtown, Tower District, Chinatown, and other distinct neighborhoods.
Under California Government Code §65450 et seq., Fresno adopts specific plans to implement the General Plan 2035 inside defined geographies. Active examples include the Downtown Neighborhoods Community Plan, the Fulton Corridor Specific Plan, and historic preservation overlays for the Tower District and Chinatown. Each plan customizes allowed uses, height limits, parking ratios, and design review. Projects within a plan area must show consistency in planning entitlements, and plans frequently include CEQA program-level environmental review streamlining. The Department of Development and Resource Management maintains current plan boundaries and download links for residents and developers.
Projects inconsistent with adopted specific plans face entitlement denial, redesign requirements, or extra CEQA review beyond the plan's program EIR coverage.
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Fresno Municipal Code section 10-107 prohibits creating noise on any street, sidewalk, or public place adjacent to a school, institution of learning, church,...
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Fresno Municipal Code section 10-105(c) expressly lists fans, pumps, air conditioning units, engines, turbines, compressors, generators, and motors among the...
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On residential property in Fresno, vehicles must be parked on a driveway, in a garage, or under a carport; parking on dirt, lawn, or landscaped areas is proh...
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Fresno has no city-specific cost-sharing rule for boundary fences, so California Civil Code Section 841 (the Good Neighbor Fence Act) controls: adjoining own...
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Fresno Municipal Code Section 15-2009 prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, ultra-barrier, and other hazardous fencing except in narrow situations such as lives...
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Fences over 3 feet generally must sit behind the front-yard setback for the zone (e.g., 13-35 ft in RS districts), and every corner lot must keep a 3-foot-hi...
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